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So we have the big Man C v Arsenal match
And BBC think we are not interested No MOTD tonight I imagine it is more to do with Sports Personality rather than Liverpool derby |
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So we have the big Man C v Arsenal match
And BBC think we are not interested No MOTD tonight I imagine it is more to do with Sports Personality rather than Liverpool derby I don't know why you think SPOTY is relevant. They've shown MOTD2 on the same day plenty of times in the past. The Merseyside derby is a big game so it's understandable why they've exercised their Monday night option. |
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Contractually, the BBC can show MOTD2 on Sunday OR Monday. So if they want to show highlights of the Merseyside derby, the have to forego same-day highlights of today's games.
I don't know why you think SPOTY is relevant. They've shown MOTD2 on the same day plenty of times in the past. The Merseyside derby is a big game so it's understandable why they've exercised their Monday night option. The Merseyside derby is precisely why they are holding out until Monday. SPOTY has nothing to do with it. Would you really expect a Match of the Day three nights running? |
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So we have the big Man C v Arsenal match
And BBC think we are not interested No MOTD tonight I imagine it is more to do with Sports Personality rather than Liverpool derby They've decided on tomorrow so they can cover both games. Correct decision.. Probably |
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Wonder if they cashed in the favour of the Liverpool game at the start of the season? Otherwise that's a dangerous precedent to set. There is absolutely no reason to move that game. Hull managed to play 2 in 4 days (Wednesday/Saturday)
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I assumed that all the staff who work on MOTD would all be at the awards ?or even working there
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I assumed that all the staff who work on MOTD would all be at the awards ?or even working there
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It was actually Burnley who requested it, they didn't want too have to make 2 trips too London in 3 days so they asked the PL too move it
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I assumed that all the staff who work on MOTD would all be at the awards ?or even working there
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Although it doesn't change your point, the last time Christmas was on a Sunday was 2011.
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Wonder if they cashed in the favour of the Liverpool game at the start of the season? Otherwise that's a dangerous precedent to set. There is absolutely no reason to move that game. Hull managed to play 2 in 4 days (Wednesday/Saturday)
Anyway, surely it's no different to Football League teams moving their matches to Friday nights if they think they can get bigger attendances - as I see a number have done on 30th December to avoid having a New Year's Eve match. It's also notable that attendances are usually awful on the Saturday before Christmas anyway. Quote:
Contractually, the BBC can show MOTD2 on Sunday OR Monday. So if they want to show highlights of the Merseyside derby, the have to forego same-day highlights of today's games.
I don't know why you think SPOTY is relevant. They've shown MOTD2 on the same day plenty of times in the past. The Merseyside derby is a big game so it's understandable why they've exercised their Monday night option. The fact many of the team will probably be working on SPOTY is another, smaller consideration. I remember the first year of MOTD2, in 2004, it was still the era when SPOTY was still at TV Centre, so Chiles presented the show as usual in the now-familiar smart casual attire but Hansen and Lawro were the pundits, and were in suits, clearly having just come from SPOTY. Which looked really weird. |
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Is there any reason why the Merseyside Derby can't be played in a different matchweek to a Big 6 game, there are enough rounds aren't there?
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Is there any reason why the Merseyside Derby can't be played in a different matchweek to a Big 6 game, there are enough rounds aren't there?
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Is there any reason why the Merseyside Derby can't be played in a different matchweek to a Big 6 game, there are enough rounds aren't there?
They always tell us the fixtures are a lottery.. (Apart from certain exceptions) However there seemed to be a few years when sky loved a big 4 double header on a Sunday.. They don't happen anymore. I'm sure its coincidence |
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[quote=sat-ire;84912487]Why?
[ Because there is an argument as to why it couldn't have been at 1.30.
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That's an interesting point.
They always tell us the fixtures are a lottery.. (Apart from certain exceptions) However there seemed to be a few years when sky loved a big 4 double header on a Sunday.. They don't happen anymore. I'm sure its coincidence |
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My point exactly. You either have double headers or you don't
The TV companies pick from the way the fixtures have fallen, suggesting it should've been in a different week than a top 6 fixture makes no sense. |
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I think with the increasd games now it means they spread them around. 3-4 years ago it would have been a double header. But now Bournemouth v Southampton gets a look in because they have extra to show.
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I think with the increasd games now it means they spread them around. 3-4 years ago it would have been a double header. But now Bournemouth v Southampton gets a look in because they have extra to show.
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Let's not forget that the Merseyside derby isn't an automatic pick for Sky. They haven't picked many times.
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Do they not? I lose track
![]() But the other broadcasters have shown it regularly in recent times... |
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We all do
![]() But the other broadcasters have shown it regularly in recent times... |
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That's an interesting point.
They always tell us the fixtures are a lottery.. (Apart from certain exceptions) However there seemed to be a few years when sky loved a big 4 double header on a Sunday.. They don't happen anymore. I'm sure its coincidence |
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Going back to Package D and E (We are one short on Package E)
Maybe Watford v Stoke was an E 4 rather than D 4. Watford can always be shown in D at home to Liverpool late in season |
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Didn't Hull make two trips to London midweek/weekend? Spurs on the Wed and then WHU on Sat? Dangerous precedent to set in my opinion.
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Going back to Package D and E (We are one short on Package E)
Maybe Watford v Stoke was an E 4 rather than D 4. Watford can always be shown in D at home to Liverpool late in season 1. Watford v Stoke could have been played Friday night. Perhaps Sky are allowed to designate a Package E game as a Monday night game and move it to Sunday 12:00 if necessary (Week 13 was followed by EFL Cup quarter finals). But that would kind of defeat the point of having Friday night games. 2. Having more Package E games than weeks isn't that much of a problem given that Sky have Fridays and Mondays. I'm expecting a weekend with a Friday and a Monday game. 3. It's hard to see where Sky would now get a Watford game in Package D. I reckon Sky are maxed out of Chelsea in Package D, so that rules out Week 28. Tottenham v Watford in Week 32 could be a possibility, but it would have to be a fourth pick and BT may take it with a third pick. I'd have thought Watford v Liverpool in Week 35 would be leaving it a bit late. It would be a first pick, but I'm not sure Sky would want to be committing to games this far out. |
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