In the (hopefully!) unlikely event that football is never able to host fans again, would you keep following Hibs if your only way to watch them was by buying a subsription to watch them play closed doors games?
View Poll Results: Would you keep following Hibs if you could only watch on TV?
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Yes, just as passionately as ever
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Yes, but with less enthusiasm
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Maybe, if there was some way of fans gathering together to watch the TV games
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Nah, it wouldn't be the same and I'd likely drift away from football
14 17.95%
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15-05-2020 03:57 PM #1
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If football was permanently behind closed doors and you could only see Hibs on TV...
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15-05-2020 04:05 PM #2
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Football is dead without fans. Being a fan is all about sharing experiences with fellow fans and mocking the opposition fans. It's what makes the game great. Watching matches in a soulless, fan-free stadium is just weird.
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15-05-2020 04:06 PM #3
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However, would you rather watch in a socially distanced stadium with about a quarter of the usual fans allowed in or just watch on TV? I think I'd probably just opt for TV as the socially distanced atmosphere would be almost as weird as no fans.
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15-05-2020 04:09 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It might be next year before it returns but to suggest it might never return to hosting fans is ridiculous IMO.
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15-05-2020 05:24 PM #5
Not fir me it just smacks of desperation to me Have no appetite fir it what’s ever No matter who was playing
Would rather just give the club money to be honest
Will relive the Cup Final next week though and break out the Jagger from the Freezer
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15-05-2020 05:27 PM #6
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If it is the new normal I'd probably get used to it...eventually...
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15-05-2020 06:35 PM #7
It's Hibs.
I have no problem watching our women's team who don't play in front of 16000 every week, so why should I stop watching the men's team?Mature, sensible signature required for responsible position. Good prospects for the right candidate. Apply within.
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15-05-2020 06:41 PM #8
This could be the new normal for some time into the future, we just dont know.
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15-05-2020 08:13 PM #10
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Yep I would watch and take it as it was.
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15-05-2020 10:30 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Did ye ever get in the bath to find out you maybe moved the plug accidentally and the waters gone before you realise..
only sports i can see surviving without supporters is golf and cricket and possibly even tiddlywinks..
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15-05-2020 11:30 PM #13
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If I'm unable to attend a game and have to settle for it on the TV then I do so to watch the team, no matter who's in attendance.
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15-05-2020 11:55 PM #14
I know it’s a hypothetical question but come on, it’s up there with who would win a fight between a lion and a tiger. It’s not going to happen, eventually everyone will be back in their seats in a full stadium.
United we stand here....
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16-05-2020 06:50 AM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-05-2020 07:58 AM #16
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16-05-2020 08:13 AM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'd still support Hibs on the TV.Mon the Hibs.
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16-05-2020 08:30 AM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Things are changing g rapidly just now and despite the fact hundreds of new people every day are diagnosed with the virus the numbers in hospital are falling and numbers in critical care falling
In Scotland I would think we are at the point where more people are dying by not goi g to the hospital through fear
The fact remains most people who get this virus do t even know they have it , it’s still predominantly affecting the elderly with underlying health issues and those with poor immune systems
Treatments will improve
Am not advocating we go back to Normal right now but as we learn from other countries and see what happens there as they come out of lockdown we may be surprised
There are ways to live with the virus if people ate sensible about it
By August I think we will have a far better perspective
I would be more worried about a bad winter and a second spike then
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16-05-2020 08:37 AM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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16-05-2020 09:23 AM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Tigers are bigger. No contest.
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16-05-2020 06:29 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Just watched a couple of German games today i would keep following Hibs if we had to watch games without fans but to be honest I would probably drift away after a while. I felt today the football was so boring mainly due to the fact there was no atmosphere
i really hope hope we can find a vaccine for covid this year and get back to following our team with a full stadium
c,mon the Hibs
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16-05-2020 07:39 PM #23
I watched the Dortmund game today.
It's hard to argue they were anything other than very good to watch. However it really hammered home to me why I don't watch a lot of football away from Hibs. I think it's the emotional and social aspect of the game that attracts me far more than the football itself. If the quality of football was the overriding factor I wouldn't be supporting Hibs.
I don't doubt the commitment of the players involved today but without fans roaring the sides on and reacting to tackles, goals, misplaced passes, corners won and so on it just feels a bit like a friendly and all a bit sterile.
To answer the question I'd probably stick with it for a while because it's Hibs but I could see myself drifting away. Football is about rituals, tradition and shared moments. Remove fans from the game and you remove a huge part of that.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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17-05-2020 10:50 AM #24This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
There will have to come a time , hopefully not too far in the future, when we can get back to something like normality. After the decision is taken to open things up again, people will have to make their own choices about what they think is “safe” or not. Some will decide they will not attend anything that involves close contact like theatres, cinemas , sport etc. Some will be going about their daily lives behind a mask for years to come. That will be their choice and nobody will be forced to attend football matches.
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17-05-2020 11:02 AM #25
In answer to the question in the OP, I would say no, if football was just played behind closed doors for ever. But I don't think it'll be like that forever.
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17-05-2020 03:07 PM #27
I'd still watch Hibs i suppose, but i'd certainly not watch foreign stuff like whats on now. I'd have to have some sort of allegiance one way or another.
Also, part and parcel of the game for me is the social side, and meeting up with friends and the banter of travelling with them is a good part of the day for me.
I dont know if i'd drift away from watching Hibs, but the attraction would certainly be a lot different.
Oh and by the way, a tiger.
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17-05-2020 11:34 PM #28
You only get one team in your life. Mines are the Gabbage.
Supported them through thick and thin. Have the scars to prove it!
Football as we know it will return in time. I'll be there waiting.
Until then if it means I need to watch on TV to get a fix so be it.
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