formerly known as ivan Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Nonsense! Last night a bore draw between two mediocre prem clubs and the same again tonight. Why do they insist on showing games on TV that get played week in week out in the premier league anyway??? I would much rather they showed Shrewsbury vs Wrexham! 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Tomorrow's TV games should be better. I agree though weird choices. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 16 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said: Nonsense! Last night a bore draw between two mediocre prem clubs and the same again tonight. Why do they insist on showing games on TV that get played week in week out in the premier league anyway??? I would much rather they showed Shrewsbury vs Wrexham! Because they haven’t the rights and people are struggling financially by all accounts to afford pay channels,interesting the darts final recorded higher figures than any football game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markthehorn Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 They will be hoping Burnley hold on so that they can show the replay too . Are the replays right in the middle of the “winter break “? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, Markthehorn said: They will be hoping Burnley hold on so that they can show the replay too . Are the replays right in the middle of the “winter break “? Is that still a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 What a goal though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Pick 'ee out keeper didn't move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary s Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Gillingham v Sheffield utd ,,QPR v Bournemouth ,,Maidstone v Stevenage, would all be games to watch not the same old prem teams again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just now, gary s said: Gillingham v Sheffield utd ,,QPR v Bournemouth ,,Maidstone v Stevenage, would all be games to watch not the same old prem teams again I agree but by all accounts the hard up folk can’t watch Sky or Bt so why stop them watching prem teams,is that fair,of course they have to pay the BBC licence to watch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markthehorn Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 15 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said: Is that still a thing Seems to be for the PL clubs as obviously we aren’t as important.. Some are playing one week and others the next . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 19 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said: ... interesting the darts final recorded higher figures than any football game “than any football game” - are you sure of that? Credible, independent sources say that 4.7 BILLION people watch English premier league games each season on tv - surely more than the 4 million who watched the darts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) 4 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: “than any football game” - are you sure of that? Credible, independent sources say that 4.7 BILLION people watch English premier league games each season on tv - surely more than the 4 million who watched the darts? That is a whole season not one game for a start as I said above,if you think a prem game on a Sunday then you are delusional Edited January 5 by joe jordans teeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 minute ago, BS4 on Tour... said: “than any football game” - are you sure of that? Credible, independent sources say that 4.7 BILLION people watch English premier league games each season on tv - surely more than the 4 million who watched the darts? Not according to Robbored's maths! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rs Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I didn’t get a ticket for Sunday, is it on TV by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydered Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: “than any football game” - are you sure of that? Credible, independent sources say that 4.7 BILLION people watch English premier league games each season on tv - surely more than the 4 million who watched the darts? I think it was something like Sky's highest viewing figures for an event 'other than football' 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rs Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 4 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: “than any football game” - are you sure of that? Credible, independent sources say that 4.7 BILLION people watch English premier league games each season on tv - surely more than the 4 million who watched the darts? Would assume that’s 4.7 billion views total, not 4.7 billion unique viewers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markthehorn Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said: That is a whole season not one game for a start as I said above Yes the highest number for one game is 4.5 million for a Liverpool v Man U game . https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/liverpool-v-manchester-united-sky-sports-tv-viewers-ratings/?zephr_sso_ott=C82G4p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 4 minutes ago, downendcity said: Not according to Robbored's maths! There are only 8 billion in the world and half the world watch English football according to @BS4 on Tour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 5 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said: That is a whole season not one game for a start as I said above,if you think a prem game on a Sunday then you are delusional Fair enough - but if you divide 4.7 billion by the number of prem games per season then it comfortably beats the darts viewing figures per game ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just now, Markthehorn said: Yes the highest number for one game is 4.5 million for a Liverpool v Man U game . https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/liverpool-v-manchester-united-sky-sports-tv-viewers-ratings/?zephr_sso_ott=C82G4p Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Just now, joe jordans teeth said: There are only 8 billion in the world and half the world watch English football according to @BS4 on Tour... I didn’t say that - I said 4.7 billion people watched premier league games last season - I didn’t say each of those 4.7 billion was a unique person - although I knew you wouldn’t get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 minute ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Fair enough - but if you divide 4.7 billion by the number of prem games per season then it comfortably beats the darts viewing figures per game ... That wasn’t what I said though was it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 7 minutes ago, George Rs said: Would assume that’s 4.7 billion views total, not 4.7 billion unique viewers. I know, I didn’t claim it was unique viewers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: I know, I didn’t claim it was unique viewers What are you claiming,all I said was it was massive figures for a darts final and then you started spouting stuff about billions watching the whole season of football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 3 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said: That wasn’t what I said though was it ... but you did say the darts final had more viewers “than any football game” - quick example, England vs Italy 2021 - 31 million viewers ... Just now, joe jordans teeth said: What are you claiming,all I said was it was massive figures for a darts final and then you started spouting stuff about billions watching the whole season of football You said the darts final had more viewers “than any football game” - not true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, formerly known as ivan said: Nonsense! Last night a bore draw between two mediocre prem clubs and the same again tonight. Why do they insist on showing games on TV that get played week in week out in the premier league anyway??? I would much rather they showed Shrewsbury vs Wrexham! It’s for overseas viewers . They don’t want to watch our lower league clubs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 43 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said: the darts final recorded higher figures than any football game ... “than any football game” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 10 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said: There are only 8 billion in the world and half the world watch English football according to @BS4 on Tour... The other half are locked out if Rovers' games! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1 minute ago, BS4 on Tour... said: ... but you did say the darts final had more viewers “than any football game” - quick example, England vs Italy 2021 - 31 million viewers ... You said the darts final had more viewers “than any football game” - not true On sky I should of said but thought that was bleeding obvious because it was the only channel it was on,if you want to go down the terrestrial route than your billions is void Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 10 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: I didn’t say that - I said 4.7 billion people watched premier league games last season - I didn’t say each of those 4.7 billion was a unique person - although I knew you wouldn’t get it Hey Mr Pedantic, are you comparing the number of UK viewers of the darts to the number of Worldwide viewers of a PL game. Not a correct comparison, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: Hey Mr Pedantic, are you comparing the number of UK viewers of the darts to the number of Worldwide viewers of a PL game. Not a correct comparison, obviously. He knows it,if he honestly thinks 4 billion watched football on the local tv than he’s nuts,he’s comparing apples and pears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 44 minutes ago, George Rs said: I didn’t get a ticket for Sunday, is it on TV by any chance? Yes being shown worldwide if you know where to look,expecting 1.5 billion will be watching it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) 49 minutes ago, George Rs said: I didn’t get a ticket for Sunday, is it on TV by any chance? https://champagne.pages.dev/ Take your pick click the 3 lines in left corner Edited January 5 by joe jordans teeth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I can remember as a young lad already being an going to stand on the East and away trips loving the FS cup. And on final day . Watching from breakfast time through to the games end. It was so special. Jealous of all those going. Shout and sing loud do our club proud. Fingers crossed for the team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 The 1st problem with the FA Cup is that the “reward” is well below what clubs (Prem) can get in the league. So it’s of little surprise it’s not really a priority. Had winning it guaranteed a Champions League place then it would have cemented the competition at the top of the table (I am right in saying the Champions League is an amalgamation of the European and Cup winners cup?). The 2nd issue is being stuck on terrestrial TV, having ITV show it is the worst of all worlds - The top clubs guarantee an audience, so we end up with the glam tie of Spurs Vs Burnley rather than seeing the real prospect of a giant killing, such as Gills vs Blades (The BBC was also guilty of this, but not to the same extent). Im not saying Sky would be any better to the scheduling, but an open competition for the rights might raise the revenue and value of the competition- directly benefiting all clubs if win bonuses and appearance fees go up. One radical change I would make, is to schedule the mens and women’s finals to happen on the same weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, Barrs Court Red said: The 1st problem with the FA Cup is that the “reward” is well below what clubs (Prem) can get in the league. So it’s of little surprise it’s not really a priority. Had winning it guaranteed a Champions League place then it would have cemented the competition at the top of the table (I am right in saying the Champions League is an amalgamation of the European and Cup winners cup?). The 2nd issue is being stuck on terrestrial TV, having ITV show it is the worst of all worlds - The top clubs guarantee an audience, so we end up with the glam tie of Spurs Vs Burnley rather than seeing the real prospect of a giant killing, such as Gills vs Blades (The BBC was also guilty of this, but not to the same extent). Im not saying Sky would be any better to the scheduling, but an open competition for the rights might raise the revenue and value of the competition- directly benefiting all clubs if win bonuses and appearance fees go up. One radical change I would make, is to schedule the mens and women’s finals to happen on the same weekend. Agree 100% about giving the winners a champions League spot I would also give one the the League cup winners Award WINNERS not 3rd and 4th place teams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 05/01/2024 at 22:20, cidercity1987 said: Hey Mr Pedantic, are you comparing the number of UK viewers of the darts to the number of Worldwide viewers of a PL game. Not a correct comparison, obviously. Hey, I was responding to someone who said more people watched the darts final on tv ‘than any football game’ - clearly incorrect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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