Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[tokeweed]

^  You guys forget the buyer is from a wealthy family of Saudi oilers.  I think even related to the Saudi oilers that bought City. 

Newcastle could be at top 4 within 6 transfer windows

[DeathAngel]

^  You guys forget the buyer is from a wealthy family of Saudi oilers.  I think even related to the Saudi oilers that bought City. 

Newcastle could be at top 4 within 6 transfer windows

I think it’s likely that Newcastle could spend a lot of money, FFP is much more struct now though so they will have to be careful. You could be right though, 6-8 transfer windows seems possible.

[Globb0]

^  You guys forget the buyer is from a wealthy family of Saudi oilers.  I think even related to the Saudi oilers that bought City. 

Newcastle could be at top 4 within 6 transfer windows

That I understand but he said

"Newcastle still not getting new owners from Saudi Arabia"

So I thought that wasn't happening

[Daniel91]

^  You guys forget the buyer is from a wealthy family of Saudi oilers.  I think even related to the Saudi oilers that bought City. 

Newcastle could be at top 4 within 6 transfer windows

That I understand but he said

"Newcastle still not getting new owners from Saudi Arabia"

So I thought that wasn't happening

Ok I didn't say that the buyers from saudi arabia has given up but that the process is not yet legally finished.
Nevertheless, this fact itself that Newcastle are planning such costly reinforcement tells me that the new owners are certainly coming.

[bitgolden]

^  You guys forget the buyer is from a wealthy family of Saudi oilers.  I think even related to the Saudi oilers that bought City. 

Newcastle could be at top 4 within 6 transfer windows

I think it’s likely that Newcastle could spend a lot of money, FFP is much more struct now though so they will have to be careful. You could be right though, 6-8 transfer windows seems possible.

Just money is not enough to be awesome right away. You could be decent of course, at least better than you were because now you have money, but that is just an increase, doesn't mean you are going to be suddenly challenging big teams. Look at Chelsea, when Roman Abramovich bought the team they became very huge, like seriously big, because he bought the team and suddenly injected the team with cash and since all of this fair play things, they are basically having hard time, they were still fourth but wasn't buying all the world famous players like they did.

Newcastle could be top 7-8 easily with money, but that's it, they are not going to be top 3 anytime soon, even if they do, that will probably take 3-4 years to reach there to get all those players to newcastle.

[jayce]

Precautionary how? If they're trying to prevent the players from getting in contact with the virus, there are better measure then this, so if a player has been playing for 70/80mins what's there that will be contacted in the remaining 20-10mins to complete the usual 90mins of played thay can't be contacted in the initial 70/80mins they played?.

Preferable, I'll say they should make all games to start very early since most part of the world are on lockdown and there isn't any much work ongoing meaning there's enough free time. Or playing all games in the afternoon hours isn't such a bad idea to prevent movement at night hours.

The point of that rule is to not preventing players from the virus, but to make them not so tired after the game. A tired body has higher risk to get infected. I think reducing 10 - 15 mins of play time is fair enough.

Regarding the match time, the main issue here is broadcasting deal. If all games played early at the same time, then it will be less profitable for the broadcasters. E.g. if Liverpool vs MU and Chelsea vs City played together in same time, surely people will just watch their own fave team. But if they played in different time, there is a high possibility all football fans watch both games.

[Raflesia]

The point of that rule is to not preventing players from the virus, but to make them not so tired after the game. A tired body has higher risk to get infected. I think reducing 10 - 15 mins of play time is fair enough.

It also makes sense to reduce the time of the match to avoid players who are exhausted to avoid being infected by covid-19.
But have the rules been decided by the EPL officials? and how to react with others with the rules of this matter?

Regarding the match time, the main issue here is broadcasting deal. If all games played early at the same time, then it will be less profitable for the broadcasters. E.g. if Liverpool vs MU and Chelsea vs City played together in same time, surely people will just watch their own fave team. But if they played in different time, there is a high possibility all football fans watch both games.

If a big team plays at the same time surely the audience will prefer their favorite team because that's what they want to see, like me if Liverpool play with other big teams then I prefer watching Liverpool because I like Liverpool with its rich game, on the other hand I also want to see the EPL team compete so it will be difficult if you compete simultaneously.

[Naida_BR]

There is not any point in reducing the minutes played in order to protect the players.
If they will be about to get infected this can happen from the first minute of the match and not only in the last 15 minutes.

[arallmuus]

There is not any point in reducing the minutes played in order to protect the players.
If they will be about to get infected this can happen from the first minute of the match and not only in the last 15 minutes.

You dont get it, it could be because they are trying to preserve the stamina of the player.

Those players are going to play a hell lot of games to finish the league on schedule therefore they are trying to preserve some stamina and also the weaker you are means the lower your immune system is so higher chance for the player to get infected . These could be just my assumption but it could be their consideration as well regarding the world is still on pandemic

[snipie]

A third Brighton player is found positive and he is isolated right now...
Meanwhile some teams aren't very satisfied with resuming too quickly and about the choice of stadium (source)
Waiting for tomorrow meeting news..

[Globb0]

A third Brighton player is found positive and he is isolated right now...
Meanwhile some teams aren't very satisfied with resuming too quickly and about the choice of stadium (source)
Waiting for tomorrow meeting news..

I personally know someone in Brighton who has had the virus and is a nurse.


I think it was an early UK hotspot.

[Raflesia]

A third Brighton player is found positive and he is isolated right now...
Meanwhile some teams aren't very satisfied with resuming too quickly and about the choice of stadium (source)
Waiting for tomorrow meeting news..

It turns out there are still some players who are positive covid-19 so the whole test is still not done? so until now there is still something positive?

Indeed, some club clubs want to be done quickly because their players are not infected while some of his clubs are too fast because the handling is still lacking so that there are still affected by covid-19.

[examplens]

^  You guys forget the buyer is from a wealthy family of Saudi oilers.  I think even related to the Saudi oilers that bought City. 

Newcastle could be at top 4 within 6 transfer windows

That I understand but he said

"Newcastle still not getting new owners from Saudi Arabia"

So I thought that wasn't happening

does anyone know what is going on here exactly? I had read earlier that there had been some complaints to this Saudi family, due to some criminal acts. as far as I understood, FA has not yet given the green light for this transaction.
is there really a possibility of rejecting them because of "dirty money"?

[logfiles]

A third Brighton player is found positive and he is isolated right now...

That's quite sad  But seriously if we continue seeing such instance where a couple of players from different teams get infections, then the FA will have to make the hard decision of cancelling the season and award the trophy if necessary.

[jayce]

It also makes sense to reduce the time of the match to avoid players who are exhausted to avoid being infected by covid-19.
But have the rules been decided by the EPL officials? and how to react with others with the rules of this matter?

Still there is no official statement about this yet, nor if the games will be really resumed or not. There are always pros and cons on any new rule in football.

does anyone know what is going on here exactly? I had read earlier that there had been some complaints to this Saudi family, due to some criminal acts. as far as I understood, FA has not yet given the green light for this transaction.
is there really a possibility of rejecting them because of "dirty money"?

Well man, it's quite risky to sell a club that has many fans in the entire of world to a politicians or their families, which PERHAPS the money they invest isn't legit or the political issue linked with their position as politician could affect the club they invest. Remember when former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra bought City but turned out he had to sell City due to his issue in Thailand. Fortunately the new owner Sheikh Mansour can brings City to be one of the best team in Europe now. Another example, AC Milan became a bad team after Silvio Berlusconi, former Italy's Prime Minister, had some problems and scandals which led him sold Milan. Football is for everyone, absolutely yes. But I think it's better to separate football with any politic thing.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I personally know someone in Brighton who has had the virus and is a nurse.


I think it was an early UK hotspot.

Part of me doubts the validity of this ‘unnamed’ player who has contracted the virus. It’s in Brighton's interests to get the season voided or finalised on PPG as they’re 15th. Their chairman has been very vocal about not wanting to play at neutral venues. Let’s just say it’s very convenient that it’s one of his players who has all of a sudden come down with it.

The thing is the virus won’t go away until there’s a vaccine which could he years away. We’re just going to have to learn to live with it.

If players test positive quarantine them away from the rest of the squad. B&Q don’t shut all their stores & cewse trading if one employee gets covid19. We must try to get the world restarted.

[hd49728]

The thing is the virus won’t go away until there’s a vaccine which could he years away. We’re just going to have to learn to live with it.

If players test positive quarantine them away from the rest of the squad. B&Q don’t shut all their stores & cewse trading if one employee gets covid19. We must try to get the world restarted.

With seasonal flu, the world has new vaccines every years due to fast mutations. From evidence bases the world have till now, the SARS-Cov-2 does not mutate too fast and it gives us hope on a vaccine and when the vaccine comes in it will likely be used for a bit few years. It is what we hope and no one knows how it goes.

You are right that the world population have to live with the virus that won't disappear after one year or maybe a few years. Don't let it destroy the whole world, from many aspect. Being more careful and try to live in a new normality.

[arallmuus]

The thing is the virus won’t go away until there’s a vaccine which could he years away. We’re just going to have to learn to live with it.

If players test positive quarantine them away from the rest of the squad. B&Q don’t shut all their stores & cewse trading if one employee gets covid19. We must try to get the world restarted.

Dont contradict your own words about this virus, if there is no vaccine at all that means extra precautions might be needed not that you should live your life as usual and hope the virus doesnt infect you

Trust me, you dont want that to happen to you nor to any of your favourite player  . Even if the player managed to survive or atleast not showing any deadly symptoms, their lives will really be on a borderline between dead or alive. Even I dont think all those top player will be willing to risk their lives playing in such condition unless there are some extra precautions.

[casperBGD]

The thing is the virus won’t go away until there’s a vaccine which could he years away. We’re just going to have to learn to live with it.

If players test positive quarantine them away from the rest of the squad. B&Q don’t shut all their stores & cewse trading if one employee gets covid19. We must try to get the world restarted.

Dont contradict your own words about this virus, if there is no vaccine at all that means extra precautions might be needed not that you should live your life as usual and hope the virus doesnt infect you

Trust me, you dont want that to happen to you nor to any of your favourite player  . Even if the player managed to survive or atleast not showing any deadly symptoms, their lives will really be on a borderline between dead or alive. Even I dont think all those top player will be willing to risk their lives playing in such condition unless there are some extra precautions.

agree, i would not accept to play if there is no extra precautions, so would not expect from them either
i know that all of us want to see football live again, and that is normal for fans all over the world, but everybody should be careful with restarting the world, it should be phased, and closely watched, so that anything could be stopped again in case of any unlikely event happen, we do not want to see new wave of pandemic, which is not stopped at the moment

on the other hand, expect that season will be finished, and not canceled or similar

[tomahawk9]

Danny Rose (Newcastle) doesn't like the idea of the PL resuming in June: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8308873/Danny-Rose-brands-Project-Restart-f-joke.html

I wonder if this has something to do with the rumour that was floating around earlier today:

https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1259744046278418443

maybe he got fed up with all the rumours??