What Is It That We Really Want From Our Soccer TV Coverage?
As a daily reader of EPL Talk and sometimes contributor, I generally pay close attention to the comments about articles. It is, after all, a form of entertainment all to itself. One of the things I really enjoy about the …
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Removing John Terry’s England Captaincy Causing Leadership Tensions for Capello & The FA
Lightning, it appears, does strike twice. Two years to the day after Fabio Capello stripped John Terry of the England captaincy, the FA through its chairman, David Bernstein, made the same decision in far more controversial and emotive circumstances......
FOX Delivers 1.0 Overnight Rating For Chelsea vs Manchester United on US TV
FOX delivered a 1.0 overnight rating for its February 5, 2002 live broadcast of Chelsea against Manchester United. The rating is higher than the 0.9 that Arsenal against Manchester United generated, but lower than the 1.3 rating for the November...
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Why Man United Winning the Title This Season Would Be Sir Alex Ferguson’s Best Yet
After watching Sunday’s remarkable clash between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, I was left in awe at the fighting qualities United have in abundance. For a team minus ten first team regulars including Vidic, Fletcher, Jones, Nani.....
Super Bowl Soccer (EPL Talk Review Podcast)
It is Super Bowl weekend! So we respectfully nod at that and move on with the biggest game on US television this weekend. Chelsea faced United at Stamford Bridge, AVB lost out on all three points as United gained the …
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Highs and Lows Of FOX’s Live Coverage of Chelsea Against Manchester United
The much-hyped match between Chelsea and Manchester United is over, and it was definitely one of the best matches of the season. Six goals, plenty of talking points and an amazing comeback, this is a game that we won’t forget …
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Chelsea vs Manchester United, Super Bowl Sunday Edition: Open Thread
The latest news from Stamford Bridge is that Chelsea is saying that the snow is no major problem, and that the match today will go ahead as planned at 11am ET/4pm GMT. FOX must be breathing a huge sigh of …
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Aston Villa Underachieving and Unattractive Under Alex McLeish and Randy Lerner
For the past few season, Aston Villa has been a club on the fringes of crashing the “Sky Six” party. Coming into the 2011-2012 season, despite the appointment of Alex McLeish as manager, many supporters had hopes that Villa could challenge …...
Premier League Adds Its Logo To Broadcasts In Fight Against UK Pubs
Starting today, the Premier League added a watermark in the bottom right corner of many of its TV and Internet broadcasts (see above example). Adding the Premier League logo is certainly a move by the league to protect its copyright …
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Premier League Saturday, Gameweek 24: Open Thread
We’re back with another Premier League Saturday. I, for one, am glad that we can talk about English football again. I’m getting a bit sick of non-soccer related stories that are monopolizing the coverage of the Premier League. Yes, they’re …...
Poll: Who Should Be Manchester United’s Starting Goalkeeper?
Manchester United recently lost to Liverpool in a very closely contested match at Anfield. The last goal by Kuyt, in my eyes, was easily stoppable if de Gea would have divede to smother the ball with confidence instead of whatever …
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Wolves 0-3 Liverpool: Pressure Mounts On Wolves Boss Mick McCarthy
“Changing the manager does not affect the way the players play on the pitch” … I begin fittingly with that quote from Wolves captain and £7million summer signing Roger Johnson. This was a quote given to journalists after the …
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