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

[saunders_heroes]

My medical knowledge is sketchy to say the least but I couldn’t imagine any player capable of covering the ground that McGinn does match after match could possibly suffer from asthma.

It's perfectly possible if managed properly. It depends what it is that sets his asthma off.

Ive had asthma all my life but for the last 10 years or so its been completely under control (and to be honest I thought I was no longer asthmatic), and the fitter you are the less it affects you (in my experience anyway). I had the coronavirus back in March (though I wasn’t tested my doctor said I more thank likely had it) and was rough for around 3 weeks, though I’m fine again now my asthma is back with a vengeance ever since and I have to keep my blue inhaler close by. Something I haven’t had to do in years. I think McGinn is right to be concerned.

[curiousorange]

Rego, for what it's worth, says it's a load of bollocks about McGinn and he will be available.

[Simon Page]

From the Press Association:

A regional mayor has been told football clubs face "an enormous amount of work" before being able to re-start matches at their home grounds.
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street said he would prefer to see Premier League matches played at home stadiums, rather than neutral venues, but acknowledged the prospect of even behind closed doors fixtures was "a very long way away."
The Chief Constable of the West Midlands, Dave Thompson, told a meeting of the area's combined authority he had yet to see concrete proposals on resuming the football season.
Mr Thompson told the meeting, held via videolink: "Clearly this is a huge area of public interest. People are at home, they would like to see sport - we understand all that.
"But it is a complex issue. We can't do things that are going to create health issues.
"And of course it's not just playing games behind closed doors. It's the fact people want to congregate. We may have some very important fixtures that take place affecting either relegations or promotions in this region."
Pointing out that Germany's Bundesliga had to consider issues over and above the safety of players and club staff, Mr Thompson said: "I think there is quite a lot to do before we could say that we are in a position to be safe from a public health perspective.
"From a broader public safety perspective, we'd need to understand the arrangements in some detail.
"It feels to me there is still quite a lot of work to do before we could say we are in a position to begin the season again."
Responding to the senior officer's comments, Mr Street said: "I would of course like to see both the Villa and Wolves being able to play with their home advantage, even behind closed doors.
"But I have to say, just like the Chief Constable, we seem to be a very long way away from being able to navigate that.
"I was talking to the owner of another of our clubs, Coventry City, just two days ago. And straight from the owner's mouth - there is an enormous amount of work to do to be ready to get to that point.
"Personally I think what we are much more likely to see is actually a neutral ground solution first and then moving to a closed doors situation, probably at the beginning of the new season.
"And then even when we do begin to open the stadiums, it will probably not be to full capacity.
"I stand behind what the chief constable says - a lot of people with a lot of expertise need to do a lot of planning yet I'm afraid."

[DB]

Belgium league has now finished. Brugge declared Champions.

[saunders_heroes]

Belgium league has now finished. Brugge declared Champions.

Any relegation?

[LukeJames]

Declaring them Champions and then relegating them would be stupid.

[spangley1812]

Belgium league has now finished. Brugge declared Champions.

Any relegation?

Yes

[ChicagoLion]

They now pushing for games on BBC. Fob off the masses and distract them from the ongoing cluster fuck.

How do they then settle the 800 million they owe other Broadcasters?

[cdward]

This lockdown is doing strange things, I'm finding myself liking Troy Deeney. Fair play to him for voicing his opinion.
"If I feel that I'm not looking after my family, then I'm not going to do it. I am not going to put my family at risk.

"What are they going to do, take money off me? I've been broke before so it doesn't bother me."

[David_Nab]

They now pushing for games on BBC. Fob off the masses and distract them from the ongoing cluster fuck.

How do they then settle the 800 million they owe other Broadcasters?

Monday the teams are to ask the Prem league why even if they do play the remaining games they stand to lose around half the remaining TV cash.

[TonyD]

It’s all bollocks.   

[Steve67]

They now pushing for games on BBC. Fob off the masses and distract them from the ongoing cluster fuck.

How do they then settle the 800 million they owe other Broadcasters?

Monday the teams are to ask the Prem league why even if they do play the remaining games they stand to lose around half the remaining TV cash.

Is this something to do with the television schedule being compromised and therefore they have not stuck to the pre-arranged schedule?  People abroad have not been served as promised by the broadcaster?

[Steamin_330]

Belgium league has now finished. Brugge declared Champions.

Any relegation?

Yes

Wassland-Beveren relegated. Going into the final game Wassland on 20pts or Kv Oostende  22pts could go down

Wassland were at home to second placed KAA
Gent (Gent needed to win to finish 2nd).

Kv Oostende were away to Cercle Bruges 1pt above them 

[David_Nab]

They now pushing for games on BBC. Fob off the masses and distract them from the ongoing cluster fuck.

How do they then settle the 800 million they owe other Broadcasters?

Monday the teams are to ask the Prem league why even if they do play the remaining games they stand to lose around half the remaining TV cash.

Is this something to do with the television schedule being compromised and therefore they have not stuck to the pre-arranged schedule?  People abroad have not been served as promised by the broadcaster?

Only the PL know , the PL told the clubs the figure in last meeting they now want to know the breakdown.So for us down the bottom there is already a hole in budget by playing and risk of relegation

[Gareth]

If you take the pubs & clubs out of the equation I wonder how many subscribers that sky sports / bt have?  Any BS about how bringing back football will be good for the nations morale only works if all games are FTA...which obv won’t happen as we all know that the only reason they are trying to get going is to save the sky/bt cash