The Footie Thread

[Deleted member 21784]

For me, the firestick is garbage.

Not sure if it is an Internet issue, but the game normally always freezes, blips back in time. I often need to switch channels to find the game somewhere else. I thought it might be an Internet issue, but never happens when streaming football on Amazon Prime. I only got it temporarily, as there was an issue with my Sky connection in the Appartment.

I pay for Sky, TNT and Amazon Prime. Sky Q is being installed on Tuesday, as I've been on Sky+ for about 15 years (and bill reducing a bit)

Sure, it's frustrating paying multiple broadcasters. But, it is reliable, and I like features such as Live Pause, Record, etc.

I guess some people love going out every weekend, and spend £300 to £400 wining and dining. As I don't go out as much as I did in my uni days, and football, F1 and a bit of golf are a big part of my hobbies, about £100-£150 a month doesn't seem bad value. But, we all cut our cloth accordingly

You shouldn't have to pay for multiple companies tho. The anti monopoly laws made it cost the customers more! Now you have to have the lot just to get it

Could be the internet or could be the isp trying to block it..I find a VPN clears most issues

 

[Pin-seeker]

For me, the firestick is garbage.

Not sure if it is an Internet issue, but the game normally always freezes, blips back in time. I often need to switch channels to find the game somewhere else. I thought it might be an Internet issue, but never happens when streaming football on Amazon Prime. I only got it temporarily, as there was an issue with my Sky connection in the Appartment.

I pay for Sky, TNT and Amazon Prime. Sky Q is being installed on Tuesday, as I've been on Sky+ for about 15 years (and bill reducing a bit)

Sure, it's frustrating paying multiple broadcasters. But, it is reliable, and I like features such as Live Pause, Record, etc.

I guess some people love going out every weekend, and spend £300 to £400 a month wining and dining. As I don't go out as much as I did in my uni days, and football, F1 and a bit of golf are a big part of my hobbies, about £100-£150 a month doesn't seem bad value. But, we all cut our cloth accordingly

It’s not just people going out wining & dining.
The cost of living is crazy now,people have bills to pay & any extra moneys goes on doing something with the family.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

For me, the firestick is garbage.

Not sure if it is an Internet issue, but the game normally always freezes, blips back in time. I often need to switch channels to find the game somewhere else. I thought it might be an Internet issue, but never happens when streaming football on Amazon Prime. I only got it temporarily, as there was an issue with my Sky connection in the Appartment.

I pay for Sky, TNT and Amazon Prime. Sky Q is being installed on Tuesday, as I've been on Sky+ for about 15 years (and bill reducing a bit)

Sure, it's frustrating paying multiple broadcasters. But, it is reliable, and I like features such as Live Pause, Record, etc.

I guess some people love going out every weekend, and spend £300 to £400 wining and dining. As I don't go out as much as I did in my uni days, and football, F1 and a bit of golf are a big part of my hobbies, about £100-£150 a month doesn't seem bad value. But, we all cut our cloth accordingly

It’s just the way of the world where someone will find anyway to get something cheaper , some pick and chose their morals

But people are being caught and people are going to jail for it

People are losing their rights to internet

You always have a choice - pay the price legally to watch something or miss out

Maybe we should go back to the days of just one live match a weekend on BBC or ITV and then if you want to watch the game spend over £1000 going to the matches

 

[Deleted member 21784]

It’s not just people going out wining & dining.
The cost of living is crazy now,people have bills to pay & any extra moneys goes on doing something with the family.

Precisely, all the scaremongering of jail gets bounded around , find me one viewer who's ever been sent to jail or even arrested for it? It's always those who distributed it. It's because they know they would criminalise a large amount of the population and also it's unenforceable

Morals seem to be forgotten when using a VPN to use sky go aboard which is also illegal

 

[Pin-seeker]

It’s just the way of the world where someone will find anyway to get something cheaper , some pick and chose their morals

But people are being caught and people are going to jail for it

People are losing their rights to internet

You always have a choice - pay the price legally to watch something or miss out

I’ve don’t know or have heard of anyone going to jail or losing their right to the internet for streaming illegally


Do you believe in the bogie man?

 

[Pin-seeker]

Precisely, all the scaremongering of jail gets bounded around , find me one viewer who's ever been sent to jail or even arrested for it? It's always those who distributed it. It's because they know they would criminalise a large amount of the population and also it's unenforceable

Morals seem to be forgotten when using a VPN to use sky go aboard which is also illegal

BBC publish it so it must be true

 

[Deleted member 21784]

BBC publish it so it must be true

Have they tho? If you read them fully it's always someone who's been uploading

Same with torrents, the downloading was never gone after it was always the upload

Clickbait headlines

Devil is in the detail as always

 

[Swango1980]

You shouldn't have to pay for multiple companies tho. The anti monopoly laws made it cost the customers more! Now you have to have the lot just to get it

Could be the internet or could be the isp trying to block it..I find a VPN clears most issues

Hey, I'm all for Sky having the lot. Or another broadcaster having the lot. If it means I only need to pay one company for all sport.

I guess they all set their prices based on what consumers, in general, are willing to pay. Make them crazily high, customers drop like a stone. They are probably inflated to a decent degree though. So many people have illegal TV. If a good chunk of those would buy legal subscriptions, then they could reduce their charges by a certain amount and still earn at least the same as they earn currently

Perhaps the advantage of VAR will be that it will kill interest in footy, broadcasters lose many customers, nobody willing to pay higher prices and so fees drop sharply to entice custom

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Have they tho? If you read them fully it's always someone who's been uploading

Same with torrents, the downloading was never gone after it was always the upload

Clickbait headlines

Devil is in the detail as always

TV fraud gang jailed for illegally streaming Premier League games

A gang sold cheap subscriptions to an illegal service showing games not otherwise available in the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

Two brothers jailed for 11 years over illegal Premier League streaming ring

A set of twin brother have been jailed for 11 years for running an illegal streaming ring for thousands of households to access.

www.joe.co.uk

Illegal streaming gang jailed for selling cut-price Premier League subscriptions

The group offered illegal access to matches from hundreds of channels around the world, as well as tens of thousands of on-demand films and TV shows, and raked in millions over five years.

news.sky.com

Premier League streams: Three men jailed over illegal videos - BBC News

Three men are sentenced to a total of 17 years for the illegal videos, which made them more than £5m.

www.bbc.co.uk

Amazon Fire Stick crackdown as fans streaming Premier League games at risk

Efforts to disrupt and dismantle piracy operations have intensified in the run up to Christmas, especially with so many Premier League games on the calendar

www.birminghammail.co.uk

Are you ok with theft ?

 

[Pin-seeker]

TV fraud gang jailed for illegally streaming Premier League games

A gang sold cheap subscriptions to an illegal service showing games not otherwise available in the UK.

www.bbc.co.uk

Two brothers jailed for 11 years over illegal Premier League streaming ring

A set of twin brother have been jailed for 11 years for running an illegal streaming ring for thousands of households to access.

www.joe.co.uk

Illegal streaming gang jailed for selling cut-price Premier League subscriptions

The group offered illegal access to matches from hundreds of channels around the world, as well as tens of thousands of on-demand films and TV shows, and raked in millions over five years.

news.sky.com

Premier League streams: Three men jailed over illegal videos - BBC News

Three men are sentenced to a total of 17 years for the illegal videos, which made them more than £5m.

www.bbc.co.uk

Amazon Fire Stick crackdown as fans streaming Premier League games at risk

Efforts to disrupt and dismantle piracy operations have intensified in the run up to Christmas, especially with so many Premier League games on the calendar

www.birminghammail.co.uk

Are you ok with theft ?

They are the ones running the streams.

You are a dream for the likes of sky,not only are you happy paying the extortion fees,you’re defending them

 

[Pin-seeker]

I’m sure this has all been covered many times on here.
So time to move on.
Back to football

 

[nickjdavis]

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the changing of the offside rule, where the number of defenders needed between an attacking player and the goal was reduced, from 3 to 2.

For those who subscribe, there is an excellent article in the Athletic about the change and the man who caused it to happen...Bill McCracken of Newcastle United.

The offside law, Bill McCracken and, a century on, the decision that changed football forever

Exactly 100 years ago, the International Football Association Board met at 22 Rue de Londres in Paris and changed the offside law

www.nytimes.com

 

[Deleted member 21784]

They are the ones running the streams.

You are a dream for the likes of sky,not only are you happy paying the extortion fees,you’re defending them

Proves my point entirely .. no viewer has ever been done. (Yet ofc) Sky are crooks just legal ones but hey people love defending them. People's choice

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Hey, I'm all for Sky having the lot. Or another broadcaster having the lot. If it means I only need to pay one company for all sport.

I guess they all set their prices based on what consumers, in general, are willing to pay. Make them crazily high, customers drop like a stone. They are probably inflated to a decent degree though. So many people have illegal TV. If a good chunk of those would buy legal subscriptions, then they could reduce their charges by a certain amount and still earn at least the same as they earn currently

Perhaps the advantage of VAR will be that it will kill interest in footy, broadcasters lose many customers, nobody willing to pay higher prices and so fees drop sharply to entice custom

Make it £50 a month (still £600 a year) for every game people would just pay it if half interested in football

People don't however want to pay to see Brentford Vs Ipswich when their team is playing at the same time but can't be shown apparently even tho the streams are leaving the stadium to be shown abroad

 

[Tashyboy]

So Man City fans had a major fall out with the club over its ticket prices. Suffice to say, City have slashed its day ticket prices. Cat A games against the big clubs, Liverpool Arsenal etc Max £60. cat C games against the lesser teams Mansfield, Luton Utd, etc. max £50.

 

[clubchamp98]

Agreed,but if only the top clubs with history can spend big money it’d be Liverpool & Man Utd getting the pick of the best players.
It doesn’t matter where the money comes from imo,it’s still buying success.
There’s been a narrative that Liverpool do things differently,even Klopp said it.
It’s .

Well we have just beaten the PL transfer record held by Chelsea!

So recent history dosnt back that up imo.

Agreed most things in football is BS!

 

[Pin-seeker]

Well we have just beaten the PL transfer record held by Chelsea!

So recent history dosnt back that up imo.

Agreed most things in football is BS!

Nice luxury when you can have a £70m player warming the bench all season

 

[clubchamp98]

Nice luxury when you can have a £70m player warming the bench all season

Yes but a lot of Chelsea players are warming other teams benches on 8 yr contracts.

That’s what he cost but he’s not a £70 mil player by a long chalk.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Yes but a lot of Chelsea players are warming other teams benches on 8 yr contracts.

That’s what he cost but he’s not a £70 mil player by a long chalk.

What’s with the Chelsea obsession?

 

[clubchamp98]

What’s with the Chelsea obsession?

If you can’t beat them