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

[cdbearsfan]

Guaranteed we get relegated by an injury time, two yards offside goal, then.

[OzVilla]

How can anybody not see that changing the conditions of the game, BCD, neutral venues, 5 subs, no VAR 3/4 of the way through the season is completely trashing the integrity of the competition?

Im honestly amazed they haven’t concluded you can’t have relegation already. It shouldn’t even be an argument quite frankly.

[frank black]

The odds are stacked against us.  We are going to be relegated aren't we?

Yes looks that way. Went from void we are staying up to...play again or go down!

[OzVilla]

Depends which journo you read, they’ve gone in to camps and are doing the bidding for certain clubs.

Many have been extremely sympathetic to the lack of integrity argument.

[Ad@m]

How can anybody not see that changing the conditions of the game, BCD, neutral venues, 5 subs, no VAR 3/4 of the way through the season is completely trashing the integrity of the competition?

Im honestly amazed they haven’t concluded you can’t have relegation already. It shouldn’t even be an argument quite frankly.

Money talks. Not much point for the broadcasters if the title's wrapped up and relegation is off the table.

The broadcasters don't give a toss who gets relegated as long as the same names are near the top of the table.

[mr underhill]

there must be some way outta here, said the joker to the thief...

[LeeB]

there must be some way outta here, said the joker to the thief...

There’s too much confusion...

[Steve67]

Simon Jordan is right.  Football needs to implode so it can reset itself.  He also said that the telly rights can be renegotiated?  I presume that Sky/BT have already said no deal. 

[Steve67]

Now tin helmet time, if the mega teams of the premiership get their way we will be relegated.  This might be an opportunity for us to get properly sorted, we already have 40 percentish squad members with recent championship Experience ,and because the likely hood of the match’s being played behind closed doors, just maybe we could reset regards squad, management, using the parachute payments, and make a quick return in much better shape than we find ourselves presently. This scenario assumes Jack is sold.

I think our squad will highly likely be minus Jack, Mings and McGinn and we will be left with a lot to do to get back up.  We have no pace, a complete lack of physicality and for every half useful player, we have a crap one standing next to him. Sorry, but going down would be a disaster.  It did us absolutely no good last time.

[andyh]

I read there is talk of suspending the use of VAR if the season is played out. Which would be the shit flavoured icing on the cake.

Which in itself is another nail in the coffin of the ‘integrity’ bullshit.
All games have been played using VAR so far, it has even been the deciding factor in some games in that time.
But a restarted season won’t use something that was pivotal before?

As shit as VAR is, and even if it’s dropped for evermore, it is wrong to playout the rest of this season without it.

Mind you, it’s wrong to play out the rest of this season.....full stop.

[Ad@m]

Now tin helmet time, if the mega teams of the premiership get their way we will be relegated.  This might be an opportunity for us to get properly sorted, we already have 40 percentish squad members with recent championship Experience ,and because the likely hood of the match’s being played behind closed doors, just maybe we could reset regards squad, management, using the parachute payments, and make a quick return in much better shape than we find ourselves presently. This scenario assumes Jack is sold.

I think our squad will highly likely be minus Jack, Mings and McGinn and we will be left with a lot to do to get back up.  We have no pace, a complete lack of physicality and for every half useful player, we have a crap one standing next to him. Sorry, but going down would be a disaster.  It did us absolutely no good last time.

It wasn't a disaster last time and it wouldn't be a disaster if we went down again. The squad is much better, we have more money, and a better manager.

I don't think McGinn or Mings would go - the virus will rip the arse out of the transfer market and we've got minted owners. Why would we sell them?

The three years in the 2nd division were a hell of a lot more enjoyable than the three years before it and resulted in a renewed optimism around the club, with sell outs every game and talk of major stadium expansion. 

It's really not that bad.

[Clampy]

One absolute plank on Facebook suggested using training grounds to play matches and when challenged about screening those games for TV, he said 'just put up some scaffolding like they do when they show small clubs in the FA Cup'. He is an Albion fan though, so that really says it all.

[fredm]

Guaranteed we get relegated by an injury time, two yards offside goal, then.

Scored by the 5th substitute from a cross from the 4th substitute.

[andyh]

One absolute plank on Facebook suggested using training grounds to play matches and when challenged about screening those games for TV, he said 'just put up some scaffolding like they do when they show small clubs in the FA Cup'. He is an Albion fan though, so that really says it all.

When many prem training grounds are as well equipped as they are, it’s probably not a bad shout.
I’m sure they would be easier to ‘police’ .

If it’s all about just playing out the games, to ‘protect the integrity’ of the game (bullshit) then why not?

[TaxDodger]

I read there is talk of suspending the use of VAR if the season is played out. Which would be the shit flavoured icing on the cake.

Which in itself is another nail in the coffin of the ‘integrity’ bullshit.
All games have been played using VAR so far, it has even been the deciding factor in some games in that time.
But a restarted season won’t use something that was pivotal before?

As shit as VAR is, and even if it’s dropped for evermore, it is wrong to playout the rest of this season without it.

Mind you, it’s wrong to play out the rest of this season.....full stop.

I would genuinely take going down if it meant VAR was scrapped forever.