Howmanheyman 27461 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 39142 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Fucking Jeremy ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14870 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/premier-league-viewing-figures-plunging-12060161 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9189 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Part of it is the standard of football, but a lot is the freely available streams, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 That was my first thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Has Sky got it set up so that you can pay on a match by match basis yet? I always thought that they lost out there. People like me would happily pay 5 or 6 quid to watch a match in full quality, but I'm sure as shit not going to subscribe to the network just to occasionally watch us play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9189 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Has Sky got it set up so that you can pay on a match by match basis yet? I always thought that they lost out there. People like me would happily pay 5 or 6 quid to watch a match in full quality, but I'm sure as shit not going to subscribe to the network just to occasionally watch us play. Surely they'd prefer to have you tied down to a contract? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26770 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Aye, otherwise a lot of subscribers would cancel and choose to cherry pick their matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9189 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 And if that transpired you'd see the same kind of imbalance in TV money in the Prem as you see in La Liga, as Man Utd, Liverpool et al would get a shit ton of viewers and nobody would tune in for sunderland v Burnley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Surely they'd prefer to have you tied down to a contract? Â Of course, but they're not going to get me tied down to a contract, so why not make the extra? I do appreciate ewerk's point but all they'd have to do is find the sweet spot in terms of pricing to make sure that anyone who wanted to watch regular football was far better off getting the subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9189 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Of course, but they're not going to get me tied down to a contract, so why not make the extra? I do appreciate ewerk's point but all they'd have to do is find the sweet spot in terms of pricing to make sure that anyone who wanted to watch regular football was far better off getting the subscription. Â They're losing viewers to a free service, what price would entice them back? They need to find a way to secure their broadcasts against streaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 (edited) Quality would be a factor. Look, I stream and I'd be prepared to pay for single one off matches, rather than stream, is all I'm saying. Maybe I'm an extreme minority of people for whom convenience is more important that price though. Edited October 22, 2016 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9189 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 The biggest issue is of course the restrictions on broadcasting live football 3-5pm on a saturday. As long as that restricts UK viewers from watching live tv on a Saturday afternoon, but non-domestic markets have the stream there'll be UK residents viewing it through the stream.  And if they've got working streams for the 3pm kick offs, why would they pay for the lunch and evening kick offs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 87 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I'm surprised that you still cant buy a season ticket for a clubs matches tbh, can you imagine how match newcastle could have made these season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 The biggest issue is of course the restrictions on broadcasting live football 3-5pm on a saturday. As long as that restricts UK viewers from watching live tv on a Saturday afternoon, but non-domestic markets have the stream there'll be UK residents viewing it through the stream.  And if they've got working streams for the 3pm kick offs, why would they pay for the lunch and evening kick offs?  Who are these people that can spend their entire Saturday afternoon, lunch to evening, uninterrupted by life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I'm surprised that you still cant buy a season ticket for a clubs matches tbh, can you imagine how match newcastle could have made these season? Â That's a good shout too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 There's basically no way to stop the streaming other than to stop offering 3pm matches abroad, and looking at what that's worth to them, it's not happening. Â Given that, I think we'll end up with 3pm matches offered in the UK within a few years due to streaming's popularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6068 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I'm surprised that you still cant buy a season ticket for a clubs matches tbh, can you imagine how match newcastle could have made these season? The worry will always be, 'why would people pay £600 for a season ticket if they can pay £200-300 to watch every game at home' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6068 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Watch from about 43 seconds  https://streamable.com/jmp1  1 bottle of water thrown and they go on like a grenade was dropped in the middle of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26770 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Pffft, he should try playing in Turkey. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Plastic bottle hit Neymar and three players go down holding their faces...Saurez one of them obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 The worry will always be, 'why would people pay £600 for a season ticket if they can pay £200-300 to watch every game at home' If they show every game and every fan pays only to watch their own club then the money those fans pay goes mostly to the clubs they watch.  If all fans pay into a pool and only a few clubs a week get money from the pool, then there's an audience of millions for Stoke v Bournemouth that would otherwise be thousands.  Most of us will pay to watch man u v Liverpool. No way would any of us subscribe to eithers dedicated channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3573 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Suarez there :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) Watching this Man City v Southampton game and the commentary is ridiculous, the commentators are so clearly desperate for Man City to come back and win it's not even funny. When Iheanacho leveled I thought the bloke had just spaffed in his pants, then afterwards talking about how that is just "what city are all about". Now anytime they come forward he's so excited and Silva just shot directly at the keeper "that is just David Silva", fuck off man. Edited October 23, 2016 by Howay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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