Comments on: Fox Soccer Channel Drops The Ball With Premier League TV Coverage

By: pie

pie — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:28:54 +0000

Why does fox soccer channel insist on having such poor commentators such as Nick Webster and the other Amaericans – they are poor, they are amateurs. Hey you need ot watch out for ESPN – take a look at how the y do it – some tips – they use the international feed, they show prematch such as walk out onto the pitch, they show national anthems (why do you not show this its the most interesting part of internationals). I am sitting here and have almost switched off the sound. Nick is completely useless, its clear he is not even at the game. Come on guys do yourself better – we heard the international feed at the start then it was replaced with Nick. We dont want ot hear this shoddy American voices (English in Nicks case). You need ot wake up or you will never be a major channel – thank goodness for ESPN the yhave HD, they have great commentators and they cut over when the players are in the tunnel .They don’t overlay huges team sheets over the whole screen with silly music. Wakey wakey touo

By: CFTV

CFTV — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:08:24 +0000

Obviously FSC has a deal with TWI since they are the producers of the Preview and Review Show. I know for sure we have had Tyler call games on FSC before.

Does he post anywhere where he will be calling games for the coming weekend when he finds out his assignment or is there a place on the net that posts the commentary pairs? And is it just me or has Tyler in the past called games solo without a color guy in the booth?

Oh and Gaffer if you get Dermott from FSC back on the interview podcast again ask a follow up about getting the old episodes of the Highlight Show as filler programming? He seemed interested in the idea when you brought that up last year………………….

By: Michael D

Michael D — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:59:38 +0000

Why does FSC pick up the TWI feed? Aren’t Fox and Sky owned by the same corporation? After a summer with Andy Gray (not to mention his voice on the FIFA game) he’s really my preferred color guy.

By: The Gaffer

The Gaffer — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:05:01 +0000

CFTV,

Super Sunday + from Fox wasn’t too bad. Main criticism is that the blokes are now wearing suits. What pub do you go to where punters wear suits? This ain’t South Beach!

Rest of the coverage was OK. Interesting to hear that Gary Richards predicts Mark Hughes will get the sack and David Moyes will be leaving soon. Much too early to be making predictions like that, I believe.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

By: Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:28:13 +0000

Did you see their games on Sunday? I thought the Newcastle – Man United stalemate and the Villa thrashing of Man City both very enjoyable and entertaining. 7 minute hat trick from Agbonlahor! I kinda agree with you on the dumbing down thing, but I thought they showed some great football on Sunday.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:54:13 +0000

This weekend was the first time I’ve ever watched Setanta (it was a free weekend on DirecTV) and I have a major problem with them.

I was watching Spurs-Boro live and planned to watch West Ham-Wigan, Fulham-Hull City and Bolton-Stoke later on. Unfortunately Setanta was updating the scores of the other games every time a goal was scored which ruined the games for me.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:25:19 +0000

Someone in a previous thread bashing Fox Soccer Catastrophe made the observation that FSC was like a public access channel trying to cover football. It’s such a perfect analogy that I’m going to repost it in this thread.

I had already knew better than to make the mistake of watching FSC’s pre-match show over Setanta’s. When it comes to studio analysis, FSC isn’t fit to shine Setanta’s boots.

If it weren’t for Bobby McMahon on that mess FSC calls a “Soccer Report,” I wouldn’t watch that either.

I better sign off before I get *really* upset.

By: SamSpur

SamSpur — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:12:31 +0000

CFTV, the feed you found is the SkySports (UK) feed. They always have different announcers than the ones on FSC (which are from TWI). SkySports always shows the 2 marquee Sunday matchups in the UK, and you’ll usually hear Gray and Tyler on them.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:50:19 +0000

You really don’t have control over what to watch with Fox. What you see is what you get. I would like to get more individual team coverage..also it would be nice to know what the freakin’ announcers look like!

By: CFTV

CFTV — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:22:18 +0000

How does FSC pick which feed of the game they are going to air?

I ask because I found a feed online (ARRRRRR!) that had Tyler and Gray calling the United Game and that is different than the two guys calling the game on FSC right now.

I also agree with Chris that Miles and Barton looked way too stuffy in those suits yesterday morning. They should wear clothing that is a bit more casual. Of course Pat Dolan always looks stuffy but it fits his character!

I will be interested to see how today’s Sunday Afternoon Wrap Up Show comes off………………………….