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

[cdbearsfan]

That's only because the French don't want any games played. A suspension of European competitions and international matches would be good for helping to clear the backlog. Better yet, announce all international matches delayed till after the Euros, all European matches delayed till May when, hopefully, things have calmed down. That would leave time to get all the domestic games in, I'd imagine, even if a few more games have to be rearranged.

[Dave]

The idea of a Super League is a nonsense for me. The cash cow is the CL and by and large the same faces are always involved. FFP was the drawbridge up. There's no appetite for a Super League amongst supporters and given how insanely profitable the PL, why are they chucking that out?

I think that's conflating the present with recent history. Before the current TV deal (particularly the overseas one), they were keen. And before, the Champions League TV money was the biggest financial prize but now that the Premier League is more lucrative than the Champions League they are a lot less interested than they were. Bayern received a similar amount of money for winning the CL last year as Norwich got for finishing bottom of the league.

The appetite for a larger, pan-European league is driven more by European teams than the richer PL clubs. The likes of Bayern and Juventus see it as a way to counter Premier League dominance, having seen the PL interest outpace their domestic league and then outpace the CL as well.

For the PL clubs, leaving the PL just means sharing their huge wealth and global reach with Bayern and PSG, rather than sharing it with Burnley and Wolves. They have the best of both worlds at the moment.

[TelfordVilla]

We are just a couple of matches short of half way in the season. It seems we will not get a 38 match season completed. Why not take the half way point to separate top 10 and bottom 10. Then play 9 more matches against each of the other clubs in the top 10 or bottom 10 to decide the final positions within each 10 over a 28 game season.

[algy]

As far as super league's go, I'd be fairly confident in saying that they're unlikely to happen.  Think it's more likely that European club football gets played in the summer as a contained tournament, a bit like the World Cup.  All the teams involved could effectively put themselves in a bubble, and the knockout rounds take place as a one-off game at a neutral ground.  To be honest, I think it'd make it a better competition to watch.

I think Pandora's box has been opened with the TV schedules now, and can't see it going back ... fully expect every top flight game to be televised.

[wittonwarrior]

I think we will now see the impact given the tight schedule ahead, one game in every three days coming up. 

Villa I think have established ourselves as a top 20 team but this may not show itself immediately given the lottery ahead.

[ChicagoLion]

It will be hard to ignore the future potential of the US. It’s amazing how the interest in English football has increased in the last 10 years.

[London Villan]

I remember going to the US in the 80s and trying to find the result of the charity shield, no chance. The only way to find out was to phone home. Then the 2002 world cup we watched games in mexican and italian bars as they were the only ones showing the games. Was last there 12 months ago and it was on in every bar and even our office has a gloryhunting leicester fan...

[Dante Lavelli]

We are just a couple of matches short of half way in the season. It seems we will not get a 38 match season completed. Why not take the half way point to separate top 10 and bottom 10. Then play 9 more matches against each of the other clubs in the top 10 or bottom 10 to decide the final positions within each 10 over a 28 game season.

I’d be more inclined to spread the European competitions over two seasons - so call these off now and reduce the travel risks etc - the newly vacant Wednesdays could be used as float dates for re-arranged fixtures.  Of corse this approach would guarantee Villa finish 4th and not qualify for the chumps league.

[Dave]

We are just a couple of matches short of half way in the season. It seems we will not get a 38 match season completed. Why not take the half way point to separate top 10 and bottom 10. Then play 9 more matches against each of the other clubs in the top 10 or bottom 10 to decide the final positions within each 10 over a 28 game season.

I’d be more inclined to spread the European competitions over two seasons - so call these off now and reduce the travel risks etc - the newly vacant Wednesdays could be used as float dates for re-arranged fixtures.  Of corse this approach would guarantee Villa finish 4th and not qualify for the chumps league.

Guess the problem is that the rest of Europe isn't necessarily working to our timetable.

Unless I've missed the reports, matches don't appear to be being cancelled in most other places due to massive outbreaks. They just seem to be getting on with finishing their seasons on schedule (information correct at time of going to press).

Why would everyone else skip a year just because we have to keep cancelling matches?

[cdbearsfan]

It isn't just us if France are banning sport for a month. Spreading the tournaments across two years sounds shit, though. If you can't win the league or get relegated there is nothing to play for. Be boring as fuck.

Rearranging all European games to May so as to minimise travel while the new strand is at its deadliest seems reasonable.

And World Cup qualifiers can be postponed. We already had the Czechs having to play an amateur team and it is likely to be much worse next time around.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Here is a lovely reply when a Villa fan tried to make a point on a Spurs fans forum.
If I spoke like that to another fan visiting H & V in peace I would expect an absolute minimum of a warning from the moderators.

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Villan said:
 But you are looking at it purely from a Spurs perspective.
The fact Spurs are in a load of cup competitions and have had games postponed because of the virus (as have we) isn’t Villa’s fault or problem.
Can you seriously say if the roles were reversed you’d happily send the kids to play our first team ?

cretinousgoat Yesterday at 2:47 PM

By the same idiotic logic, the fact you fucking scumbags can't stay virus free isn't spurs fault or problem either.

We're not playing 3 or 4 games in a fucking week again because you dirty villa monkeys can't stay virus free.

Give us the points or play your kids. Simple.

Now fuck off back to the villa forum shithole you crawled yo bitch ass out from

https://thefightingcock.co.uk/forum/threads/the-impact-of-covid-on-spurs-football.35718/page-51

[dave.woodhall]

You'd be banned, and you'd also have a string of posters telling you that you deserve it.

[Ian.]

I’d be horrified if someone spoke like that on here to another fan and I’m sure they would be facing a ban too.

[LukeJames]

Atleast now we know what Mourinho's forum alias is.

[Ian.]

I’ve just seen the name of that Spurs Forum. Now I’m sure most of us on this site would not even entertain writing anything on there. That looks like a place for the most batshit crazy fan and unfortunately every football club has them.