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

[David_Nab]

Does make me wonder whether there'll be any managerial changes if/when season starts again. It's not unheard of for teams to roll the dice with a handful of games to go. Or will the pandemic and the unusual circumstances give managers of underperforming teams a free pass I wonder.

Think it's only us likely to change
Watford /West Ham already changed
Farke safe at Norwich
Potter and Howe think the clubs will stick for now

[Brazilian Villain]

Check the song Hearts of Glory by Craig Herbertson on You Tube.Possibly the best song written about a football club.The story of McCrae's Battalion is worth looking up.

That would be Celtic Symphony for me although agree the story behind McCrae's Battalion is well worth reading about.

[paul_e]

No, we're still disadvantaged.  In the fixtures, off the top of my head....Chelsea, Palace and Sheff U we lost each game.  The home team had their fans present we won't be able to have ours when we're at home to play these teams.  So for those corresponding fixtures we are disadvantaged. It's the same as if we were told to play the games behind closed doors as a punishment. I know you'll say it's the same for everybody but it really isn't.

Palace is the particularly important one because it involved one of the worst refereeing decisions I've ever seen and it's pretty clear that the crowd had an impact on making the ref react as he did because they'd been booing and whistling every time Jack got fouled all game.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Apparently 6 people across 3 Premier League clubs have tested positive.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Check the song Hearts of Glory by Craig Herbertson on You Tube.Possibly the best song written about a football club.The story of McCrae's Battalion is worth looking up.

That would be Celtic Symphony for me although agree the story behind McCrae's Battalion is well worth reading about.

Nothing in football will ever beat Hibs fans singing 'Sunshine on Leith' have just beat Rangers 3-2 with a last minute winner in the 2016 Scottish Cup Final.

There are better videos of this but this one features SJM.

[mr underhill]

six positives - football isn't going to be starting anytime soon. How many others did these players come into contact with?  i wonder if any broke lockdown rules!

[Sexual Ealing]

Check the song Hearts of Glory by Craig Herbertson on You Tube.Possibly the best song written about a football club.The story of McCrae's Battalion is worth looking up.

That would be Celtic Symphony for me although agree the story behind McCrae's Battalion is well worth reading about.

Nothing in football will ever beat Hibs fans singing 'Sunshine on Leith' have just beat Rangers 3-2 with a last minute winner in the 2016 Scottish Cup Final.

There are better videos of this but this one features SJM.

Agreed.

[aldridgeboy]

I wonder what the FA have in mind, for a “ that’s an ok number of positives, we continue “

[Brazilian Villain]

Check the song Hearts of Glory by Craig Herbertson on You Tube.Possibly the best song written about a football club.The story of McCrae's Battalion is worth looking up.

That would be Celtic Symphony for me although agree the story behind McCrae's Battalion is well worth reading about.

Nothing in football will ever beat Hibs fans singing 'Sunshine on Leith' have just beat Rangers 3-2 with a last minute winner in the 2016 Scottish Cup Final.

That was magical after such a wait but I was referring specifically to songs written about football clubs. Still, a great song, shame the film's shite.

[CT]

six positives - football isn't going to be starting anytime soon. How many others did these players come into contact with?  i wonder if any broke lockdown rules!

The part that worries me was that in Germany, they just isolated the ones who were positive. Everyone else just carried on. So if say, two were our players, we'd be two short for the next two weeks.

Even Jamie Carragher said this morning that people shouldn't  "get hysterical" over any positive test results.

[LeeB]

Check the song Hearts of Glory by Craig Herbertson on You Tube.Possibly the best song written about a football club.The story of McCrae's Battalion is worth looking up.

That would be Celtic Symphony for me although agree the story behind McCrae's Battalion is well worth reading about.

Nothing in football will ever beat Hibs fans singing 'Sunshine on Leith' have just beat Rangers 3-2 with a last minute winner in the 2016 Scottish Cup Final.

There are better videos of this but this one features SJM.

Agreed.

Yes, absolutely.

[LeeB]

As an aside, it ended up costing me nearly £400 in data charges watching that game in Zagreb, I thought I was on the pub wifi but it turned out be getting assisted by my 4g.

[UK Redsox]

I wonder what the FA have in mind, for a “ that’s an ok number of positives, we continue “

The Korean Baseball League has just started. However, if there's just one positive test for a player or coach, they'll shut down for three weeks.

It'll be interesting to see what attitude the FA take

[UK Redsox]

Troy Deeney seems to be asking the right questions of the Premier League

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52721397

[Lastfootstamper]

They'll be guided by the science.