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There's been a lot of discussion on the boards and in general about falling crowds at Premiership games.

We're putting together an unofficial poll about this and want your views.

Please give us your thoughts on the following:

1. Has the Premiership become boring?

2. Is it too expensive to go to matches?

3. Is there too much Premiership football on TV?

4. Have the players now lost touch with the fans?

and finally:

5. What can be done to bring Premiership football back to the people?

1. Not in my opinion, but there seems to be plenty of people who disagree.
2. Yes. And has been for some time.
3. No. Nobody's forced to watch it, although the kick off times are a nuisance to keep up with from your own team's point of view.
4. Were the players ever in touch with the fans?
5. Who knows? Less media hype promoting the game as something it's not might help, though...

Way too much on sky!!!

A ticket at 1 game on average is probably around the 40 quid mark.

For that 40 quid, you can get sky for a month and watch on average about 2-3 games a week. 4 weeks in a month thats up to twelve games!

Should be limited to one game a week. All other games on Sat at 3pm.

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Pay on the day, kids under 12 free, cheaper tickets 13-18, cheaper tickets for away fans, bigger allocations for away fans, no more 5.15 or 12.45 kick offs on Saturday. Derbies to be played at 3.00, anyone with a jester hat to be ejected from the ground, ban that music played when a goal is scored

Please give us your thoughts on the following:

1. Has the Premiership become boring?

2. Is it too expensive to go to matches?

3. Is there too much Premiership football on TV?

4. Have the players now lost touch with the fans?

and finally:

5. What can be done to bring Premiership football back to the people?

Quoted message from David McIntyre - BBC Sport

1. Depends on your point of view. In terms of the general standard of matches that are good to watch then no.

What has changed is the subdivision that is now true of the Premiership - previously there was only one or two clubs that could win the championship, but there was variety in those teams challenging, Blackburn, Leeds, Newcastle. Now there are only three teams that can win it and what with the massive amount of money involved the likelihood of this changing will not happen. This has to devalue the product that is the Premiership and makes it a bit boring

2 Undoubtedly

3 No - nothings better than going to matches but if you cant then the telly is a good substitute

4 Yes, not helped by their now massive wages. I dont remember when the amount a player is paid became news - now the papers are full of their deals

5 Cheaper tickets, easier access for fans who want to go to games occasionally, rather than having to make a full season commitment, what about partial season tickets? A travelcard idea where you buy a ticket for 3,6 or 9 matches at a slightly cheaper price?

It;s obvious that TOO MUCH FOOTBALL ON TV is the main cause - Friday night, sometimes 2 games on Saturday, 2 games on Sunday, 1 on Monday then there are the Euro games with 1 on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.
So that is HALF of Prem games live on TV - FAR TOO MANY

Far easier to stay at home and put your feet up or go down the local pub and watch with your mates and a few beers.

I league game a week ONLY and everything else KO at 3pm on Saturday - that is what we need (IMHO)

1. Hasn't coming boring altogether but the quality of football is way below what is offered up in Serie A, La Liga and at times the Bundesliga. Before I was a MOTD addict but now I can't be bothered with that programme now.

2. Premiership tickets have always been expensive and people have always paid whatever prices for these tickets. Now they're starting to realise its not value for money. Up the quality of football and the fans will go back and pay £50 per ticket no problem.

3. No.

4. No. Players still give a lot of interviews with newspapers, TV, magazines e.t.c.

5. Easy solution. Tell managers to stop filling their teams with unskilful players like Butt and Neville and try searching the Continent for flair players. A bonus point for teams who scored a lot of goals could also work.

It;s obvious that TOO MUCH FOOTBALL ON TV is the main cause - Friday night, sometimes 2 games on Saturday, 2 games on Sunday, 1 on Monday then there are the Euro games with 1 on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.
So that is HALF of Prem games live on TV - FAR TOO MANY

Far easier to stay at home and put your feet up or go down the local pub and watch with your mates and a few beers.

I league game a week ONLY and everything else KO at 3pm on Saturday - that is what we need (IMHO)

Quoted message from puffinus2

Thank you someone who agrees with me. If someone can watch about 3/4 of Man Utd's season from home then he doesnt need to spend the money to go and watch. If the football is restricted on the tv, then if he wants to go and watch them he will have to go.

Ahhh... but travel and tickets are too expensive. Well there are plenty of other teams about that would love to have some bums on seats. They can move forward, get players in rather than scrimp and scrape and wheel and deal etc.

I am a Cardiff fan, and there are plenty of Liverpool, Arsenal, Man Utd, Chelsea fans around here. Reason being they can watch them on telly. To be honest those clubs dont need them, theres enough local support that could fill all those stadiums. Man Utd only need about 0.0001% of all the billions who support them to fill Old Trafford. I read recently that Chelsea have 3,000,000 supporters in the UK. And yet they cant fill a Champions League game. So its down to ticketing, to pay the players, and to make Abramovich money (he's only in it for that, he couldnt give two shiny sh@ts about Chelsea).

But they need the Sky money to promote themselves for all those no-hopers in India and the Far East who will never travel to the UK to watch a game. It's hurting football globally.

But then, the ticket prices, even here at Cardiff are through the roof. Thats where the players wages and agents fees need to be reduced etc etc

Its a combination of a whole load of problems that are deep rooted, set in stone and will probably be with us for years to come.

In my view the whole "match day experience" has become boring.

I saw a TV advert the other day showing a gang of lads going to a football match and I thought to myself, "when was the last time I was able to do that".

I remember meeting in town with a huge bunch of lads, getting the train to OT, watching United get beat and absolutely loving the experience. Now I drive down with my son, sit next to some guy I dont know in an atmosphereless ground watching United scrape a 1-0 win against some duffers with 11 men behind the ball having paid a small fortune for the privilege.

I find myself thinking, "just what is the point?"

I know in the light of Hillsborough things had to change but it's swung too far to the family friendly end of sports entertainment. The life has been sucked out of the game.

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Exactly, we're at Ninian Park at the minute, which even half full has a good atmosphere and the terracing. I really hope we don't move to a new stadium where it'll be flat and dull, just to make Sam Hammam more money and we supposedly get a better team.

I'd rather stay in the Championship or get relegated to keep that life. It's still good at Ninian but it'll be poo if we move.

Hi guys, my family and I (fae Scotland) are going to see Newcastle v Man City (our first premiership attendance.) on Saturday. Their prices shocked us. £47.00 per adult at St James Park. A bit expensive, but we agreed that this will be a one-off. Should be a good day out except the price!