on March 11, 2026, 12:19 am, in reply to "This year's TV deal probably has a big part to play here..."
The only additional games being shown is when games have been moved to a Sunday because a team has played on a Thursday - they never used to be shown, now they are
3 teams playing in Europe on a Thursday night doesn't help either 
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TNT showed all the games last week, something that would be annoying on a Saturday with the 3pm blackout resulting in fixtures being played at all times but 3pm
And the extra games being televised in the UK this season has also caused the further drop in 3pm KOs.
At this point they just need to do away with the blackout Previous Message
The games should be cast for 3pm Saturday and then if they need to move because of FA Cup games, then they go to midweek.
Not default to midweek because teams *might* be in FA Cup and then sit there twiddling thumbs all weekend because of shit penalties!
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if Burnley at home had been scheduled for Saturday 3pm then it wouldn't have got moved for TV, same with Wolves and Bournemouth
That's 3 more Saturday 3pm games we'd have had
Whereas Man Utd, Leeds, Brighton, Spurs, Newcastle, Arsenal, Liverpool all get moved from the 3pm slot because they are attractive games
Do you see what I am saying
We've basically been unlucky with the scheduling of games Previous MessagePrevious Message
the advantage of when we had the stubhub deal was that you could sometimes pick up a ticket for a £10
Now if it's a wet cold Tuesday night at home to Burnley and you have no one to pass it to, your only option is resale back to the club who give you 1/19th of your ST price (approx £45) and resell it for £65
If no one wants to pay £65 for it, and I know many fans in that boat last week against Burnley then it's left unsold hence the thousands of empty seats last week
If I could set my selling price at £40 and Everton take 25% of the price they still make a tenner on top of the money they made from selling the season ticket in the 1st place. The game is also sold out so you are not undercutting match day sales
Obviously similarly to twickets, you wouldn't be able to charge more than the face value although that's not an issue as you only get 1/19th anyway
Also, unless we make Europa or conference league next season then we will have a lot more Saturday 3pm's
This season has been a one off
We've been so unlucky that our scheduled midweek games have been against Wolves, Bournemouth and Burnley - if they had been Saturday 3pm games then it's unlikely they would have got moved Previous Message
Interesting pov
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