:pl: 2020-2021 :saints: Fixtures discussion

[saintbletch]

If the code works I’m just about to create the Saints Fixtures for 2020-2021.

This means we’re going to have a load more topics and if people start to reply to lots of different fixture topics then the discussion will be disjointed, so I thought I’d create a thread to discuss the fixtures.

If anything is wrong - blame @BTripz as he collated the fixture information.

Crystal Palace v Southampton (12/09/2020 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Spurs :tottenhamfc: (19/09/2020 @ 15:00)
Burnley v Southampton (26/09/2020 @ 15:00)
Southampton v West Brom (03/10/2020 @ 15:00)
Chelsea v Southampton (17/10/2020 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Everton (24/10/2020 @ 15:00)
Aston Villa v Southampton (31/10/2020 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Newcastle (07/11/2020 @ 15:00)
Wolves v Southampton (21/11/2020 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Man Utd (28/11/2020 @ 15:00)
Brighton v Southampton (05/12/2020 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Sheffield Utd (12/12/2020 @ 15:00)
Arsenal v Southampton (15/12/2020 @ 19:45)
Southampton v Man City (19/12/2020 @ 15:00)
Fulham v Southampton (26/12/2020 @ 15:00)
Southampton v West Ham (28/12/2020 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Liverpool (02/01/2021 @ 15:00)
Leeds v Southampton (12/01/2021 @ 19:45)
Leicester v Southampton (16/01/2021 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Arsenal (27/01/2021 @ 19:45)
Southampton v Aston Villa (30/01/2021 @ 15:00)
Man Utd v Southampton (02/02/2021 @ 20:00)
Newcastle v Southampton (06/02/2021 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Wolves (13/02/2021 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Chelsea (20/02/2021 @ 15:00)
Everton v Southampton (27/02/2021 @ 15:00)
Sheffield Utd v Southampton (06/03/2021 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Brighton (13/03/2021 @ 15:00)
:tottenhamfc: Spurs v Southampton (20/03/2021 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Burnley (03/04/2021 @ 15:00)
West Brom v Southampton (10/04/2021 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Crystal Palace (17/04/2021 @ 15:00)
Man City v Southampton (24/04/2021 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Leicester (01/05/2021 @ 15:00)
Liverpool v Southampton (08/05/2021 @ 15:00)
Southampton v Fulham (12/05/2021 @ 19:45)
Southampton v Leeds (15/05/2021 @ 15:00)
West Ham v Southampton (23/05/2021 @ 16:00)

[saintbletch]

A reminder that you can access the fixtures in the #football-1:saints-fixtures category and see the list of upcoming fixtures using this link.

https://www.sotonians.com/c/football-1/saints-fixtures/34/l/agenda

You can see them in calendar form using this link

https://www.sotonians.com/c/football-1/saints-fixtures/34/l/calendar

And you can even view the fixture map (why?!?) using this link

https://www.sotonians.com/c/football-1/saints-fixtures/34/l/map

[BTripz]

Televised games (all times BST)

Saturday, 12 September

12:30: Fulham v Arsenal (BT Sport)

17:30: Liverpool v Leeds Utd (Sky Sports)

Sunday, 13 September

14:00: West Brom v Leicester City (Sky Sports)

16:30: Tottenham v Everton (Sky Sports)

Monday, 14 September

20:00: Brighton v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

Saturday, 19 September

12:30: Everton v West Brom (BT Sport)

17:30: Man Utd v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)

Sunday, 20 September

12:00: Southampton v Tottenham (BT Sport)

14:00: Arsenal v West Ham (Sky Sports)

16:30: Chelsea v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Monday, 21 September

20:00: Wolves v Man City (Sky Sports)

Saturday, 26 September

12:30: Brighton v Man Utd (BT Sport)

17:30: West Brom v Chelsea (Sky Sports)

Sunday, 27 September

12:00: Sheff Utd v Leeds Utd (BT Sport)

14:00: Fulham v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)

16:30: Man City v Leicester City (Sky Sports)

Monday, 28 September

20:00 Liverpool v Arsenal (Sky Sports)

[Polski_Filip]

Yes but.
What about the decision to show all games & remove the 3pm Broadcast blackout until fans return.
Not seeing anything about that atm

[saintbletch]

I was thinking the same thing.

Perhaps it’s still under discussion. If Sky and BT have lost subscribers over the Covid decimation of sport, something like all matches all the time would bring people back - me included.

[tigger]

Why in the course of 1 month would I want to watch 3 matches featuring West Brom or Liverpool but only 1 of Southampton?

Answers on a postcard to either BT or Sky sports

[BTripz]

2 games for us, in November, live On subscription TV, not PPV

Rescheduled live TV fixtures for November confirmed

[Polski_Filip]

Oh look.
A Friday night game.
In November.
On TV

[gavstar]

Could have been worse, could have been a Friday night game in October.

[Shroppie]

For anyone wondering what’s going on with ST refunds, here’s the reply I got from Saints today, which clears things up, I hope:

To clarify, we have now completed the refunds process for the two matches of Everton and Newcastle. Given the current situation and the announcement last weekend of the country returning to lockdown, we have accelerated the process to begin the refunds on the matches against Manchester United and Sheffield United, with a number of these processed at the same time as the final batch of the Everton and Newcastle matches.

All other refunds for Manchester United and Sheffield United will be processed over the next couple of weeks.

An article went up this afternoon and can be viewed via: https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2020-11-06/southampton-fc-everton-and-newcastle-refunds-now-processed

[BTripz]

Hmmm, not sure where to put this, “big” clubs asking for return of 5 substitutes…

Premier League to hear five subs plea

Personally I’m against the idea as it will benefit teams with bigger, better squads, i.e. the top 6. Managers need to manage their subs better, if you’re in Europe you have a large squad so rotate your players better…

[Simon-says]

If the managers were truly worried about the health and well-being of their players (which is the drum they are banging to get 5 subs) then they should simply play different elevens for their league and cup/European games and simply forgo the financial incentives that come with progressing in European competitions. At the end of the day that’s why academies and B teams are there.

As we are in ‘unprecedented times ’ they should just write this year off and accept that they cannot adequately compete on all fronts. Pretty simple if that genuinely is the main concern, but inevitably their motivations will be financial and power in terms of talent stockpiling (by this I mean being able to keep a larger group of Billy big egos happy by increasing opportunities to give them all game time).

Basically they are wankers.

COYS

[Polski_Filip]

Worrying that The Athletic poll is 67% IN FAVOUR

[Simon-says]

That just tells me that 67% of responses have been from top 6 fans. No more, no less.

Which is not entirely surprising on the basis that there are more of those glory hunting shitsters per capita.

[gavstar]

Even better revert the champs league and europa to a pure knockout cup competition, see how the fuckers like that.