croatia 1 england 4

developdomains · Sep 10, 2008

about f******** time they put in a decent performance

Walcott was an inspired selection, frightened the Croats to death with his pace.

but can england keep it up in the next qualifiers??????????

GreyWing · Sep 11, 2008

That was much better, I managed to watch half of it. Although for those that missed it....blame

Had to smile when I saw this earlier today. The most hated channel in the UK?

cm1975 · Sep 11, 2008

I don't know how Setanta can be hated. The FA (and SFA) should have sold a highlights package to a terrestrial channel, rather than grabbing the Irish cash for exclusive rights.

GreyWing · Sep 11, 2008

cm1975 said:
I don't know how Setanta can be hated. The FA (and SFA) should have sold a highlights package to a terrestrial channel, rather than grabbing the Irish cash for exclusive rights.

It's because when Sky had the rights they used to give the highlight rights to the ITV and BBC for around £50k per year, if anything at all.

Setanta demanded £1m plus and won't let any news channels show the goals for 10 hours after the game finishes.

That's why they are hated, it won't last a year they'll be bankrupt pretty soon and people who have paid upfront will lose their money, well that's the industry rumour anyway.

rob · Sep 11, 2008

highlights were on setanta unscrambled for all at about 11pm last night.

the mighty wales was on bbc1 wales about 10ish

cm1975 · Sep 11, 2008

cm1975 said:
I don't know how Setanta can be hated. The FA (and SFA) should have sold a highlights package to a terrestrial channel, rather than grabbing the Irish cash for exclusive rights.

It appears I have been listening to the wrong people. It's the host FAs that sell the rights for these away matches! Doh!

So, yes Setanta are bloody sucking bastards!! :lol: