Spinning Blue
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No wonder. The product on offer is awful.
No incentive for people to tune into it.
Not competitive
Standard is appalling
Atmosphere is nothing special
That about covers it.Sums up where the game is at
It's tainted and heavily favoured toward a team who glorify terrorists and stay quiet on abuse.
Agreed. Grounds like Thistle, Hamilton, Ross County, (ICT and Falkirk when they are in top flight) etc are a joke. Many of these barely have three stands. Looks awful. Far better non-league grounds on England.Part of the atmosphere answer maybe, but I do a bit of work in the north of England and the comments I get from English supporters is that some of our grounds look amateur, they lack a professionalism.
Our stadia look like non league fare.
I do get pretty embarrassed when challenged on stadia with whole stands draped in banners, hiding seats, three sided stadia, plastic pitches and toy grounds like some we have.
These are comments from the guys I speak to although I can't help agreeing.
Totally agree atmosphere these days is shitAgreed - atmos is really nothing special these days. A blast of noise at the the beginning which lasts a relatively short time and them it's fairly standard stuff. Hugely underwhelming.
You seem to be saying folk up here only subscribe to Sky to watch Scottish football.I'd imagine more people down south subscribe to sky as they get more value for money on games they will watch.
Scotland on the other hand have very few games to justify the cost so choose to stream.
Not saying this is the only reason viewing figures are low but it will be a factor
Maybe make it a Bank Holiday Saturday too.Play the game at 5.30 on a Saturday and viewing figures will increase massively
According to the official figures only 275,ooo watched the Old Firm game on Sky last week.
That compares unfavourably to over 400,000 for the Sheffield derby in the Championship.
No chance of getting any more money from Sky for the next contract.
Loved potato dayTheir atmosphere is vastly overrated...watched a tiny bit of PSG game and it was deathly silent. They have YNWA and then 5 minutes of "Celtic, Celtic..." and then they sit down. Last time we offered ANY challenge was away game (1-1) and they were quiet as mice as game went on....it is EASY to be colourful when on top. I well recall the 90s and flag day, bog roll day etc...we were rampant and so ideas came flowing.
In all honesty, if I was not not a Rangers fan and supported an English team I wouldn't go out my way to watch this. If I wasn't doing anything or wasn't watching anything else, I might tune in for 5-10 minutes or so and see that the standard of football is shite and move on to something else.
I get what you are saying - but they are still a level way above the shite in Scotland though.the vast majority of English games i watch the quality is absolute dire
I get what you are saying - but they are still a level way above the shite in Scotland though.
And the stadiums are big and full - so the sense of occasion is far better. Whereas you tune in to see a game at somewhere like Hamilton or Partick Thistle and and see one man and his dog with unfinished 'stadiums'. It just looks and sounds awful. No-one wants to watch that.
And no-one in Scotland looks at innovative ideas around pricing, matchday experience, entertainment and interactive elements of attending football matches in Scotland. It really is dismal.I agree and that is down to the SFA making clubs get far bigger stadiums than they need. Look at Kilmarnock ffs their attendances are shocking for a good sized town.
And no-one in Scotland looks at innovative ideas around pricing, matchday experience, entertainment and interactive elements of attending football matches in Scotland. It really is dismal.
Yes - good product on the pitch is what we want to see.What is this matchday experience you speak of? And i know you're not alone in citing this. For me, matchday is just that. its all about the match surely? Been to the Etihad a few times and they do have an excellent drinking zone outside. But at United its just the standard fare with the exception of their truly mega store which must take more ÂŁÂŁÂŁÂŁ that the local Tesco Extra.
And what is interactive at a football match? A good product on the pitch is what I want to see
Sad, but very true.Got to be honest here the fire and passion and 100 mile an hour commitment has went out of the game,What made the game special and the reasons for watching the game has disappeared the last few game have half been hearted and tepid compared to games of the past pretty boring to be honest.
Yes - good product on the pitch is what we want to see.
If you attend games in Germany as I do now and again, you would be impressed with their match day-experience set ups. It creates a buzz around the stadium before the game. Whereas at Ibrox people turn up at five to three and take their seat. And the standing sections in Germany make a hell of a difference.
That's what I'm getting at mate.Not been to Germany but it does sound like the place to watch football. And thats a good point. When I was a kid we used to get there are 2pm to get a decent spot on a barrier. Now you just roll up with moments to spare. Hadnt thought of that one. No atmosphere building an hour before hand now.
That's bollocks. There will be plenty of people in Scotland with sky sports who want to watch the English football.I'd imagine more people down south subscribe to sky as they get more value for money on games they will watch.
Scotland on the other hand have very few games to justify the cost so choose to stream.
Not saying this is the only reason viewing figures are low but it will be a factor
Why then do so many people still tune in to watch the Sheffield derby? Streaming may reduce the viewing figures but presumably it reduces figures for all games. Our biggest game still only got half the viewers of a championship game in England.Wonder how many watch it on kodi sticks dodgy boxes and on their computers. If sky reduced their prices im sure loads more would subscribe
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100% this mate.The narrative spouted by both supporters and part of the media up here is Scottish football is crap.
Why we expect non Scots to have an interest when we have such a low opinion of the product ourselves is beyond me