At The Border Guy Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 August 7th at 12:15 now. Link to comment
Henry Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 In Glasgow that weekend May have to head out and find somewhere to view. Link to comment
Dynamo Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 A f**king SUNDAY!!! PISH. Why can't we get the half 12 Saturday if it's got to be on the box? Link to comment
OddJob Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 A f**king SUNDAY!!! PISH. Why can't we get the half 12 Saturday if it's got to be on the box?Agree. I just assumed that's what they would have done tbh. Link to comment
ollie1903 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 A f**king SUNDAY!!! PISH. Why can't we get the half 12 Saturday if it's got to be on the box?Why can't it just be 3pm on the Saturday Link to comment
Dynamo Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Why can't it just be 3pm on the Saturday It would be if I had my way. Link to comment
tup Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 It cannot be 3pm Saturday because Scottish football is in hock to Ireland and it's armchair fanbase. New season, same pish. We should scrap the TV coverage. Link to comment
seanthesheep Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 It cannot be 3pm Saturday because Scottish football is in hock to Ireland and it's armchair fanbase. New season, same pish. We should scrap the TV coverage. Agreed. I'm sick of TV dictating when our games are played. People buy season tickets to save money and then games are moved and you can't make the re-arranged day. In the end the season ticket has cost you more! Link to comment
tup Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Basically, boil it down, and Celtic are TELLING us when this game is getting played. Aberdeen FC get no say whatsoever. Lots of our fans travel from far afield, meaning this game is chalked off the calendar, at this disgraceful hour on a Sunday. So, whatever TV money we get, I'll wager we lose much more from fans not bothering. On top of that, we lose our chance of winning the game, our only hope in home OF games is when we get a bloodthirsty home support. Obviously no chance of that, most folk will still be half asleep, ergo, easy win for Celtic. Link to comment
Nespa Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 yassss ill be in Malones in Gumbet with ma Dons top on. Link to comment
vanderark14 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Basically, boil it down, and Celtic are TELLING us when this game is getting played. Aberdeen FC get no say whatsoever. Lots of our fans travel from far afield, meaning this game is chalked off the calendar, at this disgraceful hour on a Sunday. So, whatever TV money we get, I'll wager we lose much more from fans not bothering. On top of that, we lose our chance of winning the game, our only hope in home OF games is when we get a bloodthirsty home support. Obviously no chance of that, most folk will still be half asleep, ergo, easy win for Celtic. Celtic fans hate the moving of games just as much as we do TUP. The boards at every club around are the greedy b*stards who allowed the game to be dictated by TV channels yawn you seen how badly hit the league was with sky moving on and then setanta collapsing imagine if we had NO telly income football was a far better sport when TV was not involved so much. Link to comment
barassie_afc Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 yawn you seen how badly hit the league was with sky moving on and then setanta collapsing imagine if we had NO telly income Clubs should have stayed with Sky but greed took over and it goes back to that idiot Roger Mitchell's days Link to comment
tup Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Celtic fans hate the moving of games just as much as we do TUP. The boards at every club around are the greedy b*stards who allowed the game to be dictated by TV channels football was a far better sport when TV was not involved so much. 1. Perhaps. But it's their market in Ireland that dictates it. Maybe the guys who actually attend the games are annoyed, but they are a side issue as their number is dwindled by the swathes of Link to comment
vanderark14 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 1. Perhaps. But it's their market in Ireland that dictates it. Maybe the guys who actually attend the games are annoyed, but they are a side issue as their number is dwindled by the swathes of Link to comment
tup Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I remember reading on another forum that the amount of Celtic fans in Ireland is actually small compared to the Man Utd, Barca, Liverpool, Chelsea fans on the go. Celtic haven't dictated this at all. Sky dictate it to us and to Celtic. the issue is that both boards are to be dictated just to get the coin. Yes, but that's only part of it. Sky only do what they have to do to maximise viewing figures. This means Celtic and Rangers games, and no or very few others, are shown, constantly. They only do this because of the huge incomes generated over there. Let's remember Setanta are an Irish company. they bought the rights initially, only when they went tits up did Sky step in. We made our bed when we sold out to a gaelic football/hurling broadcaster. And I would say Celtic have more support in Ireland than all those other teams put together. Link to comment
vanderark14 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Yes, but that's only part of it. Sky only do what they have to do to maximise viewing figures. This means Celtic and Rangers games, and no or very few others, are shown, constantly. They only do this because of the huge incomes generated over there. Let's remember Setanta are an Irish company. they bought the rights initially, only when they went tits up did Sky step in. We made our bed when we sold out to a gaelic football/hurling broadcaster. And I would say Celtic have more support in Ireland than all those other teams put together. So you agree that its Sky that dictate the kick off times due to the fan bases of Celtic and Rangers and not the clubs themselves? Link to comment
tup Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 So you agree that its Sky that dictate the kick off times due to the fan bases of Celtic and Rangers and not the clubs themselves? It's done on the basis of collusion between both, one needs the other, in order to trample the rest of us into the ground. Link to comment
muttonhumper Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 yassss ill be in Malones in Gumbet with ma Dons top on. Looks like I'll be waatching this in the hoose.That's if I managed to come out of the coma induced from the previous nicht's party thing by 12.15. Think I'll stop going to games v Celtic & Rangers anyway. Practically ever match against them last season we were cheated on in some shape or form. And the monotony of their brain dead support's party chants. Sooooooo f**king boring.And every f**king home game being moved to cater for THEIR f&cking armchair support.Bah humbug. Link to comment
fatshaft Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Agreed. I'm sick of TV dictating when our games are played. People buy season tickets to save money and then games are moved and you can't make the re-arranged day. In the end the season ticket has cost you more!Don't be f**king ridiculous. Did you expect us to not be on TV all season? If we are going to be on telly, and that is a certainty, then the games will be moved, and if they are moved, you know that sometimes this will be to a Sunday. Link to comment
tup Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Don't be f**king ridiculous. Did you expect us to not be on TV all season? If we are going to be on telly, and that is a certainty, then the games will be moved, and if they are moved, you know that sometimes this will be to a Sunday. Nobody is expecting us not to be on TV, it's part of the contract. What we are saying is the contract is loaded in favour of two teams and does not give a sh*t for the other ten. So we should collectively bin it, and get back to basics. Link to comment
dj_bollocks Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 It's not really - unfortunately there's a big international market for Celtic, less so Rangers... 12 noon is still 10pm-ish in Sydney and 7am in East Coast America which would command the biggest global audience... It's not just about the UK audience at all... Otherwise why not have it on a Friday night at 7.45pm ? Sky can't do Sat night because of La Liga and they're showing all the day's EPL games before MoTD... Not sure what the rules are about TV rights at Sat 3pm - I know that the EPL and the FA have an agreement about it... Don't see why the SPL couldn't... although clearly it would f**k up our gates... Link to comment
tup Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Is football a sport? Or is it a f**king telly programme? Link to comment
Wanderingdon Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Due to the lack of money within the Scottish game, the TV has alot of power and we are forced to move games to fit them, nothing we can do about it really, as without the peanuts we get for TV games then the scottish game would be far worse off than it currently is. Link to comment
Dynamo Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 What %'age of our turnover is TV income? Link to comment
K-9 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 What %'age of our turnover is TV income?Year to 2010 it was 15.45%. The year before it was 21.92% However it would be higher if we finish higher in league as part of TV cash distributed through league position. Year to 2010 no cup games live either for extra tv cash. Link to comment
tup Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 without the peanuts we get for TV games then the scottish game would be far worse off than it currently is. This is peddled time and again by the Old Firm mostly. It's a lie. How could we possibly be worse off? The football is the worst it has ever been in this country in my lifetime. Attendances are probably amongst the lowest of all time across the board, if you remove games involving the filth and their myopic following. If we got rid of TV, folk would be forced to go. Get standing stadiums, cheap entry, and decent football. Then, when we're back on our feet, look at TV. The %'s shown by K-9 are more a reflection on our poor attendances than anything else, the TV money would be a much lower percentage if we had a decent average attendance. We should be playing in front of full stadiums first and foremost. Link to comment
dj_bollocks Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Wouldn't have a problem if there was no TV but online instead... But then you have to have an entertaining product for people to want to pay for it... Link to comment
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