Women's Day
Women's day apart from being a day when all the women get flowers and presents is one of the biggest holidays in Ukraine, so I'm wondering why there is football on today. Normally I'd be heading off to Dynamo v Metalurh Zapporizha today, but I'm not that callous.
It's a bit of a shock that the PFL haven't thought about rescheduling the games today. Most men will be doing something for their wives and girlfriends, and those who don't have one will probably be doing something for their mothers. It's not a sexist statement, but football just isn't that popular with Ukrainian woman to the extent it is in Western Europe and East Asia. Added to this Monday is a bank holiday and people will have nothing to do, so there is every chance that playing the games on Monday would have boosted attendances rather than reducing them, which is the effect a Saturday kick off will do.
Actually, the stupidity of the PFL is nothing new, as was illustrated in November when the Dynamo v Shakhtar game (one of the most important in the football calendar) went ahead despite one of the worst blizzards I've seen. I went but plenty of people stayed away and the game was practically a farce, and this is just one example.
More work commitments and foolish kick off times will probably lead to me missing more games this half of the season, which is pretty annoying. You can understand a bit off meddling due to TV commitments, as that's a problem everywhere, but as far as I can make out the clubs aren't getting a great deal from that either.
On the subject of Women's day and football foolishness a trip to Dynamo's official site tells us that Dynamo have installed a new PA system, as if the old one wasn't annoying enough and as if the money wouldn't have been better spent on ground improvements. There is also a picture of some cheap flowers wrapped in newspaper to commemorate the day, but do they congratulate the women fans? No they are there to congratulate president of the club, Ihor Surkis, who unless he's had a sex change during the winter break isn't a woman........ No wonder the women are staying away from the ground.
It's a bit of a shock that the PFL haven't thought about rescheduling the games today. Most men will be doing something for their wives and girlfriends, and those who don't have one will probably be doing something for their mothers. It's not a sexist statement, but football just isn't that popular with Ukrainian woman to the extent it is in Western Europe and East Asia. Added to this Monday is a bank holiday and people will have nothing to do, so there is every chance that playing the games on Monday would have boosted attendances rather than reducing them, which is the effect a Saturday kick off will do.
Actually, the stupidity of the PFL is nothing new, as was illustrated in November when the Dynamo v Shakhtar game (one of the most important in the football calendar) went ahead despite one of the worst blizzards I've seen. I went but plenty of people stayed away and the game was practically a farce, and this is just one example.
More work commitments and foolish kick off times will probably lead to me missing more games this half of the season, which is pretty annoying. You can understand a bit off meddling due to TV commitments, as that's a problem everywhere, but as far as I can make out the clubs aren't getting a great deal from that either.
On the subject of Women's day and football foolishness a trip to Dynamo's official site tells us that Dynamo have installed a new PA system, as if the old one wasn't annoying enough and as if the money wouldn't have been better spent on ground improvements. There is also a picture of some cheap flowers wrapped in newspaper to commemorate the day, but do they congratulate the women fans? No they are there to congratulate president of the club, Ihor Surkis, who unless he's had a sex change during the winter break isn't a woman........ No wonder the women are staying away from the ground.
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