Football without fans (BCD)

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Seriously what's the point?

I managed 3 minutes tonight before turning off, it could be the World Cup final and it'd feel like a training game.

Just suspend the fecking lot if you're gonna start with this nonsense.

 

[Canuckred64]

It's terrible to watch, you think they would have fake audience noise like they do when they record TV shows at least.

 

[Drawfull]

There's a spotify playlist with all united chants. It's shit but adequate at the same time.

 

[Shnabb]

Hoping for Phelan and Carrick to start singing now!

 

[Traub]

Really has the feeling of those shit pre-season games on a dodgy stream.

 

[Rado_N]

Seriously what's the point?

I managed 3 minutes tonight before turning off, it could be the World Cup final and it'd feel like a training game.

Just suspend the fecking lot if you're gonna start with this nonsense.

It’s definitely weird but crowd noise isn’t the reason we watch football so turning it off is even weirder.

 

[koop]

Who would of thought fans would matter that much. Feels odd without them.

 

[17Larsson]

It’s definitely weird but crowd noise isn’t the reason we watch football so turning it off is even weirder.

Yeah very strange to turn it off.
I play and watch football every week with about five people watching.

It does seem madness to keep this going though, suspending it totally is surely the obvious thing to do

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

It’s definitely weird but crowd noise isn’t the reason we watch football so turning it off is even weirder.

Obviously it’s part of the reason I watch, absolutely.

Larsson, what the feck does playing with no fans have to do with anything?

 

[kouroux]

I'm loving it tbh

 

[100]

I think it's shit because the commentators become much more prominent. It's like you're sitting beside Savage in a pub at he's incessantly talking for 90 minutes.

 

[Jonno]

This is awful to watch and you really wonder how long before they suspend sport worldwide.

 

[17Larsson]

Obviously it’s part of the reason I watch, absolutely.

Larsson, what the feck does playing with no fans have to do with anything?

You turned a Man Utd game off because it sounded weird.
I'm saying every week football matches are played around the country with less people than is in that stadium tonight and it's still a game of football.

To turn it off seems a very weird thing to do

 

[Drawfull]

The chants are working well, you forget they're not live/real.
Get your phone or Alexa pumping them out in addition to your screen.

Only time they really fall down is in replays.

 

[Drawfull]

Not so good when there's a goal. I need to buy a sample triggering thing.

 

[SirAF]

I think it’s pretty sweet to watch on TV. It’s neat to hear the players/staff shouting to each other.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

You turned a Man Utd game off because it sounded weird.

"Sounded weird".... that's not what I said at all.

I'm fine nipping down to Sollentuna and watching my old club live in front of 70 people. Watching United in an empty stadium just feels shite and I can't get into it.

If you think that's weird, good on you, I think you're weird keeping watching.

 

[Jake]

Feels like I’m watching my local Sunday league club play, but better standard.

It is strange, yes.

 

[lsd]

Any utd fans who travelled to that game are absolutely selfish brainless morons

 

[TheGodsInRed]

Feels like I’m watching my local Sunday league club play

Feels like I’m watching a City game.

 

[Rafaeldagold]

Football without fans is just meaningless. No atmosphere and pointless

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Any utd fans who travelled to that game are absolutely selfish brainless morons

Why?

Would they be less brainless staying in Manchester and going to the pub to watch it there?

 

[SalfordRed18]

"Sounded weird".... that's not what I said at all.

I'm fine nipping down to Sollentuna and watching my old club live in front of 70 people. Watching United in an empty stadium just feels shite and I can't get into it.

If you think that's weird, good on you, I think you're weird keeping watching.

Nah he's right, you're weird.

 

[Kostur]

I like it. It's not like every stadium has some breathtaking atmosphere.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Nah he's right, you're weird.

Oh he's right, I'm weird, just not about this where you two are clearly the oddballs. You're both so fecking bored you're replying to me whilst watching, ergo... weirdos.

 

[DOTA]

I'm not bothering with it. No crowd and a tournament that may well never be completed.

It's a training session.

 

[Eckers99]

Yeah, I also wish the loudest fans determined the outcome. The football is secondary.

 

[bosnian_red]

Posted in the match threat but applies here. Fan experience plays a massive part in lifting the smaller teams to compete against bigger teams. No fans to do that and I'd bet we would see so much more consistency from the big sides and they become a lot more routine.

 

[charlie C]

This at least should be a message to the powers that be, football is about the atmosphere generated by the crowd. The game lacks any proper passion, even worse we have to listen more to Darren Fletcher on BT who must be the most boring commentator ever. The only plus side is that at least the co-commentator isn't McManaman.

 

[0le]

If you have ever watched reserve football it can be very similar and you get used to it pretty quickly.

 

[RedDevilRoshi]

It’s soulless

 

[Red00012]

Seriously what's the point?

I managed 3 minutes tonight before turning off, it could be the World Cup final and it'd feel like a training game.

Just suspend the fecking lot if you're gonna start with this nonsense.

Ah I don’t know about you but I watch football on tv for the game not to see who’s in the crowd

 

[FrankDrebin]

Training game atmosphere with a training game goal.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Ah I don’t know about you but I watch football on tv for the game not to see who’s in the crowd

Because that’s exactly what I said

 

[Motorman]

Well I don't mind it. It is what it is.

 

[Synco]

There's 10 hours of vuvuzela sounds on youtube, for some proper WC atmosphere.

 

[Dancfc]

Doesn't bother me too much as I watch youth and reserve games when it's like this or not much better.

Obviously it's not ideal and certainly long term it's not viable but if that's the bullet I have to bite so I don't go six months without being able to watch Chelsea then so be it, never realised how much I've took it for granted in recent years and certainly won't be doing so again once this nightmare is over.

 

[horsechoker]

It feels like a fake match. Even players celebrating feels weird.

 

[Gringo]

I like it! Puts the game in a different perspective when you can hear the shouts and how crisp the pros strike the ball even with a simple pass.

 

[SirAF]

There's 10 hours of vuvuzela sounds on youtube, for some proper WC atmosphere.