Guest Col city fan Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 Amazing games and phenomenal players were around long before Sky turned up though. European games were always on tele even back in the 80's when I was a kid and I remember seeing the likes of Van Basten and other greats regularly on tv. We always had a live Sunday game on tv along with a few midweek ones and highlights shows every week, but the majority of games were still played at 3pm on Saturdays. I've heard a few people say that Sky have 'improved the game' but I can't see how they've done that at all. Being a footballer has always been the most popular dream for young lads and there have always been quality footballers around whether the wages and bonuses on offer were ridiculous or not. The passion of the masses has always been there for football long before there were 7 matches on tv a night. If anything, all of this money in the game has taken some of the passion away. It seems like Sky has all the league clubs in England and Scotland under their control nowadays. Not sure what it's like in other countries. Seriously.. Go back a few years mate. I made this point yesterday to BTS. When I was a kid, the only football we got on tele was Match of the Day with Jimmy Hill and 'Star Soccer' hosted by Hugh Johns. Now don't get me wrong, I loved watching both of these tele programmes. But the games were often played out on cowfield pitches, the commentary was sometimes not even there! Sometimes the camera used to lose the goals... Someone would break away and score and you didn't actually see the goal! And so on and so forth. That was actually about it as far as I can remember. Are you really suggesting that the coverage of football hasn't improved dramatically. Cos frankly that's just daft.
shade Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 Seriously.. Go back a few years mate. I made this point yesterday to BTS. When I was a kid, the only football we got on tele was Match of the Day with Jimmy Hill and 'Star Soccer' hosted by Hugh Johns. Now don't get me wrong, I loved watching both of these tele programmes. But the games were often played out on cowfield pitches, the commentary was sometimes not even there! Sometimes the camera used to lose the goals... Someone would break away and score and you didn't actually see the goal! And so on and so forth. That was actually about it as far as I can remember. Are you really suggesting that the coverage of football hasn't improved dramatically. Cos frankly that's just daft. maybe at the end of the day it comes down to how in to football you are. I don't really watch any apart from LCFC so maybe that's why I have a different opinion of sky and the effect money's had on the game than you.
Floating Fox Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 I'd genuinely rather we played non-league than get charged £30 a ticket. What a joke, and the people that actually think any of this does football good - Just as bad!
Kitchandro Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 People don't seem to be getting this. All this 'if you don't like sky, cancel your subscription or you're a hypocrite' is complete bollocks. I like Sky's programming, I need it even, more so than I need every game to be on at 3PM. Does that mean I can't think they are cvnts for taking the piss? Of course it fvcking doesn't. I hope that everyone who has ever complained about the club has boycotted it forever as well? Because if you don't, you're a hypocrite
Manwell Pablo Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 People don't seem to be getting this. All this 'if you don't like sky, cancel your subscription or you're a hypocrite' is complete bollocks. I like Sky's programming, I need it even, more so than I need every game to be on at 3PM. Does that mean I can't think they are cvnts for taking the piss? Of course it fvcking doesn't. I hope that everyone who has ever complained about the club has boycotted it forever as well? Because if you don't, you're a hypocrite The situation has altered slightly I think it's fair for anyone to complain now, the amount of home games they've moved is a piss take. However people were moaning before it got out of hand, which is hypocritical, you actively funding and giving sky the ability and audience to change kick off times for other clubs, you can't moan. If there wasn't a demand there wouldn't be a supply.
Ely fox Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 With a considerable amount of our games moved this season and us only having 7 home games on a Saturday(3pm) I think a protest is in order against BSKyB, possibly on Saturday at Derby? I was thinking on the 7th minute that all traveling Leicester fans could turn the back away from the pitch maybe and sing something like this. Fvck off Sky, Fvck off Sky stop changing our home games fvck off sky. Any other suggestions welcome How eloquent
_Fatboyslow_ Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 Has anyone considered that the owners might well like the exposure that the club is getting ?
ThurnbyLodgeFox Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 I'd genuinely rather we played non-league than get charged £30 a ticket. What a joke, and the people that actually think any of this does football good - Just as bad! I'd rather pay £40-50 a ticket and watch us in the Premiership tbh, because it's where we belong
1964FOX Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 The amount of games changed has been excessive, there should be a limit. The reason they can't show Saturday 3pm games is to preserve attendances and traditional kick off time but it seems they can upset this by stealth and change as many games as they wish. I've said it before that the only real way to change it is to pressure the football league who are the ones that actually have the contract with Sky. There is clearly a growing concern from fans of many clubs about this and it is possible to apply pressure. Clearly are owners are concerned enough about the situation as they released an official comment on the matter, it was probably just to appease us but they did it. There is nothing wrong with seeking an improvement from a service that customers subscribe to and the irony is that it's those of us who subscribe to sky that have the power to cause change.
Ely fox Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 I'd rather pay £40-50 a ticket and watch us in the Premiership tbh, because it's where we belong Yeah cos we have a divine right to be in the premiership where we will probably get hammered 5-0 by the likes of united every wk!!!
_Fatboyslow_ Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 I'd rather watch it on sky to be honest. It's cheaper and a better atmosphere !!!
Guest Foxin_mad Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 I do not understand why anyone is stupid enough to pay $ky £40 a month when you can stream the games over the web for FREE. The quality now in many cases is close to HD and you can plug any decent tablet of phone into a TV and watch on the big screen. I would still much rather see a live game.
Leicester_Numan Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 I would say this to anyone who is genuinely 'Anti-Sky'. If you want to do something meaningful (rather than just wave some flags at the Derby game)), then do what Oxford has done. Cancel your SKY subscription. If you live with your parents, educate them as to the error of their ways and get them to cancel their subscriptions also. Finally, if City get promoted to 'The Promised Land', don't renew your season ticket. In fact, stop going completely... reason being, when we go out and sign the likes of Scott Sinclair to replace Lloyd Dyer and pay him 70k per week, this will be on the back of SKY money. You surely won't want to pay to go to clap and cheer players who are being funded by SKY revenue I would suspect? Also, don't watch them on SKY. Personally, and I re-iterate, I'm happy that the Derby game is on SKY on Sat. As a 'working man', I'm working on Saturday until 3pm. That will give me the time to cycle home, have a shower, grab a couple of Theakston's out of the fridge and feel that I am 'cheering my team on', when I could not have done otherwise. I'll be able to sit down and watch the game in front of my plasma TV in beautiful HD. For this, I thank-you SKY. No-one is complaining about the fact that it's covered on TV. It's the huge amounts of money they pump into the clubs( knowing exactly where it's going to go) in order to make the clubs totally dependant on it. Your point about signing players on 70k a week is exactly what will happen but it's more likely to be a Junior Lewis than a Scott Sinclair. The players and agents are the only ones who ever benefit from the money. Again it won't be used to pay off club debt, improve academies or stadiums, it will be going straight into players bank accounts and ticket prices will continue to rise to try and claw some of it back
marbelladave Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 I'm in. I'm going to buy some of the biggest skyrockets (geddit???) I can find and have them deliver about a hundredweight of fresh bullshite into orbit at 28.2° East. That will really fook them up. Mind you I do have form for this sort of thing. Sky's studios are close to me in west London and they often use my local high road to do the odd 'vox pop'. A few years ago when Katie Price was acting up I was stopped and asked, on camera, what I thought of Jordan. I left them looking a bit confused when I replied that. "I couldn't comment as I had never been there, but my luggage once ended up in Amman.".........
Dan Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 Agree with Ashley, we need to do something cos its getting out of control. None of this 'we've got to adjust to this' bollocks. We're the only country in Europe where the fans blindly believe every word the media come out with. Accepting being walked all over and flowwolf's spot on, I think it's reached the point now where it means very little if they lose fans. I'm falling out of love with football every day to be honest.
Dan Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 I would say this to anyone who is genuinely 'Anti-Sky'. If you want to do something meaningful (rather than just wave some flags at the Derby game)), then do what Oxford has done. Cancel your SKY subscription. If you live with your parents, educate them as to the error of their ways and get them to cancel their subscriptions also. Finally, if City get promoted to 'The Promised Land', don't renew your season ticket. In fact, stop going completely... reason being, when we go out and sign the likes of Scott Sinclair to replace Lloyd Dyer and pay him 70k per week, this will be on the back of SKY money. You surely won't want to pay to go to clap and cheer players who are being funded by SKY revenue I would suspect? Also, don't watch them on SKY. Personally, and I re-iterate, I'm happy that the Derby game is on SKY on Sat. As a 'working man', I'm working on Saturday until 3pm. That will give me the time to cycle home, have a shower, grab a couple of Theakston's out of the fridge and feel that I am 'cheering my team on', when I could not have done otherwise. I'll be able to sit down and watch the game in front of my plasma TV in beautiful HD. For this, I thank-you SKY. Why would you stop going to support players like Sinclair who'd be on $ky funded wages after he replaces players like Dyer who is on... oh, $ky funded wages. $ky bought the soul and it's gone. Forever.
JonnyBoy Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 If you have Sky Sports and watch it on a regular basis and then moan about kick-off times because of Sky, you are a hypocrite end of. Don't see you complaining on a Sunday afternoon when your watching Man city v Man Utd before Sunday dinner behave
dannythefox Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 I'm gonna chill out an watch it on sky and the Millwall game. Been to loads of games this season so be nice to be in my front room for a change! Lets keep picking up the points to make sure we stay in the playoffs!
Guest Col city fan Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 Why would you stop going to support players like Sinclair who'd be on $ky funded wages after he replaces players like Dyer who is on... oh, $ky funded wages. $ky bought the soul and it's gone. Forever. Why have SKY resulted in 'a loss of soul'. I'm still an ardent City fan, always have been, always will be. If we have to go to Forest at the end of the season, needing a victory, I'm going and can ensure you the game won't be 'soulless', especially if they need to win too. If we get into the play-offs, I'm expecting bigger attendances, scary games and 'soul' in abundance. What are you wanting? Stevie Wonder to perform for us at half-time? Cheer up, footballs still great. Just cos I watch a few games on SKY don't mean I don't love it as much as I always did. It's how we've been playing recently that has fooked me right off. :
AdamN Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 I wouldn't even get to see this match if it wasn't on TV, so cheers Sky!
Dan Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 What do I want? Better ticket prices, more Saturday 3pm's, safe standing, full grounds, better atmospheres. $ky bought the soul, the Premier League is a league revolved around hype & money - people have got it so drilled into their heads that it's the best league in the world and the be all and end all of football - to the extent clubs are happy to bankrupt themselves nearly just to stay in it, that clubs are willing to fvck off any long-term plan at all costs just because it means staying in the league. The more I think about the Premier League the more I think it's a shambles of a league and although not far off sick of the Championship, I can't help but feel the buzz of being Premier League would stick with me for long at all.
MooseBreath Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 Don't change our games Our 3pm home games You just don't seem to understand That if you change our games Our 3pm home games We'll use you as a scapegoat to conveniently dispatch some of our concerns about how our lives have tuuuuurned oooooooout...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 15 March 2013 Posted 15 March 2013 Protest all you like, it's not going to change anything. TBH I question if a boycott would even change anything. What WOULD work is people cancelling their Sky Sports en masse, but that ain't gonna happen.
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