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

[brontebilly]

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"....

PL need to stand firm on this one. Kloppo was whinging big time on 5 subs last season until it was pointed out he was barely rotating the players he did have available. 5 subs turns the last 10 minutes of games into a bit of a farce and allows the bigger clubs to hang onto bigger squads.

[OCD]

5 substitutes only benefits the sides who have big squads and puts clubs with smaller squads at a disadvantage.

[Steve67]

Klopp has been peddling this shit for the whole of the pandemic. 

[Toronto Villa]

Some suggestion that Norwich fielded a player vs us with a very height temperature and Dean knew about it. I sincerely that’s not true as it would be massively irresponsible and negligent.

[Bobby Boy]

Some suggestion that Norwich fielded a player vs us with a very height temperature and Dean knew about it. I sincerely that’s not true as it would be massively irresponsible and negligent.

Yes, Gilmour. Dean confirmed this at his press conference today. He'd given a negative Covid test so he played.

Not sure that's the brightest decision Dean has made tbh.

[paul_e]

5 substitutes only benefits the sides who have big squads and puts clubs with smaller squads at a disadvantage.

I'm not sure that's true. Yes they have more quality to bring on but look at how often the bigger teams win late in games because tiredness creeps in with the opposition and gaps start to appear, 2 extra subs helps the 'smaller' team as much as the big team in that scenario. i don't remember the extra subs making anything like as much difference as some people thought when we had them after the restart.

I might be wrong but I honestly don't think it's about the big teams wanting to be able to bring on more firepower, I think it's the opposite, it's them wanting to rest more people if the game is done after an hour.

[OCD]

Bit of a difference though when you're 4th and 5th substitutes might be experienced, world class international players or Billy Jones and Rhys Murphy from the U17's.

[Risso]

5 substitutes only benefits the sides who have big squads and puts clubs with smaller squads at a disadvantage.

I'm not sure that's true. Yes they have more quality to bring on but look at how often the bigger teams win late in games because tiredness creeps in with the opposition and gaps start to appear, 2 extra subs helps the 'smaller' team as much as the big team in that scenario. i don't remember the extra subs making anything like as much difference as some people thought when we had them after the restart.

I might be wrong but I honestly don't think it's about the big teams wanting to be able to bring on more firepower, I think it's the opposite, it's them wanting to rest more people if the game is done after an hour.

I was against it, but now I'm not sure it would be so bad for us. Teams like Man City are used to having two world class players (at least) for every spot, and players go there well aware of that. We often hear when transfers are concerned "why would he come to Villa to be back up to x player?" More subs would give us the opportuniy to attract a higher calibre of player, possibly.

[exigo]

And we've got a manager not afraid to make those substitutions now, for the benefit of the team, at the right moments.

[Gareth]

Some suggestion that Norwich fielded a player vs us with a very height temperature and Dean knew about it. I sincerely that’s not true as it would be massively irresponsible and negligent.

Yes, Gilmour. Dean confirmed this at his press conference today. He'd given a negative Covid test so he played.

Not sure that's the brightest decision Dean has made tbh.

Brings slightly different perspective to when Gerrard said he had brought Carney on to get around Gilmour because he was having too much of the ball….hopefully he didn’t get too close after all

[luke95]

Some suggestion that Norwich fielded a player vs us with a very height temperature and Dean knew about it. I sincerely that’s not true as it would be massively irresponsible and negligent.

He also said he was tested negative.

[BC Villain]

Even if he did test negative for covid, I would have thought Smith and Norwich would have exercised a little common sense and pulled the player from the squad with a temperature that high.

[charleeco7]

No manager next two games. Stevie G’s got covid.

[martin o`who??]

Well it's affected Steven Gerrards - he's out tomorrow.

[darren woolley]

I've just seen Steve Gerrard is out for our next two games.