Football Banter

this how a youth system should work, barca http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football...393966.stm

arsenal v barca, wow what a game, thats how football should be played no histrionics, no headbutts, no mouthing off to ref or at other players.

(16-02-2011 01:55 )malicious fan Wrote:  well after everything i said about my world class 11, with half of barca's team in it, whats the odds now of the arsenal beating them tomorrow. at least if fabregas plays well, dont forget he was in my 11. come on the arsenal!

im replying to my own posts now! wonder what the odds were on arsenal tonight, knew i should have had a bet! not watched it yet waiting for highlights after news, but heard it was a good game!

Can you believe that Barcelona's centre back Gerard Piqué is the same guy that was seldom used when he was a Man Utd.

Four years later he is a first choice defender for both his club and country.

And now he's dating fit Columbian singer Shakira.

Bet he's glad he left Utd.

even a world cup winner as well.

Come on Arsenal!!!!!! What a memorable win!!!! We never gave up the fight. Now let's do them at the Nou Camp

(16-02-2011 23:22 )malicious fan Wrote:  

(16-02-2011 01:55 )malicious fan Wrote:  well after everything i said about my world class 11, with half of barca's team in it, whats the odds now of the arsenal beating them tomorrow. at least if fabregas plays well, dont forget he was in my 11. come on the arsenal!

im replying to my own posts now! wonder what the odds were on arsenal tonight, knew i should have had a bet! not watched it yet waiting for highlights after news, but heard it was a good game!

we were under it for a while in the first half and some of the second (with a little bit of luck throw in!)but our superior fitness told in the end and it could've been more than 2!
you could've got 16/1 at half time for arsenal to win. also 40/1 for baca at half time arsenal at full time!
come on the gooners!

nou camp is going to be tough, nice big pitch barca playing those loverly little triangles that they do. hallmarks of a cracker shame itv wont be showing that game, they have spurs v milan.

world cup and euro's will remain on free to air tv in uk, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12482371

(17-02-2011 13:40 )bigguy01 Wrote:  nou camp is going to be tough, nice big pitch barca playing those loverly little triangles that they do. hallmarks of a cracker shame itv wont be showing that game, they have spurs v milan.

world cup and euro's will remain on free to air tv in uk, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12482371

hey bigguy i think theres certain sporting events what have to remain on terrestrial tv. as far as im aware stuff like the olympics, certain horse races like the national and derby, and world cups and other sporting events cant be bought. im pretty sure thats the case and it always willl be i believe.

from 2013 there will be no terestrial tv (1-5 channels) due to the digital switch over therefore a new definition is needed, which the eu court used "free to air tv" which is freeview. if fifa and ufea won then only around 2m will get to watch the world cup and euros, compared to 10m+ watched the england (surrendering) v germany game last summer. also i think that the ashes series should be on free to air tv not on skysports, 7-8m people watched the last day of the last test at the oval in 2005 compared, 750K in 2009. in 2005 and 2006 there was an increase in youngsters joining local cricket clubs, since 2007 the number of youngsters playing cricket has fallen, i wonder why? because they can watch test cricket on free to air tv.

the "crown jewel" list of sports contains Olympic Games, Fifa World Cup Finals, FA Cup Final, Scottish FA Cup Final, Grand National, The Derby
Wimbledon tennis finals, European football championship finals,Rugby League Challenge Cup Final, Rugby World Cup Final.

the secondary list is Test cricket matches played in England
Non finals play at Wimbledon, All other matches in the Rugby World Cup finals tournament, Six Nations rugby tournament matches involving home countries, Commonwealth Games, World Athletics Championships, Ryder Cup, Open Championship, Cricket World Cup (final, semi-finals and matches involving home nations' teams) (these list may have changes), the second list must have coverage on free to air tv eg highlights package eg match of the day, test highlights on 5, cricket world cup highlights on bbc2. this under the 1996 broadcaster act and the euro commision has backed since 2000. its all about social inclusion not exclusion.

i am glad that fifa and ufea lost their fight in getting broadcasters like sky to show the world cup and euros.