Most liked posts in thread: Should Season Tickets Include I-Follow?

Maybe you’re right about the casual and cheap element of our fanbase

 

There are various reasons why midweek games are watched by less numbers, longer travel times, people finishing work, the weather, young families bed times, people working shifts etc. There are times when i get home from a hard day at work and think can i really be bothered driving through rush hour traffic to get to VP.

 

You're completely missing the point. This isn't about you, or any other fan of a club, they're already committed. This is about clubs attracting fans in the future, young kids or those that aren't committed yet and what you're all suggesting makes this night on impossible for clubs unless the said person already has a family connection.

 

Completely disagree. If its an available stream it'll be on in the local boozers and a good number will spend the £50 having a few beers with mates and watching the game there rather than spend 4 hours on a return journey to Walsall.

 

I would have it as a bolt on extra say the price of a ticket with say £50 for I follow. If possible an away I follow season ticket would be great

 

You obviously don't go to away games.

 

Only 80??? I’m on 89, need Forest Green, Barrow and Harrogate for the set. Covid has well and truly screwed me!!

I think we agree though, it’s great for even the die hards like us to have the option to watch the game on TV when absolutely needed but the worry is too many would watch on TV in the pub as their preferred choice as that would eventually kill the game with kids never been taken to games by their dads.

 

80 odd but I'm including a lot of clubs twice if I've been to old and new grounds.

Strangely enough, the PL grounds are the biggest gap for me. I was pretty lethargic with the away games in those days, preferring instead to watch Soccer Saturday and the live games in the pub instead. Probably a mixture of cost and perceived ticket availability as I always travelled with a group of mates.

 

What if the ifollow option is only available as a paid for add on to a season ticket?

My thoughts exactly

 

I very much doubt that the EFL will alter the pre-COVID arrangement once fans are allowed back.
Mid-week games will continue to be streamed live but Saturday 3pm games won't.
I think it's an arrangement most clubs will be happy with.
The pandemic has seen a major swith to remote tech such as zoom for both business and personal purposes. More people work from home now and I see that becoming part of the culture of a lot of businesses.
What will be intetesting to see is how much mid-week games are affected. Fans who'd previously attended these games may well decide to continue to live stream instead. Will mid-week attendances drop? That's okay for clubs where those staying away are ST holders. The club gets two revenues from them. The ST plus the £8.34 from the iFollow match pass. But what about the pay-on-the-gate revenue?
One aspect where live streaming would be good is for games where the away allocation sells out. Harrogate as an example can no way handle the demand. But iFollow passes would benefit both them and us.

 

I deleted it too

 

sadly i cant see clubs agreeing to continue the 3pm Saturday streaming once fans are allowed back as clubs will want every penny possible through the turnstiles and wont do anything that will risk losing that. i can see a lot of clubs increasing match and season ticket prices too to try and make up for the losses incurred this season.

 

You can still subscribe for the radio commentary. That's always been available.

 

I wouldn't wish those two muppets on my worst enemy.

 

Neither would I. It was just in response that the radio commentary isn't available outside certain areas which isn't true.

 

Exactly how can people complain about what transpires when asked their opinions decline

 

Thanks TB, can't agree more!! I've done well with them though, they are both City mad so must have done some things right in the marriage!!

 

I deleted it because the only input will be what the owners want