sidcow Posted May 5, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 5, 2020 6 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: I have read that Rick Parry thinks that the premier league parachute payments are a evil that need to be eradicated. A couple of points. Firstly if they scrapped them then all relegated clubs would probably go out of business within a couple of months due to the huge chasm in tv rights between the premier and football league. Fixed that for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 1 hour ago, PaulC said: I realise that but by early June we could be where Germany are now in terms of daily new cases and fatalities. In fact it will be shocking if we are not Large shops (over 800m2) and schools (if you have exams this year) have been open for 2 weeks here and we never had the restrictions on lock down that the UK had (mine is basically you're allowed out and to meet up but only ever as a 2) now we're only allowed in shops, hospital, on buses etc if you wear a face mask Im expecting that if football comes back then so will a lot of other things, me back in the office for example, restaurants too And all of that has the threat of everything closing again if the rate of infection rises over a certain threshold (with various states having worse infection rates) Is the uk really 4 weeks away from that? That would be shops such as M&S, Debenhams and Next opening in 2 weeks time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 58 minutes ago, nick76 said: Can’t see it. Imagine if we climb out after a couple of wins and let’s say West Ham drop into the bottom three, there will be uproar from the cockneys! Good point but its easier to finish the season if each side had played 30 games for exMple than us in relegation zone playing one game less. We could sue them greatly as could sheffield united. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 38 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Large shops (over 800m2) and schools (if you have exams this year) have been open for 2 weeks here and we never had the restrictions on lock down that the UK had (mine is basically you're allowed out and to meet up but only ever as a 2) now we're only allowed in shops, hospital, on buses etc if you wear a face mask Im expecting that if football comes back then so will a lot of other things, me back in the office for example, restaurants too And all of that has the threat of everything closing again if the rate of infection rises over a certain threshold (with various states having worse infection rates) Is the uk really 4 weeks away from that? That would be shops such as M&S, Debenhams and Next opening in 2 weeks time That's ok- in 4 weeks Debhenhams will be bust anyway Destroyed high street banter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 43 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: That's ok- in 4 weeks Debhenhams will be bust anyway Destroyed high street banter. Best kind of banter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Issue's now with sponsors if games played behind closed doors and neutral venues Training put back a week due to player concerns Meanwhile PL also trying to deal with the Newcastle take over which seems to have same issues as restarting league , no on can make a decision 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Not sure if it's been posted already but do we know who the asthmatic player & the one with a recovering mum are? Looks like they must be 1st teamers so just wondered who we'll be missing if this farce of a season continues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 26 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said: Not sure if it's been posted already but do we know who the asthmatic player & the one with a recovering mum are? Looks like they must be 1st teamers so just wondered who we'll be missing if this farce of a season continues? It's not asthma, Grealish has a form of bronchitis called 'bong-itis' from an overnight stay at McCormack's house. We're f^<ked! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 2 people at Monchengladbach have returned positive tests as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 5 hours ago, danceoftheshamen said: Not sure if it's been posted already but do we know who the asthmatic player & the one with a recovering mum are? Looks like they must be 1st teamers so just wondered who we'll be missing if this farce of a season continues? I was wondering the same. This will happen with other teams as well. Players will also pull out of these games and be treated as being "injured". Players will be isolated after tests and will miss games. Clubs that are "on the beach" will field weakened teams. Home advantage will be lost and games will be played in empty stadiums. This will make vital results a lottery. Where's the so called integrity then? As if the likes of the PL or Parry care... . Still at least Liverpool will get their trophy and Leeds might get up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) Think I remember reading or hearing that Engels had asthma. No idea if true! Edited May 6, 2020 by nick76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 6 hours ago, danceoftheshamen said: Not sure if it's been posted already but do we know who the asthmatic player & the one with a recovering mum are? Looks like they must be 1st teamers so just wondered who we'll be missing if this farce of a season continues? I think this is basically the subtext of Dean's comments - yeah sure we'll compete and fancy our chances but just so it's clear we'll be competing with a depleted squad which could deplete further because all it takes is player refusal or further infection. I'm sure there'll be plenty 'thank fooks for that' when it's officially called off and this daft charade can stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 So Germany has pushed back the start date to the end of the month now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, rbcuk said: So Germany has pushed back the start date to the end of the month now And as even the most rabid right winger wouldn't dare breathe that we should start earlier than the Germans given the small matter of the highest death rate in Europe - that is surely season over for the premier league. Who'd have thought that Tory incompetence might save Villa from relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midian Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Purslow is on Talksport next,it will be intresting what he has to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted May 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, Jareth said: And as even the most rabid right winger wouldn't dare breathe that we should start earlier than the Germans given the small matter of the highest death rate in Europe - that is surely season over for the premier league. Who'd have thought that Tory incompetence might save Villa from relegation. Cameron had such great foresight back when he could differentiate between teams in Claret and Blue. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, Jareth said: And as even the most rabid right winger wouldn't dare breathe that we should start earlier than the Germans given the small matter of the highest death rate in Europe - that is surely season over for the premier league. Who'd have thought that Tory incompetence might save Villa from relegation. Away from politics, David Cameron is privately delighted that he's saved his two favourite teams from relegation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jareth said: And as even the most rabid right winger wouldn't dare breathe that we should start earlier than the Germans given the small matter of the highest death rate in Europe - that is surely season over for the premier league. Who'd have thought that Tory incompetence might save Villa from relegation. Are you talking about El Ghazi or Trez......either way I would call them inside right forwards though rather than right wingers. Edited May 6, 2020 by nick76 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 1 hour ago, nick76 said: Think I remember reading or hearing that Engels had asthma. No idea if true! For some reason I thought it was Neil Taylor, for some reason I think I heard an interview in the past he mentioned it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Could be Drinkwater, he was blowing out his ass after 15 minutes and never lasted more than 60. That's likely down him just being unfit but who knows. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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