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

[Mister E]

... PPG would see us in 7th place, But without the equal number of games being played by teams around us.

You've referred to this a couple of times. The point of PPG is to allow for the fact that clubs may have played different numbers of games.

[CT]

I can't remember if i already said this but I know exactly what is going to happen here, because this is the sort of thing that happens to Aston Villa.

First season pause - emerge from it much stronger, make amazing recovery and survive in top flight.

New season - begin brilliantly, play great football, show immense hope for the future.

Next season pause - we'll emerge from it newly as shit as we were before the original pause.

And, the year we were finally, definitely going to win the FA Cup this happens.

You mean this has all been a dream?

Put it like this. If this was an episode of Dallas, we'd be Victoria Principal encountering Dead Bobby Ewing in the shower room.

We'll all be crying tears of joy as Jack lifts the FA Cup aloft.

Then wake up in a Texas shower cubicle. Have a good day y’all.

[Ads]

I hope there's not a break. Having something to look forward to at least makes the weekends worth having.

Bit of a dramatic way for us to reduce 9 games in January to likely 7 or 6.

[Steve67]

Scrap any international breaks and play a couple of games in that time.  I think football should be postponed for a month whilst the vaccine sorts itself out.  Premier League clubs can pay for their players to get the vaccine. I agree with Ads that football gives us something to look forward to but the risk is greater.  Also, there is a lack of consistency, as we play a very, very weakened team for tonight's game and would be fined if we decided to do this for a league game.

[Ads]

Hard to see how the Euros can happen. They'll only be us who will be anywhere close to having done a lot of vaccinations in the competition. Bin them off.

[kippaxvilla2]

If that doesn’t get binned off then that is entirely down to the catastrophic financial implications and not any consideration for health.  Mind you same can be said of most competitions.  I would feel desperately sad for wee John McGinn if that were to happen.

[Risso]

If that doesn’t get binned off then that is entirely down to the catastrophic financial implications and not any consideration for health.  Mind you same can be said of most competitions.  I would feel desperately sad for wee John McGinn if that were to happen.

Even if they go ahead I'd say it's highly unlikely there'd be any fans there.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Game on I see.
We've had l'pool and man utd pissing on the integrity of the fa cup in the past. The fa are now pissing on the integrity of their own competition and for what...money!
I'd love to win the fa cup but this is not the way to hold a competition with teams weakened by covid.
We've been in pandemic mode since March 2020. They managed to finish last season's competition, but going ahead with this season's competition despite covid issues smacks of greed and head in the sand decisions.
I want the Villa youngsters to do well of course, but football and particularly the fa have just chipped away again at my affection for the game.
Any deadlines they feel they have to meet for playing games may go anyway if football is suspended due to the rise in covid cases making tonight's decision to play or forfeiture irrelevant.
F-ck the fa. UTVB literally!

[clash city rocker]

If as stated a number of our players have tested positive is there a chance that it could affect their performance in coming weeks even if their symptoms are not severe ?

[Dave]

If as stated a number of our players have tested positive is there a chance that it could affect their performance in coming weeks even if their symptoms are not severe ?

I'd say that rather than it being chance, I'd say it's a probability.

[SoccerHQ]

Hopefully Newcastle lose to Arsenal as they should.

Unless we perform one of sporting miracles of the decade would mean 4th round weekend is free for both clubs and we can at least get that fixture played given our next two league games will probably be postponed.

Two weeks time so majority of squad should be o.k by then.

That would be 23rd January providing Football hasnt been stopped
The 20th January is 12 days away vs Man City.

Maybe Villa can play Newcastle on that weekend but between now and 16 days away villa will have matches postponed from the 3 scheduled and other clubs and players will have Covid-19
Its reported as rampant within first team and worse than Newacstle and Fulham outbreak.

I think in next 2 weeks football will have the 'mid season break'

Before the FA cup 4th round Villa have games scheduled on 13th, 16th and 20th of January Difficulty can arise for Villa with likely that Spurs and perhaps Everton would be postponed or a depleted team to be playing. Then man city would be the next match that Villa could play,  again with a squad that has been hit with Covid.

The impact covid 19 has can see players struggling and even all 3 prem league matches for Villa being postponed before the 4th round of FA cup weekend.

We should be under no obligation to play the Spurs game whatsoever. Would make a mockery of whole of premier league season if we're made to put kids out while Newcastle didn't when they called that game off and also the ones over xmas.

Purslow is canny operator so he'll have direct hotline and cast iron guarentee from premier league we can call off the Spurs game even if we play tonight.

Not sure on Everton. If we can get most of first team squad training end of next week and their fitness levels are fine it should go ahead although perhaps moved back 24 hours to the Sunday as Everton have a free week after that game so can't see issues for that.

[nick harper]

If the first team squad have to isolate for 10 days I would have thought that kills the Everton game as well. That will be next Friday so no time to prepare at all. Suggestions are that it’s a more serious outbreak than any other in the premier league so far.

[kippaxvilla2]

Which again is 100 percent Aston Villaesque.

[Legion]

If the first team squad have to isolate for 10 days I would have thought that kills the Everton game as well. That will be next Friday so no time to prepare at all. Suggestions are that it’s a more serious outbreak than any other in the premier league so far.

I bet it's that bloody Grealish to blame.

[AlexAlexCropley]

If the first team squad have to isolate for 10 days I would have thought that kills the Everton game as well. That will be next Friday so no time to prepare at all. Suggestions are that it’s a more serious outbreak than any other in the premier league so far.

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