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One thing is for sure, Lampard will not be playing 442

Agreed. Also, when was the last time a TV deal was renegotiated/changed within the contract term? There’s also a huge amount of planning and logistics behind the scenes that will have been organised & contracted on the basis of a five year term.

That there is a five year contract in place.

It’s a waste of breath trying to use facts, it’s like banging your head on a wall. Just let him carry on with his conspiracy theories.

Sky have the rights to the same number of games next year as they had this year, so how are there going to be more changes?

The removal of the blackout might happen eventually but is years away. The EFL have signed up to a long-term deal that helps them maintain the blackout to protect the lower parts of the pyramid and is extremely lucrative for them. Why are they going to step away from that when they’ve got...

The EFL/Sky deal is done. Signed. Sealed. Committed. Fixed. I’m not sure why that is so difficult to grasp. It isn’t going to change until 2029/2030 at the earliest.

So you think Sky, turning over tens of billions and part of one of the biggest corporations in the US, are going to collapse within the next 4 years? Right [emoji23].

Such as?

No chance. Next season will be the same format as this season. The current 5 year TV deal runs out in 2028/2029 so no significant changes until after that.

Ok, slight exaggeration, but it’s been a long time since the last Championship games of the season were at 3pm (certainly not since we’ve been back in the Championship).

Why would you make travel plans for 3pm when the final game of the season hasn’t been at 3pm in living memory?

I guess it’s just a marker, everyone knows (or should know) that it’s not going to be at that time. I have vague memories that some Championship final round games have been on Sundays or at 5pm Saturday. Might be getting confused with league one though.

No, I was referring to every game other than the last day. Obviously on the last day all kick offs are at the same time (and never 3pm).

Sky will be trying to get as many of the promotion/relegation games as they can to 12:30 for Skysports+. So quite likely that some (or all) of our games against Hull, Burnley & Luton will be 12:30 or Friday evening.

It’s non-3pm for the last game every season, I’m not sure why this is a shock.

On Sundays? Very happy for you to give details if you think I’m wrong.

You don’t remember it that well, it was 4-1. Notable for an 11:30 Sunday morning kick-off, I don’t think we’ve had one of those since.

He didn’t make the bench last Saturday so that gives a clue.

Don’t worry, nobody is playing Leeds in the playoffs.