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Agree 100% that there is way too much football on TV but I don't blame Sky I blame football.
Sky's job is to sell subscriptions and live football does it very well.
The Football authorites job is to do the best for football and they are driven purely and simply by greed with the fans a poor second at best. Football should have said enough is enough a few years ago and only allowed perhaps a max of 3 Prem League football to be played only at weekends away from Sat 3pm.
For the Championship 1 game at weekends and 1 on a Tues/Weds but crucially the day of the match itself is not allowed to change. No Friday night football.
Don't blame Sky/BT. Football doesn't have to sell its soul it just chooses to.
I do have a solution to the Albion being on TV so much. Bring back Pulis that'll stop the cameras rolling!
What surprises me at games nowadays...is most of the big grounds have a big screen. Over here in Croke Park...which holds over 80,000 spectators...they have a screen at either end and it is played during the game....The amount of people I find looking at the screen rather then the match baffles me. There is a degree of evolution going on in the game...which is driven by money. Hillsborough was a driving factor in health and safety at grounds but needed money to improve grounds.....so it had to come from somewhere.....but in general the view is too short term as to the overall direction....
Its all very well having super state of the art stadia if they can no longer be filled by supporters....here in Ireland...the local league is a complete shambles now. Many grounds are similar to life back in the 70's era. Not nice.
I feel as frustrated as you people and I don't live over there....
It is shocking the changes made to our fixtures, and I hate Monday and Friday night games (when I used to love night games when I was young) in particular as traffic is mental.
I understand your anger Albionic, but I don't believe you would ever "walk away" from the Albion.
It's a myth that Television money paid for new stands and grounds after Hillsborough, our Brummie and Smethwick were rebuilt with substantial grants from from a fund set up by the government, and the Halfords lane is going to be built as soon as the £27m dividend is finally found on the back of Lord Lucan's tat cart which is being pulled by shergar.
Can't you go to the Channel Islands as this long lost family love in of yours with West Brom is boring as feck!
PS - you must have missed Bloods post about the dividends with reference to Doug E as being the top city accountant, you would have challenged it!
Wigan - ha ha! Bet you don't even know where it is XD
At the Stourbridge home match on Monday night i'm sure former poster BrockmoorBaggie told me Albion don't have a Saturday home match for the next couple of months…..what a disgrace for all you regulars.
This is a big advantage with non league football……Saturday at 3.00pm is still sacrosanct at our level.
BT Sport are already f king with the National League though with 12.30pm kick offs and a 5.30pm for Halifax last Saturday FFS.
Once Amazon start covering the Southern Premier League i'll take up yoghurt knitting.