Popular Post Jareth Posted May 3, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2020 24 minutes ago, PaulC said: That seems a ridiculous idea to me. The most exciting thing about the Premier League is the relegation battle without it there is no incentive for teams like us. Yep, but if they say finish the league and you can't go down, who wouldn't take that? Let's make Drinkwater play every game. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picicata Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 43 minutes ago, PaulC said: That seems a ridiculous idea to me. The most exciting thing about the Premier League is the relegation battle without it there is no incentive for teams like us. Behind closed doors games will be shit whatever. Don't fool yourself that this about entertainment, it's about fulfilling contracts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 A chance to try out some youngsters I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 As ridiculous as it would be to finish the league with the games being in a lot of cases meaningless I think it would be even more ridiculous to finish the league and having these games decide relegation considering how the world looks and with the focus of the players being on the well being of their families and a thousand other things rather than football. A lot of them will not even want to play. I don't want any more games to be played this season for obvious reasons but if they feel they have to for monetary reasons then at least have it be the exhibition style games it will mostly be either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 minute ago, sne said: As ridiculous as it would be to finish the league with the games being in a lot of cases meaningless I think it would be even more ridiculous to finish the league and having these games decide relegation considering how the world looks and with the focus of the players being on the well being of their families and a thousand other things rather than football. A lot of them will not even want to play. I don't want any more games to be played this season for obvious reasons but if they feel they have to for monetary reasons then at least have it be the exhibition style games it will mostly be either way. why though? one isn't any safer than the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Just now, PaulC said: why though? one isn't any safer than the other If safety is the issue (as it should be) then no more games should be played. Playing games with super high stakes during these conditions is IMO a terrible idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) I don't see how writing off a 29 game season based on safety only to start it from fresh 2 months later when you haven't got the confidence to know for a fact you can even complete that season, helps anyone. Other than teams or fans of teams who aren't happy with how their season have gone. We were never meant to be sitting at home for years. There will soon come a time where us as a society have to start taking risks or our economy will simply fall. We need to get back to work to feed our kids. I hope the seasons goes on. I want us to earn our right to be here. I want us to earn it the hard way. We are Aston Villa and shouldn't fear relegation. Edited May 3, 2020 by villalad21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerner's Driver Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 hour ago, PaulC said: That seems a ridiculous idea to me. The most exciting thing about the Premier League is the relegation battle without it there is no incentive for teams like us. If they remove relegation, as is customary for Villa, we will probably turn into Brazil and qualify for Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 12 minutes ago, Lerner's Driver said: If they remove relegation, as is customary for Villa, we will probably turn into Brazil and qualify for Europe. Only to have European competitions cancelled the following season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 20 minutes ago, villalad21 said: I don't see how writing off a 29 game season based on safety only to start it from fresh 2 months later when you haven't got the confidence to know for a fact you can even complete that season, helps anyone. Other than teams or fans of teams who aren't happy with how their season have gone. We were never meant to be sitting at home for years. There will soon come a time where us as a society have to start taking risks or our economy will simply fall. We need to get back to work to feed our kids. I hope the seasons goes on. I want us to earn our right to be here. I want us to earn it the hard way. We are Aston Villa and shouldn't fear relegation. I understand your argument but even under what people consider a severe lockdown we have lost almost 30,000 people so far. Exposure to the public is very limited so that number is incredibly high. This virus is highly contagious and a relatively high mortality rate, those two combinations is incredibly dangerous. You talk risk, but you get this wrong and that combination can and probably will kill 500,000 to 1,000,000 people. If you want to kill an economy, that will because people won’t go out at all. It would be the greatest depression in the UK ever because nobody will be having any money, thus won’t be spending, thus more unemployment, our NHS will be overwhelmed. That’s without even thinking about the actual deaths and the impacts of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) 55 minutes ago, picicata said: Behind closed doors games will be shit whatever. Don't fool yourself that this about entertainment, it's about fulfilling contracts. Is the correct answer. It will absolute garbage to watch. It reminds me when Homer Simpson stops drinking and goes to a baseball game and had no idea how boring it is. Edited May 3, 2020 by The Fun Factory 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Relegation battle as a sceptical is down to the crowd reaction as much as anything on the pitch .Take that away and its already compromised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted May 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 hour ago, PaulC said: That seems a ridiculous idea to me. The most exciting thing about the Premier League is the relegation battle without it there is no incentive for teams like us. That's subjective...I'd say relegation fights are only exciting to the teams involved. Think many fans of the big sides watch the relegation scraps? I doubt it. The European places is incredibly important to sort out and the finish the season with no relegation idea seems the most reasonable so far 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 The idea of playing in Perth is nuts as well , once you play games outside the UK you open up all the 39th game bollox again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Jareth said: Yep, but if they say finish the league and you can't go down, who wouldn't take that? Let's make Drinkwater play every game. Love this idea. It will get us better prepared if we have to play more games next season too. Whilst we won't play more games this season it will certainly feel longer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 hour ago, villalad21 said: I don't see how writing off a 29 game season based on safety only to start it from fresh 2 months later when you haven't got the confidence to know for a fact you can even complete that season, helps anyone. Other than teams or fans of teams who aren't happy with how their season have gone. We were never meant to be sitting at home for years. There will soon come a time where us as a society have to start taking risks or our economy will simply fall. We need to get back to work to feed our kids. I hope the seasons goes on. I want us to earn our right to be here. I want us to earn it the hard way. We are Aston Villa and shouldn't fear relegation. Yes that’s exactly how I feel. The only thing is if we play and finish in the bottom 3 staying up would feel hollow if there’s no relegation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Nabby said: Relegation battle as a sceptical is down to the crowd reaction as much as anything on the pitch .Take that away and its already compromised Yep, fans care more than the players. If West Ham for example go down thats not the same as a bunch of crying fans or pissed off protests against the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 15 minutes ago, PaulC said: Yes that’s exactly how I feel. The only thing is if we play and finish in the bottom 3 staying up would feel hollow if there’s no relegation I’m sure it would be easy to get over 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 10 minutes ago, Zatman said: Yep, fans care more than the players. If West Ham for example go down thats not the same as a bunch of crying fans or pissed off protests against the board. Here's the thing fans care the most even with neutral grounds do they honestly think some fans won't turn up ..unless they keep it secret ..VP is listed as one venue to be used so Liverpool there and can win the league.How many police will be allocated to keep people away from the grounds ? As it not a full match day to the same blocking of roads apply and up to 3 times a week ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Jareth said: Let's make Drinkwater play every game. In goal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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