So Saints away game to Man United has been moved to Friday 19th August
Why the Hell do we want games on a Friday night pain in the arse for people who have jobs to get to and a pain for people who live in different time zones to get to watch as well.
Sky have never considered travelling fans despite it being widely acknowledged that even when watching on TV, the away fans generate the atmosphere. They just rely on people making huge sacrifice as always. Watching a game without any travelling fans would be shite
Football should be played at 3pm on Saturday afternoons. Full stop. No wonder we cant win an Interntaional competitions! SKY are a bunch off arses. Give us our football back!
It’s all well and good slagging Sky off but how many of you pay for Sky Sports? I can smugly say I refuse to and I get BT Sport for free with Virgin otherwise I wouldn’t pay for that either.
They’ll continue to bend the fans over as long as the fans are prepared to pay the ££.
Given the amount of media money sloshing around now the clubs aren’t going to do anything to stop it.
If it means moving games the they’ll happily do it.
Despite clubs paying lip service to supporters don’t forget that Football is a business and their aim is to make money for the owners and shareholders
Fans will now always take 2nd place, so while I personally would like to see all games played at 3pm on a Saturday, it’s not going to happen & am resigned to changing my schedules to fit in with games being moved. I’m pissed off mind you.
Makes it easier for me, as I work for myelf and find Saturday’s really hard, as I am either busy with work or it is set aside for family time, as mrssfcsim works her arse off Monday to Friday.
Also living 2 hours up the road make this a better option for me, even better would have been midweek. The more away northern games that are midweek the better.
I can fully understand the frustration of supporters in the south though!
On the flip side, if it was 3pm on a Saturday, the Saints fans that do not travel away, would not be able to watch Saints away. So more Saints fans get to see the game on tv. So many conflicting interests really!
This game should have been moved to Monday so that I could have gone to it (flying into Manc on Sunday).
The thought of (trying!!) to watch Saints on a Friday Night after an Alcohol Free For All Friday Brunch is a very scary thought indeed. First duty on Saturday whenever one finally wakes up would be to check Internet to find out what the score was!!
Can foresee a few domestics breaking out as well, when Friday stops being couples/date night!!
I watch BT in the pub over the road (although I guess that isnt free as I usually have several pints) and watch SKY at my mates place if he is around so I am technically a tightwad and proud of it!
Tut Tut Papster. Coming from you of all people!! Associating with too many workshy scousers matey?
I’m not sure the people working in shops,on the buses, trains, airports, emergency services and our wonderful nurses etc etc would agree with you.
Your 4 day week would be a fucking waste of space if all the other people weren’t at workl!!
I’m sure your post was tongue in cheek, but having worked shiftwork all my life, the *POETS* Day concept pisses me off. * For the uninitiated - Piss Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday!!