It's been a funny old season not going to be able to go to games but I can only say the coverage we have been privileged to have on Charlton TV has been absolutely superb. There cannot be a team in the country who have been fortunate enough to have had the superb standard of coverage we have had.
Scott Minto as host has been the supreme host. What a superb professional. Sets the tone just right and makes everyone at ease. Sky are absolutely mad to have got rid of him
Curbs has been an absolute revelation. He's always been a hero of mine for obvious reasons but I must admit I always thought him a bit dry and, dare I say, wondered whether deep down he really loved Charlton. Yet this season he has shown himself to have a wonderful dry, sense of humour and it is clear he does have great feelings for the club.
We may argue over whether Steve Brown does talk a bit too much but he certainly knows his onions and he has turned into a really good summariser.
And not forgetting Terry and Greg, the commentators. They do a blooming good job, particularly as they are trying to commentate for both TV and radio listeners.
Huge thanks to the club for producing this coverage for us. It's been a Godsend to me (and I suspect many others) over the lockdown.
Finally, I know there are different opinions over whether this coverage should continue now fans are allowed back in but I am totally of the opinion that it should. There are many fans who through age, illness or distance from the club who cannot get to games on a regular basis. They should be allowed to continue watching this superb coverage.
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I would actually take it further and have a proper "Charlton TV" station. Throw in u23 games, the women's team, the press conferences. A weekly sit down interview with someone. It wouldn't cost much because these things are recorded anyway.
Will the coverage have an effect on in person attendance? I think it’s unlikely if 2017-2020 is anything to go by.
Still gets his points across, but now without so much rambling.
He’s obviously taken on board what people have been saying and acted accordingly.
Well done fella.🤗
I assume the club might not mind this if gates are not badly affected but if they were it would be a different matter.
We have already have the opportunity of seeing all the goals/ highlights on Quest tv & Sky, something that was never available years ago.
The trust should be helping the club sell season tickets to people in SE London & kent rather than worrying about people who have deserted the local area or cannot be bothered to leave their homes to support their team.
I will just say this. There are 2 posters on here whose personal stories of illness that they have recently suffered, and the their bravery in trying to overcome them, have had my bottom lip trembling. Neither are going to be able to attend games in the near future. But I bet they both will want to watch games if at all possible, not least to build their spirits up in these difficult times.
And you want to stop them being able to see the games? I just don't get it.
It's all very well with TS in charge and fans being optimistic that we may get 10,000 S/T holders this season.
But we all know if we don't have some sort of "success" those figures are likely to dwindle because they always do.
We don't want a situation where fans are watching at home in greater numbers than those attending.
Personally, other than sticking to overseas I don't see how that's resolved, unless it's away games as well.
Can you set it up for living more than 100 miles away, are elderly or disabled, that type of thing?
I think that would be a hell of an ask.
I suppose one early option would be to charge £20 for a stream.
If you charge less clubs will still lose revenue, due to families watching together or mates watching together.
Even at £20 I suspect clubs will lose money and let's face it many are already teetering on the brink.
If someone can come up with a way that clubs would benefit financially rather than going bust, "I'm all ears"
I agree that encouraging ticket sales should be a priority but to ignore the multiple issues of finance, health, geography, family and work commitments is crass.
The model that blocks geographical areas if certain ticket sales haven't been met is well worth exploring. In my opinion.
Why not allow Man U vs Liverpool also to be live on streaming at 3pm on Saturday for everyone to watch for £10
Over all I have probably spent slightly less than I would have on tickets for all games.
Watching it on TV isn't a compable product, for me certainly. There are games I would go to even if I could stream, there are games I wouldn't do either for.
We were a season late to the streaming party originally and I signed onto opponents' I Follow accounts before Valley Pass whilst attending our home games. At the start of this season I got e-mails telling me I had to stick to one account and wouldn't be able to use another. There may have been something about opening up away games in the future behind this.
Now the technology is here it's not going to go away. Anyone saying it is can only be compared to the old style printers who used to typeset newspapers and refused to accept the introduction of computers.
The only question now is how clubs can monetarise (sorry horrible word but most appropriate I can think of) streaming to give them most income.
killerandflash said: I truly think this is a red herring. I subscribe to Sky Sports so could have watched a "free" game most weekend afternoons. But whenever Charlton were playing, I've paid £10 to watch them despite even if the game I could watch "free" was on paper much more attractive.
And let's be honest. Anyone who doesn't follow Charlton isn't really going to pay £10 to watch our matches.