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

[Flin5tone]

Hey, what's going on? I agree with Flin5tone.

Haha

It's all gone very quiet on the Vaccine Passport from the Government . I just can't see how we can go into the winter with them not in use.  Cases already going up,look what happened in Newquay after the Music Festival

[Risso]

Hey, what's going on? I agree with Flin5tone.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

[Footy-Vill]

Aston Villa have allowed Emi Martinez and Emi Buendia to meet up with the Argentina squad in defiance of a collective Premier League decision not to release players to red-list countries.

Top-flight and EFL clubs had announced they would not permit players to travel to countries on the UK Government’s proscribed Covid-19 list, prompting FIFA president Gianni Infantino to write to Prime Minster Boris Johnson to request exemptions.

[wittonwarrior]

Don’t think the club had much choice

[Footy-Vill]

The club said
"These arrangements mean that Martinez and Buendia will only miss our Premier League match with Chelsea before being available for the visit of Everton to Villa Park on 18th September in order to comply with the UK’s Covid quarantine regulations.

There are no easy solutions as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to adversely impact professional sport. After careful consideration, we think this plan respects the long established call-up rules and balances the importance which top players place on representing their countries in important matches with the best interests of Aston Villa".

[cdbearsfan]

Austin MacPhee has Covid and won't be travelling to assist the Scotland squad as planned. I've no idea how many other Villa players/staff will be affected.

[Ger Regan]

You'd hope the majority of the coaching staff have been jabbed, so hopefully won't impact many, although likely some might have to isolate for a while? Was he at the match on saturday? Was there any word on the playing side re. vaccinations?

[cdbearsfan]

He was definitely at the match. No idea re:vaccines.

[KRS]

Is the closest correct answer to the title of this thread “2 points so far” or is that placing too much on SJM and JJ?

[Risso]

He was definitely at the match. No idea re:vaccines.

That could be potentially quite serious you'd think. He seems to be very hands on with the players and was always around them for drinks breaks etc in stops in play.

[cdbearsfan]

This is good. Assume will apply to football matches and hopefully England and Wales will follow.

BBC News - Scots to need vaccine passports for large events
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58412832

[Demitri_C]

This is good. Assume will apply to football matches and hopefully England and Wales will follow.

BBC News - Scots to need vaccine passports for large events
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58412832

Its only a matter of time id imagine

[Flin5tone]

Sooner the better for the Vaccine Passports, it don't feel very safe at the Football with how large crowds congregate at Half Time with no mask wearing and distancing impossible.

[Footy-Vill]

Premier League chiefs draft in Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, to urge footballers to ignore vaccine myths

Premier League chiefs have made a video encouraging players to be jabbed

Deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam has cleared up misinformation

Van-Tam recorded a video answering a series of questions over the vaccine

The video will be shared among players with the aim of getting more vaccinated

Last week it was revealed that almost a third of players in the English Football League players were not immunised and had no plans to get jabbed

The Telegraph reported that the data collected by the EFL found that around only 70 per cent of EFL players at its 72 clubs had received at least one dose of vaccine or were intending to get one

[Footy-Vill]

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Steve Bruce, his Newcastle counterpart, admitted last month that members of their squads had not been vaccinated.

Steve Bruce said players were being deterred by conspiracy theories about the supposed risks of the vaccine and the motivation for its rollout, while Solskjaer said of his some squad were ‘not sure’ about getting it

A Mail on Sunday survey of clubs through each of the four divisions of the English football pyramid found that those clubs with players who had chosen not to get vaccinated included Cardiff, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Oldham, Bradford, Harrogate and Morecambe

Wolves have confirmed that all their players have been double jabbed

89% of Brentford players have had the first dose

96% of Leeds players have been vaccinated, with the remaining players planning to get the jab