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

[Des Little]

Not a hope in hell we are playing Spurs this week.

[Ads]

There are different rules for FA Cup. This should be governed by the same rule that saw Newcastle call our game off. We should not even be giving lip service to the idea that the game could be on when the Newcastle game was, quite rightly, postponed.

And Fulham and Man City. Ours is the biggest outbreak too. This is proper tyre kicking spin from us, while in reality Purslow is watching the new season of Cobra Kai.

[cdbearsfan]

It better be. If we end up playing and put up no resistance I will be disgusted. I don't really get what we gain by even claiming that we are cooperating. Did Newcastle spend the week saying how desperate they were to get the game on? As I recall they made it quite clear they wanted it off and we agreed, as we should have. Because not total gobshites like Spurs

[Richie]

Daniel “Businessman of the Year” Levy thought he could screw us over to get Jack for virtually nothing, without realising we had 2 billionaires waiting in the wings ready to tell him he’s not for sale.

You’d think they would realise by now that they can’t take the piss ! 😂

[Ian.]

They just need to call it off now really, get it over with. It can’t be played, surely not.

[not3bad]

I think the decision will be made tomorrow.

[ChicagoLion]

If we have the squad passed fit to play tomorrow and are able to train,maybe The club want to get this played rather than risk fixture congestion and lack of game time.

[Ian.]

With test and trace and ten positive tests that would mean that whole bubble will be in isolation, isn’t that right?

[Dave]

What is Mourinhos logic that Villa must play with 14 fit under 18s but Spurs can't field a team for a rearranged game with 20 plus fit players?  It's bollocks and there is no way we should field a team when 3 other teams with less players affected didn't have to.  Forfeit and sue the bastards

We surely can’t play any of the lads who featured on Friday as they aren’t registered in our league squad. It will be off.

Don't think that matters does it? It's 25, supplemented by as many u21s as you like I thought.

Still would expect it to be called off in spite of that though.

[Meanwood Villa]

If it was the case that teams were expected to field anyone they could get in a shirt, including sixth formers, then that is what should have happened in the other cases.

[simboy]

It’s not just us and Spuds it affects though is it? Losing an FA cup game with kids doesn’t mean that any other team will suffer financially than us. Whereas getting beat by 5 or 6 in the league with an under strength team could affect lots of teams later down the line, European qualification, the money per place gained or lost.

Add to the fact that the precedent has been set by Man City, Fulham and Newcastle calling off games, the Premier League are opening themselves up to all manner of quite costly litigation.

[walsall villain]

What is Mourinhos logic that Villa must play with 14 fit under 18s but Spurs can't field a team for a rearranged game with 20 plus fit players?  It's bollocks and there is no way we should field a team when 3 other teams with less players affected didn't have to.  Forfeit and sue the bastards

We surely can’t play any of the lads who featured on Friday as they aren’t registered in our league squad. It will be off.

Don't think that matters does it? It's 25, supplemented by as many u21s as you like I thought.

Still would expect it to be called off in spite of that though.

I didn’t know that about u21’s. Hope sense prevails though

[nick harper]

With test and trace and ten positive tests that would mean that whole bubble will be in isolation, isn’t that right?

I thought that’s what they said. Entire first team squad plus staff had to isolate from last Tuesday. 14 confirmed positive by Thursday including 10 of the squad. I thought self isolation was 10 days which will be around this Friday.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Not sure why it hasn’t been called off yet as, any sensible person could surely not expect the Spurs game to go ahead. Listening to a BBC podcast from Saturday, I think, and Jenas and the other presenter was of the opinion that the game should be played despite a precedent being set with Newcastle, Fulham and Man City.

Hope I’m wrong but I’ve got a nagging feeling that just like the handball rule changing after Mings handball and I think a tweak to VAR after a decision against us, we’ll be fucked over again.

[Dante Lavelli]

With the other postponed games, was there uncertainty about how many positive cases there were in the squad i.e. they detected it shortly before the match?  As we know who has/hasn’t got it we might be expected to play.