Daniel Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 We get two games Saturday and the most interesting one gets left out. [xx(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 who is on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 My question would be, why isn't FSWC showing it? At least SNet is doing their share in terms of showing quality football matches. But FSWC once again proves that they are NOT worth the $3/month that it costs to subscribe to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaku_bert Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 last year sport net showed every south coast derby (even the FA game, I seem to remember). It really is too bad they aren't showing the game (considering I'm a Saints fan). amacpher - Why don't you think the $3 is good value? (not being a weenie - just curious) I get it as a package so I'm not paying for it specifically but if I had to, I would stump up the $3. I watch Michele Lisel and co every night and I watch loads of snippets of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Derby v Fulham Man utd v Boro For those that did not know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 quote:Originally posted by shaku_bert last year sport net showed every south coast derby (even the FA game, I seem to remember). It really is too bad they aren't showing the game (considering I'm a Saints fan). amacpher - Why don't you think the $3 is good value? (not being a weenie - just curious) I get it as a package so I'm paying for it specifically but if I had to, I would stump up the $3. I watch Michele Lisel and co every night and I watch loads of snippets of games. I am at the point where I have to make a decision. My three month free offer has expired and I am leaning towards not taking this service. At first I was quite intrigued by the opportunities to see games from leagues that I have never had a chance to see before and I was pretty much glued. But my main reason for getting the channel was for the Canadian angle. Specifically the number of games with Canadian internationals or the number of USL games that I could not see otherwise such as the USL championship game. Looking back over three months, I cannot say that my appetite has been satisfied. As far as the Canadian angle, I saw one game with Julian deGuzman involving Hannover and since the USL is out of season, I saw no USL games. Nothhing else. Next summer there will only be 2 matches involving each Cnd USL teams. Is all this worth the cost and inconvenience of having to get a and pay for a box and plus 3$ per month? In my personal opinion, I don't think so. If I am really keen to see those 1-5 events per year that really interest me, I might be better off to find an estabishment that will carry it. Which shouldn't be too hard. I think that someone raised a point here the other day stating that practically all the games are replays of matches played in the England or Italy earlier in the week and that were often available on TLN and RSN. I would have to agree with that. Furthermore, I hardly ever saw Bundesliga matches and that is one league that I would have been very much interested in seeing more games. I was very disappointed in the early round FA cup matches since I thought that the quality of play was garbage and far lower than anything you will see in the A-league. Furthermore Profesionalism ( eg.: facilities ) were very bush league even by a-league standard. Why anyone who doesn't have an immediate rooting interest, would be interested in any of these D3 or conferance level clubs is beyond me. In regards to French, Argentine, Brazilian... etc games, they were interesting but unless you have cultural tie that comes with that emotional attachment, I don't see how ones curiousity could be sustained after the first couple of months. The nightly shows were OK in terms of depth but when I started to supect that they were based in Canada ( Winnipeg I think), I was left wondering why the canadian angle seemed so often lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 quote:Originally posted by shaku_bert last year sport net showed every south coast derby (even the FA game, I seem to remember). It really is too bad they aren't showing the game (considering I'm a Saints fan). amacpher - Why don't you think the $3 is good value? (not being a weenie - just curious) I get it as a package so I'm not paying for it specifically but if I had to, I would stump up the $3. I watch Michele Lisel and co every night and I watch loads of snippets of games. I basically answered that question in this thread : http://www.canadian-soccer.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5684 It describes some (of the many) things that FSW shows that FSWC does NOT show. And I even forgot to include the FA Cup. When you consider just last season FSWC was probably better than FSW, the channel is circling down the toilet bowl pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaku_bert Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 good thing they didn't show the south coast derby. on internet radio it sounded like a passionate game with goals, bookings, sending offs, penaties, etc. Might have been too much for us gentle hearted Canucks. No no, better that we watch Man U stuff someone in a bore game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 I saw it. It was a sleeper of a game in the 1st half, but the 2nd half was more interesting, with all 3 goals (2 for Saints). Each time converted a questionable penalty, while Portsmouth had a player sent off with 20 minutes to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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