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SSN. Anyone watched the "coverage"?

It's about ten minutes after the hour, just after the Motherwell coverage. It lasts about 30 seconds and all that's discussed is that our THIRTY FIVE year wait for silverware might be over... but mainly that Balotelli was involved in a row at the final whistle.

I know I shouldn't be suprised and I also know that had it been united that won it would be the MAIN headline and it would last five minutes, showing the fans celebrating - the works...

But I got up early with a terrible hangover to watch this and its disgraceful to be honest.

All the backpage press is about the Balo wink and how everything is his fault. NOT the red carded scholes AGAIN or the 1 nil win or how good we were in the second half...So no not suprised really.

Lads you know the media can't slag the rags off, that's one of the rules!!! But yeah SSN is fucking shocking this morning

The more I think of it... how the fuck can an FA cup semi final derby win only make it ten minutes in on a fucking sports news channel?

Amazing.

Original Dub wrote:The more I think of it... how the fuck can an FA cup semi final derby win only make it ten minutes in on a fucking sports news channel?

Amazing.

Sky Sports channel didn't cover the game, ITV did. They can get quite precious about these things, sad fuckers.

Papers are a fucking disgrace though.

Itv are showing the semi final highlights tonight i hope they give a good account of the game.Sky are a joke to be honest, i had enough of that lot a long time ago.

Kladze wrote:

Original Dub wrote:The more I think of it... how the fuck can an FA cup semi final derby win only make it ten minutes in on a fucking sports news channel?

Amazing.

Sky Sports channel didn't cover the game, ITV did. They can get quite precious about these things, sad fuckers.

Papers are a fucking disgrace though.

Are you sure, i saw i recorded transmission a thew hours ago, and Sky had the covered. I heard Tyler commentating,

PeterParker wrote:

Kladze wrote:

Original Dub wrote:The more I think of it... how the fuck can an FA cup semi final derby win only make it ten minutes in on a fucking sports news channel?

Amazing.

Sky Sports channel didn't cover the game, ITV did. They can get quite precious about these things, sad fuckers.

Papers are a fucking disgrace though.

Are you sure, i saw i recorded transmission a thew hours ago, and Sky had the covered. I heard Tyler commentating,

That was for non-uk transmission wasn't it ?

Kladze wrote:

PeterParker wrote:

Kladze wrote:

Original Dub wrote:The more I think of it... how the fuck can an FA cup semi final derby win only make it ten minutes in on a fucking sports news channel?

Amazing.

Sky Sports channel didn't cover the game, ITV did. They can get quite precious about these things, sad fuckers.

Papers are a fucking disgrace though.

Are you sure, i saw i recorded transmission a thew hours ago, and Sky had the covered. I heard Tyler commentating,

That was for non-uk transmission wasn't it ?

That's right - Martin Tyler was the commentator for the non-UK broadcast.

In the UK it was ITV covering it. How ITV are still allowed to cover football I will never know!

Kladze wrote:

PeterParker wrote:

Kladze wrote:

Original Dub wrote:The more I think of it... how the fuck can an FA cup semi final derby win only make it ten minutes in on a fucking sports news channel?

Amazing.

Sky Sports channel didn't cover the game, ITV did. They can get quite precious about these things, sad fuckers.

Papers are a fucking disgrace though.

Are you sure, i saw i recorded transmission a thew hours ago, and Sky had the covered. I heard Tyler commentating,

That was for non-uk transmission wasn't it ?

Yes, and i might say it was owful. He was almost devasteted we won.

That's the reason - as far as Sky are concerned if they don't have exclusive rights to the event it might as well not exist.

If Nige had done that tackle it would have been WORLD WIDE NEWS and a 6 month minimum ban would have been bandied about.

carl_feedthegoat wrote:If Nige had done that tackle it would have been WORLD WIDE NEWS and a 6 month minimum ban would have been bandied about.

Your spot on.

It would have been the witch hunt of all witch hunts.

Dameerto wrote:That's the reason - as far as Sky are concerned if they don't have exclusive rights to the event it might as well not exist.

They and the EPL are putting a marque game up against the FA Cup semi final so why should they give a shit?

Look at the amount of coverage they give to F1 on SSN. Compare it to how much coverage the BBC give it. But even saying that compare how much coverage the BBC give F1 now they cover it compared to when ITV had it.

It's fair game. You dont give free publicity to your rivals.

ross.mcfc wrote:

Dameerto wrote:That's the reason - as far as Sky are concerned if they don't have exclusive rights to the event it might as well not exist.

They and the EPL are putting a marque game up against the FA Cup semi final so why should they give a shit?

Look at the amount of coverage they give to F1 on SSN. Compare it to how much coverage the BBC give it. But even saying that compare how much coverage the BBC give F1 now they cover it compared to when ITV had it.

It's fair game. You dont give free publicity to your rivals.

Maybe so .....
But it IS meant to be a 'Sports News' channel, not a 'Sports we are covering news' channel.

One of the advantages of being a bit further away.
Although I get english TV the shit I miss by not being local anymore makes me glad I'm not there to get wound up by things like that.
It's been like that as long as I can remember.
Just have to accept it as usual.

Kladze wrote:

ross.mcfc wrote:

Dameerto wrote:That's the reason - as far as Sky are concerned if they don't have exclusive rights to the event it might as well not exist.

They and the EPL are putting a marque game up against the FA Cup semi final so why should they give a shit?

Look at the amount of coverage they give to F1 on SSN. Compare it to how much coverage the BBC give it. But even saying that compare how much coverage the BBC give F1 now they cover it compared to when ITV had it.

It's fair game. You dont give free publicity to your rivals.

Maybe so .....
But it IS meant to be a 'Sports News' channel, not a 'Sports we are covering news' channel.

Yeah, one that many of us PAY to view as well. What a joke!

Does it matter how it's covered we won