Football and the Coronavirus

adam cool dude · 13 Mar 2020 at 09:22

omnomnom said:
Yea...this isnt world war 2 though.

I know it's not but couldn't think of another scenario that is similar that could cause the league to stop.

Azza · 13 Mar 2020 at 09:27

Ugh

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1238395706769096705

rebel rebel · 13 Mar 2020 at 09:28

That's a quarter of the premiership now.

BaZ87 · 13 Mar 2020 at 09:33

I bet you it's Pickford that's caught it. The only thing he's caught all season.

bazzabear · 13 Mar 2020 at 09:40

It'll be a bit ironic if, despite the Ighalo chant, United end up one of the few teams not having to self isolate.

Ayahuasca · 13 Mar 2020 at 09:52

Liverpool Premier League Champions 2019/2020*

adam cool dude · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:05

bazzabear said:
It'll be a bit ironic if, despite the Ighalo chant, United end up one of the few teams not having to self isolate.

I will be very surprised if the games go ahead this weekend anyway and how long will this self isolate business go on? No doubt all the footballers are going to be tested weekly and as soon as one person gets it they will self isolate.

BaZ87 · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:10

Interestly Germany has announced that they will suspend all games until early April but only after this current weekends fixtures :/

A few journo's are reporting that the most likely announcement from the PL will be a suspension to April with the hope of starting games again then. In reality they could delay a lot longer without too much issue - 9-10 games could be fit into 4 weeks with games being played every 3 days.

The_One · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:20

Bournemouth shut down now also

Shamikebab · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:27

BaZ87 said:
In reality they could delay a lot longer without too much issue - 9-10 games could be fit into 4 weeks with games being played every 3 days.

Players not training for the best part of a month then playing games every 3 days sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

Cosimo · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:29

All Uefa competitions, including Champions League and Europa League matches due to be played on 17 and 18 March, have been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The draws for the next rounds, set for 20 March, have also been postponed.

I guess that will be it for the season.

wildman · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:43

finish league off using subbuteo. Each manager rocks up in full PPE for each game. Broadcast live on Sky and BT sports. Arteta gets to name a stand in.

robfosters · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:44

Looks like the premier league is being suspended until 4 April

Cosimo · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:48

robfosters said:
Looks like the premier league is being suspended until 4 April

The EFL have already agreed to this and the PL should follow shortly. They will review again in April.

Will be made official within the hour.

Journey · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:48

wildman said:
finish league off using subbuteo. Each manager rocks up in full PPE for each game. Broadcast live on Sky and BT sports. Arteta gets to name a stand in.

Pfft.. don't be ridiculous then you could actually hold a manager 'responsible' for a team losing, as opposed to the little plastic players who'd actually be to blame.

Shamikebab · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:56

Clearly they should resolve it on Fifa be a pro with everyone playing themselves 11v11.

200sols · 13 Mar 2020 at 10:57

Unlucky Liverpool

Slam · 13 Mar 2020 at 11:02

In the interest of player, staff and fan safety the Premier League must be aborted for the remainder for the season and declared void. Qualification for next season's competitions must be based upon the finishing positions of the 2015/16 campaign.

fez · 13 Mar 2020 at 11:02

200sols said:
Unlucky Liverpool

Knew they would bottle it. So close as well.

Its official, all PL games suspended until 3rd of April at the earliest.

Journey · 13 Mar 2020 at 11:05

fez said:
Knew they would bottle it. So close as well.

Its official, all PL games suspended until 3rd of April at the earliest.

Earliest is the key word, ignore the date. They will not complete the games for the season before summer if at all.