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Peter Drury and Jim Beglin on Dundalk v Maccabi Tel-Aviv (BT Sport//ESPN - 8:05pm)
Lynsey Hipgrave hosting Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Southampton, along with Kevin Davies and Gordon Strachan (BT Sport 3 - 6pm) |
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Peter Drury and Jim Beglin on Dundalk v Maccabi Tel-Aviv (BT Sport//ESPN - 8:05pm)
Lynsey Hipgrave hosting Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Southampton, along with Kevin Davies and Gordon Strachan (BT Sport 3 - 6pm) |
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A (somewhat brief) look behind the scenes at Leicester v Porto on Tuesday.
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/li...ail/story.html Interesting that there's a dedicated truck for the "world feed", along with a suggestion that what we see in the UK is slightly different to that overseas (e.g. more close-ups of the home manager). |
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Peter Drury and Jim Beglin on Dundalk v Maccabi Tel-Aviv (BT Sport//ESPN - 8:05pm)
Lynsey Hipgrave hosting Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Southampton, along with Kevin Davies and Gordon Strachan (BT Sport 3 - 6pm) |
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Manchester United V Zorya Luhansk- Paul Sarahs
Everton v Palace- Steve Bower for MotD Swansea v Liverpool- Simon Brotherton for MotD Dagenham and Redbridge v Tranmere- Adam Summerton and Adam Virgo for BT |
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Robbie Savage with Ian Darke for tonight's Europa League match it would seem.
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A (somewhat brief) look behind the scenes at Leicester v Porto on Tuesday.
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/li...ail/story.html Interesting that there's a dedicated truck for the "world feed", along with a suggestion that what we see in the UK is slightly different to that overseas (e.g. more close-ups of the home manager). |
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I know the reporter was on site in Moscow but were Drury and Allen?
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You're right. Dawson works as a rugby union pundit for 5 Live now though, and was replaced by Monye on BT.
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Imagine going from likes of Crocker, Hawthorne or Tyler to Darren Fletcher on a all British tie in the UCL.
Darren Fletcher is not my favourite commentator but he's clearly highly rated in the industry and I think sometimes he gets a bad press on here mostly for a) not being Ian Darke and b) not being on Sky. And c) being BT's number one, but if BT want to make him their senior commentator, that's not his fault, is it? The Beeb clearly like him as well. I think in many ways the BT coverage is far better than what we used to get on Sky. As mentioned the other day, the second choice match used to get ten minutes of build-up with Dave Jones and Paul Merson in a cupboard, now it gets 45 minutes of unique build-up with a proper punditry team. And the commentators on the red button matches, like Guy Mowbray, Jonathan Pearce and Simon Brotherton, are far better and far more experienced on big games than the likes of Taphouse, Stowell and so on who used to do it on Sky (you could argue they're better than the commentators on the main matches, but clearly BT want their own names on those, not freelancers more associated with another channel). I mean, obviously you have to pay for it, and I would certainly much prefer one match at least on ITV (or another FTA channel) to showcase it to the widest audience possible, but if you've got it, it is very impressive. |
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Jake with Paul Scholes and Michael Owen for Manchester United vs FC Zorya Luhansk. Commentary from Ian Darke & Robbie Savage with Des Kelly Reporting.
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Thursday 29th September - BT Sport 2
Live UEFA Europa League: Manchester United v Zorya Luhansk Jake Humphrey presenting from Old Trafford alongside Paul Scholes and Michael Owen Commentators: Ian Darke and Robbie Savage Reporter: Des Kelly BT Sport 3 Live UEFA Europa League: Hapoel Beer Sheva v Southampton Lynsey Hipgrave presenting from the studio alongside Gordon Strachan and Kevin Davies Commentators: Jon Champion and Jermaine Jenas Reporter: Andy May, with Alex Gordon-Martin providing pre-match features BT Sport 3, BT Sport Extra 3 and BT Sport Showcase UEFA Europa League Group Stage Fenerbahce v Feyenoord - Adam Summerton and Clive Allen BT Sport 3 will pick up coverage at the conclusion of their Southampton coverage from around 8.20pm. BT Sport//ESPN UEFA Europa League Group Stage AC Sparta Praha v Internazionale - Steve Bower and Efan Ekoku Dundalk v Maccabi Tel-Aviv - Peter Drury and Jim Beglin BT Sport Extra UEFA Europa League Group Stage Schalke 04 v Salzburg (X2) - Steve Wyeth and Stewart Robson AFC Ajax v Standard Liege (X4) - John Roder and Richard Hughes Athletic Club Bilbao v Rapid Wien (X2) - Dan Mason and David Pleat |
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I don't know the answer to this, but I would assume they were, if only because if they were in London they could probably get a more glamorous co-commentator than Clive Allen. I'm sure BT are sending commentators to all the British teams in the Champions League.
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Well, this is no slight on you, but Ian Crocker? He wouldn't have done it anyway, but is Crocker really that much better than Darren Fletcher?. |
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Robbie Savage
![]() What an absolute mess of a commentary that was. |
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Great movement by Rooney?
Well any half decent striker would move into space... As for an assist! Well....I guess Robbie wasn't known for his attacking ability. |
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![]() What an absolute mess of a commentary that was. Have to say not impressed by BBC using PM tonight on the PL Show at all. Can't stand the man. I could name a good few dozen people that would've better for the Beeb to use and he appears/is talked about on the BBC in general way too much for my liking (i.e. more than zero times). As I mentioned a few days back I'd even rather have Stewart Robson talking about Arsene Wenger - something I very rarely say. |
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Great movement by Rooney?
Well any half decent striker would move into space... As for an assist! Well....I guess Robbie wasn't known for his attacking ability. |
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Thursday 29th September - ITV
UEFA Europa League Highlights Mark Pougatch presented alongside Steve Bruce and Glenn Hoddle Manchester United v Zorya Luhansk - Clive Tyldesley Hapoel Beer Sheva v Southampton - Sam Matterface, with Andy May (as BT Sport) conducting interviews Dundalk v Maccabi Tel-Aviv - Joe Speight Round-ups - Richard Henwood and Tom Skippings Pougatch voiced the action from the other games in the English clubs' groups. There were no post-match interviews after the Dundalk edit. We didn't hear who ITV's interviewer was at Old Trafford, but I imagine it was Clive. |
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City vs Celtic only averaged 573k
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its dundalk instead of MUFC, drury/beglin's commentary on dundalks last game was very good
Dundalk are better than MUFC in the Europa League |
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West Ham v Boro- Jonathan Pearce for MotD
Sunday 9 October on RTE2 Moldova v Republic of Ireland- Darragh Maloney presents. With analysis from Damien Duff, Didi Hamann and Richie Sadlier, commentary by George Hamilton and Jim Beglin, and reports from Tony O'Donoghue. |
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Watford v Bournemouth- Steve Wilson for MotD
Hull City v Chelsea- Martin Fisher for MotD Burnley v Arsenal- Guy Mowbray for MotD2 |
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West Ham v Boro- Jonathan Pearce for MotD
Sunday 9 October on RTE2 Moldova v Republic of Ireland- Darragh Maloney presents. With analysis from Damien Duff, Didi Hamann and Richie Sadlier, commentary by George Hamilton and Jim Beglin, and reports from Tony O'Donoghue. |
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City vs Celtic only averaged 573k
![]() I wonder how much that has effected the figure. You would imagine a good few thousand have signed up. |
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In a word... Yes.
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Have to say not impressed by BBC using PM tonight on the PL Show at all. Can't stand the man. I could name a good few dozen people that would've better for the Beeb to use and he appears/is talked about on the BBC in general way too much for my liking (i.e. more than zero times).
As I mentioned a few days back I'd even rather have Stewart Robson talking about Arsene Wenger - something I very rarely say. I was going to ask what people were making of The Premier League Show, actually. So far I wonder if I like the idea of it a bit more than the execution. A lot of the time I'm wondering what it's doing that Football Focus isn't already doing - not helped by many of the items also appearing on Focus too. I got the impression that it was supposed to be a bit more in-depth and intelligent than that - a broadsheet as opposed to Focus' tabloid - and certainly you watch in a different mood at 10pm than you do at midday. But the one piece on the BBC I thought would be tailor made for this show, Jake Livermore talking about his personal life, wasn't on it, it was on Football Focus. I think sometimes the items have been a bit longer than they really deserve, I suppose Anthony Joshua meeting Troy Deeney was a bit of a coup but it went on a bit and I don't think we learned much from it. I guess much of it is based on the fact that it feels like it should be a bit investigative or a bit irreverent, but they're reliant on getting access to the players and the clubs so they can't really do that. I've quite liked the tactical bits they've done, I think the VR bits work quite well because it helps the pundits get their views across - it could be quite gimmicky but I think it's done quite effectively and not used for the sake of it. The comedy bit at the end hasn't been very good, to be honest, but I think that's been a problem with the contributors rather than the concept. I like the idea of a more considered and intelligent football show but I'm not sure if this is it so far. It reminds me a bit of that David Squires comic strip where the couple are watching television and one says "Oh, not another rip-off of The Wire" and the other one says "It's Football Focus" (it's funnier than I'm making it sound). I think all the moody lighting and backdrops and pauses in interviews have been become a bit of a cliche, trying to make it look a bit more intense and important than it actually is. I know I've mentioned it before but one of the things I enjoyed about Baker and Kelly on BT is that it actually spent time to ask what being a footballer was actually like. Football isn't very important, really. |
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BBC Match of the Day - Saturday 1st October Everton v Crystal Palace - Steve Bower Swansea v Liverpool - Simon Brotherton Hull City v Chelsea - Martin Fisher Sunderland v West Brom - Guy Mowbray Watford v Bournemouth - Steve Wilson West Ham v Middlesbrough - Jonathan Pearce BBC Match of the Day 2 - Sunday 2nd October Man United v Stoke - Steve Bower Leicester v Southampton - Steve Wilson Tottenham v Man City - Simon Brotherton Burnley v Arsenal - Guy Mowbray |
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Well, even though I despise Morgan more than virtually everyone else on the planet, he is clearly a famous Arsenal fan and Wenger critic, and they can stitch him up in the edit and make him look stupid anyway.
I was going to ask what people were making of The Premier League Show, actually. So far I wonder if I like the idea of it a bit more than the execution. A lot of the time I'm wondering what it's doing that Football Focus isn't already doing - not helped by many of the items also appearing on Focus too. I got the impression that it was supposed to be a bit more in-depth and intelligent than that - a broadsheet as opposed to Focus' tabloid - and certainly you watch in a different mood at 10pm than you do at midday. But the one piece on the BBC I thought would be tailor made for this show, Jake Livermore talking about his personal life, wasn't on it, it was on Football Focus. I think sometimes the items have been a bit longer than they really deserve, I suppose Anthony Joshua meeting Troy Deeney was a bit of a coup but it went on a bit and I don't think we learned much from it. I guess much of it is based on the fact that it feels like it should be a bit investigative or a bit irreverent, but they're reliant on getting access to the players and the clubs so they can't really do that. I've quite liked the tactical bits they've done, I think the VR bits work quite well because it helps the pundits get their views across - it could be quite gimmicky but I think it's done quite effectively and not used for the sake of it. The comedy bit at the end hasn't been very good, to be honest, but I think that's been a problem with the contributors rather than the concept. I like the idea of a more considered and intelligent football show but I'm not sure if this is it so far. It reminds me a bit of that David Squires comic strip where the couple are watching television and one says "Oh, not another rip-off of The Wire" and the other one says "It's Football Focus" (it's funnier than I'm making it sound). I think all the moody lighting and backdrops and pauses in interviews have been become a bit of a cliche, trying to make it look a bit more intense and important than it actually is. I know I've mentioned it before but one of the things I enjoyed about Baker and Kelly on BT is that it actually spent time to ask what being a footballer was actually like. Football isn't very important, really. Whereas with other new shows - like Premier League Tonight/Score I can see the purpose of them being there (PLT so BT can review the day's action and it doesn't interfere with the main match coverage and Score is the place they can confine some of the less able BT pundits). Would've watched it last night though probably if Morgan hadn't been on there. |
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