It will be two weeks initially but they are clearly leaving themselves the option to extend that.
Could they void the PL due to the Coronavirus? | No | Resuming June 17th
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Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) discuss United's fantastic win away against Athletic Club in the semi-final of the Europa League.
They also pick out the positives of United's 4-3 loss away at Brentford, and Nik reviews a day out at Old Trafford watching Manchester United Women qualify for the Champions League.
It will be two weeks initially but they are clearly leaving themselves the option to extend that.
Isn't the coronavirus isolation centre on Merseyside somewhere?
I think Public Health England has set it up there in the hope that LFC's toxicity will completely erradicate the virus...
I think Public Health England has set it up there in the hope that LFC's toxicity will completely erradicate the virus...
It's been named covid-19 for a reason 
I think it's the only reasonable thing to do for public safety. It would be such a shame for Liverpool not to win the league though.
What are they going to do with CL spots for next season if they stop the league?
Look up who finished in the CL spots last season and there’s your answer.
If the league is cancelled it’s then null and void.
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She will be right in that 3-4 years from now, when we have herd immunity as a species, it will be like influenza.
How many people get infected, critically so and needing intensive care with fewer beds and expensive or barebones healthcare systems like in the US and UK, is what should scare her, especially given that the mortality rates are 20% for ages > 80 or 10% for ages > 60 with comorbidities.
Covid-19 is more contagious and lethal than H1N1 which killed 600 thousand people globally (including 12k in the US) but not as good at killing like SARS-1 which is what makes it scary since people can spread it without being symptomatic or showing mild symptoms. H1N1 was also easier to develop a vaccine against (took 5 months) and we are still at least a year away for Covid-19.
She will be right in that 3-4 years from now, when we have herd immunity as a species, it will be like influenza.
How many people get infected, critically so and needing intensive care with fewer beds and expensive or barebones healthcare systems like in the US and UK, is what should scare her, especially given that the mortality rates are 20% for ages > 80 or 10% for ages > 60 with comorbidities.
Covid-19 is more contagious and lethal than H1N1 which killed 600 thousand people globally (including 12k in the US) but not as good at killing like SARS-1 which is what makes it scary since people can spread it without being symptomatic or showing mild symptoms. H1N1 was also easier to develop a vaccine against (took 5 months) and we are still at least a year away for Covid-19.
Hope they'd do the same with the Premier League.Cancel the Euros boy, just give it to the holders
The talk is of matches being played behind closed doors. Liverpool to win the league in an empty stadium? I’ll take it.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ind-closed-doors-coronavirus-contingency-plan
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ind-closed-doors-coronavirus-contingency-plan
It wouldn't be the first time, City have won 2 titles in an empty stadium (the third was at the Amex)
And their trophy parade called off.
Imagine Liverpool's parade through their empty, rat infested city. That would be lovely.
I think the best and fairest thing for all parties is to immediately cancel the league, and take every teams most recent result in the league and apply that to each remaining game, since it’s a strong indicator of form.
Swiss League has been suspended so it could definitely happen in England, though you'd think the Premier League would keep playing through the apocalypse to keep their greedy pockets stuffed full.
In the ever increasingly likely event of major disruption the biggest problem will be getting a resolution which all clubs would support. Clubs in with a chance of CL qualification or avoiding relegation won’t support a curtailed season which freezes current positions. The money at stake is just too much. That’s before you even consider the lower leagues.
Just play it without fans then
Cancelling the season has apparently been discussed between government and Premier League officials. So it's not a total impossibly.
If no one sees them win it did it really happen?
Yeah until this whole thing blows over
We should just have a big day where all the teams play their remaining games at the same ground but its just penalty shootouts to decide each game result
Wonder if they will refund fans if this happens? We've got 5 home league games left, could be huge money lost for the club.
In a pandemic situation those are pretty fecking minor issues
I see Kloppy was getting is knickers in a twist over this:
https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/02/jurgen-klopp-coronavirus-stop-liverpool-winning-title-12333648/
https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/02/jurgen-klopp-coronavirus-stop-liverpool-winning-title-12333648/
Absolutely. But try telling that to people who are resting their hopes on covid-19 stopping Liverpool winning the league.
We will see if attendence is stopped in England too. Euros might be under threat at least for attending the games.
My guess would be to prevent a total cancellation. There is no simple solution which won’t see some clubs very angry and others happy. For example a cancellation could mean Norwich etc staying in the prem and WBA in the championship. Also who would play in next seasons CL - the teams who qualified last year? Lots of clubs would be rightly pissed off. Just seen on sky news peak in the UK could be in about two months time. If that is correct perhaps the season can run till the end albeit possibly with empty stadiums.
Given they aren’t that important any more with all that tv money, I reckon the clubs would be up for this. Fans at stadia only really exist to provide atmosphere for telly watchers, they’re the Greek chorus of the piece.
It's only right that the English United fans help to spread the virus in England so as to hopefully end the season. It's the very least you can do. No handwashing, shake hands with everyone, sneezing as openly as possible, and of course, share foods and beverages. Do it for United Englishmen/women!
City have been preparing for this scenario for years.
I don't think it will actually get bad enough for the season to be suspended/cancelled, hopefully it doesn't anyway.
But if in the unlikely event it does then i can't see any scenario where the entire season doesn't become null and void if the remaining fixtures can't be fulfilled. Its just wouldn't be fair on the teams in the relegation spots and the teams just outside CL/European places.
What if say a Liverpool player got the Virus? Would that put the whole squad in 14 days of quarantine? What would happen to their games?
Not unlikely that a player will get the flu. England's now officially in highest possible alert situation.
Not unlikely that a player will get the flu. England's now officially in highest possible alert situation.
Spurs might be the team to watch in that case as I think Son is in self exclusion due to some reason having his arm operation in South Korea last week.