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

[Dave P]

Wales are to have games behind closed doors from Boxing Day. Would not be shocked if England follows not long afterwards.

[Demitri_C]

Instead of behind closed doors why not have reduced capacity? Like 20k?

You can spread that around villa park. Obv would need to be something like 50% capacity as othee teams dont have as big stadiums as us

[frank black]

It’ll be closed doors on Boxing Day, I expect

[The Edge]

It’ll be closed doors on Boxing Day, I expect

I don't think it will. Johnson has lost all credibility over Covid measures. He won't risk the bad publicity. Probably enforce proof of vaccination before entry into the ground via the NHS app. Then we'll have a short "circuit breaker" in January which of course brings us back to where we were year ago. Playing home games behind closed doors having had to go to the opposition ground with a full stadium earlier in the season which just wouldn't be fair.  It's a bloody mess alright.

[Beard82]

Yeah - it also seems unfair that if you have at least 13 players you have to play - it is a massive advantage to the bigger teams - or those that haven’t had vivid outbreaks.  It could be the difference between relegation and survival, Europe or Mid table, or winning the league or not

[Demitri_C]

Yeah - it also seems unfair that if you have at least 13 players you have to play - it is a massive advantage to the bigger teams - or those that haven’t had vivid outbreaks.  It could be the difference between relegation and survival, Europe or Mid table, or winning the league or not

Just like us vs liverpool in fa cup last year eh? They didnt care then and they wont care now.

You can have a circuit breaker but then a week later when your back playing you can have a outbreak then your back at square one.

Personally i think there needs to be a rule where your allowed bigger squads without ffp restrictions so you can cope with cases if you want season tk continue.

The biggest problem is the isolation.  I get why it happens but the point of being double jabbed and then having a booster was if you dont have symptoms or test negative you dont isolate. Once omicron passes. Next will be the pi variant (next letter off the greek alphabet)

Why thing i dont get is why have they skipped to O in the greek alphabet with the variant name?

There was no Epislon( this what omicron should have been called  aftwe delta) Zeta, Eta, Thea, iota, Kappa   Lambda, Mu which were all the letters after delta. As a greek, would love to know why these were left out!

[Lucky Eddie]

This could get fucked up and the prem will cancel relegation.

I'll be mortified if Newcastle, Leeds or Wolves are saved.

[frank black]

Yeah - it also seems unfair that if you have at least 13 players you have to play - it is a massive advantage to the bigger teams - or those that haven’t had vivid outbreaks.  It could be the difference between relegation and survival, Europe or Mid table, or winning the league or not

Just like us vs liverpool in fa cup last year eh? They didnt care then and they wont care now.

You can have a circuit breaker but then a week later when your back playing you can have a outbreak then your back at square one.

Personally i think there needs to be a rule where your allowed bigger squads without ffp restrictions so you can cope with cases if you want season tk continue.

The biggest problem is the isolation.  I get why it happens but the point of being double jabbed and then having a booster was if you dont have symptoms or test negative you dont isolate. Once omicron passes. Next will be the pi variant (next letter off the greek alphabet)

Why thing i dont get is why have they skipped to O in the greek alphabet with the variant name?

There was no Epislon( this what omicron should have been called  aftwe delta) Zeta, Eta, Thea, iota, Kappa   Lambda, Mu which were all the letters after delta. As a greek, would love to know why these were left out!

There is a Epislon, just must be not as effective

[ChicagoLion]

It does all make for a very awkward dilemma for many people. Of course we want to go to football on Boxing Day, but with numbers heading the way they are, many will have a tough call to make. I appreciate that the simple answer is ‘don’t go if you’re unsure’, but it’s not as easy as that is it?! Personally, I’d prefer the League to pull the games or make them close door games - either would be the right thing to do in my opinion.

I don’t want to live in a country where the Government decide everything, there comes a point when individuals need to take responsibility for themselves.
There is enough information to enable you to make an informed decision and as you say if you are unsure......

[UK Redsox]

There was no Epislon( this what omicron should have been called  aftwe delta) Zeta, Eta, Thea, iota, Kappa   Lambda, Mu which were all the letters after delta. As a greek, would love to know why these were left out!

There was definitely a 'Mu', because I posted some extremely witty KLF puns at the time

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20211006/mu-made-splash-disappeared-quietly

[Chris Smith]

Yeah - it also seems unfair that if you have at least 13 players you have to play - it is a massive advantage to the bigger teams - or those that haven’t had vivid outbreaks.  It could be the difference between relegation and survival, Europe or Mid table, or winning the league or not

Just like us vs liverpool in fa cup last year eh? They didnt care then and they wont care now.

You can have a circuit breaker but then a week later when your back playing you can have a outbreak then your back at square one.

Personally i think there needs to be a rule where your allowed bigger squads without ffp restrictions so you can cope with cases if you want season tk continue.

The biggest problem is the isolation.  I get why it happens but the point of being double jabbed and then having a booster was if you dont have symptoms or test negative you dont isolate. Once omicron passes. Next will be the pi variant (next letter off the greek alphabet)

Why thing i dont get is why have they skipped to O in the greek alphabet with the variant name?

There was no Epislon( this what omicron should have been called  aftwe delta) Zeta, Eta, Thea, iota, Kappa   Lambda, Mu which were all the letters after delta. As a greek, would love to know why these were left out!

There is a Epislon, just must be not as effective

First identified in California but was out-competed but existing variants so never took hold.

[Drummond]

It does all make for a very awkward dilemma for many people. Of course we want to go to football on Boxing Day, but with numbers heading the way they are, many will have a tough call to make. I appreciate that the simple answer is ‘don’t go if you’re unsure’, but it’s not as easy as that is it?! Personally, I’d prefer the League to pull the games or make them close door games - either would be the right thing to do in my opinion.

I don’t want to live in a country where the Government decide everything, there comes a point when individuals need to take responsibility for themselves.
There is enough information to enable you to make an informed decision and as you say if you are unsure......

I broadly agree with your first point. My issue is that there appears to be a growing number of people who will happily jeopardise everyone else whilst doing what they want.

[Beard82]

Yeah - it also seems unfair that if you have at least 13 players you have to play - it is a massive advantage to the bigger teams - or those that haven’t had vivid outbreaks.  It could be the difference between relegation and survival, Europe or Mid table, or winning the league or not

Just like us vs liverpool in fa cup last year eh? They didnt care then and they wont care now.

You can have a circuit breaker but then a week later when your back playing you can have a outbreak then your back at square one.

Personally i think there needs to be a rule where your allowed bigger squads without ffp restrictions so you can cope with cases if you want season tk continue.

The biggest problem is the isolation.  I get why it happens but the point of being double jabbed and then having a booster was if you dont have symptoms or test negative you dont isolate. Once omicron passes. Next will be the pi variant (next letter off the greek alphabet)

Why thing i dont get is why have they skipped to O in the greek alphabet with the variant name?

There was no Epislon( this what omicron should have been called  aftwe delta) Zeta, Eta, Thea, iota, Kappa   Lambda, Mu which were all the letters after delta. As a greek, would love to know why these were left out!

Is it that there were other variants - but just that they were variants of concern? 

[Beard82]

Yeah - it also seems unfair that if you have at least 13 players you have to play - it is a massive advantage to the bigger teams - or those that haven’t had vivid outbreaks.  It could be the difference between relegation and survival, Europe or Mid table, or winning the league or not

Just like us vs liverpool in fa cup last year eh? They didnt care then and they wont care now.

You can have a circuit breaker but then a week later when your back playing you can have a outbreak then your back at square one.

Personally i think there needs to be a rule where your allowed bigger squads without ffp restrictions so you can cope with cases if you want season tk continue.

The biggest problem is the isolation.  I get why it happens but the point of being double jabbed and then having a booster was if you dont have symptoms or test negative you dont isolate. Once omicron passes. Next will be the pi variant (next letter off the greek alphabet)

Why thing i dont get is why have they skipped to O in the greek alphabet with the variant name?

There was no Epislon( this what omicron should have been called  aftwe delta) Zeta, Eta, Thea, iota, Kappa   Lambda, Mu which were all the letters after delta. As a greek, would love to know why these were left out!

There is a Epislon, just must be not as effective

First identified in California but was out-competed but existing variants so never took hold.

I think it was like those green coke bottles - neither got going so got cancelled

[Beard82]

It does all make for a very awkward dilemma for many people. Of course we want to go to football on Boxing Day, but with numbers heading the way they are, many will have a tough call to make. I appreciate that the simple answer is ‘don’t go if you’re unsure’, but it’s not as easy as that is it?! Personally, I’d prefer the League to pull the games or make them close door games - either would be the right thing to do in my opinion.

I don’t want to live in a country where the Government decide everything, there comes a point when individuals need to take responsibility for themselves.
There is enough information to enable you to make an informed decision and as you say if you are unsure......

I broadly agree with your first point. My issue is that there appears to be a growing number of people who will happily jeopardise everyone else whilst doing what they want.

Yeah - I think this is the thing.  Thankfully, much against the ruling classes perference, there is such as thing as community.  A virus like this isnt about indiviuals, it is about a community, every decision your making impacts someone else.  Its fine if you factor this into your decision making - which I know is what you are talking about, but unfortunately, this point is lost on a lot of people.   

Its like being in the Biltz, but not blacking your windows out - its not just your house that would get bombed