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Forest v Albion moved to Monday 11th April - live on Sky
- Thread starter Tekanne
- Start date
No, it isn't, you're right.
Do you think that TB or anyone else would pump the fat end of £120m into a football club if there wasn't the riches that the TV deals provides? Don't get me wrong, I hugely appreciate what TB has done and I do feel he, and his family, would still support the club but very few people would pump that sort of money into a venture unless there was a good chance of a resonable return on their investment. Do you think The Glaziers, and the Far east syndicates would have any interest without the riches the TV deal supplies? Love them or hate them Sky shape football in the country.
studio150
Well-known member
Still we now have a Monday evening matchday experience to look forward to
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Drew
Could always use the train tickets and pop across to Derby to support Bolton!
The majority of the route could still be set up with a game going on, surely? It's not like it's anywhere near the AMEX.
It seems like a pretty lame excuse to me.
Barber loves a Friday evening game, probably didnt need much persuading to move this one.
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Drew
I doubt very much that it is the clubs decision. I suspect the local authority and Police have a hand in the decision. If so, and bearing in mind the planning application on the table, would the club want to kick up a fuss?
This has been the argument for decades. Does it hold any water these days? Is there any evidence this was, or still is, the case?
There was certainly talk of it being reviewed a year or two back.
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,221
Another day in. I'm still monumentally pissed off about this (as I've now wasted £45 on a train ticket). Yes, I know it's the risk you take, to a degree, when booking tickets. But the alternative is waiting another couple of weeks and discovering train fares have increased by 50%. That's why people book early. I appreciate Sky (*******s) want to select the most important games to show, but I'm sorry, there should be an absolutely minimum period of 8 weeks before a match where they can do that. It's just taking the piss out of fans, again.
The team would have been supported- I am confident- by two & a half, maybe three thousand fans at Forest, if this had remained on the Saturday. It's always a popular trip. Instead, we'll be lucky to reach a thousand, on a Monday night, promotion race or not. What does that do to the players? Surely running out to three thousand cheering away fans is more likely to positively impact on the team than 900 or so. I get that the club want the money (though God knows, that £30k we apparently get for it will barely pay Knockaert's wages for a week and a half, so in the grand scheme of things, it's peanuts).
I'm totally fed up with SkySports and their **** You attitude to supporters. We don't count any more. No, it's not the Albion's decision, but I do feel quite strongly that they should have made some sort of statement acknowledging what a pain in the arse, not to mention a financial hardship, this has been to a number of supporters. Whereas the £30k fee from Sky is peanuts to a Championship side. I note other clubs have made some sort of token gesture to their supporters in similar situations, but nothing doing by the Albion, clearly. Instead, they've kept quiet, and the only communication we've seen this week have been ones urging us to buy more shirts for MK Dons, buy more seats for the Sheffield Wednesday game, and buy more season tickets.
#Together, my arse.
The team would have been supported- I am confident- by two & a half, maybe three thousand fans at Forest, if this had remained on the Saturday. It's always a popular trip. Instead, we'll be lucky to reach a thousand, on a Monday night, promotion race or not. What does that do to the players? Surely running out to three thousand cheering away fans is more likely to positively impact on the team than 900 or so. I get that the club want the money (though God knows, that £30k we apparently get for it will barely pay Knockaert's wages for a week and a half, so in the grand scheme of things, it's peanuts).
I'm totally fed up with SkySports and their **** You attitude to supporters. We don't count any more. No, it's not the Albion's decision, but I do feel quite strongly that they should have made some sort of statement acknowledging what a pain in the arse, not to mention a financial hardship, this has been to a number of supporters. Whereas the £30k fee from Sky is peanuts to a Championship side. I note other clubs have made some sort of token gesture to their supporters in similar situations, but nothing doing by the Albion, clearly. Instead, they've kept quiet, and the only communication we've seen this week have been ones urging us to buy more shirts for MK Dons, buy more seats for the Sheffield Wednesday game, and buy more season tickets.
#Together, my arse.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
Well-known member
I hope you've forwarded a copy of this to Barber.
westsussexseagulls
New member
- Sep 22, 2008
- 319
Spot on
Paul Barber wrote a (long-winded) article in the Argus last week which was basically saying "thanks for the reacharound Sky". This was similar to the article he wrote on the club website a few weeks, basically a load of flannel, spin and BS. Still, there's always the Porcshe Performance of the Month email to look forward to
You mean Boro? That's because it was just 17 days notice - less than the minimum agreed between the FL and Sky.
Anyone else?
I believe it's 10k for the away side
Peter Grummit
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Paul Barber wrote a (long-winded) article in the Argus last week which was basically saying "thanks for the reacharound Sky". This was similar to the article he wrote on the club website a few weeks, basically a load of flannel, spin and BS. Still, there's always the Porcshe Performance of the Month email to look forward to
If this is Barber's view (and i don't doubt it is) then it is short-sighted as well as money-grabbing. The away support,as edna points out, could be critical in helping us get a result at Forest, as it famously did 2 years ago.
Why not spend the £30k in subsidising 20 coaches (1k fans) at £30/per head? It might just be the best investment of the season. I know the coach doesn't suit everyone but it gets you home the same night which isn't possible by train.
How about it [MENTION=561]Insider[/MENTION] ? #Together? Or is this just facile marketing? Prove it isn't.
PG