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

[Drummond]

Duncan Wright
@dwright75
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3m
Government guidelines for return to training make it clear any player living in household with clinically vulnerable people are NOT allowed to take part.
Means some players might not be allowed back even if they want to.

Right, so they can play but they can't. If they do play it's not for as long as they should play but they don't have to so it doesn't matter, the game hasn't changed but it has, players must be in control of their actions at all times, except when they do the most dangerous part of the game, tackling.

They can spit but not too much (perhaps only into a bucket and they get booked if they spit over 5ml.

They can choose to play on, but can't.

Teams can be relegated for not playing all their games, or relegated for playing all of their games, and other teams can be promoted by not playing all their games.

They will play at neutral grounds, but only if they are still playing home and away.

[nevillain]

Duncan Wright
@dwright75
·
3m
Government guidelines for return to training make it clear any player living in household with clinically vulnerable people are NOT allowed to take part.
Means some players might not be allowed back even if they want to.

Right, so they can play but they can't. If they do play it's not for as long as they should play but they don't have to so it doesn't matter, the game hasn't changed but it has, players must be in control of their actions at all times, except when they do the most dangerous part of the game, tackling.

They can spit but not too much (perhaps only into a bucket and they get booked if they spit over 5ml.

They can choose to play on, but can't.

Teams can be relegated for not playing all their games, or relegated for playing all of their games, and other teams can be promoted by not playing all their games.

They will play at neutral grounds, but only if they are still playing home and away.

Ah Boris, is that you?

[aj2k77]

Duncan Wright
@dwright75
·
3m
Government guidelines for return to training make it clear any player living in household with clinically vulnerable people are NOT allowed to take part.
Means some players might not be allowed back even if they want to.

Right, so they can play but they can't. If they do play it's not for as long as they should play but they don't have to so it doesn't matter, the game hasn't changed but it has, players must be in control of their actions at all times, except when they do the most dangerous part of the game, tackling.

They can spit but not too much (perhaps only into a bucket and they get booked if they spit over 5ml.

They can choose to play on, but can't.

Teams can be relegated for not playing all their games, or relegated for playing all of their games, and other teams can be promoted by not playing all their games.

They will play at neutral grounds, but only if they are still playing home and away.

Was that a speech by Johnson?

Arghhh, Nevillain beat me to it!

[LeeB]

Duncan Wright
@dwright75
·
3m
Government guidelines for return to training make it clear any player living in household with clinically vulnerable people are NOT allowed to take part.
Means some players might not be allowed back even if they want to.

Right, so they can play but they can't. If they do play it's not for as long as they should play but they don't have to so it doesn't matter, the game hasn't changed but it has, players must be in control of their actions at all times, except when they do the most dangerous part of the game, tackling.

They can spit but not too much (perhaps only into a bucket and they get booked if they spit over 5ml.

They can choose to play on, but can't.

Teams can be relegated for not playing all their games, or relegated for playing all of their games, and other teams can be promoted by not playing all their games.

They will play at neutral grounds, but only if they are still playing home and away.

Seems clear enough to me, play on!

[cdbearsfan]

Good luck to Vinnie.

[andyh]

If this madness does result in some start of restart you would hope they would include a plan for what will happen if it all got stopped again after a few games.

[LeeB]

If this madness does result in some start of restart you would hope they would include a plan for what will happen if it all got stopped again after a few games.

Ha ha, that's a good one mate.

[andyh]

If this madness does result in some start of restart you would hope they would include a plan for what will happen if it all got stopped again after a few games.

Ha ha, that's a good one mate.

I know. As soon as I pressed the enter tit I thought, what a stupid thing to post.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

From The Mirror:

The Championship is aiming to get back under way on June 6, according to reports.

EFL bosses were meeting today to thrash out when and how the league would resume, while also discussing the implementation of a wage cap.

The Mirror report that the second tier could be in action before the Premier League, which is aiming for a June 12 restart.

Leagues one and two are set to be decided on a points-per-game basis - although the play-offs are set to remain.

The EFL will take part in talks with the UK government, Premier League and Professional Footballers’ Association on Thursday to try and get the green light.

And John Percy:

@JPercyTelegraph

From Championship clubs' conference call this afternoon: 'full' training not recommended until May 25, which means a restart in early June appears highly unlikely. Clubs are arguing that it needs 3 weeks of training before players reach full fitness.

[exigo]

There was a 9-0 scoreline in the Premier League when everybody was at full fitness. That could get absolutely blitzed when you've got a bunch of teams and players all at very different levels of fitness and motivation.

Integrity though, obvs.

[olaftab]

How can they now restart the Bundesliga now that cases in Germany have started to increase rapidly?

They will just go around that wall.

[Steve67]

Team meetings by video conference? Christ, they are getting desperate. 

[Legion]

Getting?

[Steve67]

Getting?

It's frickin bonkers.  I am playing catch up with the news for today and just get more and more incredulous towards those running the game.  Premier Division and Championship are going to play their remaining games.  Which is fair enough, but how many medical staff and police officers will that pull away from their proper jobs?  Life and death at stake here.

[David_Nab]

Team meetings by video conference? Christ, they are getting desperate. 

Totally safe for you guys to play ..says the guy on the computer screen