You are right, out of tbe all the games I watched last season, Bradford v Covenry and Coventry v Sheff U,out performed any Prem games in my eyes
everyone says the premier league the best in the world, i dont think it is, its the same top 5 teams every season, the english lower leagues are so much better than the prem...
everyone says the premier league the best in the world, i dont think it is, its the same top 5 teams every season, the english lower leagues are so much better than the prem...
You are preaching to the converted on this thread.
Given the premier league broadcast fixture announcements I wonder how long it will be before the remaining FL fixtures upto December are published?
It'll be the same as it is every season, we don't get a batch of say 25 games until November/December in 1 go, we get drip fed the games every so often.
Now BT have announced their games, Sky will be able to plan accordingly
Lets us see if the Sat 1215 game on Oct 4th will be selected at 1215 Sun 5th !!!!
Although it's said on here again and again that the 12.15 slot for Football League games is to get one jump ahead of the Premier League games on BT, I will point out that when they started showing Football League matches against Setanta's Premier League games in 2007, the Premier League games kicked off at 5.15 and the Football League at 5.20.
I was originally thinking it was picked as Cambridge got promoted last year but you're right, they'll be playing the boat race (and uni) card strongly when promoting it I'd imagine.
Here is a summary of all that we have been drip fed so far
[B]Championship[/B]
1 Fri 8th Aug Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City 19:45
2 Sat 9th Aug Ipswich Town v Fulham 17:15
3 Sun 10th Aug Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City 16:00
4 Sat 16th Aug Leeds United v Middlesbrough 12:15
5 Sat 23rd Aug Ipswich Town v Norwich City 12:15
6 Sat 30th Aug Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest 12:15
7 Sat 13th Sep Birmingham City v Leeds United 12:15
8 Sun 14th Sep Nottingham Forest v Derby County 13:15
9 Sat 20th Sep Watford v Bournemouth 12:15
[B]League 1[/B]
1 Sat 9th Aug Sheffield United v Bristol City 12:15
[B]League 2[/B]
1 Sat 6th Sep Luton Town v Plymouth Argyle 12:15
2 Sun 7th Sep Burton Albion v Portsmouth 12:15
I will update this list when Sky have turned off the drip feed ;-)
Hopefully this flurry of selections will be an indication that the games are being selected in bulk like the Premier League rather than sometimes at short notice.
We've now got 22 games selected up until mid November.
2 League Cup
15 Championship
1 League One
4 League Two
everyone says the premier league the best in the world, i dont think it is, its the same top 5 teams every season, the english lower leagues are so much better than the prem...
Unless you're talking about quality of football of course.
My local 5 a side league has a different winner every season, doesn't mean I want to watch them ;-)
Unless you're talking about quality of football of course.
You mean the often slow paced dull games? Yes they're real quality games...
The Premier League panders to the TV audience. The soul of English football, is in the Football Leagues with the supporters who go to games week in week out.
You mean the often slow paced dull games? Yes they're real quality games...
The Premier League panders to the TV audience. The soul of English football, is in the Football Leagues with the supporters who go to games week in week out.
Although the Premier League is inferior to other leagues in terms of technical ability, it's easily the league with the highest tempo.
Of course there are more football tourists, hospitality users and casual fans going to Premier League matches, but there are plenty of dedicated fans of Premier League clubs.
Although the Premier League is inferior to other leagues in terms of technical ability, it's easily the league with the highest tempo.
The average Championship game holds a much higher tempo than the Premier League, this was evident by the reaction some of the World Cup matches received from the pundits.
Those high paced games were similar to Championship games and the pundits who concentrate on the Premier League had seen nothing like it.
The Premier League is quicker to other top flight leagues in Europe, but no chance is it "easily" the league with the highest tempo.
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You are right, out of tbe all the games I watched last season, Bradford v Covenry and Coventry v Sheff U,out performed any Prem games in my eyes
everyone says the premier league the best in the world, i dont think it is, its the same top 5 teams every season, the english lower leagues are so much better than the prem...
You are preaching to the converted on this thread.
Lets us see if the Sat 1215 game on Oct 4th will be selected at 1215 Sun 5th !!!!
It'll be the same as it is every season, we don't get a batch of say 25 games until November/December in 1 go, we get drip fed the games every so often.
Although it's said on here again and again that the 12.15 slot for Football League games is to get one jump ahead of the Premier League games on BT, I will point out that when they started showing Football League matches against Setanta's Premier League games in 2007, the Premier League games kicked off at 5.15 and the Football League at 5.20.
Sat 1st Nov Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birmingham City 12.15pm
Sat 15th Nov Plymouth Argyle v Portsmouth 12.05pm
And
Fri 17th Oct Rotherham United v Leeds United 7.45pm
Sat 8th Nov Derby County v Wolverhampton Wanderers 12.15pm
Rotherham United v Leeds United to be televised on Friday 17th October,7:45pm.
Derby County v Wolverhampton Wanderers has been selected for Saturday 8th November,12:15pm.
But yet to tell us October 4th ???
Makes no sense at all
I was originally thinking it was picked as Cambridge got promoted last year but you're right, they'll be playing the boat race (and uni) card strongly when promoting it I'd imagine.
Not sure how many Championship games have been picked so far, but how many teams have had a home game picked so far?
Bet by the New Year they will both still be behind Leeds;-)
I will update this list when Sky have turned off the drip feed ;-)
Hopefully this flurry of selections will be an indication that the games are being selected in bulk like the Premier League rather than sometimes at short notice.
We've now got 22 games selected up until mid November.
2 League Cup
15 Championship
1 League One
4 League Two
Unless you're talking about quality of football of course.
My local 5 a side league has a different winner every season, doesn't mean I want to watch them ;-)
You mean the often slow paced dull games? Yes they're real quality games...
The Premier League panders to the TV audience. The soul of English football, is in the Football Leagues with the supporters who go to games week in week out.
Although the Premier League is inferior to other leagues in terms of technical ability, it's easily the league with the highest tempo.
Of course there are more football tourists, hospitality users and casual fans going to Premier League matches, but there are plenty of dedicated fans of Premier League clubs.
There will be good and bad games at all levels.
I'm sure millions of people will be on the edge of their seats for Luton v Plymouth.:D
The average Championship game holds a much higher tempo than the Premier League, this was evident by the reaction some of the World Cup matches received from the pundits.
Those high paced games were similar to Championship games and the pundits who concentrate on the Premier League had seen nothing like it.
The Premier League is quicker to other top flight leagues in Europe, but no chance is it "easily" the league with the highest tempo.