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

[Gerrin]

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#avfc have asked the Premier League to postpone Sunday's match against Everton. Premier League to discuss in a meeting tomorrow. Villa fear they will not be permitted into training ground until Saturday after Covid outbreak

The Man City game is already re-arranged, the Newcastle game can be played on a cup weekend, neither of which were our fault.

We went over and beyond to fulfil the Liverpool cup tie. Nobody knows how serious our players have been affected, I think the Everton game is most likely to soon.

[PaulWinch again]

Get well soon Trez. The more you hear about “long COVID” the more worrying it sounds, so hope all involved in this are quick to recover.

[basavfc]

Anyone else think the Everton game will come too soon and will also need to be postponed ?

no chance it'll be postponed, the 10 day isolation period will be over with enough time for us to have a couple of days training, there's no way the league will let us (or any other club in that circumstance) delay after the isolation period.

So i wasn't that wide of the mark then and I think it's the right thing to do !

[WassallVillain]

Not much evidence of players obeying the social distancing rules tonight despite the warnings.

[eamonn]

Those warnings are daft. Players getting carried away in the dressing room after an FA Cup shock has suddenly brought attention to the fact that players hug and clap each other when they score. They also breathe heavily near the opposition during the entire 90 minutes. Just stop the football altogether already.

[adrenachrome]

According to a report in The Independent, largely sourced from PA, BH remains closed and the game is unlikely to go ahead.

   

[wince]

I do think the elite sports rules need to change. Either vaccinate the clubs involved or halt the sport altogether.

[cdbearsfan]

Move Euros to 2022, move World Cup to 2023. Shorten format of qualifying for Euro 2024 by removing Nations League and playoffs.

Move all European matches to June, with them reduced to one leg games.

Gives until end of May to get domestic football sorted with an additional nine midweek slots to do so. You could have playoffs in June, too, if need be.

Massively reduces the chances of further spreading the new strain around during the winter months when health services are most stretched.

No need to cancel anything, better chance of crowds being allowed at the Euros and World Cup. Everyone wins.

[PhilVill]

Tested positive four days ago and would consider myself as a mild case but still feel pretty pants. If large numbers of players and staff same as me there's no chance they could train, never mind play. It really zaps your energy levels 😷😴

[Gareth]

Move Euros to 2022, move World Cup to 2023. Shorten format of qualifying for Euro 2024 by removing Nations League and playoffs.

Move all European matches to June, with them reduced to one leg games.

Gives until end of May to get domestic football sorted with an additional nine midweek slots to do so. You could have playoffs in June, too, if need be.

Massively reduces the chances of further spreading the new strain around during the winter months when health services are most stretched.

No need to cancel anything, better chance of crowds being allowed at the Euros and World Cup. Everyone wins.

That level of sense will never catch on

[olaftab]

Why not cancel the 2022 world cup. It's a dubious stolen with bribes event in a place where no local gives a shit about football and a State that still operates in slave trade mode. Just dump it.

[TelfordVilla]

Tested positive four days ago and would consider myself as a mild case but still feel pretty pants. If large numbers of players and staff same as me there's no chance they could train, never mind play. It really zaps your energy levels                                                     
                                                                                               get well soon. This is my fear about the first team squad. Fatigue will really hit home now and if some of our key players have covid they may not be match fit for months.

[Percy McCarthy]

Tested positive four days ago and would consider myself as a mild case but still feel pretty pants. If large numbers of players and staff same as me there's no chance they could train, never mind play. It really zaps your energy levels 😷😴

Get well soon Phil.

[Risso]

Yep, get well soon mate.

[PhilVill]

Cheers all 😊, work in a 24/7 call centre so was just a matter of time tbh. Would say a mild case is like a mild case of flu so it's not dreadful but you can see how it really floor's those already sick and vulnerable. 🤒