have you seen the crushers they employ in Japan for their underground trains, people with brooms to literally squish people into the underground trains.
'Premier League: A minimum 190 games to be televised live from 2019-2020'
I saw a report on this on the BBC website - at the rate they are going there will be no point in attending games as they will all be live on the box, that is the equivalent of screening 10 full weeks of PL games. Maybe that is the plan from the owners point of view - all matches screened over the weekend and during the week, no need for the outlay and cost of running a huge stadium, reduced staff to run the club, no need to cater for fans attending matches .........
It actually got me thinking that some time in the (hopefully distant) future you will be able to purchase a 'Club' package from sky and or BT where you pay a subscription for all of your team matches to what live. If you want to watch others as well there will be an additional 'General' package for a mix of other teams matches. The amount of money you get will be based on the audience you draw --(Shudders at the though smiley)
Well you can get a season ticket for actually going so why not for matches on the box? The additional matched being the away ones where there would be interest from the away team as well.
Not a happy hammer today. I did a six match accumalator with a pay out of £300. The first five all won, last match was Charlton v M K Dons. Score was 2-1 Charlton, until M K Dons scored with a 90th min penalty. ;weep
I'm sure someone can tell me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that all Bundesliga games are shown on TV, and fans get the choice to watch whatever games they want live. That hasn't killed the Bundesliga because clubs respond by ensuring games are affordable. The thing that is ruining English football for the fans (imo) is the ticket pricing. As it stands, I would welcome more TV games because I can't afford to get to West Ham hardly at all. If more games means less fans go that damages the product anyway, so ticket prices may have to decrease to make it an attractive enough proposition to still want to go.
Further to what I said before, another massive expense is rail fare. From my limited experience of German rail, it is significantly less expensive. From where I am you’re looking at at least another £20 on trains to get to a game
I think we should do the same as Italy where the top two divisions are national but everything below that is regional. A lot less travelling for fans and a lot more derbies.
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I certainly understand why your a WH fan ;bowdown
We just lost 3-0 to Newcastle.
We even lose games I watch from 40 years ago.
Irons.
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/japan-train-line-20-second-early-departure-tokyo-tsukuba-express-line-timetable-a8057936.html
I saw a report on this on the BBC website - at the rate they are going there will be no point in attending games as they will all be live on the box, that is the equivalent of screening 10 full weeks of PL games. Maybe that is the plan from the owners point of view - all matches screened over the weekend and during the week, no need for the outlay and cost of running a huge stadium, reduced staff to run the club, no need to cater for fans attending matches .........
But that's less than 1 match per week, so I guess they'll move 1 of the Saturday 3pm slots to a Saturday evening.... ;hmm
http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/11/09/steve-lomas-has-an-interesting-theory-on-why-west-ham-stars-have/
£300. The first five all won, last match was Charlton v M K Dons. Score was
2-1 Charlton, until M K Dons scored with a 90th min penalty. ;weep
We already have an ‘elite’ and then ‘the rest’ sistuation.
Televised games will become so over hyped and ridiculous as to bear no comparison with what is really happening.
I need coffee.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-42054350
I find it crazy that someone would do such a thing, they must be a bit loopy.