Premier League restarting June 17

[Shaun]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52833725

The Premier League season is set to restart on 17 June with Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal, the BBC has learned.

The matches are the two games in hand.

A full fixture list would then be played on the weekend of 19-21 June.

Clubs are still discussing the idea at a meeting on Thursday, but it is understood all have agreed in principle at this stage.

There are 92 fixtures still to play.

The Premier League was suspended on 13 March because of the pandemic and it will be 100 days after Leicester City's 4-0 win over Aston Villa on 9 March that competition will resume, with games now behind closed doors.

On Wednesday, clubs unanimously voted to resume contact training, having started non-contact training last week.

So far 12 people have tested positive for coronavirus after 2,752 tests across the league.

Premier League players and staff will continue to be tested twice a week, with the capacity increased from 50 to 60 tests per club for the fourth round of testing.

Any players or staff to test positive must self-isolate for a period of seven days.

Plans for the third phase of Project Restart include a step towards normal training and build-up to competitive games.

Liverpool currently sit 25 points clear at the top of the table while Bournemouth, Aston Villa and Norwich City are in the relegation places.

[Cherie]

:cheer2:

[The Slim Reaper]

Massive advantage to man city is a bit unfair, but good to get the league won.

[Dogeatdog]

Yes!! I’ve felt so lost on the weekends with no football on.

[Cherie]

Massive advantage to man city is a bit unfair, but good to get the league won.

How we would all laugh if Liverpool threw it away now :hehe:

[MTVN]

Are the matches gonna be at home grounds then rather than neutral venues

[MTVN]

I'm sorta pleased but it's an absolute mind**** for relegation threatened teams, gonna be such a surreal survival battle

[Denver]

Hopefully Villa are relegated

[bots]

i will be practicing social distancing in the predictions thread

[Denver]

64 games will be live on sky with 25 if them free to air including the Merseyside derby

[Denver]

New kick off times

MONDAY:*8pm
TUESDAY:*6pm, 8pm
WEDNESDAY:*6pm, 8pm
THURSDAY:*6pm, 8pm
FRIDAY:*8pm
SATURDAY:*12.30pm, 3pm, 5.30pm, 8pm
SUNDAY:*12pm, 2pm, 4.30pm, 7pm

[Cherie]

Squeaky bum time

[Niamh.]

Come on Virgil

[bots]

wonder what the betting odds are for liverpool losing all of their remaining games :think:

[Cherie]

where are these games being played?

[bots]

where are these games being played?

at the usual grounds, the exceptions may be if there are local derby games or the like where crowds may gather at the ground

[The Slim Reaper]

at the usual grounds, the exceptions may be if there are local derby games or the like where crowds may gather at the ground

And when a team might win the league, so nothing for Manchester to concern themselves with.

[Denver]

Tbh as a Liverpool fan I dont trust our fans to stay away

[Cherie]

at the usual grounds, the exceptions may be if there are local derby games or the like where crowds may gather at the ground

Mmmm okay I can see some fans turning up

[Brother Leon]

Surprised that I haven’t missed it as much as I thought I would.

Maybe because I know The product that will come back Behind Closed Doors is hard to get excited by.

[bots]

Surprised that I haven’t missed it as much as I thought I would.

Maybe because I know The product that will come back Behind Closed Doors is hard to get excited by.

yeah, having watched a couple of the german games i found it pretty mediocre. Also, the only teams with anything meaningful to play for are in the relegation zone, which means crap football. There is zero point in competing for places in a european competition when its likely it wont take place

[Brother Leon]

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Rumours that the Neutral Ground will be Anfield.

[bots]

Rumours that the Neutral Ground will be Anfield.


:laugh:

[Mystic Mock]

Hopefully Villa are relegated

:dance:

[bots]

they are getting more positive tests at each round of testing, I think restarting and, more importantly finishing the league is going to get more and more difficult

[Drew.]

Did they not start with 6 positive tests which went down to 0 a week later?

[Denver]

A few positive tests out of over a thousands people is nothing really

[MTVN]

There was only one player who tested positive in the latest round which was from Spurs

[Denver]

There was only one player who tested positive in the latest round which was from Spurs

No surprise when there players have all broke social distancing rules

[Shaun]

Dunno if it's been posted already because I have someone on ignore but there'll be four games aired for free on the BBC.

Bournemouth v Crystal Palace - June 20
Norwich v Everton - June 24

The other two haven't been confirmed yet. I believe there are other games "free" on Sky Sports and Amazon Prime but I don't know how that works with their subscriptions.

[bots]

Dunno if it's been posted already because I have someone on ignore but there'll be four games aired for free on the BBC.

Bournemouth v Crystal Palace - June 20
Norwich v Everton - June 24

The other two haven't been confirmed yet. I believe there are other games "free" on Sky Sports and Amazon Prime but I don't know how that works with their subscriptions.

the sky games are being shown on Pick when they are free and Amazon stuff will be available to watch on Prime without a subscription

[Shaun]

Ah I see, thanks BOTS for clarifying

[Zizu]

the sky games are being shown on Pick when they are free and Amazon stuff will be available to watch on Prime without a subscription



I heard on LBC the other day that Sky were considering playing crowd noises in the background to make it more realistic depending on what kind of system the sound engineers could come up with .


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[bots]

i wonder when things eventually return to normal they will have a message saying Arsenal vs Man U was recorded using a live audience :laugh:

[Cherie]

I heard on LBC the other day that Sky were considering playing crowd noises in the background to make it more realistic depending on what kind of system the sound engineers could come up with .


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they are doing this in the German league now, it works pretty well I think

[Nicky91]

Summer transfer market for this year to be divided in 2 phases

first phase from 1 July to 21 July

unknown when second phase will open, but it is confirmed that one will last for 9 weeks

it must be matching up to most european countries their transfer markets

it is more because some wanted to resume their competitions still later on

unlike others such as Netherlands who ended their season earlier

that is why it moves some of the dates this year until all leagues have finished their season

posting it here since i cannot find a article in english about this, but trust me i read this on our dutch football news sites

[Crimson Dynamo]

Let's hope the FA come down heavily onany VS player who tries to make a political message on his shirt.

[bots]

it's going to be interesting what happens in the period between October and March when europe will be at it's most danger of a second wave

[Drew.]

1 more week :flutter:

[Zizu]

they are doing this in the German league now, it works pretty well I think



Well I tried watching a couple of Bayern Munich games in empty stadiums and no crowd noise and even though I hadn’t seen a game for ages I just didn’t like it ..

I’ll have to search online for some crowd noise and chants then play it at the sane time as watching the upcoming games on telly


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[bots]

and we are back .... with some artificial crowd noise :laugh:

[Cherie]

and we are back .... with some artificial crowd noise :laugh:

My idea taking off :hee:

[bots]

My idea taking off :hee:

they have crowd reactions to events on the pitch, so it's pretty cool in that respect .... much better than the first german games

[Zizu]

and we are back .... with some artificial crowd noise :laugh:



Sadly not on SkySp PL 102 .. I can hear about ten voices .. that said they just mentioned that they’re playing crowd noises on SkySp Main event and that sounds much better to me .

How come lowly La Liga have managed to incorporate crowd noise AND cgi fans in the seats as well ??

Just seems more life like than the empty stadium


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[Cherie]

they have crowd reactions to events on the pitch, so it's pretty cool in that respect .... much better than the first german games

It’s pretty good, hardly notice the difference :omgno:


The oooooo at a goal miss :joker:

[James]

Just to be clear, this is not one of the free games, is it?

[bots]

Just to be clear, this is not one of the free games, is it?

no, it's on sky sports, when sky are doing free games they will be on the Pick channel too

[Zizu]

It’s pretty good, hardly notice the difference :omgno:


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I’ve just been flicking back and forth between the two options and I can’t understand anyone choosing the empty stadium sound option !!

I read online that it’s the ‘true’ reflection - like being in the stadium BUT normally you’d be surrounded by thousands of fans so I don’t agree with that notion.


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[MTVN]

Looks like they had to unplug goal line tech to plug the crowd noise in

[Crimson Dynamo]

the knee thing was awful

why football feels it has to get involved in silences, knees and all that malarkey i will never know

[Zizu]

I wonder how many understand the true background of ‘taking the knee’ ?


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[Brother Leon]

I wonder how many understand the true background of ‘taking the knee’ ?


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You really think professional athletes won’t understand what a fellow Athlete in Colin Kaepernick did to peacefully protest police brutality?

[Zizu]

You really think professional athletes won’t understand what a fellow Athlete in Colin Kaepernick did to peacefully protest police brutality?



I never mentioned them I meant the general public ...


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[Zizu]

Jeez .. 5 substitutes plays into the hands of teams like City where money is no object.


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[The Slim Reaper]

Jeez .. 5 substitutes plays into the hands of teams like City where money is no object.


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Also not having fans in the ground is a massive advantage for them, too. :smug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I mean that was a goal

Wtaf

[Zizu]

Also not having fans in the ground is a massive advantage for them, too. :smug:


Not quite the same to be honest ..
Imagine Villa struggling against Man City who then bring on FIVE world class players in the second half ..


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[The Slim Reaper]

Not quite the same to be honest ..
Imagine Villa struggling against Man City who then bring on FIVE world class players in the second half ..


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You're quite right, zizu. My bad.

[bots]

Free-to-air fixtures

Norwich v Southampton 19 June, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Bournemouth v Crystal Palace 20 June, 19:45 BBC One

Newcastle v Sheffield United 21 June, 14:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)
Everton v Liverpool 21 June, 19:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Manchester United v Sheffield United 24 June, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)
Norwich v Everton 24 June, 18:00 BBC Two & BBC One

Burnley v Watford 25 June, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Watford v Southampton 28 June, 16:30 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Crystal Palace v Burnley 29 June, 20:00 Amazon Prime

Brighton v Manchester United 30 June, 20:15 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Bournemouth v Newcastle 1 July, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Leicester v Crystal Palace 4 July, 15:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Burnley v Sheffield United 5 July, 12:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)
Southampton v Manchester City 5 July, 19:00 BBC One

Watford v Norwich 7 July, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Bournemouth v Tottenham 9 July, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)
Everton v Southampton 9 July, 18:00 Amazon Prime

Watford v Newcastle 11 July, 12:30 Amazon Prime

Wolves v Everton 12 July, 12:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)
Bournemouth v Leicester 12 July, 19:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Manchester United v Southampton 13 July, 20:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

[Cherie]

Free-to-air fixtures

Norwich v Southampton 19 June, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Bournemouth v Crystal Palace 20 June, 19:45 BBC One

Newcastle v Sheffield United 21 June, 14:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)
Everton v Liverpool 21 June, 19:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Manchester United v Sheffield United 24 June, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)
Norwich v Everton 24 June, 18:00 BBC Two & BBC One

Burnley v Watford 25 June, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Watford v Southampton 28 June, 16:30 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Crystal Palace v Burnley 29 June, 20:00 Amazon Prime

Brighton v Manchester United 30 June, 20:15 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Bournemouth v Newcastle 1 July, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Leicester v Crystal Palace 4 July, 15:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Burnley v Sheffield United 5 July, 12:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)
Southampton v Manchester City 5 July, 19:00 BBC One

Watford v Norwich 7 July, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Bournemouth v Tottenham 9 July, 18:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)
Everton v Southampton 9 July, 18:00 Amazon Prime

Watford v Newcastle 11 July, 12:30 Amazon Prime

Wolves v Everton 12 July, 12:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)
Bournemouth v Leicester 12 July, 19:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

Manchester United v Southampton 13 July, 20:00 Pick (Freeview channel 11)

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[Zizu]

I never mentioned them I meant the general public ...


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Dom Raab MP said on Talk Radio that he thought the take a knee "seems to be taken" from TV drama (of Games Of Thrones )



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[James]

Some people have been pointing out the number of players that have professional haircuts.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-53096057

[Zizu]

Some people have been pointing out the number of players that have professional haircuts.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-53096057



Looks like everyone who gets on screen has ‘seen’ a hairdresser


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[Calderyon]

Brighton beat Arsenal 2-1.

Farcenal?

[bots]

Brighton beat Arsenal 2-1.

Farcenal?


they haven't had the best restart :laugh:

[MTVN]

Second wave to cancel the season please :fc:

[Cherie]

Second wave to cancel the season please :fc:

:joker:

[Calderyon]

Technically Arsenal could still be relegated, should they start a huge losing streak.

That would be funny to see tbh.

[Denver]

Time for the champions to be named on Wednesday

[Shaun]

did the premier league discussion thread disappear or something? this was just meant to announce its return date

[MTVN]

Good point, I made a few posts here as it still seemed sorta relevant to the restart with how Covid had impacted things but I guess general discussion can move back to the PL thread now

[Crimson Dynamo]

West ham were too socially distant at that corner :(

[Crimson Dynamo]

Come on you toffees