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Old 11-08-2016, 14:25
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Once again Sky have ignored League Two. The League One picks for 8th/9th October are particularly strange
National League seems to get more far coverage than League 2, I bet BT would snap up chance to show some League 1 & 2
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Old 12-08-2016, 17:00
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EFL Cup ‏@EFLCup
TV GAME: The #EFLCup Round Two tie between @burtonalbionfc and @LFC will be on @SkySports on 23 Aug (7.45pm).
Burton Albion v Liverpool will be shown on Tuesday 23rd August,7:45pm.

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TV GAME: @ASFCOfficial v @BurnleyOfficial in #EFLCup Round Two will be on @SkySports on 24 Aug (7.45pm).
Accrington Stanley v Burnley will be televised on Wednesday 24th August,7:45pm.
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Old 12-08-2016, 21:37
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That's surely because there are too many Conference games, not that there aren't enough League Two games. BT can show loads of Conference games because they have hours to fill, if Sky showed more League Two games they'd either have to be played opposite other live games or in weird timeslots where nobody would watch them, so you don't get a single extra viewer and inconvenience fans for no reason.
I think it's more a case of there being far too many Championship games on TV at the expense of the other Football League divisions, as opposed to there being an issue with the number of National League matches on BT Sport.

Do Sky really need to broadcast as many as 92 Championship games before you get to the Play-Offs? When you contrast that to the 20 regular season games they show from both Leagues One and Two combined, the disparity is ridiculous. True, BT Sport show 30 games per season from the National League - but that includes the five Play-Off games (the 15 televised Football League Play-Off games are excluded from the EFL totals above). During the regular season, BT Sport will be showing roughly two National League games per month, with them usually showing a couple in quick succession during international windows and Bank Holiday weekends. Having broken down these numbers, I feel BT Sport are getting the balance just about right - they are not overkilling their live coverage of the National League, but at the same time their coverage appears nowhere near as scant as the 10-12 (or less) games per season you get from Leagues One and Two individually before you get to the Play-Offs.

Indeed, would it really hurt if Sky Sports slightly reduced the massive amount of Championship fixtures they broadcast, maybe down to 80 in the regular season, in order to boost the amount of regular season League One games they show to 20 and League Two matches to 12? Both divisions are of a high standard for their level on the pyramid, particularly the former, despite the huge gulf in TV revenues between the second tier and the lower leagues (promotion from League One is reputedly worth £6.5 million per club in terms of TV money alone) which I worry is making the gap between the second and third tiers that much harder to bridge. And really, would a game like MK Dons v Millwall or Charlton v Northampton (to pick two taking place tomorrow) be that less appealing to the general sports-TV viewing public than tonight's Brighton v Nottingham Forest match? I'm not convinced they would.
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Old 12-08-2016, 21:41
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Burton Albion v Liverpool will be shown on Tuesday 23rd August,7:45pm.



Accrington Stanley v Burnley will be televised on Wednesday 24th August,7:45pm.
Pity England Cricket team are in action on that Wednesday Night, we could have had David Bumble Lloyd as a guest in the studio
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Old 14-08-2016, 16:06
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I was looking forward to the 'EFL Goals' show, put it on series link. But watching the first episode it seems despite the name it is actually the 'Championship Goals' show with several minutes of waffle to pad it out. No League 1 or 2 goals at all so that's the series link deleted.
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Old 14-08-2016, 18:17
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Pity England Cricket team are in action on that Wednesday Night, we could have had David Bumble Lloyd as a guest in the studio
Going by today's test am sure they will have plenty of spare time after
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Old 24-08-2016, 22:28
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Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Derby County v Liverpool
Northampton v Man Utd
Leicester City v Chelsea

Almost certainly Man Utd, not sure about the second game.
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Old 24-08-2016, 22:30
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Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Derby County v Liverpool
Northampton v Man Utd
Leicester City v Chelsea

Almost certainly Man Utd, not sure about the second game.
Predict Northampton V Man United and Leciester V Chelsea for TV games.
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Old 24-08-2016, 22:31
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EFL Cup round 3 draw for TV has a few choices

Northampton v Man Utd
Derby v Liverpool
Forest v Arsenal

I expect that we'll possibly see Leicester v Chelsea picked though, which is maybe a bit more likely than Swansea v Man City.

Spurs v Gillingham won't be picked as Spurs are at home.

Personally I'd pick the Northampton and Forest games I think, but close between the Forest and Derby games. Leicester v Chelsea and Swansea v Man City I'd leave alone for general live PL coverage rather than in this competition (for now).
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Old 24-08-2016, 22:32
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One of Liverpool or Arsenal in addition to Man Utd.
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Old 24-08-2016, 22:33
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Only Man Utd has to be played on the Wednesday so Sky have kept their options open by having Chelsea v Liverpool on the Friday and not picking Hull v Arsenal.
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Old 24-08-2016, 22:34
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I think Manu and Liverpool will be picked. The latter more likely to pick first team rather than arsenal.
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Old 24-08-2016, 22:38
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But more chance of an upset at Forest v Arsenal? That said, I went to Hillsborough last season and it didn't feel much like an upset!
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Old 24-08-2016, 22:45
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Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Derby County v Liverpool
Northampton v Man Utd
Leicester City v Chelsea

Almost certainly Man Utd, not sure about the second game.
Think that's Arsenal's first trip to the City Ground in 17 years!
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Old 24-08-2016, 22:45
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Forest Arsenal
Northampton United

That's my choice

Liverpool doubtful as they've been shown this round.. Other possibilities are the Leicester Chelsea game and Swansea Man City game
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Old 24-08-2016, 22:54
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Would be a good FA Cup draw with 5 excellent TV ties - the big 5 all away.

But I agree with most of the above posts - almost definitely Man Utd and then probably just Arsenal over Liverpool (as Liverpool picked this round) - but could easily go either way.
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Old 25-08-2016, 06:07
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Think that's Arsenal's first trip to the City Ground in 17 years!
Cue lots of clips of Big Ron sitting in the wrong dugout!
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Old 25-08-2016, 09:06
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Think it will be as follows

Forest v Arsenal Tues Sky Sports
Northampton v Man U Weds Sky Sports
Derby v Liverpool Weds ( International feed only )
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Old 25-08-2016, 11:37
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As MLT11 says it really is a cracking draw.

Think Man Utd will definitely be on and as discussed has to be on the Wed
Toss up then between Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea. Personally I would go with Arsenal as Liverpool shown this round.
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Old 25-08-2016, 11:38
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Would be a good FA Cup draw with 5 excellent TV ties - the big 5 all away.

But I agree with most of the above posts - almost definitely Man Utd and then probably just Arsenal over Liverpool (as Liverpool picked this round) - but could easily go either way.
Derby Liverpool for me, Liverpool far bigger audiance puller, Pearson as the outspoken Derby Manager against Mr. Outrages Klopp!!
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Old 25-08-2016, 11:45
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Liverpool game will definitely be shown live, it's the law. Sky choose them because of all the plastic supporters aka viewing figures even when they're at home to L1 opposition regardless of the attractiveness of other ties.

To be fair Derby v Liverpool is an attractive game, on paper, so it'll get the pick ahead of Forest v Arsenal - Liverpool did put a strong side out the other night, Arsenal probably won't do. Leicester v Chelsea is likely to be largely second string players as well, they're more bothered about the Champs League than the EFL Cup.
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Old 25-08-2016, 11:52
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Liverpool game will definitely be shown live, it's the law. Sky choose them because of all the plastic supporters aka viewing figures even when they're at home to L1 opposition regardless of the attractiveness of other ties.
That's an almighty chip on your shoulder.

It's so big, it seems to be causing you to make up complete and utter bullshit.
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Old 25-08-2016, 11:54
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Are Chelsea in the Champions League this season? When did that happen?
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Old 25-08-2016, 12:18
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I was looking forward to the 'EFL Goals' show, put it on series link. But watching the first episode it seems despite the name it is actually the 'Championship Goals' show with several minutes of waffle to pad it out. No League 1 or 2 goals at all so that's the series link deleted.
Do you mean the Saturday night show at 9pm? If so, the League 1 and 2 goals are now shown as a separate programme at 10pm called "Goal Rush".

Personally I think it's daft as they zip through the goals so quickly and don;t show any other incidents in the matches. Perhaps if they wasted less time on the Championship show with pundits waffling on, they could wrap up the Championship in 30 minutes and give leagues 1 and 2 equal tv time?
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Old 25-08-2016, 12:40
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Do you mean the Saturday night show at 9pm? If so, the League 1 and 2 goals are now shown as a separate programme at 10pm called "Goal Rush".

Personally I think it's daft as they zip through the goals so quickly and don;t show any other incidents in the matches. Perhaps if they wasted less time on the Championship show with pundits waffling on, they could wrap up the Championship in 30 minutes and give leagues 1 and 2 equal tv time?
No, I was talking about Sky's version not the one on Channel 5.
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