Aston Villa v Newcastle postponed

[ClaretTony]

Sensible decision - game postponed because of COVID issues at Newcastle

[ClaretDiver]

Just seen that pop up on Sky...right decision like you say Tony

[ClaretTony]

Just seen that pop up on Sky...right decision like you say Tony

No option is there? People’s safety comes first.

[groove]

One wonders if this is a sign of things to come. If many more are postponed there's gonna be one he'll of a fixture backlog towards the end of the season.

[gandhisflipflop]

We should have handed city a 3-0 result on saturday and blamed covid it would have worked in our favour...

[ClaretTony]

One wonders if this is a sign of things to come. If many more are postponed there's gonna be one he'll of a fixture backlog towards the end of the season.

I must admit I’ve had concerns all along as to whether the season would finish. We keep being told that Premier League clubs are making things absolutely safe and yet this happened.

I also have concerns at people attending these behind closed doors games. There is a reason they are behind closed doors and yet there will be people travelling distances to go to games even though under the rules they are allowed to attend.

[Vegas Claret]

the way it's looking for us I hope they scrap the season

[ClaretTony]

the way it's looking for us I hope they scrap the season

They have discussed it and there will be a point in terms of number of games played when they will consider it a season played with champions and relegated clubs confirmed etc.

[Steve1956]

the way it's looking for us I hope they scrap the season

Hope not our league position at this moment is perfect for the power's that be to kick us out of this division

[bfcmik]

the way it's looking for us I hope they scrap the season

If they scrap the season we would go bust between the wage bill whilst paying back 90% of our revenues to the broadcasters

[ClaretTony]

If they scrap the season we would go bust between the wage bill whilst paying back 90% of our revenues to the broadcasters

We will be ok with the money from the new owners.

[Spijed]

They have discussed it and there will be a point in terms of number of games played when they will consider it a season played with champions and relegated clubs confirmed etc.

Didn't they mention something along the lines of 2/3rds of the season?

[ClaretTony]

Didn't they mention something along the lines of 2/3rds of the season?

There was a suggestion of that or 3/qtrs but I don’t think anything was confirmed.

[boatshed bill]

We will be ok with the money from the new owners.

To be honest, I can't think why anyone would buy a bottom 3 PL club at present.

[ClaretTony]

To be honest, I can't think why anyone would buy a bottom 3 PL club at present.

There are always people looking to buy football clubs

[Vegas Claret]

They have discussed it and there will be a point in terms of number of games played when they will consider it a season played with champions and relegated clubs confirmed etc.

yep, can't imagine we are close to that number yet though. There is no good scenario in 2020 unfortunately

[Jakubclaret]

Newcastle had issues last Friday with the palace game because of Covid they couldn’t field a full strength side, surely at that point everybody should have been tested before playing, you know you’ve got issues you should find out the extent of the issues & just stop regardless of any punitive measures, Newcastle should have pulled the plug pre palace at the first outbreak.

[TheFamilyCat]

One wonders if this is a sign of things to come. If many more are postponed there's gonna be one he'll of a fixture backlog towards the end of the season.

It'll play havoc with Fantasy Football too.

[jrgbfc]

One postponed game since the restart back in June. Not sure there's any reason to panic just yet.

[dougcollins]

We should have handed city a 3-0 result on saturday and blamed covid it would have worked in our favour...

Had exactly that thought. Unfortunately they'd just postpone it and make us play it in any case.