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  • Football To Be Behind Closed Doors From Monday

    mack

    By mack

    The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the Australian Government banning large non-essential gatherings, a move which will see organised football either shut down or played behind closed doors from Monday.

    The FFA has committed to this weekend's Round 23 matches being played open to the public, but from round 24 A-League matches will be closed to the public. The impact of this closure is also going to be felt in the National Premier Leagues where the Wanderers youth team play in the NPL 2 competition. The W-League semi-finals are not yet impacted, while the Grand Final will be a TV only event.

    Across the planet many major sports competitions have been completely suspended or already playing without fans. In the United States the MLS, National Basketball and Hockey leagues have been suspended. The Asian Champions League has already been impacted as well as World Cup Qualifiers. In Europe it is expected that the Euro 2020 competition will be pushed back to 2021 and the Copa America is in doubt, along with Australia's participation as an invitation country.

    While it remains to be seen if the A-League will be suspended, it is highly unlikely that the public closure will be reversed before the scheduled end of the season. A-League fans may be waiting until October before they can attend an A-League match in person again.

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    Wanderboy
    1 minute ago, btron3000 said:

    Even for Op NSW wouldn’t they have to test every player and coach? And wouldn’t the public be in uproar when there are limited testing kits?

    Cant see us continuing.

    Yep, can't see it happening. It has to stop. The logistics and expenses would almost be counter-productive.

    The only reason would be for overseas exposure due to potentially possible massive overseas ratings over the weekend because Europeans were bored and craving some live football action.

    With what the A-League projected to the world , shut us down now before more embarrassment.

     

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    bombagol
    52 minutes ago, btron3000 said:

    Even for Op NSW wouldn’t they have to test every player and coach? And wouldn’t the public be in uproar when there are limited testing kits?

    Cant see us continuing.

    'Op NSW' will not be happening.

    Not even the FFA can be that dumb that they'd continue the comp.

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    StringerBellend
    1 hour ago, Wanderboy said:

    To be fair, they should be awarded the title. If it was us in this position, we'd be going ape-****.

    Yet, I whole-heartedly agree. :)

    Maybe the plate, but given the random nature of the a league finals series, can’t give them the toilet seat (that and the lack of paper to go with it)

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    Carns
    22 minutes ago, StringerBellend said:

    Maybe the plate, but given the random nature of the a league finals series, can’t give them the toilet seat (that and the lack of paper to go with it)

    All you have to do is look at the 2017/18 season when they went out to Victory at home in the semi.

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    StringerBellend
    2 minutes ago, Carns said:

    All you have to do is look at the 2017/18 season when they went out to Victory at home in the semi.

    If they complain, refer (The Aldi Kopites) to season 2018-19 they won it despite finishing second 

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    Prydzopolis
    4 hours ago, btron3000 said:

    I'm not saying we should do it, but if they were going to do it, NSW is the only possible place. Pity we also have the highest amount of infected.

    The biggest problem with op NSW? We have the biggest source of (1) infections (2) community transmission. These guys could catch it & we wouldn’t know for days, too dangerous

    Maybe we just move to play out of a random stadium out of the capital cities?

    3 hours ago, btron3000 said:

    NRL gone.

    They’ve decided that they can’t guarantee the safety of the players. Thank goodness they’ve put the players safety at the forefront & not other considerations

    3 hours ago, mack said:

    FFA announcement tomorrow morning. Pretty much certain A-League is done.

    The commentators on the NEWvMCY are heavily suggesting that things are stopping & this was last game.

    As per Adam Peacock on post game, “season suspended indefinitely, no restart date because of the fluid nature of the situation. NRL & AFL given dates but they are useless because things are changing so rapidly. Looking at pushing back the contract end date (May 31) with the PFA to end the season.”

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