Whitey Grandad

Yeah, it’s all about ‘protect the NHS’. It’s supposed to be the NHS that protects us. You won’t ever get herd immunity by repetitive lockdowns. How long will it take to get 30m or 40m infected? Relying on a vaccine is asking to be disappointed. Lockdowns are killing the country.

Closing everything won’t work either. You can’t control this virus. You just have to let it burn out. They’re acting like those primitive societies that thought that human sacrifices were the answer to everything. When they didn’t work the answer was even more sacrIfices.

The One True Bond

Sheff Utd seemed determined to keep it down to 1-0. Any time they had a chance to get the ball into the box they passed it backwards

That’s why they’re in favour of it of course.

The idiots are all in the government.

It’s not a proper ball unless it’s got laces that stick out.

Nobby Stiles has passed away at the age of 78. He was the seventh member of the 1966 team that we have lost.

Sell him? If he turns out that good HMDAJFU.

Presumably it’s only a deficit of £3m a month during the playing season so possibly ‘only’ £27m a year.

Yes, it’s called market price sensitivity.

Nicely? They could have demanded with menaces and still had him.

I would have thought it was a drop in income rather that a drop in profit.

Yes, could be. Without seeing the figures we can’t be sure. A very rough estimate would put these at one third of the profit. That’s profit mind, not income.

The more that this subject is raised then the longer that differentiation and discrimination will perpetuate. It is reinforcing the concept that people are different from others on account of their skin colour or ethnicity. All discrimination is wrong be it negative or positive.

The difference is that there is not the alternative option of going to a live game yourself. The broadcasting agreement that determines the balance of representation was fixed in different circumstances. From The Times this morning: The Premier League has earned more than £5 million from the first two weekends of pay-per-view (PPV) matches but clubs have agreed to review the price after accepting that demanding £14.95 per game has been a PR crisis. At a meeting today the 20 clubs decided to stick with the fee for the next two rounds of matches but agreed to review PPV pricing after the international break, with a decision due to be made on November 5. It is highly likely that the PPV fee will be reduced to £9.95 to fall in line with the sum charged by clubs in the EFL, in the hope that the cut will persuade fans’ groups who have boycotted the games to drop their protests. The clubs were told that the first nine PPV matches had brought in an average of 39,000 paid subscriptions, totalling £5.247 million, though some of that money will go to the broadcasters. Some matches attracted fewer than 10,000 subscriptions, and none more than 100,000. The average was calculated before the Brighton & Hove Albion v West Bromwich Albion match on Monday evening, which is likely to have attracted fewer than 10,000 paid subscriptions. Mike Ashley, the Newcastle United owner, has urged the Premier League to cut the price to £4.95 per match but, according to sources at the meeting, the clubs were told that would actually cost money to produce. Some club chairmen also raised eyebrows at Ashley’s stance on the issue given that Newcastle were the only club to vote against a rescue package for clubs in League One and League Two. The Premier League review will aim to find a price tag that will raise viewer numbers considerably and therefore increase income. Satisfying disenchanted supporters will also be essential. The Liverpool fans’ group Spirit of Shankly has already raised £81,000 from people donating the £14.95 fee they would have paid to Sky Sports Box Office for Saturday’s game against Sheffield United. Other groups have organised similar boycotts. Premier League executives will also consider the fact that some clubs will feature on PPV more than others because the “big six” teams are selected more often for live Sky and BT Sport matches, so some fans will be asked to pay more than others. However, there appears to be little room for manoeuvre on that matter. Some clubs proposed that the review considers making the matches available only via their websites, but that seems unlikely to be pursued either.

A couple of home games a month, say. About £30 each from 30,000 would be a couple of million a month. There’s also VAT to hand over on ticket sales. Where does the rest come from?

Yep. If he had time to hold his hands up then he had time to avoid treading on WP’s legs.

Strange to think that we're already nine points clear of the bottom three.

I agree but I have to admit that Højbjerg seems to be playing better at Tottenham than he did for us. That means that either he was deliberatley playing conservatvely for us or that our management were asking him to play that way.

I think it's wrong that the standard package contains an imbalance of representation of teams. Whilst this may be acceptable when there is the option of watching your own team live it's wrong that the top clubs will get a higher representation in the basic TV package. Let me put it this way. Imagine the outcry if the 'smaller' clubs were to have every game included within the annual package but the likes of Liverpool and Man Utd had to pay an extra £15 to watch their beloved darlings.

I’d completely forgotten about Højbjerg. I think we play better without him.

The movement for his goal was good. From winning the ball deep on the left to running over to the right wing and finding space was exceptional.

From that Times article: “Dominic Calvert-Lewin also became frustrated late on. He’d received no service, certainly few balls in to bring the best out of that prodigious leap. He battled gamely but was living off scraps. He touched the ball only 18 times and eventually became so vexed that he left a foot in on Vestergaard. It seemed as though the defender would need replacing. Hasenhüttl looked up to his substitutes, sitting 20 rows back, and shouted, “Longy, Longy.” “Centre back?!” Shane Long inquired.”

Yes, I thought the offside goal would have been worth showing. The Assistants have been instructed to keep their flags down if it’s a close decision and let VAR make the final call. I don’t like it.