Comments on: Euro 2008 Coverage Has Failed To Match The Tournament http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:44:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: brent http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484#comment-12748 brent Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:15:56 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484#comment-12748 Downunder we get the ITV/BBC as well as Martin Tyler and another English bloke doing the SBS (free to air) commentary. BBC's coverage has been good in my opinion. Pre tournament i knew how bad Shearer could be same with Lawro...so nothing that i had expected. Martin O'Neill is fantastic, Lee Dixon and Gavin Peacock do a brilliant job on MOTD. Oh i nearly forgot but the redhead and Desailly have done a nice job on the sidelines offering the view of a coach and an ex-player (esp during Frenchies games) close to the action. The Italy V Spain game both Lawro and Motson had shockers. Dani Geezer and Di Natalie...OMFG! TBH though i really have no qualms with BBC at all. They do some of the best analysis in general... On the other hand ITV... having not seen much of their coverage BEFORE euros i came into it fresh. I don't think Gary Neville is bad at all, some of the players brought on have brought a bit of insight to the table... Hamann not too bad The Townsend bloke is annoying......but wait for it...DAVID PLEAT IS THE WORST OF THE WORST! That guy spouts of stereotypes, sounds like his watching the game from the retirement home and states the bleeding obvious just with no ends. Downunder we get the ITV/BBC as well as Martin Tyler and another English bloke doing the SBS (free to air) commentary. BBC’s coverage has been good in my opinion. Pre tournament i knew how bad Shearer could be same with Lawro…so nothing that i had expected. Martin O’Neill is fantastic, Lee Dixon and Gavin Peacock do a brilliant job on MOTD. Oh i nearly forgot but the redhead and Desailly have done a nice job on the sidelines offering the view of a coach and an ex-player (esp during Frenchies games) close to the action. The Italy V Spain game both Lawro and Motson had shockers. Dani Geezer and Di Natalie…OMFG! TBH though i really have no qualms with BBC at all. They do some of the best analysis in general…

On the other hand ITV… having not seen much of their coverage BEFORE euros i came into it fresh. I don’t think Gary Neville is bad at all, some of the players brought on have brought a bit of insight to the table… Hamann not too bad The Townsend bloke is annoying……but wait for it…DAVID PLEAT IS THE WORST OF THE WORST! That guy spouts of stereotypes, sounds like his watching the game from the retirement home and states the bleeding obvious just with no ends.

]]> By: Hudsonland http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484#comment-12704 Hudsonland Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:50:21 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484#comment-12704 Examples? Examples?

]]> By: Kartik http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484#comment-12702 Kartik Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:16:45 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484#comment-12702 The bias against both Arsenal and Chelsea in the British media is very striking to an outsider like me. Very transparent and quite poor journalism. The bias against both Arsenal and Chelsea in the British media is very striking to an outsider like me. Very transparent and quite poor journalism.

]]> By: TJ http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484#comment-12698 TJ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:01:48 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484#comment-12698 Thank you for touching on the point of Shearer (who isn't the only one) praising the premiership teams who 'strangled' the life out of games this past season against Arsenal by simply 'Doing an Italy' and then actually berating the Italians for doing the same thing. They're all anti-Arsenal cos we got so many foreigners and thats a FACT!! Thank you for touching on the point of Shearer (who isn’t the only one) praising the premiership teams who ’strangled’ the life out of games this past season against Arsenal by simply ‘Doing an Italy’ and then actually berating the Italians for doing the same thing. They’re all anti-Arsenal cos we got so many foreigners and thats a FACT!!

]]> By: betsy's bolton bum baster http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484#comment-12691 betsy's bolton bum baster Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:16:45 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/euro-2008-coverage-has-failed-to-match-the-tournament/2484#comment-12691 Brits are so full of shit. Brits are so full of shit.

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