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

[DB]

Seems 6 +ve tests from 3 clubs following 1st round of testing in the PL. Good start.

[chrisw1]

Have these players been isolated from eachother?

If so, my guess is they'll press on.

[johnc]

Have these players been isolated from eachother?

If so, my guess is they'll press on.

They havent said if they are players or not. They are testing backroom staff as well

[Des Little]

The EPL will instruct teams to play around any players that fall ill during a game. Morals and common sense left town weeks ago.

[aj2k77]

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!

I really think it will. 6 cases means nothing to them. They'll point to a thousand and whatever negative results. They must get the show on the road.

[David_Nab]

£330 mil owed to SKY/BT etc PLUS £36 MIL for every week past 16th July

EFL meeting tomorrow to ratify L2 ending / rest restarting.

[Ads]

Our game in hand could prove to be a pivotal factor.

I don’t think it will, the court will decide if the process the PL used under the circumstances is reasonable, I know we think it’s completely unreasonable but that is not a Legal Reasonable.

What's your litigation experience?

[eamonn]

Alright, no need to wade in with your legal size nines.

[Sexual Ealing]

Our game in hand could prove to be a pivotal factor.

I don’t think it will, the court will decide if the process the PL used under the circumstances is reasonable, I know we think it’s completely unreasonable but that is not a Legal Reasonable.

What's your litigation experience?

I'd be interested to know what you think our chances would be if it went to court (no side or snide attached to the question from my perspective!)?

[BoVillan esq]

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!

I really think it will. 6 cases means nothing to them. They'll point to a thousand and whatever negative results. They must get the show on the road.

This is only the first round, next couple of days will show more, Ian Woan, Burnley, tested positive and a couple of players in the squad have reported feeling strange.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s bloody ridiculous. The virus is in no way controlled enough to be starting this up.

[Ads]

I'm hampered by a couple of things and chief among those is not knowing the current league rules in any detail, which would be the framework used the relegate us.

Yet principally we're a minority shareholder in a body corporate, so rights derive from the Companies Act 06 too to fill in blanks.

I'm not sure if we could stop it under any legal mechanism. That doesn't mean I don't think there are no prospects, simply I'm not convinced by a single argument and truth be told I've not sat down and thought in any great detail about one!

On balance I think there likely is cause of action and Its the losses that I think could be scary for the league, as quantifying damages would be in the hundreds of millions, far beyond anything the league would be indemnified for.

Legal costs would be significant as frankly, what would we as Claimants have to lose? What would the League? Well, their existence potentially.

[Sexual Ealing]

Ta

[PeterWithesShin]

According to someone I know at the FA it has been decided to restart, with all games played at neutral venues. And the venues have been chosen with the plan being clubs play the games nowhere near their main fan base in the hope it stops fans congregating outside grounds. Man Utd will be playing all their games at Old Trafford.

[old man villa fan]

I'm hampered by a couple of things and chief among those is not knowing the current league rules in any detail, which would be the framework used the relegate us.

Yet principally we're a minority shareholder in a body corporate, so rights derive from the Companies Act 06 too to fill in blanks.

I'm not sure if we could stop it under any legal mechanism. That doesn't mean I don't think there are no prospects, simply I'm not convinced by a single argument and truth be told I've not sat down and thought in any great detail about one!

On balance I think there likely is cause of action and Its the losses that I think could be scary for the league, as quantifying damages would be in the hundreds of millions, far beyond anything the league would be indemnified for.

Legal costs would be significant as frankly, what would we as Claimants have to lose? What would the League? Well, their existence potentially.

Do the clubs (shareholders) have the powers under the agreement/constitution to vote to relegate clubs of their choosing by amending the rules.  As any way of deciding on relegation has a predetermined answer.