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Author Topic: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?  (Read 746744 times)

Offline Nev

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5190 on: January 07, 2021, 02:42:05 PM »
That's that then.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5191 on: January 07, 2021, 02:44:54 PM »
Looks like our fa cup is over for this season. Bigger issues to worry about

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5192 on: January 07, 2021, 02:45:58 PM »
"A large number of first team players and staff returned positive tests after being routinely tested on Monday and immediately went into isolation"

What's a large number in this context?

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5193 on: January 07, 2021, 02:46:45 PM »
I’ve not thought of opposing elite sport continuing at all, but there gets to a point where there is a duty of care to staff / presumable liability/accountability for employers. Interesting how different it feels when it’s my club.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5194 on: January 07, 2021, 02:47:52 PM »
If we can cobble together 14 players, won’t this go ahead?
Aren’t FA cup rules different to the league.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5195 on: January 07, 2021, 02:50:03 PM »
I'd like to think none of our players and staff broke the rules over Christmas but it's fanciful, particularly where the players are concerned so this is not really a surprise and with a more transmissible variant it only takes a couple of boneheads to bollocks the whole thing up.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5196 on: January 07, 2021, 02:51:33 PM »
FA Cup will be carnage, mixing players and staff from different locations and leagues....postponed games will have to be rearranged and there is little room in the calendar for Prem clubs...

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5197 on: January 07, 2021, 02:53:09 PM »
If we can’t get a decent team out I would rather Liverpool have a bye. I doN’t want a thrashing from them lot

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5198 on: January 07, 2021, 02:53:19 PM »
This thing is so easily spread now, It’s probably not appropriate to give negative labels those who get it.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5199 on: January 07, 2021, 02:57:09 PM »
FA cup really shouldn't be going ahead this season given all the lower league clubs haven't had covid tests through the season.

Ultimately thought I remember the outcry when Newcastle cancelled our game with a few on here and elsewhere saying they should've sent the under 16s along.

We're in the same situation now and doubt we'll get permission to postpone this although it should be like that game was.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5200 on: January 07, 2021, 02:57:16 PM »
If we can’t get a decent team out I would rather Liverpool have a bye. I doN’t want a thrashing from them lot

They'll want revenge for the quarter final last season....

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5201 on: January 07, 2021, 02:59:55 PM »
Actually just seen Southampton-Shrewsbury got postponed a few hours back so games can be called off and played at a later date although could well have to be a Monday after weekend fixtures if there's a spare midweek sometime in February.

Or just play this game on 4th round weekend. Not ideal but could just about be squeezed in.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5202 on: January 07, 2021, 03:01:14 PM »
If we can cobble together 14 players, won’t this go ahead?
Aren’t FA cup rules different to the league.

The 14 players was the original rule for the Premier League, but there have been numerous games now what that hasn't been enforced. I don't know what the FA rules are but I'd be amazed if the game goes ahead.

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5203 on: January 07, 2021, 03:02:40 PM »
They should forget the whole thing now!

(and award it to the 1957 winners)

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Re: How much will Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact Aston Villa's season?
« Reply #5204 on: January 07, 2021, 03:03:07 PM »
I think in the FA Cup the tie will just be rewarded to the club that could field a team.

 


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