Im glad that you’re open to seeing it. The midfield looked far better when he was on last night. Prior none of the three were willing to take the game but he did. Simons to his credit did well I thought as well but Slater was a key factor.
Im on the fence. You take last night and there’s certainly good reasoning. But games against Leeds for example we lost all control when he went off.
Slater is very useful to us when we lose the ball as he has the speed and alertness to close down a central area. Too many times teams have been able to win the ball and play one pass into a central attacking player and we are in trouble.
He seems better against higher quality opposition. He was just about MOTM against Ipswich and Leicester from memory last season.
As much as I enjoyed the win last night, sat afternoon without football is gash, **** sky and their dicking around of KO times. Tis ****.
What I can't get my head around is how many matches are kicking off at the same time. We've got West Ham v Chelsea, Norwich v Watford, QPR v Millwall, Sunderland v Middlesbrough, Exeter v Stevenage, Lincoln v Wigan, Accrington v Port Vale, Chesterfield v Cheltenham all kicking off at 12:30. Why? How many viewers are each of these going to be getting? Are they all even on telly? The viewing figures will be small for some of those Championship games, never mind League 1 or 2. I can't see it lasting, Sky won't get a return on their investment.
What would seem to make more sense to me would be all PL on a Sunday - eliminates or reduces issues of European football for them - and then put all EFL games back to 3pm - maybe with derby games given early or late kick offs as needed. But then you could scrap the blackout for EFL.
even if their ROI is only minute that's all they'll care about fans can bollocks, 2 Fri night matches in a row is arse....****ing afternoon working my bollocks off in the garden instead of watching city....right laugh
If you check you will see they are all on TV. I suppose it is handy for fans of the smaller clubs who can’t get to away games as they are going to see their teams more than usual if they have the right SKY+ subscription. But it is still bollox.
It'd be interesting to see whether people would value more regular kick off times or being on tv more. I suspect match going fans the former - the more casual the latter.
Hope you're right soon mate, in the meantime don't turn quick or your body will be facing different ways.
