Comments on: Memo to Fox Soccer Channel: 5 Ways to Improve FSC

By: LAGooner

LAGooner — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:31:00 +0000

I agree with most suggestions, but most strongly with 1). Why they cut instantly away to their inane commentator, and the “Guinness Play Of The Game”, when the on-pitch atmosphere after a match is so amazing I don’t know. And if i never hear Christian Miles’ voice again, it will be too soon. Oh, and their horrible graphics and musical bumpers (”FSC!!!”) are worthy of a cable access channel…

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:24:00 +0000

In all the other Football Countries, they all have a pre-Match show just like America does for the other Five (Advertisement) sports.
Remember In England/Germany/Spain/Italy The football comes First, It's about football not the Advertisers.
One example is Pay Per view, you pay $24.99 for a England International game, the game starts at 3.00 pm the coverage starts at 3.00 pm, some times it's even started when it comes on??? where's the build up, the stats, The Players, you cannot tell us this during a game, we don't stop for commercials.
If you intend to show Spanish/Italian or German Football The commentator needs to be there Not in a Studio in Hollywood.
I used to love to watch the Italian & Spanish Football In England with either a English Commentator there or even a foreign commentator as long as he is there, can you imagine watching American football with the commentators In a studio?
The problem is with the American Commentators is the don't now enough about the Passion of the game in Europe, they make loads of mistakes & sound like there reading from a board.
Commentating is about ad lib It's live for heaven sake.
You need to broadcast football like they do in Europe which have been doing this for 50 years, this is not An American Sport & if you want it to be an American sport then show it how it needs to be showed
Regards Paul

By: Simon Burke

Simon Burke — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:26:00 +0000

Well said Hudsonland – i think a good majority of fans here appreciate its roots and actually like the internationalism of the coverage. Someone said Bretos is the best thing on the channel – whereas he has greatly improved over the last 3 years he isnt yet the best thing on the channel – but he is now tolerable and I appreciate his enthusiasm whereas I used to think he was an uneducated muppet like Lionel Bienvenue. Shudders at the thought of him ever returning!

By: Hudsonland

Hudsonland — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:08:00 +0000

"Leave the TWI feeds of the Premier League matches as they are and don't cut in with your FSC personalities immediately as the half-time whistle or full-time whistle blows."

I always assumed there was a good reason for this (like the external commentary only guaranteed no mention of e.g. SkyTV and Sky schedules during the game itself).

"Create a weekly football analysis show ... Two hosts spring to mind: Bobby McMahon and Christopher Sullivan"

You realise Bobby McMahon isn't, *gasp*, American? And yet he's FSC's strongest pundit (actually, he's really solid - you could build a lot him as a basis).

Back to the main argument. Soccer is different. Therefore it doesn't need to be marketed like every other American sport. It shouldn't be marketed like other sports. It isn't like other sports. Having a mix of foreign and domestic commentators works perfectly for soccer in the US.

By: Joga Futbol

Joga Futbol — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:35:00 +0000

Max Bretos is the only good commentator on FSC. The rest are low rent crap, English or American!