How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?

[David_Nab]

Mirror spreading shit again

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/premier-league-big-six-lobby-21969725

"Their thinking is so short sighted".

Yup, we should just fall into line so the "big 6" cement their financial superiority.

I saw Steve Parish the Palace Chairmen saying we need to play , I suspect if Palace were in the bottom 6 he might think different.

People can slag off the bottom 6 all they want they have by far the most to lose from this and are acting accordingly

[Dave P]

If any vote from the premier league panel needs a majority of 14 out of 20, how would the relegation question be asked. We propose relegation and need 14 votes to stop it or we propose no relegation and need 14 votes to overturn it. Seems subtle but could be significant.

[dave.woodhall]

It's a bit rich for any club in the Premier League to complain about self interest.

[Ad@m]

Also some of those teams that are pushing for CL spots still have a number of games against the current bottom 6/8 sides, those mathematically not safe.  Isn’t it in their interests to vote to void relegation and basically put all those teams they still have to play on the beach.

Would that young Chelsea team rather play Villa, Watford, West Ham and Norwich fighting for their lives or with no threat of relegation?

Based on the Leicester game, I'm not sure there's much difference...

[aev]

I think it is going to happen (I dont think it should), but the government seem keen to try and get it happening. There aren't enough clubs to overturn it, and the PFA wont stop it as its members want to get paid.

[olaftab]

Having retired to Cornwall 7 years ago I am now an armchair sports fan. During this period I have seen some great sport on TV, Murray's wins at Wimbledon, Stokes' heroics, the Ryder Cup and of course Villa at Wembley. My experience would have been significantly enhanced by being there but the tv was a good second best. Not only was it sport played at the highest level but in front of a full house and the atmosphere they generated. I recently followed the winter sport Biathlon on Eurosport and they almost completed the season before travel restrictions were enforced. Two venues then held races without crowds. I watched a couple of races but devoid of atmosphere the tv experience was significantly diminished and I gave up. So all those sports particularly premier league thinking behind closed doors at neutral venues will get millions watching is in my opinion misguided (although if people watch sport as a computer game then what do I know).

You are so right the present crowd make it an event howver do TV companies care? Look at cricket they are quite happy to broadcast full coverage of Test matches and one dayers with almost no one in the ground.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Given the virus's virulence, despite all efforts, a star player will get seriously ill/die. Guaranteed.

Then all hell will break loose...

Corporate Manslaughter, did Simon Jordan say?

[sid1964]

So if an employee returns to work at JLR in the next few weeks (because they have been told to) and they catch the virus and die, will the owners of JLR get done for corporate manslaughter? if they did then NO company would ever re-open its doors ever again?

Gary Neville made the point that players may have to sign forms to confirm that are okay with playing and there will be no come back on the clubs if they catch the virus.

[Ads]

You can limit liability in contract for injury or death. There would equally still be a claim in tort.

[olaftab]

Hahaha.... this is funny almost beyond belief.

They are furious at what they see as sabotage and mere self-interest from those at the bottom, rather than what is best for the Premier League and English football as a whole.

There will no added impact on future TV deals if relegation is avoided and there will be no loss of TV money this season if  season is voided. Stupid posturing going on at the moment. In fact PL clubs will have 4 extra games next season to earn more.
Also I do not get Brighton view about being allowed to play home games at home. How is that an advantage if the ground is empty of fans?

[simboy]

I think it is going to happen (I dont think it should), but the government seem keen to try and get it happening. There aren't enough clubs to overturn it, and the PFA wont stop it as its members want to get paid.

Add into that mix Sky are desperate to get subscriptions back and i think, sadly, that you are right. Or at least there will be an attempt to do it.   

[andyh]

So if an employee returns to work at JLR in the next few weeks (because they have been told to) and they catch the virus and die, will the owners of JLR get done for corporate manslaughter? if they did then NO company would ever re-open its doors ever again?

Gary Neville made the point that players may have to sign forms to confirm that are okay with playing and there will be no come back on the clubs if they catch the virus.

To be fair, people aren’t flobbing every 5 seconds on the shop floor.

[Ads]

I appreciate its gone through the tabloid language filter and dialed up to idiotic/cliché ridden 11, but what a load of utter shite.

No, none of us in the bottom six will be voting to sabotage our financial futures. Decide what you want about the Misnomer League as frankly we couldn't give two shits.

Ifnthe decision is to play behind closed doors in perpetuity  then you have signed the death certificate of the game. We're supporters, not fans. And that would be the end of it for me.

[john e]

Nurses, doctors and care workers can’t get the PPE they need and the PL want to start playing football. If this crackpot scheme doesn’t get fucked off by HM Government then we should all just pack up and go home. Not a muttering from the RFU or any of the other 6 nations governing bodies about restarting rugby or finishing the 2020 6N tournament & not a peep from the ECB. Finishing the season just to comply with a TV contract, no relegation, no fans, what exactly is the point? Ridiculous.

Not strictly true. Expect the ECB to announce the WI tests will be played in July BCD as they have the same need for sky money to survive.

Bit of a stretch, the ECB have said nothing of the sort only that all cricket is off until at least 1 July.

I suppose they are a bit more spaced out in cricket...

always been a big drug problem with cricketers

[PeterWithe]

Any meeting that the PL have is purely a can kicking exercise.  They’ll never finish the season, they know it but are waiting for the Government to make the decision for them.

"Reduced hot-desking and alternatives to social distancing where it is not possible are among measures being considered to let workplaces reopen.

A draft government plan to ease anti-coronavirus restrictions, seen by the BBC, also urges employers to minimise numbers using equipment, stagger shift times and maximise home-working."

This would enable football to restart, no?

So we could put a pair of goals either end of Sutton Park, have say 5 a side, no ball and have the opposition turn up on a different day. I like it