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Post by rambo61 on Feb 10, 2015 17:45:20 GMT
With Friday night, Saturday lunch, Saturday teatime, Sunday lunch, Sunday tea time, Monday night and Wednesday night all earmarked for live t.v how many Saturdays are going to be ruined for us...The fans??
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Post by liam007 on Feb 10, 2015 17:53:59 GMT
Don't be to surprised in the not to distant future for FA Cup games to be staged from a Thursday night through to Monday night to get a extra game on TV.We already have Frid-Mon games but i listened to Paul Merson a few weeks ago saying TV was crying out for more Thursday night football.
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Post by 2004 on Feb 10, 2015 17:56:45 GMT
Friday, Saturday and Monday nights is too much. Needs to be 1 of the 3.
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Post by Davef on Feb 10, 2015 17:58:50 GMT
Since when have the TV companies cared a jot about the match-going supporter?
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Feb 10, 2015 17:59:03 GMT
Don't be to surprised in the not to distant future for FA Cup games to be staged from a Thursday night through to Monday night to get a extra game on TV.We already have Frid-Mon games but i listened to Paul Merson a few weeks ago saying TV was crying out for more Thursday night football. Merse hasn't got a fucking clue what day it is anyway so I doubt that suggestion will be taken seriously. |
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Post by stayingupforalasrimmed on Feb 10, 2015 18:03:16 GMT
Won't affect us
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Post by robwahlmann on Feb 10, 2015 18:04:54 GMT
With Friday night, Saturday lunch, Saturday teatime, Sunday lunch, Sunday tea time, Monday night and Wednesday night all earmarked for live t.v how many Saturdays are going to be ruined for us...The fans?? At least we (the foreign fans) can watch our team on TV more often!  No consolation for the locals though!  |
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Post by The battheader chronicles on Feb 10, 2015 18:05:38 GMT
Fuck sake.
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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Feb 10, 2015 18:07:27 GMT
The deal is great but like you say we can expect alot of disruption to fixtures after this deal.No thought is given to the millions of shift workers who buy season tickets and then have to try and swap shifts or book holidays to see games.Also surely now ticket prices can come down as a result of this?
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Post by metalhead on Feb 10, 2015 18:10:20 GMT
If they'd scrapped the shit Monday night fixtures, I'd have taken the Friday ones, but they haven't. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, totally wank.
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Post by Kewstokie on Feb 10, 2015 18:29:45 GMT
This may well be the tipping point where 'distance' fans like me don't renew season tickets unless the cost is reduced or maintained at a level where missing games is not an issue.
We already struggle with work and family commitments with midweek and Monday KO's, late KO's on a Sunday are also problem. Getting to a Friday night home game via M6, M40 or M1 is not viable.
Plenty to mull over once the renewals comeround in March next year.
going to Brentford tonight - the winger Jota is worth the entrance money alone
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Post by metalhead on Feb 10, 2015 18:35:12 GMT
This may well be the tipping point where 'distance' fans like me don't renew season tickets unless the cost is reduced or maintained at a level where missing games is not an issue. We already struggle with work and family commitments with midweek and Monday KO's, late KO's on a Sunday are also problem. Getting to a Friday night home game via M6, M40 or M1 is not viable. Plenty to mull over once the renewals comeround in March next year. going to Brentford tonight - the winger Jota is worth the entrance money alone It's also another fixture where I and many others have to leave work early to attend. This isn't an issue in small doses but on a regular basis I can see this becoming a problem. My job isn't important though, not when Wayne earns 300 grand a week. |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Feb 10, 2015 18:36:10 GMT
Since when have the TV companies and football clubscared a jot about the match-going supporter? |
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Post by no1972 on Feb 10, 2015 18:43:28 GMT
With more staggered kick off times will this effect attendances, if so no need to fill the corners in.But lets be honest it wont affect us that much as the powers to be don't want us on telly,as we are not good for viewing figures in the far east.
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Post by unknown182 on Feb 10, 2015 18:48:56 GMT
There's only one extra game a season which will be on a Friday night. I'd take a Friday night game over a Monday game every time.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Feb 10, 2015 20:07:03 GMT
There will be no more weeknight games than when we were in the Championship. Not that I agree with football every night of the week, which might be how it ends up.
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Post by metalhead on Feb 10, 2015 20:58:14 GMT
There's only one extra game a season which will be on a Friday night. I'd take a Friday night game over a Monday game every time. Agreed but there will be both. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2015 20:59:28 GMT
dont we pretty much do all those match timings already ?
have you all been hibernating ?
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Post by reddipotter on Feb 10, 2015 21:12:45 GMT
Friday night matches are a real problem for travelling fans as most motorways are virtually stationary from mid afternoon.
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Post by StokieSC on Feb 10, 2015 21:34:50 GMT
BT have just 42 matches in 3 years?
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Post by padders01 on Feb 10, 2015 21:39:18 GMT
BT have just 42 matches in 3 years? No per season |
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Post by owdestokie on Feb 10, 2015 21:42:13 GMT
Blame Pulis. It's partly down to his legacy, ask Carsplayer
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Post by norman conquest on Feb 10, 2015 22:21:50 GMT
BT have just 42 matches in 3 years? BT paid £960m for 42 games per season - four more than its present deal. bbc sport |
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Post by DannyStokie on Feb 10, 2015 22:26:41 GMT
BT have just 42 matches in 3 years? BT paid £960m for 42 games per season - four more than its present deal. bbc sport I pay £344 for 19, I think they are getting ripped off. |
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Post by wearestoke80 on Feb 10, 2015 22:36:25 GMT
hate the modern game
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Post by Olgrligm on Feb 10, 2015 22:39:32 GMT
Part of the thing with the TV times is that they choose them so that the games take place at times convenient for the foreign market. Midday kick offs are wonderful for the Asian audience and so on.
The problem is that if the Premier League gets its act together, sods off all of the TV deals, imposes proper wage and transfer caps on clubs and has every game kick off on Saturday at 3 PM, then all that will happen is that some other country will start playing the game and will hoover up lots and lots of TV money, leaving our league looking like the SPL. Football is fundamentally broken and a massive, worldwide restructuring of the game is needed to fix things.
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Post by Binndy on Feb 10, 2015 22:55:15 GMT
Part of the thing with the TV times is that they choose them so that the games take place at times convenient for the foreign market. Midday kick offs are wonderful for the Asian audience and so on. The problem is that if the Premier League gets its act together, sods off all of the TV deals, imposes proper wage and transfer caps on clubs and has every game kick off on Saturday at 3 PM, then all that will happen is that some other country will start playing the game and will hoover up lots and lots of TV money, leaving our league looking like the SPL. Football is fundamentally broken and a massive, worldwide restructuring of the game is needed to fix things. We will see more 2nd goals scored , by smaller clubs within say 20 mins off a game starting being disallowed to prevent worldwide fans of bigger clubs switching their tv off |
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Post by delilah7 on Feb 11, 2015 6:26:16 GMT
I don't quite get the reason for Friday night games, the Premier League and Scudamore have clearly done this to appease the foreign market. But how often are the big 6/7 really going to feature on a Friday night? With these teams being in Europe for normally 2/3 of the season they will rarely be on TV so its only going to affect mid to lower end of the league teams.
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Post by foster on Feb 11, 2015 6:40:04 GMT
Can't have it both ways and it's not as if it will affect us much.
If we get more global exposure out of it though then great.
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Post by ladyinred on Feb 11, 2015 7:11:04 GMT
CL club managers are always saying they need more help with fixtures, will the TV companies consider them? For example, the weekend before a CL match, pick them for Friday night? Monday night matches for weekends following away games in Europe? Obviously when there are consecutive weeks of European fixtures, this won't work.
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No consolation for the locals though! 
