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

[ChicagoLion]

Depends how bad the symptoms are, if they’ve had it like I have (still recovering 3 weeks on) they won’t be running around for a while.

but most of them will not have symptoms.

[Lastfootstamper]

What training will the absentees have been able to do? Not really ideal to have missed a week of it in the run-up to facing the European Champions. I imagine we've been putting modern technology and players' broadband connectivity through their paces.

[N'ZMAV]

What training will the absentees have been able to do? Not really ideal to have missed a week of it in the run-up to facing the European Champions. I imagine we've been putting modern technology and players' broadband connectivity through their paces.

they've been on the hub all day

[Gareth]

What training will the absentees have been able to do? Not really ideal to have missed a week of it in the run-up to facing the European Champions. I imagine we've been putting modern technology and players' broadband connectivity through their paces.

they've been on the hub all day

Is that Foden & Grealish?

[Towser]

Liverpool v Leeds and Wolves v Watford postponed for boxing day

[Bobby Boy]

Hard to see how the Chelsea game can go ahead if we were unable to field a team on Saturday.

The game at Leeds must be in severe jeopardy too. If they can't put out a team on Sunday surely nothing will change by Tuesday?

[SoccerHQ]

Yes Leeds game will be off.

I presume if majority of our squad test negative we can train tomorrow afternoon and then on xmas day given the Burnley test results were conducted on the Friday morning and isolation has been cut to 7 days now so I think Chelsea will go ahead unless they've had another outbreak but not ideal preparation.

[Steve67]

If it wasn't for the money, they should just take the winter break now and all take a month off.  An unpopular view I know but at least it might end some of the uncertaincy.

[Bobby Boy]

If it wasn't for the money, they should just take the winter break now and all take a month off.  An unpopular view I know but at least it might end some of the uncertaincy.

It makes complete sense but Sky / BT Sport / Amazon Prime will be putting  all the pressure they can on the Premier League for this not to happen.

Money talks as we know.

Hopefully good sense will prevail though.

[Gareth]

I’m sure unless there are new cases to take either team under the threshold the Chelsea game will be on….PL will not want to lose a live TV game.  They don’t care about the integrity of the competition just that there is a product live to air around the world.

Same as with the talk about losing 2nd legs or League Cup semis or FA cup replays that is purely and simply to create gaps in the schedule should Amazon round of games be lost after Christmas so the league can protect the Amazon income.

[JD]

According to Mr Gerard, the Premier League (wan*ers) have deemed that any of our youngsters that played against Barrow in the League Cup are now classified as first team players as they have played first team football. Other teams in the same position.   

[Villafirst]

Will ST holders be getting another questionnaire to fill in for the Chelsea game?  Similar to what we got for the Burnley game. Obviously an NHS Covid pass will be required.

[Richard E]

Will ST holders be getting another questionnaire to fill in for the Chelsea game?  Similar to what we got for the Burnley game. Obviously an NHS Covid pass will be required.

ST holders only have to fill it in once so if you did it for Burnley you’re fine.

[Demitri_C]

Funny how the big boys are calling for 5 sub rule again (as it gives them a even greater advantage) but if you cant get enough players to furfill a game then what difference will it make?

Just another excuse to help the likes of chelsea, liverpool and city who have greater strength depth

If its a temporary measure for 4 weeks then can live with it but if its permanent then its simply is helping the big clubs again

[N'ZMAV]

5 subs? interesting, they need to make their mind up... on one hand they're saying "we haven't got enough players" - now they saying "we want to use more subs"....