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

[Brend'Watkins]

The FA dictates to the Premier league on how to conduct itself?  Interesting.

[aev]

And from The Independent

“ FA tell Premier League it must be decided by "sporting merit" - either by games or mathematical formula, changing power bloc at bottom six”.

As I suspected they do this so the 6 becomes a 3

End of day looks like we have to play so let's hope we get our shit together and we play teams who can't be assed

Maybe, but I posted above according to The Times more than half the league have requested the Gov't reconsider neutral venues.

Who do you believe?

What happens if the government say no, neutral venues cant be compromised. Does that mean the clubs refuse to play, and the bottom 3 get relegated. It is all bollocks.

[VinnieChase84]

Our only hope of staying up is if we can get the games played. If not then we are utterly screwed.
Getting relegated on PPG/maths is going to be a right kicker. Especially by one point! Kevin Friend............ 😡

[Drummond]

'changing power bloc at bottom six'

What does that actually mean?!

[Brend'Watkins]

Our only hope of staying up is if we can get the games played. If not then we are utterly screwed.
Getting relegated on PPG/maths is going to be a right kicker. Especially by one point! Kevin Friend............ 😡

We did say at the time "What if that one point costs us at the end of the season" 

It won't come to that. The only thing that can relegate us is if we are in the bottom 3 at the end of playing all our games home and away with crowds in attendance. Anything else disadvantages us.

[aev]

Our only hope of staying up is if we can get the games played. If not then we are utterly screwed.
Getting relegated on PPG/maths is going to be a right kicker. Especially by one point! Kevin Friend............ 😡

I can't see any team being relegated from the PL on a mathematical formula. The money involved is so big it would be surely challenged legally.

What happens if people get sick again before any games could be played - you can't relegate teams with all the financial implications with around a quarter of the season left?

[olaftab]

PPG (a point per game) is NOT a mathematical formula. A formula has to be based on 2 or more variables with equation in place. 

[VinnieChase84]

FA told the meeting today that if season can’t complete then sporting merit will complete the season and they won’t approve no relegation.
We will 100% go legal on this.

One point about our game in hand.... we are being compared on PPG (home/away) to create a home value and an away. However we are one game behind Everyone else’s ‘average’ so by missing just that one game would either bring our home average down or up.

Using ‘science’ to end all this is just mental

[olaftab]

'changing power bloc at bottom six'

What does that actually mean?!

Once they publish a formula bottom teams will be affected differently. It will favour some and negatively impact on others so effectively splitting the bloc.

[olaftab]

FA told the meeting today that if season can’t complete then sporting merit will complete the season and they won’t approve no relegation.
We will 100% go legal on this.

So for the first time since Premier League was formed they are going to listen to the FA instead of as normal telling the FA?

[PaulWinch again]

How does a mathematical formula have sporting merit?

[curiousorange]

I said VAR will relegate us and I stand by that assertion.

[VinnieChase84]

If Peterborough are going to go legal routes on PPG then by god you’d think we would. It’s all nonsense.

[PaulWinch again]

Of course we would. It’s just a stupid notion when you’re talking about more than a third of the season to go!

[Nunkin1965]

It would be nice to think that there would be some solidarity here but I’m not sure that will happen.
Can the FA “force” some sort of PPG system into the leagues without a tsunami of legal challenges?