bozwanderer Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Melbourne City at Commbank Stadium on Saturday 20 April 2024, now slated to begin at 3:30pm Melbourne Victory away at AAMI Park on Saturday 27 April 2024, now slated to begin at 7:45pm https://aleagues.com.au/news/fixture-update-round-25-26-western-united-first-tarneit-home-games-aleague-men-confirmed-details/ Unlimited and Edinburgh 2 Link to comment
Hughesy Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 14 hours ago, bozwanderer said: Melbourne City at Commbank Stadium on Saturday 20 April 2024, now slated to begin at 3:30pm Melbourne Victory away at AAMI Park on Saturday 27 April 2024, now slated to begin at 7:45pm https://aleagues.com.au/news/fixture-update-round-25-26-western-united-first-tarneit-home-games-aleague-men-confirmed-details/ 3:30pm on a Saturday arvo when grass roots season has started is completely stupid. Sometimes I wonder if they even want people to attend games? dcrow, MartinTyler, BoyFromTheWest and 9 others 12 Link to comment
Sithslayer1991 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 1 hour ago, Hughesy said: 3:30pm on a Saturday arvo when grass roots season has started is completely stupid. Sometimes I wonder if they even want people to attend games? For me its disconnect between A-league and Grass roots and the districts. A-league not understanding its target audience, its what I comes down every single time, who is its target audience and how do you reach them, how do you keep them engage, how do you keep them involved. 102megan 1 Link to comment
Carns Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 It's something that has been an issue for the entire existence of WSW so there obviously isn't any communication between the various stakeholders. 102megan 1 Link to comment
Edinburgh Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 The club's preferred kick off time options for the match did not include 3:30pm on a Saturday, as it is well aware of the timing clash with grass roots football. But, despite that ......... dodson and Carns 2 Link to comment
mack Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 It's moving games so they don't overlap for broadcast probably. I think this is the first time we've ever had a home game so early on a Saturday. Link to comment
pseudonym Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 1 hour ago, mack said: It's moving games so they don't overlap for broadcast probably. Exactly Given WSW's form, the APL wouldn't want to give us the 7:45pm free to air time slot - there's more at stake in the Bulls vs Sydney game that evening mack, Smoggy and jockman 3 Link to comment
Wanderboy Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 7 hours ago, Carns said: It's something that has been an issue for the entire existence of WSW so there obviously isn't any communication between the various stakeholders. Yet the various stakeholders you speak of are the people who run the league. Go figure? 102megan and Carns 2 Link to comment
102megan Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 4 hours ago, pseudonym said: Exactly Given WSW's form, the APL wouldn't want to give us the 7:45pm free to air time slot - there's more at stake in the Bulls vs Sydney game that evening Wait - who wouldn’t want to watch a 7 goal, goal-fest?? 😅😅 BoyFromTheWest, Wanderboy and pseudonym 1 2 Link to comment
MartinTyler Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 6 hours ago, Edinburgh said: The club's preferred kick off time options for the match did not include 3:30pm on a Saturday, as it is well aware of the timing clash with grass roots football. But, despite that ......... Fun Fact.......Countless games in Europe kick off at 3pm on a Saturday at the same time as grass roots football. Link to comment
Unlimited Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Ehh guess it'll be a pre-game lunch then for the City match Link to comment
BoyFromTheWest Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 3 hours ago, MartinTyler said: Fun Fact.......Countless games in Europe kick off at 3pm on a Saturday at the same time as grass roots football. Yeah but football isn't competing with more popular codes for fans in most of Europe. The fans are there anyway. Still, take your point. We just need was the help we can get. jockman 1 Link to comment
bozwanderer Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 For myself, I won't even be at home in time maybe for the last 30 minutes tops. As out doing Powerchair Football NSW Scoreboard duties, their last game commences at 3:30pm Sithslayer1991 and Edinburgh 2 Link to comment
Hughesy Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 On 26/3/2024 at 12:18 PM, mack said: It's moving games so they don't overlap for broadcast probably. I think this is the first time we've ever had a home game so early on a Saturday. I don’t understand this logic though cause overlapping/concurrent games have been a regular fixture of the paramount era. Surely the APL are communicating to the broadcaster as well that 3:30pm is not a great time when they’re already not happy with viewership. None of it makes sense On 26/3/2024 at 10:03 AM, Sithslayer1991 said: For me it’s disconnect between A-league and Grass roots and the districts. A-league not understanding its target audience, its what I comes down every single time, who is its target audience and how do you reach them, how do you keep them engage, how do you keep them involved. You can officially kiss goodbye to this ever being sorted cause the people tasked with the role were part of the job cuts… Link to comment
Edinburgh Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 3 hours ago, Hughesy said: I don’t understand this logic though cause overlapping/concurrent games have been a regular fixture of the paramount era. Surely the APL are communicating to the broadcaster as well that 3:30pm is not a great time when they’re already not happy with viewership. None of it makes sense You can officially kiss goodbye to this ever being sorted cause the people tasked with the role were part of the job cuts… Well they weren't doing that part of their job very well were they!? pseudonym and BoyFromTheWest 2 Link to comment
pseudonym Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 3 hours ago, Hughesy said: I don’t understand this logic though cause overlapping/concurrent games have been a regular fixture of the paramount era. Surely the APL are communicating to the broadcaster as well that 3:30pm is not a great time when they’re already not happy with viewership. None of it makes sense You can officially kiss goodbye to this ever being sorted cause the people tasked with the role were part of the job cuts… True it has been inconsistent In this instance, would scheduling WSW vs City for 5pm make much of a difference in terms of crowd attendance? It's annoying for those who play on the weekend, for others 3pm gets it out of the way before dinner Link to comment
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