Comments on: Fulham Plays a Starring Role in The Great Escape http://www.epltalk.com/fulham-plays-a-starring-role-in-the-great-escape/2050 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:03:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tampasoccer http://www.epltalk.com/fulham-plays-a-starring-role-in-the-great-escape/2050#comment-9684 tampasoccer Mon, 12 May 2008 15:38:26 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/fulham-plays-a-starring-role-in-the-great-escape/2050#comment-9684 After United's first goal yesterday, those of us with Setanta Extra pretty much watched exclusively the Fulham game live. What a gaffe by FSC. They have resigned to showing the second tier Premier League games. How very sad. I can't stop praising Setanta for the quality of its product. From the selection of leagues and games, to the original programming coming from England. If I had to choose one of the three soccer channels at the moment: Setanta, FSC, Gol TV, it would definitely be Setanta. And Gol TV would come in second: I would take Real and Barca games any day before the crappy Premier League games. After United’s first goal yesterday, those of us with Setanta Extra pretty much watched exclusively the Fulham game live. What a gaffe by FSC. They have resigned to showing the second tier Premier League games. How very sad.
I can’t stop praising Setanta for the quality of its product. From the selection of leagues and games, to the original programming coming from England.
If I had to choose one of the three soccer channels at the moment: Setanta, FSC, Gol TV, it would definitely be Setanta. And Gol TV would come in second: I would take Real and Barca games any day before the crappy Premier League games.

]]> By: Kartik http://www.epltalk.com/fulham-plays-a-starring-role-in-the-great-escape/2050#comment-9636 Kartik Mon, 12 May 2008 06:27:23 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/fulham-plays-a-starring-role-in-the-great-escape/2050#comment-9636 Great photo with EJ who ironically described the world cup as a "war" even though he was AWOL leading the charge. The enthusiasm around Fulham stateside is remarkable and actually could be what puts the PL over the top and refutes my theory about no growth in the US from a few months back. Surfing certain sites from back home (I am India right now) where American Soccer fans congregate the survival of Fulham was by and large the only issue for most fans, and chelsea v man united was simply not important. Surfing these sites as I did before writing my article yesterday I was simply shocked at the level of nationalism demonstrated in support of Fulham. I had certainly shown the same a few weeks back when I told everyone Fulham was my sole concern in this EPL season but didn't realize the number of co-horts on the same page with me! Great photo with EJ who ironically described the world cup as a “war” even though he was AWOL leading the charge.

The enthusiasm around Fulham stateside is remarkable and actually could be what puts the PL over the top and refutes my theory about no growth in the US from a few months back. Surfing certain sites from back home (I am India right now) where American Soccer fans congregate the survival of Fulham was by and large the only issue for most fans, and chelsea v man united was simply not important.

Surfing these sites as I did before writing my article yesterday I was simply shocked at the level of nationalism demonstrated in support of Fulham. I had certainly shown the same a few weeks back when I told everyone Fulham was my sole concern in this EPL season but didn’t realize the number of co-horts on the same page with me!

]]> By: Ian Cahir http://www.epltalk.com/fulham-plays-a-starring-role-in-the-great-escape/2050#comment-9622 Ian Cahir Mon, 12 May 2008 01:14:56 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/fulham-plays-a-starring-role-in-the-great-escape/2050#comment-9622 I couldn't agree more about the FSC/Setanta gaffe. I think FSC would have been much better in the States playing up the Fulham match if they had the chance. I'll have a post about this at soccerondish.com tomorrow. I couldn’t agree more about the FSC/Setanta gaffe. I think FSC would have been much better in the States playing up the Fulham match if they had the chance. I’ll have a post about this at soccerondish.com tomorrow.

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