Football Thread (formally Soccer Thread)

[LeadCollector]

Oscar Pistorius has murdered his girlfriend.
Proof that even a man with no legs has a better shot than Fernando Torres.

I lol'd

[JuDgE MenTaL]

haha

Paddy Power stuck a poster outside Stamford Bridge

[JuDgE MenTaL]

So should Nani have seen Red? It's arguably cost them their place in the CL (snigger) Discuss (if there's anyone still reading this thread).

[LeadCollector]

[JuDgE MenTaL]

yer...kinda

[SteddieEddie]

Didn't see the game, just the tackle on the news. Seemed a fair call, can't be having your foot up that high.

Oh.... HAHAHAHAHA

[SteddieEddie]

3....2...1   HAHA

[SteddieEddie]

Ok fair play to Man U, a very convincing and deserving title win.

WD

Where the fuck is everyone

[JuDgE MenTaL]

Pre-Season Discussion

Topic 1
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/8814011/Changes-on-way-for-sport-viewing

[LeadCollector]

Pre-Season Discussion

Topic 1
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/8814011/Changes-on-way-for-sport-viewing

$149 fucking dollars to stream on shitty NZ broad band, are they fucking serious? I guess it means Sky will get the rights back again as I think this crowd are 10 years too early to be trying to launch this kind of technology and will quickly go bust.

My BB connection couldn't stream a blank screen in HD let alone attempt a football match in anything near watch-able.
Torrents for me until Sky or some other serious outfit get the rights back

[kilabee]

This is great news .$149 is cheap for 380 games.Sky can go and eat a bag of dicks.

[JuDgE MenTaL]

Well it's only cheap if it doesn't suck. There shouldn't be much contention if you see Sky's viewing figures for EPL, be interesting to see if Coliseum get their minimum 4000 subs though.
At least when the test feed is up we should have some indication of the quality, they claim there's no expense spared (but like Lead says you're still at the mercy of good old NZ shitehouse broadband, regardless of how good the CDN is).
Personally, I'm disappointed that the on demand service will only be available for a week (contractual) and even more disappointed that it won't even be available until after the game has finished, so now I'll have to get up for kick off if I want to see the game before going to work.                                    
I'll be pleased if they get the Samsung or the PS3 App up quick though. I guess they will wait to see the uptake before splashing on such luxuries.

[JuDgE MenTaL]

Spurs kits are always fucking horrible, that's a given (it's Spurs).

If genuine this one is even more hideous than usual.



yuk.

[LeadCollector]

^ I think I just threw up on my shoes..... Yip I did!

[R3DM@N]

Yuck. ....then theres the shirts!

EDIT : in saying that, I won't be buying any Chelsea ones this season unless the Third Kit is O for Awesome

[JuDgE MenTaL]

Nah it's a bit ordinary, ok though.



Assuming this is actually it and not some training kit.

I quite like the away shirt but white shirts are just a pain.

[JuDgE MenTaL]

Chelsea Rap vid

[JuDgE MenTaL]

Go Raheem

[JuDgE MenTaL]

Test feed up on Prem Pass at the bottom of this page http://www.premierleaguepass.com/plp/aboutpass.jsp

[JuDgE MenTaL]

So, big announcement then. Chelsea to screen on Sommet Sports channel plus Sky retaining the rights to City, Arsenal and Spurs games.


English Premier League games will be played on Sky Television afterall.

After losing the full rights to newcomer Coliseum Sports, Sky have signed a deal with four clubs to show delayed coverage of home and away Premier League games.

The teams are Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur and another side to be announced.

The rights deal includes games shown on Premier League Club channels including matches from the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, FA Cup and Capital One Cup that Manchester City, Arsenal or Tottenham play in.

Coverage will be delayed, for example games played in the U.K. on Saturdays will be available on Sky from 1.00pm on Sunday afternoon.

Depending on how far each team progresses in the Cup competition it is expected that each club will deliver as many as 60 match packages across the season - somewhere in the region of 240 matches.

In June it was announced that Coliseum Sports Media outbid Sky for the Premier League rights with the games to be played via an online platform called premierleaguepass.com.

A season pass will cost $149.90, with a day pass available for $24.90.

TVNZ will also run a match of the week game every Sunday on TV One from the start of the season. The channel will also broadcast an hour-long highlights show on Monday nights.

"When we were outbid for the live EPL rights we received letters and phone calls from customers who told us they either didn't want to pay more to watch the Premier League or for internet data," Sky's Director of Sport Richard Last said.

"Some said they didn't want to watch it on a computer but really wanted it on their flat screen TV in the lounge. While we'd love the live Premier League rights as well, in New Zealand many EPL games come in the middle of our night and, with MySky, we've found the majority of viewing is delayed."

Premier League rules mean that Sky can seek rights for up to four Premier League teams.

"Last season the top five teams were Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham. Chelsea games will be shown on free to air television in New Zealand anyway, so we've sought rights for the other top teams," Last said.

[henno]

Now more likely to can Sky and aquire the matches I want from other sources  (not Colisseum). Bad enough they drop their coverage but not their charges, but to be paying for fans of teams like Arsenal and Man Shity to see there games grates.

That feed on on prem pass looked ok but wonder what it will be like on live games.

[henno]

Free day passes available at their site   http://www.premierleaguepass.com/plp/home  Just put TIGER in promo code.

Will be interesting to try out  the quality.

Now United are on Sky can't see me forking out more money to see live.

[camy205]

Nah it's a bit ordinary, ok though.



Assuming this is actually it and not some training kit.

I quite like the away shirt but white shirts are just a pain.

That looks a lot more like a Samsung t-shirt sponsored by Chelsea FC than the other way around.

[Alvin Steveson]

In fact, the World Cup is more than the spirit of each country, in particular, can embody the spirit of the German team, they are relatively strong spiritual power, never to see much more formidable opponent, they have self-confidence, played also more exciting, but also One thing is that the World Cup is not an individual-based, but team-based, and the league is relatively large difference

[Spork]

^This guy knows all about it.

Good game this morning, we needed it. No idea how good or bad Fenerbache are these days but what ever.