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

[Villan82]

Their behaviour as more or less finished it for me. I have very little interest. I can take relegation when it's fair, this is an utter shitshow.

[BoVillan esq]

This is going to be a monumental gaff, you have to think of the end result, shortened half's, home games shifted, high risk players which could be your best players, out, thing to remember is 3 teams will get relegated into what is basically obscurity, we all know what happened to Villa and in these times..Who knows.

3 teams will be relegated on a complete rewrite of the rules of the game in order to manipulate the need by Sky and BT to get these games played, brings into question just what can you believe about football, I mean if money can wield this much power in a sport then have we all been fools to believe any of it, is it all in question, if you can restart a season in the middle of a pandemic killing thousands, then you can easily throw games, organise finals, even get the best teams to qualify to put bums on seats and viewing audiences for international finals, they are proving one thing, its all a load of crap.   

[tomd2103]

Know someone who works at a League Two club and he said that they have received a letter from the EFL today saying that clubs in Leagues One and Two won't be financially able to play behind closed doors and could be looking at resuming games in March 2021.

[ChicagoLion]

I still do not see how they are going to restart the season any time soon.

[David_Nab]

French league cancelled because the French Gov decided no sports  , the French Gov have provided loans to cover the loss of TV cash €224

Here that loan would be 3 times as much do you think the Gov could or would loan that much to support football ?

[Steve67]

Parry is a twat. Get rid of the parachute payments so the Premier Division can keep it all.  Shortened halves of football, neutral grounds, not bothered about players who might be shielding etc.  What a complete pile of shit.  Steve Parish is a twat too.  Woy is 71, but fuck it, get your arse back to work so my football club doesn't go down the pan!  Wanker.  He'd be saying something completely different if Palace were in the relegation shake up.

[andyh]

Yes football has once again charged straight to the forefront of being utterly tone death and shameless.

When the ****** Raab starts with sports will ‘lift the nation’ you can see what’s coming next.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/52552667

[Steve67]

Yes football has once again charged straight to the forefront of being utterly tone death and shameless.

When the c*** Raab starts with sports will ‘lift the nation’ you can see what’s coming next.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/52552667

I guess that the government cannot tell the EPL to call off the season because the government might be liable to pay the compo to Sky and they just can't afford that on top of everything else they've forked out for.  Therefore, this is going to happen, I reckon.

[Nunkin1965]

What an absolute farce.
Shorter halves?
I just don’t see an agreement being reached between the clubs anyway so surely it’s going to be a non starter?

[Lastfootstamper]

Yes football has once again charged straight to the forefront of being utterly tone death and shameless.

When the c*** Raab starts with sports will ‘lift the nation’ you can see what’s coming next.

Out of a UK population of some 66 million, fewer than 400,000 of them attend a PL game over any 'round' of matches. Magnitudes more people don't give the slightest toss than do.

National morale wise, I'd suggest getting the casts of Corrie, Eastenders and Emmerdale back to work would be a bigger boost.

[john2710]

The PL are going to force a return to playing, no matter what. The integrity of the game is irrelevant against the pull of money. Is a footballer more at risk than a factory worker or a teacher? School's will be open & most of us will be back at work by mid-June.

The Gov't are only interested in positive press & a return of football fits the agenda. They won't put up any barriers to it's return. When the number of those with the virus go up again it'll be weeks before they know & even then they won't repeat the lockdown.

I'm not saying any of this is right but if we want to stay up, we're going to have to earn it, against the odds.

[adrenachrome]

The PL are going to force a return to playing, no matter what. The integrity of the game is irrelevant against the pull of money. Is a footballer more at risk than a factory worker or a teacher? School's will be open & most of us will be back at work by mid-June.

The Gov't are only interested in positive press & a return of football fits the agenda. They won't put up any barriers to it's return. When the number of those with the virus go up again it'll be weeks before they know & even then they won't repeat the lockdown.

I'm not saying any of this is right but if we want to stay up, we're going to have to earn it, against the odds.

Yes, I believe this is what will happen, and for the reasons you have outlined.

We should have a clearer idea by Friday evening.   

[tomd2103]

What an absolute farce.
Shorter halves?
I just don’t see an agreement being reached between the clubs anyway so surely it’s going to be a non starter?

Same person who I mentioned a couple of posts back who said Leagues one and Two could be looking at March before they can restart said that the whispers doing the rounds are that players will refuse to play while the threat remains.

[tomd2103]

I still do not see how they are going to restart the season any time soon.

I can't either.  It obviously not as important as people losing lives or becoming seriously ill, but this situation is starting to look very grim for a lot of professional sports teams.  The Premier League aside, playing behind closed doors just doesn't look financially viable for a lot of other sports teams. 

[David_Nab]

The PL are going to force a return to playing, no matter what. The integrity of the game is irrelevant against the pull of money. Is a footballer more at risk than a factory worker or a teacher? School's will be open & most of us will be back at work by mid-June.

The Gov't are only interested in positive press & a return of football fits the agenda. They won't put up any barriers to it's return. When the number of those with the virus go up again it'll be weeks before they know & even then they won't repeat the lockdown.

I'm not saying any of this is right but if we want to stay up, we're going to have to earn it, against the odds.

Yes, I believe this is what will happen, and for the reasons you have outlined.

We should have a clearer idea by Friday evening.   

Nope

Gov lock-down announcement pushed back till Sunday , PL meeting is Monday now

As  mentioned above the Gov is making the noises because on one hand they can't afford to bail out clubs with a near billion quid needed but if they do nothing clubs could fold and take takes jobs and a massive tax income away..