Premier League

[chaddyrovers]

3 hours ago, K-Hod said:

Yes, definitely. Especially when you don't get Sports with it at that price and people will want other subscriptions that are all £10 a month as well (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Discovery + etc).

I was just talking for Sky Sports subscription. 

1 hour ago, GHD said:

This is the man who accuses someone of swerving questions, and at the same time is unable to give a yes or no answer when asked, at least half a dozen times, if he has read Glens minutes

SWho has asked me? Not seen anyone ask unless they are on ignore list. Yes I read the minutes and 40 mins into the podcast with Glen and Kidder noise. 

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, arbitro said:

Pre covid there weren't anything like the number of Friday night and Saturday lunch time kick offs.

You have very little empathy for anyone or anything as long as it doesn't really affect you and as far as I can see that's the bottom line.

Never said they were 

I have plenty of empathy arbitro for football fans but football is changing regarding the role of TV within the sport. 75% of EFL are 3pm kick off time. 

Hope we are disagree on the empathy part but respect each other opinion even tho we dont agree on this issue

[Upside Down]

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Never said they were 

I have plenty of empathy arbitro for football fans but football is changing regarding the role of TV within the sport. 75% of EFL are 3pm kick off time. 

Hope we are disagree on the empathy part but respect each other opinion even tho we dont agree on this issue

If you have any empathy I'm yet to see you show it.

[arbitro]

48 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Never said they were 

I have plenty of empathy arbitro for football fans but football is changing regarding the role of TV within the sport. 75% of EFL are 3pm kick off time. 

Hope we are disagree on the empathy part but respect each other opinion even tho we dont agree on this issue

Five Championship games out of twelve each weekend are given up for life coverage. That is far too many and as a consequence the Sky planners have to broadcast fixtures where long distances are involved and anti social kick off times. 

That is the real point of the debate as it really is unnecessary.

• In total, over 1000 (1059) of the EFL’s 1891 games across the Sky Bet EFL, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy will be broadcast:
  • 328 Sky Bet Championship matches
  • 248 Sky Bet League One matches
  • 248 Sky Bet League Two matches
  • All 15 Play-Off matches
  • All 93 Carabao Cup matches
  • All 127 EFL Trophy matches
• Each League weekend fixture round will see 10 live EFL fixtures shown
  • Five matches in the Sky Bet Championship
  • Five from Sky Bet League One and League Two

[GHD]

5 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

SWho has asked me? Not seen anyone ask unless they are on ignore list. Yes I read the minutes and 40 mins into the podcast with Glen and Kidder noise. 

I asked you on the Fans forum thread, page 148. If you read from there for the next five pages or so, you will see Rover Clitheroe has asked a number of times. Also mentioned by RF99 and in one instance you only addressed one part of his post and ignored the reference to the minutes. So you must have seen it.

I think you sometimes live in the world of Lewis Caroll’s Alice

Edited 7 hours ago by GHD

[GHR]

On 21/08/2025 at 08:56, wilsdenrover said:

Do Sky publish individual viewing figures for all these extra matches?

If not, why not?

Indeed. I wonder how many people outwith a WN postcode (suitably smaller than the much-discussed BB one 😁) will choose Rotherham v. Wigan as their Saturday lunchtime viewing tomorrow?

[chaddyrovers]

6 hours ago, GHD said:

I asked you on the Fans forum thread, page 148. If you read from there for the next five pages or so, you will see Rover Clitheroe has asked a number of times. Also mentioned by RF99 and in one instance you only addressed one part of his post and ignored the reference to the minutes. So you must have seen it.

I think you sometimes live in the world of Lewis Caroll’s Alice

I didn't response cos at that stage, no I hadn't, I have read them now twice. Plus 40 mins into the podcast with Glen and Kidder noise. Listen to the rest tonight 

 

[chaddyrovers]

9 hours ago, arbitro said:

Five Championship games out of twelve each weekend are given up for life coverage. That is far too many and as a consequence the Sky planners have to broadcast fixtures where long distances are involved and anti social kick off times. 

That is the real point of the debate as it really is unnecessary.

• In total, over 1000 (1059) of the EFL’s 1891 games across the Sky Bet EFL, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy will be broadcast:
  • 328 Sky Bet Championship matches
  • 248 Sky Bet League One matches
  • 248 Sky Bet League Two matches
  • All 15 Play-Off matches
  • All 93 Carabao Cup matches
  • All 127 EFL Trophy matches
• Each League weekend fixture round will see 10 live EFL fixtures shown
  • Five matches in the Sky Bet Championship
  • Five from Sky Bet League One and League Two

I know what the EFL and Sky deal is. 

Long midweek away means fans can't make them so having them on TV does make sense. Clubs could offer cheaper ticket prices for home midweek games and tbh, I enjoyed watching the game live inside a stadium but unfortunately I go to midweek away games due to work reasons. Alot of fans are in similar position to myself. 

I understand some fans are inconvenient by changing of kick off times.  

 

[StHelensRover]

Wet Spam 4-1 down after 55 mins. Potter under massive pressure already this season. They deserve everything they get there, deluded babies. Hounded out the manager who won them a trophy over 'style of football' and everyone they've brought in since to play tippy tappy has been muck

 Edit *5-1 after 58 mins 😄

Edited 2 hours ago by StHelensRover

[chaddyrovers]

How poor is West Ham defending? They need a coupe of signings but I don't think they got the quality to play wing back system

Chelsea doing all this without Cole Palmer. 

[Tugayisgod]

Just paid around £20m for the keeper from Leicester. Making Pears look like Brad Friedel.

 

[roversfan99]

They have a poor squad but still, surely West Ham have to get rid of Potter? Crap manager.

[oneandycrawford]

12 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

Wet Spam 4-1 down after 55 mins. Potter under massive pressure already this season. They deserve everything they get there, deluded babies. Hounded out the manager who won them a trophy over 'style of football' and everyone they've brought in since to play tippy tappy has been muck

 Edit *5-1 after 58 mins 😄

Surprised more 'expert' predictions didn't have West Ham down to struggle this season. I have posted I think they are likely to be involved in relegation fight.

Sold one of their best attacking players and don't seem to have strengthened much. Potter's half-season last season was piss poor. I know he hadn't had the benefit of a pre-season but not sure how much value that really is - he had half a season to make some improvement but none was apparent.

[chaddyrovers]

sacking Potter isn't the answer and not after to 2 bloody games. What they need is signings. 

 

[roversfan99]

He was lucky to keep his job last season and their fans didnt seem happy that he did. They need new players and a new manager.

Hes a typical modern day manager. Trying to get players to do things they clearly arent capable of doing.

[chaddyrovers]

sacking Potter isn't the right answer, actually signing some quality players for him. 

That West Ham squad need 3 or 4 quality signings. A quality centre back and holding midfielder is a must before the window but what do West Ham really expect as a club? what their plan? 

[chaddyrovers]

 

rumours are doubting whether Nuno will be in charge for the Palace game. 

 

[roversfan99]

There can be more than one answer. Results have been pretty woeful since he joined, their fans dont like him and hes trying to get players to do things that they arent good at. The whole thing looks totaly disjointed, like the coaching is really poor and the players arent behind him.

He did well to get the West Ham job, hes not a good manager.

[chaddyrovers]

17 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

There can be more than one answer. Results have been pretty woeful since he joined, their fans dont like him and hes trying to get players to do things that they arent good at. The whole thing looks totaly disjointed, like the coaching is really poor and the players arent behind him.

He did well to get the West Ham job, hes not a good manager.

Fans didn't like Moyes much but he won a trophy there yet they still want him gone. 

West Ham need signings not changing head coaches. They need better quality players. They haven't spent this summer. Only 5 signings and about 8 or 9 out. 

West Ham started well but havent that second goal they collapsed 

You never been a Potter fan. 

[Bronzed A Donis]

28 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

sacking Potter isn't the right answer, actually signing some quality players for him. 

That West Ham squad need 3 or 4 quality signings. A quality centre back and holding midfielder is a must before the window but what do West Ham really expect as a club? what their plan? 

Genuinely Chaddy since I can remember their only aim has to be 'play the West ham way'. Which is why they have done the square root of f all as a club until they appointed someone who didn't.

[roversfan99]

23 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Fans didn't like Moyes much but he won a trophy there yet they still want him gone. 

West Ham need signings not changing head coaches. They need better quality players. They haven't spent this summer. Only 5 signings and about 8 or 9 out. 

West Ham started well but havent that second goal they collapsed 

You never been a Potter fan. 

I dont have an opinion of him really as a person. But he isnt a good manager. I dont get why it has to be a new manager OR new players.

They played tonight like a team that wasnt playing for their manager and one that didnt know what they were supposed to be doing. Totally disorganised, playing passes in areas where they clearly werent comfortable yet had been instructed to do so.

They signed a keeper Potter wanted who was awful.

They need more players but they also need a good manager. Potter's record is shocking.

[chaddyrovers]

33 minutes ago, Bronzed A Donis said:

Genuinely Chaddy since I can remember their only aim has to be 'play the West ham way'. Which is why they have done the square root of f all as a club until they appointed someone who didn't.

Moyes did a great job there yet he wasn't good enough. 

 

16 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I dont have an opinion of him really as a person. But he isnt a good manager. I dont get why it has to be a new manager OR new players.

They played tonight like a team that wasnt playing for their manager and one that didnt know what they were supposed to be doing. Totally disorganised, playing passes in areas where they clearly werent comfortable yet had been instructed to do so.

They signed a keeper Potter wanted who was awful.

They need more players but they also need a good manager. Potter's record is shocking.

They need new signings whether Potter stays or not. It's that simple. 

They started well but collapsed after Chelsea scored their second. Had West Ham scored that second goal It might have been a different result 

[roversfan99]

20 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Moyes did a great job there yet he wasn't good enough. 

 

They need new signings whether Potter stays or not. It's that simple. 

They started well but collapsed after Chelsea scored their second. Had West Ham scored that second goal It might have been a different result 

They do need new players aswell. Not doubting that.

Similarly to what you was doing last week for our game. The game didnt turn out like that, they got battered. They totally crumbled, didnt look like a team playing for the manager and didnt look like a team that was well organised or knew/was capable of doing what it was asked. Its a continuation of the poor results and performances since he joined.