Can i just point out as well the criticism of the FA for the replay scheduling is misplaced imo. The fault lies squarely with the PL clubs who decided to use the winter break to enhance their broadcasting revenues by splitting a "gameweek" over 2 weekends so they can show twice as many games . If they had just had done it solely on weekend 12/13 of Feb no problems .
I don't want to come across as Mr Big Club lets change the rules BUT, we have to look at ourselves and make a choice. Are we going to play in these competitions or not? I'd rather not have this middle of the season drama, either the people in charge of them change the rules to suit PL teams who are playing in Europe so that the players are not overloaded with games or they decide to continue as it is and we continue to treat them as a side interest and play reserve teams. Sort it out before the league season starts.
Difference of opinion then if you think the Oxford tie was more 'attractive' and in keeping with the 'magic' of the FA cup.
End of the day there are endless BBC channels and opportunity to play many more games than what they did.
nowt to do with my opinion but it was the match selected by the BBC and unless someone can show otherwise i legally see no way that the FA could influence that decision .
which they cannot do with the contract in place atm . Mind you the only other Beeb channel i've ever seeing footy on was BBC3 which they've scrapped .
The next game against Chelsea is an awkward call. If we play all the kids the advantage is they know each other as they play as a team all the time, throwing in a few first team squad players like Lovren, Matip, etc may disrupt the team more than give them an advantage.
After their despicable 'LiVARpool' headline last night, the BBC, after generating an anti-Liverpool hysteria amongst jerks who hadn't even seen the game, and were hanging their every word on a Twitter pic showing the wrong player in an onside position, are now indulging posters to suggest that the rules should be changed so that only the goalscorer can be offside. Until, presumably, that works in Liverpool's favour...
Really? Not even with a hint that lack of cooperation might mysteriously jeopardise future agreements? Or simply the Beeb's desire not to rock the boat, so they pretend that the Newkie game was the one they wanted all along?
It wouldn't be official, would it? Or, as I said, a unilateral decision by the BBC to fend off any future difficulties. What about the reports that the FA had prevented international broadcasters from showing it? I don't know how true that is, and if it is Bein clearly didn't get the message. I don't agree that the fault lies with the PL, the two bodies should work together - in this, as in all aspects of the domestic game. I think the FA have acted like petulant children over this because their flagship competition is being undermined. I sympathise with them over this, but the harsh truth is that bigger fish have come into the pond and the global football authorities are inexorably drawing the top clubs away from their domestic competitions. I don't know what the FA can do about this, but punitive pettiness doesn't seem to me to be the answer. Incidentally, the Beeb fell on their feet anyway, as the Oxford - Newcastle game seemed pretty good from what I saw.
We were fielding our u23 side. The ticket prices were reduced - are the only facts in what you said. The attractiveness of the fixture and the reason for the price drop is your opinion As for your other comment about the PL clubs deciding to use the winter break to enhance their broadcasting revenue makes no sense. The programme of which games are televised and when is decided at the start of the season. There is a finite list of games, if a particular fixture is on tv, it's on, if it's not, it's not. Maybe elaborate so I can understand.
Sorry but the bbc are a ****ing disgrace tbh (thank **** ive never paid a tv licence or id be more fuming) This is actually ridiculous
They have split the games between 2 weekends 5 each weekend and every single one is on TV split between BT and Sky. The last broadcast contract only got more money from UK broadcasters by offering more games for broadcast (Sky are paying less per game than in the previous contract . To get these games they needed to be "innovative" and this included agreeing a winters break which allowed them actually to schedule more games than normal which also meant they will fulfill their minimum number of games for each team easier .
The split is 4 and 6 It works out more or less the same as the regular televised schedule without a winter break. Over two weekends every club gets a game on tv.
