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

[paul_e]

Isn't the English lower leagues being decided on PPG a far more relevant precedent than what the French League have done?

not really because other leagues in the english pyramid have been declared void so nationally there is precedence for both.

The french decision is more relevant because we have the funds to push similar legal action and we now have a precedent from the top league in a national pyramid.

[Damo70]

Jack looking like he's just rolled out from weeks of just praying, meditating and smoking copious amounts of weed.

I was thinking more Tom Hanks and “Castaway”.

He appears to have gone for the Gareth Bale look. Hopefully he will play like Bale too.

[Stu]

Ugh. Imagine having to play Cov again next season. Short trip to the sty, I suppose.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Interesting that Real Madrid vs Eibar on Sunday is being played on Real's training ground and not at the Bernabeu.
Apparently the Bernebeu is undergoing renovations. Their training ground holds 6k, but this is irrelevant as it's behind closed doors.
I don't give a sh-t for any tv deal, but playing on the training ground is an interesting approach when home advantage and everything that goes with that is lost.

[Exeter 77]

I read somewhere that Atletico offered Real use of the Metropolitano but they turned it down.

[PeterWithe]

Jack looking like he's just rolled out from weeks of just praying, meditating and smoking copious amounts of weed.

I was thinking more Tom Hanks and “Castaway”.

Ha, ha. He looks like he's just about to put his foot through Wilson, which is no way to treat an old friend.

[ChicagoLion]

The French decision is irrelevant.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

'Sevilla beat Real Betis in the Seville derby as La Liga returned after a three-month gap - with some teething problems off the pitch.

Groups of fans ignored guidance as they gathered outside the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium before the game, and some of the TV presentation left plenty to be desired.' (BBC sport)

Nothing predictable about that last paragraph at all. A local derby inside a soulless stadium with fans outside and a sh-t tv broadcast.

[myf]

I can't see us surviving but at the same time will be distraught if it happens. consolation is Championship could be very weak division if olbiyun and Dirty Leeds go up. we could be a very big fish in that league if West Ham survive

[Villan82]

I can't see us surviving but at the same time will be distraught if it happens. consolation is Championship could be very weak division if olbiyun and Dirty Leeds go up. we could be a very big fish in that league if West Ham survive

It took us three years last time. Three more years in the wilderness, on top of the past ten years of crap? Nah thanks.

[Ad@m]

I can't see us surviving but at the same time will be distraught if it happens. consolation is Championship could be very weak division if olbiyun and Dirty Leeds go up. we could be a very big fish in that league if West Ham survive

It took us three years last time. Three more years in the wilderness, on top of the past ten years of crap? Nah thanks.

Those three years were a hell of a lot more fun than the five years before them.

[Lastfootstamper]

The last bit was. The preceding two and a half years were shit. Hated it.

[Ad@m]

The last bit was. The preceding two and a half years were shit. Hated it.

Eh?

Villa 5-5 Forest
Villa 4-2 Blues
Villa 5-0 Brizzle
Villa 4-1 Wolves
Sheffield W 2-4 Villa

Etc, etc

[Lastfootstamper]

I agree, we're Aston Villa, and dispatching sides week after week by those sort of scorelines is what I'd expected. Reality was we didn’t, and that in three seasons we barely managed the sum total of one fucking week in the automatic places.

[Ad@m]

But there's very little inherent enjoyment from being 2nd in the table. The fun comes from thumping teams occasionally, coming from behind to win, scraping draws in the last minute unexpectedly, scorching goals direct from corners, etc.

None of which we got from the last five years in the Prem.