I'm really looking forward to Christopher Biggins' commentary debut

[quote=sat-ire;83522703]Just please don't say it a dozen times a day like you do with all your other points


It's classic ftakeith behaviour - quote a post and go completely off topic.

Even the off topic is very random and unrelated to anything.[/QUOTE

the topic was that sky was anti-uefa which is false

you probably don't know Sky sport still show live uefa events as you don't watch the main sky sport channels and you only watch sky sport news

I surely don't need to tell you just how many things are wrong with this.

You're a strange one, that's for sure.

I will point out that the topic wasn't that they are anti-UEFA, your statement is false.

Obviously suggests that Bill Leslie will be on the Premier League with Gary Weaver and Daniel Mann on the EFL games.
Whilst I rate Bill Leslie very highly, I do prefer Daniel Mann and I would prefer him to be promoted on to the Premier League games. I listened to him again on Fulham vs. Newcastle and he just seems to have that special quality that distances the best commentators from the solid, ordinary ones. A great voice and a good way with words. If he keeps turning out commentaries and improving, there is a part of me that believes it would be between him and Steve Wilson to become the best commentator in the country once Tyler retires (although hopefully that isn't too soon).
Just an opinion and doubt it will actually work out like that but hey ho!

I don't know who fed you that information but I was told he's the guest on MNF.

Hull Vs Leicester - Alan Parry and Alan Smith
Bournemouth Vs Man Utd - Bill Leslie and Davie Provan
Arsenal Vs Liverpool - Martin Tyler and Gary Neville
Chelsea Vs West Ham - Rob Hawthorne and Niall Quinn

Total guess. Now I remember why I don't join in on the prediction game anymore - it's hard!

UEFA Super Cup Highlights on ITV

Real Madrid v Sevilla

Presented by Jacqui Oatley with Glenn Hoddle and Lee Dixon

Commentary by Sam Matterface and Andy Townsend.

Paul Walker will be on the Fleetwood v Leeds League Cup Highlights on Channel 5 later.

Vidiprinter is done by Opta... or a similar service.

Scottish League Cup: Celtic v Motherwell (BT Sport 1)

Darrell Currie presenting coverage from Parkhead with Michael Stewart and Ľubomír Moravčík. Eilidh Barbour reporting.

Commentators: Derek Rae, Chris Sutton and Stephen Craigan.

Hawthorne and prutton on Luton v villa.

Very sad news is titles have changed, same music as football league

Peter Drury is at Luton.

Luton Town vs. Aston Villa
Simon Thomas with Paul Merson.
Commentary (as mentioned) from Rob Hawthorne and David Prutton.

Confirmation that Gary Neville will be on MNF with Carra.

I'm not exaggerating by saying I am heart broken.

Simon Thomas has just confirmed on the EFL Cup match that Gary Neville will be on MNF alongside Jamie Carragher.

Wouldn't be surprised if they left him of comms this weekend to build up to him on MNF and use Smith/Provan/Hinchcllife + Quinn, maybe even Prutton he seems to be on the up at the moment.

Quinn is co-presenting Sky Sports 5 Saturday 3pm games this season. So we may see (or hear) less of him in the commentary box.

Not sure if anyone's mentioned it on here at all but Gary Neville might have rejoined Sky.

Sky's Thierry Henry promotion almost seems tame by comparison to the Neville mentions here.


That's the way they do things on Sky Sports.

This thread dare I say it is fairly positive. People on here seem excited for FNF and the BT Score program and expect them to be good (I still have reservations on both). Even Fletcher and Mcmanaman got through a game without criticism.

Sad to hear the Texas League Cup music has bitten the dust. It's become synonymous with the League Cup for me and was used for so long that it'll be odd to not hear it from now on. Can't see the new music lasting as long.

Late to the show here but Texas have been dumped from the League Cup coverage?

Outrageous! End of an era and then some.

Wednesday 10th August - Channel 5

Football on 5: The EFL Cup

George Riley presented alongside Clinton Morrison

Luton Town v Aston Villa - Dave Farrar
Fleetwood Town v Leeds United - Paul Walker

First Round round-ups - Nick Halling, Dan O'Hagan, Dave Beckett, Dan Mason and Faye Carruthers

So George Riley takes over from Kelly Cates as Channel 5's League Cup highlights show host, with tonight's show coming from one of BT Sport's studios (with nice blue lighting). Good to see Redditch United's own Clinton Morrison as the pundit, he always seems like he's enjoying himself.

I don't mean to pick on him, but with them (much to my delight) showing Matt Dolan's goal from inside his own half for Yeovil Town at Walsall at least six or seven times during the programme, it amused me how Nick Halling only went and called him Matt Nolan when voicing the edit of the game!

Having watched GNev on the Man Utd article on the Sky Sports website just now, you realise how much Sky missed him the back end of last season.

Well, I hope those who were taking issue with the FA Cup Draw on The One Show were trying to follow the League Cup Draw last night. Announced at being at 10pm on Sky Sports 1, it wasn't because we had to wait until all the night's matches finished because they affected the seeding. So Sky Sports 1 bailed out and said it would be "later" on Sky Sports News. It's not as if there was any other major sport last night so of course the audience will have happily jettisoned Britain going for gold medals at the Olympics to watch Paul Walsh watch extra time in QPR vs Swindon.

And after all the matches had finished, we still didn't get the draw but some more chat, until it was announced the draw was "minutes away" and coming up after the break. And after the break... not the draw but Roberto di Matteo's post-match interview (first shown on Sky Sports 1 half an hour previously) and some more chat about Aston Villa. And then, at 10.45, the actual draw, which was the most convoluted and viewer-unfriendly draw you'll ever see, at the end of which - which, as you'll recall, couldn't be done any earlier because of the late results affecting the seeding - Bristol City still didn't know who they were playing because it depends on the result of Bristol Rovers vs Cardiff, which is played tonight. And which affects the seeding.

And then after all that, there was no time for any kind of reaction or even to put the completed draw on screen because Soccer Special had to go off air. On a 24 hour sports news channel.

What with that and the highlights on Channel Five at five past midnight (George Riley: "Good evening... or good morning!"), I'm sure we can all commend the Football League for doing their very best to ensure no casual viewer pays any attention to this competition and it's hardcore fans all the way. They'd rather have nobody watching than those awful casual fans. Well done everyone.

Channel 5, could surely have shown the Highlights at 11.05pm.

Big Brothers Bit on the Side could have gone onto 5Star.

I began to watch the Highlights but i gave in in the end.

Be interesting to see what Channel 5 do for Round 2, cant imagine fans of Premier League sides, being happy with. Highlights of there matches starting past Midnight.

It clearly drove viewers away, they clearly put petitions in " wanting him back!"

I am devestated to read about the end of Texas on the League Cup!

I find it a bit ridiculous that Sky/FL put a game on tonight and left Tuesday free!

Could it be UEFA's fault, i.e. is the Super Cup given the same protection as the Champions League in terms of not broadcasting domestic matches opposite it?

Will Neville's return mean that Carragher now won't be on Commentary duties or will Sky still give it a go?