The on topic thread

[Cruyff14]

Mendy comes across is incredibly likeable.

How long is he meant to be out for?

 

[SM]

Mendy comes across is incredibly likeable.

How long is he meant to be out for?

If it's an ACL that's 9-12 months.

 

[Cruyff14]

If it's an ACL that's 9-12 months.

Huge loss. Exciting player to watch.

 

[RPCB]

Duncan Castles trying to google translate what he was trying to say.


Yes, he just called him Bernard. [emoji30]

 

[SM]

Duncan Castles trying to google translate what he was trying to say.


Yes, he just called him Bernard. [emoji30]

Was the better player to be fair.

 

[Fryer Tuck]

Brilliant from Mendy.

I was hoping to hear more of this... sigh.

 

[Cruyff14]

Dunc making an even bigger fool of himself. Twat.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Sky again showing they don't care about the fans.
Want to move Arse v Pool from 23/12 to 24/12 which will mean travelling Pool fans get back to Liverpool in the early hours of Christmas Day.

 

[moomba]

It'll never happen but supporters need to sack a game off. Boycott a whole weekend of football. Say enough is enough.

Sky and co take the piss because we as supporters have let them without doung anything about it. Pricing, stewarding, standing, fixtures. All issues that supporters have been ****ed over by.

 

[WealstoneRaider]

Sky plough the money into the premier league - of course they have the right to have fixtures played when it suits them. To suggest otherwise is a bit naive. When you dance with the devil and all that...

 

[elhadjihenry]

Sky again showing they don't care about the fans.
Want to move Arse v Pool from 23/12 to 24/12 which will mean travelling Pool fans get back to Liverpool in the early hours of Christmas Day.

Many Arsenal fans furious about it as well as with games on Boxing day also both teams only get a 1 day break in between. Like you need any less rest during this period of the season, we play 10 games in 30 days between 1st December and 1st January!

 

[SM]

Sky plough the money into the premier league - of course they have the right to have fixtures played when it suits them. To suggest otherwise is a bit naive. When you dance with the devil and all that...

This is true to some extent.

If supporters want to sack a game off and dictate to Sky when they play, then Sky should be within their rights to take their buckets of cash back.

 

[elhadjihenry]

Aguero was apparently in a car accident in the Netherlands and will miss 2 months with broken ribs. City not getting much luck with injuries at the moment.

 

[Magma]

what the absolute ****.

apparently it was quite bad and only his seatbelt saved him from much worse.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

Scary!!! Hopefully a speedy recovery.

 

[typeclub]

Taxi head on with a pole? What

 

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Aguero was apparently in a car accident in the Netherlands and will miss 2 months with broken ribs. City not getting much luck with injuries at the moment.

What the **** was he doing in the Netherlands?

 

[Zidane98]

What the **** was he doing in the Netherlands?

Concert.

 

[moomba]

Not the news you want to wake up to.

 

[moomba]

This is true to some extent.

If supporters want to sack a game off and dictate to Sky when they play, then Sky should be within their rights to take their buckets of cash back.

It's a price supporters should be willing to pay. Sky may put millions into the game but so do supporters.

And football without supporters would struggle far more than football without Sky.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

It's a price supporters should be willing to pay. Sky may put millions into the game but so do supporters.

And football without supporters would struggle far more than football without Sky.

Christmas Eve is a family day. Not a football day.
I think in this instance fans have a right to be aggrieved.

 

[SM]

It's a price supporters should be willing to pay. Sky may put millions into the game but so do supporters.

And football without supporters would struggle far more than football without Sky.

Lol to equate Sky's money to the amount of revenue raised from supporters is a bit silly.

I'm not suggesting that it wouldn't, I'm saying that a lot of people take for granted the billions pumped into the game by Sky but seem to want to have their cake and eat it too.

 

[moomba]

Lol to equate Sky's money to the amount of revenue raised from supporters is a bit silly.

Match day revenue in the premier league alone is worth hundreds of millions annually.

And thats before you look at the supporters impsct on merchandising, commercial income and even broadcasting income (how much would Sky pay without subscriptions from football supporters).

I don't think it's "a bit silly" to recognise the enormous financial contribution supporters make to the game.

I'm not suggesting that it wouldn't, I'm saying that a lot of people take for granted the billions pumped into the game by Sky but seem to want to have their cake and eat it too.

Maybe they do. As I said I don't think a boycott will ever happen. But as a result I think supporters will continue to be ****ed over by the authorities.

 

[SM]

Match day revenue in the premier league alone is worth hundreds of millions annually.

And thats before you look at the supporters impsct on merchandising, commercial income and even broadcasting income (how much would Sky pay without subscriptions from football supporters).

I don't think it's "a bit silly" to recognise the enormous financial contribution supporters make to the game.

And Sky contributes billions. I think to compare the amount clubs make from ticket sales and merchandise to the amount they make from the TV deal is very silly. Each to their own though.

 

[elhadjihenry]

And Sky contributes billions. I think to compare the amount clubs make from ticket sales and merchandise to the amount they make from the TV deal is very silly. Each to their own though.

Either way all of Sky's revenue from the PL comes as a result of supporters (either directly through subscription fees or indirectly through advertising revenue as a result of ratings from supporters watching), and they should be more considerate of the fans in general.

Regardless, the traveling fans are not the only issue here. Fixture congestion (as I mentioned earlier), Arsenal/local police/public transport authority having to put on extra staff to work on Xmas eve when they previously would have planned to spend time with their families, local pubs that would have expected a quieter afternoon/night will have to put on extra staff. There are a lot of issues that are created purely so that Sky can broadcast their preferred game of the round and BT can't.