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ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:15 am
by bluebananamilksheikh
For All City fans watching the game at home today, which side will you be watching on ?

ESPN Coverage already started at 8 !!!!

ESPN Coverage will be advert free, but big Sam & Savage !

ITV - Shitloads of adverts & Adrian Childs !!

I have ruled out the pub because, I'll end up having more than a heated debate with the title winning Rags!!!

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:25 am
by Paul68
can you get espn on sky? - if not will have be annoying smug cnut childs on itv

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:35 am
by bluebananamilksheikh
jimmygrimble2 wrote:can you get espn on sky? - if not will have be annoying smug cnut childs on itv

You can subscribe to ESPN on Sky, also the ESPN coverage is on SKY Sports 3D, I'm on Virgin & it comes with the package.

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:43 am
by King Kev
ITV HD seem to be incapable of showing a full match these days.

My planner is set to recored ESPN all day.

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 8:05 am
by CityGer
ESPN for me. The advert free format from 12:30 is enough to swing it.

The more important question for me is when is it acceptable to start drinking. Nervous as fook!!

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 8:15 am
by bluebananamilksheikh
CityGer wrote:ESPN for me. The advert free format from 12:30 is enough to swing it.

The more important question for me is when is it acceptable to start drinking. Nervous as fook!!

I'd say it was acceptable when the Live TV coverage starts on ESPN !
TV Coverage start started at 8 am on ESPN !!
So from my viewpoint you can start now !!!

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 8:46 am
by Green & Blue
Espn are giving it a right go with the extent of pre and after match coverage.Well chuffed have it all set to record.At least we will get some support from Savage on espn.

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 8:50 am
by Dameerto
Chiles is a dick, so ESPN for me. (I can't stand the way he 'erm's around three times per sentance, and how he practically whispers one minute then gets too loud the next sentance)

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 11:29 am
by PeterParker
Does ITV have an international version? I am searching the net for it but so far only UK version, blocked for the rest of the world.

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 11:57 am
by bernabias_right_boot
Any rivers flowing for espn?

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 12:14 pm
by CityGer
bluebananamilksheikh wrote:
CityGer wrote:ESPN for me. The advert free format from 12:30 is enough to swing it.

The more important question for me is when is it acceptable to start drinking. Nervous as fook!!

I'd say it was acceptable when the Live TV coverage starts on ESPN !
TV Coverage start started at 8 am on ESPN !!
So from my viewpoint you can start now !!!



I went for 11:30 in the end, almost respectable.

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 12:52 pm
by avoidconfusion
ITV has Tueart and the Goat as pundits, right? ESPN has Le Bouf (spelling?) on the panel who just said he has no respect for players like De Jong....

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 12:58 pm
by CityGer
ESPN's coverage and features have been absolutelt shite.

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 1:01 pm
by Tokyo Blue
Sky in Japanese for me. The commentator and pundit will be munes and not that knowledgeable (they are Japanese after all) but I can turn the sound down.

All this anti-City stuff on Sky, ITV, BBC etc is just sauce for the goose.

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 2:53 pm
by Longball
fuckin clive tysley does me head in !

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 4:10 pm
by The Original Special One
avoidconfusion wrote:ITV has Tueart and the Goat as pundits, right? ESPN has Le Bouf (spelling?) on the panel who just said he has no respect for players like De Jong....

I much prefer the ITV commentary team.
And Gareth Southgate is probably the best of the panellists, although Childs is a d!ckhead!

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 4:13 pm
by shawzy
The studio commentary on ITV was 1st class.

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 4:51 pm
by Avalon
Watched it on ITV, loads of City figures passing by. Good to see Goater again :)

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:17 pm
by blues-clues
shawzy wrote:The studio commentary on ITV was 1st class.


Just let down by Adrian Chiles - and adverts from hell. Sky is bad enough but ITV should not be allowed to do sport, it is just wrong.

Re: ESPN or ITV ?

PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:23 pm
by mcfc1632
Avalon wrote:Watched it on ITV, loads of City figures passing by. Good to see Goater again :)



I was outside the stadium when the goat arrived - he was mobbed by CITY fans - actually thought I saw a tear....