Games Moved for TV

[PeterWithe]

I think the point is we are already seeing people being inconvenienced as they have already made plans and are out of pocket because of the change. Match going fans should be the priority, not the last thing considered.

[ChicagoLion]

Villa should have refused

You'd like us to forfeit the game? Not sure that would be sensible.

Obviously not, and there is nothing to suggest that would have happened.

[Dave]

Villa should have refused

You'd like us to forfeit the game? Not sure that would be sensible.

Obviously not, and there is nothing to suggest that would have happened.

If you refuse to fulfil your fixture, that's absoluely what happens.

[Somniloquism]

We've had matches moved at similar notice this season (Cardiff springs to mind), without close to the hubbub. Is it just that people didn't read the notice properly and thought it was 1415? Do people really love Sunday night kick offs? Do people like Man United enough that we think its good to give them an advantage now? Have we all forgotten the Liverpool away match being moved to a Saturday 8pm to give us extra rest after Leipzig?

Erm, are you sure that it was Leipzig and are you sure it was moved because we were playing in the UEFA and NOT because of TV? Surely if we wanted it moved because of the CL, we would have asked to play Sunday, not three to five hours later on.

[ChicagoLion]

Villa should have refused

You'd like us to forfeit the game? Not sure that would be sensible.

Obviously not, and there is nothing to suggest that would have happened.

If you refuse to fulfil your fixture, that's absoluely what happens.

I doubt it.

[martyn ellis]

I booked my train for a 2.15 kick off, which whenever I looked was what it was.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

They're talking about the fixture change on Talksport now. Predictably, they think we're a load of moaners, and we should suck it up.

Come on Bodo! Would be so funny if they knock out Spurs!

[Somniloquism]

Villa should have refused

You'd like us to forfeit the game? Not sure that would be sensible.

Obviously not, and there is nothing to suggest that would have happened.

If you refuse to fulfil your fixture, that's absoluely what happens.

I doubt it.

Middlesbrough famously didn't fulfil a fixture in the prem and were deducted 3 points. And that was when they had only 17 fit players with 3 GK and 5 youth team so a bit more reasonable then we are in a huff.

[cdbearsfan]

Boro had time to play the game again later in the season. We would, at best, be deducted three points and ordered to play the game at a later date. Given how close we are to the end of the season, it's possible they'd deduct us three points and award the game to Tottenham as there would be no suitable date to play it, assuming they progress in the Europa League.

On balance, I'd rather we just played the match, two days earlier than originally scheduled, rather than being remembered as the club who missed out on the possibility of playing in the Champions League for the biggest titty-babby reason of all time.

[Smithy]

Boro had time to play the game again later in the season. We would, at best, be deducted three points and ordered to play the game at a later date. Given how close we are to the end of the season, it's possible they'd deduct us three points and award the game to Tottenham as there would be no suitable date to play it, assuming they progress in the Europa League.

On balance, I'd rather we just played the match, two days earlier than originally scheduled, rather than being remembered as the club who missed out on the possibility of playing in the Champions League for the biggest titty-babby reason of all time.

Yep, I'm pissed (because we didn't get any help with short turnarounds from league fixtures to important champions league games), but I'm hoping we're using this internally as extra motivation to give them a good twatting, while three or four of their important players pick up minor week-long injuries.

Plus I will be keeping everything crossed that Bodo can pull a rabbit out of the hat next week.

[Dave]

Plus I will be keeping everything crossed that Bodo can pull a rabbit out of the hat next week.

This week - the game's tomorrow.

[SaddVillan]

They're talking about the fixture change on Talksport now. Predictably, they think we're a load of moaners, and we should suck it up.

Come on Bodo! Would be so funny if they knock out Spurs!

Simon Jordan showing how out of touch he is with the average fan.

[martyn ellis]

Simon Jordan saying Villa didn't get a rescheduling during our bust period because they didn't ask. So why do you think they didn't ask  Simon. Cos they knew they'd be wasting their time.

[Dave]

We did ask.

Aston Villa’s request to reschedule next week’s clash with Liverpool has been denied by the Premier League, leaving them to navigate a brutal stretch of five games in just 14 days. This comes after Unai Emery’s side had only one league fixture scheduled for all of March, following the postponement of their match against the league leaders to accommodate the Carabao Cup final, where Arne Slot’s team will face Newcastle United on March 16

[Somniloquism]

Yep, we asked for it to be after cup final but at the time it was impossible due to CL commitments and international breaks.