The European football thread - Page 38

Sdpm100 · 08-16-2006, 05:43 PM

How strange that in this of all weeks, Iran and Syria played each other in an Asian Cup qualifier today. It finished 1-1 for those interested.

bababui · 08-16-2006, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

Every team appears on PPV think they have to appear at least 3 times in one season although they can appear more.

Hate this. It denies poor fans the right to see their team just so some greedy moron can make 200k a week.

bababui · 08-16-2006, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

How strange that in this of all weeks, Iran and Syria played each other in an Asian Cup qualifier today. It finished 1-1 for those interested.

Im shocked they didnt train third party proxies to play this for them.

Sdpm100 · 08-16-2006, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

I agree with zoraster I think terrorists stay away from certain targets, even a terrorist in a light plane would cause massive casualties if it dropped into Old Trafford during a game.

I didn't say they would, I just said they must have thought about it if I had.
However I wish I hadn't said anything, as it wasn't appropriate for this thread. Sorry for any offence caused.

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This is one of the most interesting posts I have ever read.

You say interesting... I say weird (like the person who had the dream).

ukhotstove · 08-16-2006, 05:53 PM

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This is one of the most interesting posts I have ever read. I always used to dream that I was riding my bike to elementary school naked

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My repeating dream involved a bike, going down a hill with no brakes and every so often a wall would appear with a gap in it so I could get through but the gap got smaller until the last one I went through the handlebars scrapped the wall, so obviousley the next wall the gap would be too small to get through but I always woke up before getting to that wall, probably to do with the drug intake in my youth

ukhotstove · 08-16-2006, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

I didn't say they would, I just said they must have thought about it if I had.
However I wish I hadn't said anything, as it wasn't appropriate for this thread. Sorry for any offence

Nah I was just picking up on what zorestar said, should have quoted both really but that's my lazy journalism coming through

bababui · 08-16-2006, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Sdpm100

You say interesting... I say honest (like the person who had the dream).

FIXED

Its strange that things people would think are 'weird' would actually be seen as normal if people were honest.

bababui · 08-16-2006, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ukhotstove

My repeating dream involved a bike, going down a hill with no brakes and every so often a wall would appear with a gap in it so I could get through but the gap got smaller until the last one I went through the handlebars scrapped the wall, so obviousley the next wall the gap would be too small to get through but I always woke up before getting to that wall, probably to do with the drug intake in my youth

Man these dreams have all the intensity and emotion of reality. I wonder what would happen if your brain had allowed you to actually crash into that last wall. Probably rubbish but what if this is what we dream when we die in our sleep?

zoraster · 08-16-2006, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Hate this. It denies poor fans the right to see their team just so some greedy moron can make 200k a week.

To be fair it should be noted these PPV games when they were introduced were providing additional coverage. It wasn't a case of having something for free and seeing it go PPV, it was an option to see additional live action.

bababui · 08-16-2006, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by zoraster

To be fair it should be noted these PPV games when they were introduced were providing additional coverage. It wasn't a case of having something for free and seeing it go PPV, it was an option to see additional live action.

Was it possible for the fans in the two cities to watch it on free TV?

zoraster · 08-16-2006, 06:08 PM

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Was it possible for the fans in the two cities to watch it on free TV?

We've never had regionalised coverage. The whole country gets exactly the same. The vast majority of EPL clubs only got 4-5 live EPL games a season. The PPV option was a significant improvement for the less attractive clubs.

ukhotstove · 08-16-2006, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by zoraster

We've never had regionalised coverage. The whole country gets exactly the same. The vast majority of EPL clubs only got 4-5 live EPL games a season. The PPV option was a significant improvement for the less attractive clubs.

We did have regionalised highlights years ago forgot what the programme was called in the north west but imo one if not the greatest football commentators Gerald Sinstadt (spell?) use to do.

bababui · 08-16-2006, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by zoraster

We've never had regionalised coverage. The whole country gets exactly the same. The vast majority of EPL clubs only got 4-5 live EPL games a season. The PPV option was a significant improvement for the less attractive clubs.

Are all the local games on tape delay, at least? And are there any plans to let fans in each market get to see more of their matches live?

ukhotstove · 08-16-2006, 06:13 PM

Kick Off think it was called used to be on Sunday afternoon at around 2pm long before the Premiership came about.

ukhotstove · 08-16-2006, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

Are all the local games on tape delay, at least? And are there any plans to let fans in each market get to see more of their matches live?

I think Sky Sports puts them on one after the other on a Saturday night but if your teams last in line to be showed your up the Amazon without a paddle.

zoraster · 08-16-2006, 06:18 PM

Yup, we've always had highlights packages, but never live or as live matches. For years it was a case of going to the ground or hoping your team was featured on Match of the Day on Saturday night, or The Big Match on Sunday morning/lunchtime.

Before the EPL breakaway live league football topped at around 22 matches a season, and that was only for the last decade or so.

magnet · 08-16-2006, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by zoraster

Yup, we've always had highlights packages, but never live or as live matches. For years it was a case of going to the ground or hoping your team was featured on Match of the Day on Saturday night, or The Big Match on Sunday morning/lunchtime.

Before the EPL breakaway live league football topped at around 22 matches a season, and that was only for the last decade or so.

For how long the season is, this seems crazy to me.

magnet · 08-16-2006, 06:20 PM

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For how long the season is, this seems crazy to me.

Especially since a pissant small market MLB team like the Twins gets almost all of it's 162 games shown.

ukhotstove · 08-16-2006, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by zoraster

Yup, we've always had highlights packages, but never live or as live matches. For years it was a case of going to the ground or hoping your team was featured on Match of the Day on Saturday night, or The Big Match on Sunday morning/lunchtime.

Before the EPL breakaway live league football topped at around 22 matches a season, and that was only for the last decade or so.

Used to love watching the Kick Off programmes and Match of the Day FA Cup ones, used to always see if I was on TV if they showed Wigan games, first time I was on was Wigan v Bury but that much football on tv it's not a big thing nowadays to be shown on TV

ukhotstove · 08-16-2006, 06:34 PM

This guy talks about Kick Off and does it beautifuly, scroll down to the thrid paragraph and that's were he starts, almost brought a tear to my eye thinking bout those good old days

http://www.uit.no/mancity/blues/gilbert.html

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ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	This guy talks about Kick Off and does it beautifuly, scroll down to the thrid paragraph and that's were he starts, almost brought a tear to my eye thinking bout those good old days http://www.uit.no/mancity/blues/gilbert.html __________________ Detroit Diesel Dynasty San Antonio Calzones of Laredo Dynasty

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zoraster Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 197	Yup, we've always had highlights packages, but never live or as live matches. For years it was a case of going to the ground or hoping your team was featured on Match of the Day on Saturday night, or The Big Match on Sunday morning/lunchtime. Before the EPL breakaway live league football topped at around 22 matches a season, and that was only for the last decade or so.