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Not a chance. Rod spends much of his time between away trips planning which real ale pubs to go to on the next trip. That's when he's not researching shoe purchases, obviously.

 

Yer, ifollow did a survey on it a month or two ago. I posted a link/info on the ifollow thread. The survey definitely seemed to be asking about interest to keep watching next season and balancing going in person vs watching on Ifollow. Suggested to me they were looking into options.

 

They are going to have to study this for a viable alternative for fans now used to watching games they previously couldn't get to. I don't think ifollow will affect away fan number much if at all, most fans who go away will continue to do so. But there are a lot of fans out there who for various reasons do not have the choice to be able to go. Personally i'll be glad to see the back of it as it means live football is back but the choice should be there in some capacity.

 

Yeah I guess you can get illegal streams.... I guess if the iFollow product grows and the demand grows, then the knock on effect could be more demand for illegal sources thus depriving football, thereof?

 

This is a day where fans need to put their tellies outside and recall the joys of a cold day in the stands!

 

It would lead to people going less and therefore lower attendances though and once the cat is out of the bag it's generally impossible to put it back in.

You're basing your opinion on the posts of 3 or 4 posters on here but we all know that this forum doesn't represent the whole of the Bradford City community and there are plenty of genuine (and non genuine reasons) people can't make games. Putting every game on TV just makes it all the simpler to convince yourself that the 3 hour round trip isn't worth it or it's dropped a bit cold today.

Midweek away games being televised could be a good compromise though due to the majority of working fans struggling to make those games.

 

Fair discussion. Food for thought.

 

I did it back in the PL days when it was on sky. We were getting spanked week on week so a few times I just stayed in the pub to watch it and got banjoed instead.

 

This makes sense as you wouldn't be going due to various reasons you mention. The ifollow option hasn't then stopped you going as you weren't going anyway, infact its an extra revenue stream that otherwise would be lost.

 

I'm aware this is the match thread and I don't want to derail it any further so I will politely agree to disagree with you about this for now - you luddite

 

Fair enough Petrov,

Enjoy the game and here's hoping for 3 points. I'm worried about right back, FCD had been exposed a few times lately and with Scales on that side he won't get the most amount of cover.

That did, we've certainly got enough to score goals so hopefully attack will be the best form of defence today.

 

Its the way this nation is now.
Everything home and convenience based.
Its easier to keep tabs on people when they don't leave the house.

 

Now, that's what I call a rant.

 

It does feel that way, more emphasised in recent times. Amazon, Alexa, online grocery shopping, banking, drinking from home and the list goes on.

 

Very good point, we're the golden goose for a lot of clubs at that level. I also agree they're worrying unnecessarily

 

Another thing that needs to be considered is that for this season the EFL agreed to clubs keeping 100% of the sales from match passes with the EFL picking up the bill for providing the service, rather than the clubs. When fans return, I doubt the EFL will be so generous.

 

That's a good compromise, along with longer midweek trips maybe.

There is some room for debate but I think anyone expecting a similar approach to this season next year from ifollow will probably be disappointed.