15 Oct 2020 13:24:29
Is anyone going to pay to watch us play this weekend? £15 seems quite steep for a single game.

1.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 13:33:30
a lot of the newcastle fans have said they are going to give the fee to food banks. good on them.

2.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 13:49:15
Do you think that's because Newcastle fans don't think we're worth watching 😂.

3.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 13:57:12
I paid to watch the whole season, but that's my part of the world.

4.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 14:07:30
I think this will just push more people to streaming.

5.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 15:30:25
It is very expensive. I understand that football clubs are losing money, but surely this highlights the real issue. overpaid football players. Make them take a paycut so we can watch it all for free.

6.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 16:52:32
I'll be watching.

7.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 17:55:49
Do you get a free stream if you have a season ticket?

8.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 19:31:50
probably saving there money for decent opposition shappy.

9.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 19:51:37
I'm torn between wanting to support my team but not wanting to continue to fill the owners pockets.

10.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 20:23:31
I’ll be paying, streaming not for me, hate the delay and messing about, on my tv in HD will do me just fine.

11.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 20:59:21
I will be watching but i am poor so will be exploring other avenues to view the game.

12.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 21:41:07
I think it's a rip off and I'm torn. I do want to watch the game but 15 quid per game on top of the 50 odd quid I pay for sky and bt is a joke. If we pay it to watch it's only a matter of time before all our games are ppv, so kind of think fans should boycott it and take a stand and say no. I get some don't mind paying it because 15 quid isn't a lot to them. But say we play 6 games a month, 15 quid a pop that's £90 a month. That's a lot of money.

13.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 22:10:48
I agree with Danny and wouldn't go anywhere near paying for this. Match will be available on hesgoal.com for those that wish to watch the match.

14.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 22:49:14
Danny,

That isn’t on the cards though, there are games on tv this weekend, our game wouldn’t be normally so it’s an added bonus for me that we can pay and watch it. Annoying that it’s £15 but doesn’t bother me too much, saving a lot on my season ticket as it is. Maybe I’m the problem.

15.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 22:51:23
Absolute farce the £15 charge. The subscription for sports channels is already so high. At least provide season ticket holders with some sort of way to the matches for free. I hope the club looks to partly reimburse season ticket holders also. I can afford to pay it no problem but won’t be. I’ve heard Navscore is a good app. If you can mirror your device to your tv then even better guys. I can’t imagine many people paying for the matches. I wonder if they will release stats on how many people order this weekend. Maybe better off going to a pub if you can also.

16.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 23:04:30
No won’t be putting any more cash into this.

17.) 15 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020 23:05:43
I think the fee is ott. It can be seen as opportunistic or it can be seen as an optional extra.
Personally i don't like the timing but it won't stop me watching.

18.) 16 Oct 2020
16 Oct 2020 07:35:43
Simple decision in my household, the match clashes with the beginning of Strictly, not a chance my wife will be letting me anywhere near the TV.

19.) 16 Oct 2020
16 Oct 2020 12:59:31
Do you have to subscribe to sky as well or can you just pay the fifteen quid?

20.) 16 Oct 2020
16 Oct 2020 18:34:06
Manc man I'm sure there are ways without a subscription, its money and that's all sky and bt care about, they will make sure you can so they profit. Maybe now tv or one of their apps.

21.) 16 Oct 2020
16 Oct 2020 19:24:00
Danny. Their business like lots of others is there to maximise profits.
You talk like that's evil.

22.) 17 Oct 2020
17 Oct 2020 13:30:33
It's a business, and I've no issue with that. But consumers will dictate how successful that business is. If everyone pays for it, they'll see a market for it further down the line. If you don't pay, they might reconsider the next time. I'm working so it's irrelevant to me. Really don't know if I'd pay it or not.

23.) 17 Oct 2020
17 Oct 2020 14:01:55
GDS2. The matches selected to be PPV will be the ones that decision makers think will bring in the most revenue. Given the size of our fan base I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see our games selected for PPV more often than others’.

Part of me wonders whether the PPV system might be better in the long run though. While I was still in the UK I was spending £50+ a month on television packages. I watched other stuff just because I was paying for it, but the main reason that I paid the money was for the 2 or 3 United games a month - and I’d occasionally have to miss one of those because of prior engagements or work. Had I been watching on PPV at £15 I’d likely have spent far less. If the price dropped to £7.50-£10 a match (which it may well do if the initial uptake is poor), I think it’d be a very viable alternative to traditional subscription models moving forwards. Whether Sky would let it happen is another story though.