£14.95 PPV games to continue despite opposition

Why the fuck are we playing Sunday again? We are not in Europe and neither are the Barcodes.

Hey Bobby – sorry, I moved your comment over to this thread.

I sort of understand a degree of frustration... but have to ask at this point what the issue is if no-one is having to travel? – All you need to do is turn on the TV at the allotted time. I know that is anathema to a small minority who resent what is going on in the world, but I've given up trying to help them come to terms with it at this point.

I think for the time being, we will all have to get used to our games being placed in any one of 10 different time slots on any given weekend. Purely for the needs of television. They are avoiding having any Premier League games overlap, which seems good for the serious football fans who may want to watch all, or as many of the games as they can.

I see nothing wrong with this myself. But then I saw nothing amiss about Project Restart when a multitude of fans on here felt the season should have been rendered null and void and the game suspended in perpetuity "while people were dying".

And the way things are headed with the ominous 'second wave' it looks like things are only going to get worse before they get better. I wonder at what point the calls will start for the Premier League to be shut down? Or will people accept that we do actually need to get on with life where and when we can, while continuing to take all necessary precautions at a personal level?

If we continue in our exalted position as things move into the New Year, watch for the calls for this season to be declared null and void.

This will especially be the case if some of the "big six" are adrift near the bottom of the table...

I will not be paying for this. I hope no-one else will be either.

Michael, you might like to amend Leicester v Sheff Utd as well, as I don't think they have played each other yet?

Nope, not paying additional to watch on TV. It's why I stopped watching Boxing. Yet again, British sports fans being ripped off.

Hi Rob,

That was from this story in The Mirror:

Premier League pay-per-view figures on Sky Box Office detailed ahead of Tuesday meeting

I thought it was odd they mentioned two Leicester games, but they also mention Liverpool vs Sheffield Utd getting more viewers, so I'm not sure which the other match was that only got 20k.

I don't see the problem with this. You'd be paying a hell of a lot more to see the game if you were going to the stadium. At this time when you can't go to the stadium, I think it's a good thing to have an opportunity to watch a *non-televised* game.

Michael, the only game I can think of that only attracted 20K viewers, would have been the West Brom v Burnley game a week last Monday. I'm surprised that many would have paid to watch that as apparently it was a garbage match.

Yes, well it's fine to have the choice. If they weren't offering PPV for those games, nobody could see them at all (legally). With PPV at least you have the option of paying to see it if you so choose. I do think it's too expensive mind you. I'd suggest £9.95 would be a fairer amount which would get a bigger uptake.

The concept might work if the cost wasn't more than a tenth of what whole month home packages are.

As ever, the charge is simply too high, particularly at present. It's irrelevant to compare the cost of attending a game in person; two totally different things.

I think people may be cancelling their home deals more widely than is said and this is a grab at replacement revenue in lieu through fan enthusiasm.

I agree about the price, considering they get the leftovers from sky and bt who pick the best of the matches.

In a time when many are finding money tight, a more realistic price could just work.

I still say Everton will have played a lot of their home games at home to the so called big six by December.

Plans are already in place at Old Trafford to allow safe distancing for a crowd of just over 20,000.

I can see this happening around February, when we have to play the big guns away.