Comments on: Quality of Premiership Slipping on Saturdays?

By: thescout

thescout — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:42:00 +0000

It’s difficult to know which matchups are going to produce exciting games and which are not. Did anyone really expect Wigan and Charlton to be a 3-2 thriller? Not many I expect. I agree with you that there have been some lackluster games recently but I’m just glad that we get to see any of the games.

I don’t think that torrential downpour at Ewood Park did much to help the quality of the game.

The two best matches of the season so far have been on Sunday – ManU-Arsenal and Tottenham-Chelsea. Lots of quality on display in both those matches. Hopefully the ManU-Chelsea game can live up to that standard.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:58:00 +0000

I agree completely with the above poster…I’m tickled pink at the smorgasbord of coverage available…I’ve seen spurs more often this year in the states than I did when I lived in London

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:36:00 +0000

I grow a little tired of the FSC bashing. I'm not sure why the 5 minute delay is such a big deal. What percent of the viewing population is watching live, picture in picture with Setanta. I'm guessing very, very few. I'd guess a large portion even TIVO the games to watch later.

That's the great thing about EPL in the states, is it's pretty easy to avoid the scores and watch the games when convenient.

I also completely disagree with those bashing FSC for the quality of games. Every weekend, their line-up has been just as good as Setanta, if not better. Sure, the best games are split between the two, but why bash FSC for that? Haven't they done us all a favor by basically allowing us to see every big game every weekend between FSC and Setanta? And at a rate cheaper than previous pay-per-view.

And finally, enough already with the half-time commentary. If I were Fox and I'm losing money on EPL, what is the value in paying extra to obtain rights to half-time chatter. Yea, there isn't much to the halftime talking heads at Fox, but can't we be thrilled we're actually seeing the games!! Maybe try following this weekends matches on soccernet.com Gamecast and see how that compares to live (or semi-live) television.

Admittedly, reading many of the comments on this blog I'm starting to think the majority of us EPL football fans are spoiled, and may be begging for the lame Fox halftime commentary when both Setanta and FSC business models can't sustain themselves in the long run and we're back watching pay-per-view.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:36:00 +0000

Well, I’m excited to hear that ManU-Chelsea is on FSC, not Setanta, ’cause that means I’ll be able to watch it

By: tyler

tyler — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:51:00 +0000

I completely agree. I fell asleep during both the Man City-Newcastle match and the Chelsea-Watford match. I was hungover but still…