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jammie82uk

Fixture changes in April

By jammie82uk, in Leicester City Forum

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Dan

Dan

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I swear it's getting more and more ridiculous. Look at how many of them could still move.

 

Arsenal at home will move to Sunday 12pm if they make the Europa League semi finals which they will find out a week and a half before it's meant to be played.

 

Newcastle at home could move to Sunday as well and we won't find that out for another three weeks either. That's dependant on the dates for potential Man City & Liverpool Champions League dates.

 

Huddersfield away on 6th April could also still move to 12:30. They've picked Man City v Cardiff for that weekend when it's FA Cup semi final weekend of which Man City are 95% going to be in, so can't play it on that date. With others already moved, ours has a chance.

 

Tottenham v Brighton also on TV that weekend when Tottenham are likely to still be in Wembley and Brighton have a good chance of being in the Semis.

 

It's a total shambles.

Fox92

Fox92

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It's well and truly fvcked. But they'll keep on doing it. 

 

Absolute no considering for fans. And that's an understatement.

 

A lot needs to change. But people keep moaning, going to games, paying for Sky, repeat. So it'll carry on.

CosbehFox

CosbehFox

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Disgraceful - as a Newcastle fan, the earliest you can book travel or make arrangements would be 15th March. We won't know the Arsenal fixture date until 18th April! 11 days notice

Devonfox1884

Devonfox1884

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30 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said:

 

Newcastle at home could move to Sunday as well and we won't find that out for another three weeks either. That's dependant on the dates for potential Man City & Liverpool Champions League dates.

What has to happen for Newcastle to move exactly?

CosbehFox

CosbehFox

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3 minutes ago, Devonfox1884 said:

What has to happen for Newcastle to move exactly?

Suggestion is that if Spurs v Huddersfield on the Saturday has be moved from 12.30pm due to CL scheduling/progression, then our game against Newcastle takes that slot. 

KrefelderFox666

KrefelderFox666

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5 minutes ago, Devonfox1884 said:

What has to happen for Newcastle to move exactly?

 

1 minute ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Suggestion is that if Spurs v Huddersfield on the Saturday has be moved from 12.30pm due to CL scheduling/progression, then our game against Newcastle takes that slot. 

Or more likely if Man City or Liverpool's Sunday game has to be moved (if either or both have a Tuesday night CL match) then I guess we'll take one of the Sunday slots.

 

There's a very good chance all three (Spurs, City and Liverpool are involved in CL). It's a complete mess to try and guess what will happen. I think it's unlikely our game will move as a lot has to happen but never say never.

ian_marshall

ian_marshall

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Shocking changes as always. Absolutely no consideration whatsoever for travelling fans. Firstly there's absolutely no need for these Friday night games, it's just a load of nonsense. Secondly, realistically how many Newcastle fans will be in a position to set off around 3pm to negotiate Friday rush hour traffic, find parking, and walk to the ground to ensure they don't miss kick off. Thirdly, if Sky insist it's absolutely necessary to have a Friday night game, why the heck have they ignored the fact that Brighton play Southampton that weekend (admittedly still a trek but easier journey than Newcastle to Leicester)?!? Until the government intervene which I suspect is highly unlikely I can see the broadcaster's continuing to marginalise travelling fans. 

KrefelderFox666

KrefelderFox666

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1 minute ago, ian_marshall said:

Shocking changes as always. Absolutely no consideration whatsoever for travelling fans. Firstly there's absolutely no need for these Friday night games, it's just a load of nonsense. Secondly, realistically how many Newcastle fans will be in a position to set off around 3pm to negotiate Friday rush hour traffic, find parking, and walk to the ground to ensure they don't miss kick off. Thirdly, if Sky insist it's absolutely necessary to have a Friday night game, why the heck have they ignored the fact that Brighton play Southampton that weekend (admittedly still a trek but easier journey than Newcastle to Leicester)?!? Until the government intervene which I suspect is highly unlikely I can see the broadcaster's continuing to marginalise travelling fans. 

Unfortunately money talks. As annoying as that is for us as fans. Although, some people prefer evening games in the week than weekends (due to personal commitments). So not everyone is in a bad position. Yes, majority of fans will not fall into that category but have to see the bigger picture.

 

Gone are the days of Saturday 15:00 KO's for the majority of games.

KrefelderFox666

KrefelderFox666

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1 minute ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Friday night games for me I like but there has to be a limit put on mileage (or travel is provided by clubs etc)

Agreed. The only Monday or Friday (or midweek in general) games should be those where the distance to travel is reasonably small.

ian_marshall

ian_marshall

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Just now, KrefelderFox666 said:

Unfortunately money talks. As annoying as that is for us as fans. Although, some people prefer evening games in the week than weekends (due to personal commitments). So not everyone is in a bad position. Yes, majority of fans will not fall into that category but have to see the bigger picture.

 

Gone are the days of Saturday 15:00 KO's for the majority of games.

Completely agree re: money so I realise that these slots are necessary to ensure higher revenue for the PL, however what I take issue with is the poor planning.

 

Far too frequently fans are being asked to travel very long distances without any consideration for the travel conditions when there are other fixtures scheduled between clubs which are relatively close geographically. It's this stupidity that I find frustrating, especially when a travelling fan is paying close to £100 to watch their team, yet 60/70% of the televised viewing audience has absolutely no interest in either club and have paid circa £1.50/2.00 to have a bit of entertainment on a Friday night. Yes, that's the business model, I understand that, but it doesn't make it right. 

Bert

Bert

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Imagine the Man City game in May will get moved should their still be a title race by then too. 

Corky

Corky

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Friday is better than Monday but fvcking hell, how many games have we had moved since New Year's Day? And the fact they could yet again be moved is ridiculous. Pick a TV game and stick with it, takes the piss.

Mike Oxlong

Mike Oxlong

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11 minutes ago, Corky said:

Friday is better than Monday but fvcking hell, how many games have we had moved since New Year's Day? And the fact they could yet again be moved is ridiculous. Pick a TV game and stick with it, takes the piss.

Hate both 

 

The weekend just isn’t the same

Corky

Corky

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Between January and May, if this remains as it says, we'll have played matches at 12.30pm Tuesday (New Year's Day), 8pm Friday, 12.30pm Saturday, 5.30pm Saturday, 12pm Sunday, 1.30pm Sunday, 2.05pm Sunday, 4.30pm Sunday, 8pm Monday all for TV. Throw in the 7.45pm Saturday before Christmas and that will be 10 different TV slots for our games.

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