Aston Villa fans on Twitter have been responding to the latest reported news surrounding the return of the current Premier League season.
This comes after Villa-focused Twitter account @Total_Villa shared a post on their page relaying news originally published in a report by The Telegraph (via the Daily Mail).
The report claimed that football players will now be instructed by the Premier League to turn their face away in a tackle to reduce the spread of the current global outbreak.
Total Villa also added that this is a “ridiculous idea” after adding that the club have “seen the impact that a poorly timed tackle can have this season” – referring to Ben Mee’s tackle on Wesley that ended the striker’s season back in January.
This post then gathered a lot of replies from Villa fans, who were eager on having their say about this latest news.
Here’s a sample of Villa fans responding to the post:
Players will be instructed by the Premier League to turn their face away in a tackle to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19 [The Telegraph via Goal]
Without being political, we’ve seen the impact that a poorly timed tackle can have this season ?
Ridiculous idea! ???? #avfc pic.twitter.com/BBTFA3Ixyg
— Total Villa (@Total_Villa) May 13, 2020
turn your face away ?? i’ve heard it all
— Cal?????? (@calavfc_) May 13, 2020
I’ve never heard anything so stupid
— Lee Sweet?????AVFC (@leesweetavfc) May 13, 2020
Absolutely ridiculous. Clearly the idiots at The Premier League who are intent on a pathetic re-start, whatever the costs, have never played the game in their life. Shameful.
— Neil Harrison (@nharrison74) May 14, 2020
Do you agree with this new tackling change?
Yes
No
How are they going to do corners,no one in the box at all .
— Ross Clair (@Rossclr) May 13, 2020
Mental, just get them to wear masks!
— ToneTravels (@ToneTravels) May 13, 2020
???
— OviAvfc (@OviAvfc1) May 13, 2020
What do we think?
It seems that these Villa fans are not fully taken by the idea of players having to turn away from their opponents when tackling. It doesn’t seem very likely that footballers will always be able to perform this in such a scenario, so whether this change will happen or not is still up in the air.