Wasn't there a thing in the summer that if you're playing UCL on a Wednesday you're not then put on the 12:30pm KO the following Saturday?
Why are we playing 12:30pm on Saturday?
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Because BT are cnuts.
I always thought you should be given a Sunday game but not sure if there was ever a set rule, Liverpool played Weds then 3pm Sat kick off last round.
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So I can stay up into the early hours on Friday night and then wake up just in time to watch McFred 
A mantra for most things in life...
Well they fecked us over as soon as they could in that case, good to see it lasted 1 single matchweek
Yeah what's going on with that?
Did a quick Google, could only find This article about it from May saying teams wouldn't have to play Saturday 12:30 if they've played Wednesday in the UCL.
There's no later articles about the initiative being scrapped - it's just happening seemingly under the radar.
Surely the club should complain.
I work on Saturdays as well, so I'm fecking sick of these 12:30 kick offs!
Did a quick Google, could only find This article about it from May saying teams wouldn't have to play Saturday 12:30 if they've played Wednesday in the UCL.
There's no later articles about the initiative being scrapped - it's just happening seemingly under the radar.
Surely the club should complain.
I work on Saturdays as well, so I'm fecking sick of these 12:30 kick offs!
Probably a police decision because the game is against Everton.
Is the restriction just after away games?
Precisely why I started the thread. I can only think it's down to one of two reasons
1- it was announced as a 12:30pm game before the UCL fixtures were announced (not that that excuses why it hasn't been changed)
2- the new directive though not actually specified anywhere only applies if you're away from home in the UCL on a Wednesday
Some confirmation would be nice though
This is why we're not winning.
Doesn't mention it on here and Klopp was bitching after they lost a home game: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spo.../premier-league-ruke-klopp-liverpool-21399419
On the whole I can't find anything other than that mentioning a rule change and because utdreport don't bother posting source we can't see the specifics of this "official" change
It's all Ole's fault.
I maybe wrong, but wasn’t the best result under Ole a 12.30pm on a Saturday against Everton last season, after the feck up in Turkey on the Wednesday night ?
After reading up on various places, it was announced in conjunction with the new PL rights from 2022-2025 so I'm assuming it comes into effect next season and not this season but it isn't clear
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Oh right, so it's unsubstantiated and seemingly bollocks, given Saturday's fixture. Can't imagine the Echo would use a Utd Report story without a source for a story, so you'd think it must've had some credence at some point.
EDIT: Next season would make sense, but be shit for the clubs
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Was it not because The Courteeners were playing at the cricket ground?
I love early kick-offs.
12.30 is 20.30 pm here in (South) East Asia.
12.30 is 20.30 pm here in (South) East Asia.
That was last week. We moved to 12.30 from 3pm. It’s also why we were not on live TV.
Hate the ko time. But it's the cost of tv money. And BT fecking things up.
It's 7:30 am here which isn't good because I usually go to sleep at 3am or 4am. It's nothing that a strong cup of coffee can't fix but I'm grouchy for the rest of the day. If we lose I'm grouchy for a lot longer than a day.
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I get the complaint if we had been away and travelled back, but not for playing in the UK.
Glad he’s calling them out on this. The governing bodies of English football never seem to be willing to do anything to make things better for the teams in Europe at all. You already know which teams are going to be in Europe when the fixture list is made. Give them as much time between the matches as you can. No reason to not do so.
I'm all for it. Love when we play early on a Saturday.
It was a very hard game v.s. Villareal, in comparison Everton had a nice easy 2-0 win last Saturday at 3PM at home v.s. Norwich who are at the arse end of the league, no wins, 2 goals scored and absolutely woeful.
it’s good to get the disappointment out of the way as early as possible on saturday. i hate willing there weekend away to get my fill of disappointment on a sunday afternoon.
I like Saturday morning games. Though its dumb that we have that slot after playing Wednesday. We'll be fine (or at least, if we lose, I'm not having that as the excuse).
It’s ridiculous but at least we played at home against Villarreal and then stayed home for recovery minus the travelling till the Everton game. Hopefully the players can recover quicker. I also expect to see some fresh legs in the XI
Atleast on TV though eh?
Sorry there’s some sort of loss in transcript there. More like the team playing away from home on a Wednesday will not play on a Saturday 12.30pm kick off.
Yes, I think that's right.
no, that was last Saturday.
Not much difference. Home from OT or home from Spain … both would mean training the next day.
Theres no excuse, it’s just TV dictating but we crossed that bridge almost 30 years ago and no way back now.
I'd much rather only be disappointed late Sunday than be miserable the whole weekend cause we lost early Saturday. Lesser potential disappointment time is ideal.