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

[sid1964]

Just read the comments about Purslow on another Villa website after his interview on Talk Spaort and he was described as "greasy slimeball, full of his own self importance"

Strange how people listening to the same interview can have such a different view on him.

[Alex77]

LMA Chief now expecting the season to be cancelled if 14 of the teams can't agree to the neutral venues. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52558225

[andyh]

https://talksport.com/football/702743/christian-purslow-exclusive-aston-villa-neutral-venues-premeir-league-relegation/

Link to Purslow interview from this morning.

[ChicagoLion]

LMA Chief now expecting the season to be cancelled if 14 of the teams can't agree to the neutral venues. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52558225

40,000 tests to keep the game going and the government still only hitting 80,000 there is no way are they restarting any time soon.

[aev]

LMA Chief now expecting the season to be cancelled if 14 of the teams can't agree to the neutral venues. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52558225

40,000 tests to keep the game going and the government still only hitting 80,000 there is no way are they restarting any time soon.

But that is 40k over a 8 week period so just over 700 a day? Mind you, still a fair whack of the daily number.

[ChicagoLion]

LMA Chief now expecting the season to be cancelled if 14 of the teams can't agree to the neutral venues. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52558225

40,000 tests to keep the game going and the government still only hitting 80,000 there is no way are they restarting any time soon.

But that is 40k over a 8 week period so just over 700 a day? Mind you, still a fair whack of the daily number.

Unless they are completely on top of testing which I doubt, will the general public be ok with resources being used in this way?

[andyh]

LMA Chief now expecting the season to be cancelled if 14 of the teams can't agree to the neutral venues. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52558225

40,000 tests to keep the game going and the government still only hitting 80,000 there is no way are they restarting any time soon.

But that is 40k over a 8 week period so just over 700 a day? Mind you, still a fair whack of the daily number.

Unless they are completely on top of testing which I doubt, will the general public be ok with resources being used in this way?

Raaab the ****** said it’s to lift the morale of the country, so surely everyone will welcome valuable resources being diverted to football.
Hurrah !

[aev]

LMA Chief now expecting the season to be cancelled if 14 of the teams can't agree to the neutral venues. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52558225

40,000 tests to keep the game going and the government still only hitting 80,000 there is no way are they restarting any time soon.

But that is 40k over a 8 week period so just over 700 a day? Mind you, still a fair whack of the daily number.

Unless they are completely on top of testing which I doubt, will the general public be ok with resources being used in this way?

Well this goes back to the same thing which has been debated at length on here, and why I don't think football should be restarting any time soon.

[Richard E]

What could possibly lift the morale of the country more than shortened matches, with self-isolating players ineligible but 5 substitutions allowed per side, in empty neutral stadiums. Warms the cockles of your heart just thinking about it. 

[Meanwood Villa]

I think Purslow came across well. The line is that we want to finish the season but safety is the first concern, then the arrangements have to be as fair as possible. I think the safety issue is going to scupper it even before you get to the next steps.

[Drummond]

Purslow talking well, highlights
- wont agree to neutral venues unless 'conditions right' as obviously its a disadvantage
- player health - nowhere near enough info as yet one medical side

I would be interested to hear him expand on his point regarding neutral venues, what conditions would be right to give back the home advantage?

No relegation for a start.

[Drummond]

In terms of finding 7 clubs to vote against. I'd have thought Spurs and Arsenal might vote against, that way they won't have the ignominy of finishing 7th/8th and can have another crack at Champions League...

Plus there might be someone else out there who fancies fucking Liverpool over.... the team in 12th ....

[old man villa fan]

It would be 40,000 in total but I get your point.

People seem to be brushing this off as if it would be easy to do.  It may be if you are just going through the motions but to do it properly and get the results so as to take the right action, at the right time, is very difficult logistically.  Having the right facilities to test, the qualified staff to test, the facilities to analyse, etc. across every club, will not be easy.  Players will want the testing to be best possible, not just a simple test and rightly so, as it could be their life on the line.  I am not qualified and have no great knowledge of the virus but it appears to be like a silent predator where, in some cases (very few, fortunately), once you find out you have it, it is too late.  There are so many questions over this and you could probably quite easily roll off 100 that need answering by qualified people on the testing alone but I am not hearing any of this in the planning, why not?  It will just get brushed under the carpet in the interest of money.  I, for one, would fully support players going on strike over this matter, regardless of how much they get paid.

[ChicagoLion]

LMA Chief now expecting the season to be cancelled if 14 of the teams can't agree to the neutral venues. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52558225

40,000 tests to keep the game going and the government still only hitting 80,000 there is no way are they restarting any time soon.

But that is 40k over a 8 week period so just over 700 a day? Mind you, still a fair whack of the daily number.

Unless they are completely on top of testing which I doubt, will the general public be ok with resources being used in this way?

Well this goes back to the same thing which has been debated at length on here, and why I don't think football should be restarting any time soon.

Completely agree, safety should be paramount and I have always been of the opinion that we are a very long way from restarting any time soon.

[old man villa fan]

What I forgot to add in my post above is that the testing will be a legal minefield.  The testing will be taken as proof that a player does not have the virus.  Playing football again is a commercial activity.  Doing the best you can for the general public as is the case of the NHS, will not be good enough for football.