ITV Highlights - pathetic with a capital PAH

[Easy 10]

Might be fixtured here, but I'm a busy man so I'll say it anyway.

GOOD EFFORT to ITV last night. You've got an hours worth of Carling Cup highlights with two fairly major, unexpected shocks to cover. So what do we get ? Nearly half an hour of Newcastle v Spurs in an empty stadium, followed by extended highlights of that tense and enthralling 4-0 stroll for Chelsea at Pompey. Between the ads, they JUST ABOUT managed to squeeze in the goals (and just the goals) from Withdean and Villa park, before the previous nights goals were shown. It seems any Cup highlights package simply HAVE to feature two Premiership clubs against each other first and foremost, because of course we oh-so-rarely see that kind of spectacle week in, week out do we.

Well. Done. Everyone.

 

[keaton]

Might be fixtured here, but I'm a busy man so I'll say it anyway.

GOOD EFFORT to ITV last night. You've got an hours worth of Carling Cup highlights with two fairly major, unexpected shocks to cover. So what do we get ? Nearly half an hour of Newcastle v Spurs in an empty stadium, followed by extended highlights of that tense and enthralling 4-0 stroll for Chelsea at Pompey. Between the ads, they JUST ABOUT managed to squeeze in the goals (and just the goals) from Withdean and Villa park, before the previous nights goals were shown. It seems any Cup highlights package simply HAVE to feature two Premiership clubs against each other first and foremost, because of course we oh-so-rarely see that kind of spectacle week in, week out do we.

Well. Done. Everyone.

I fell asleep three times in the highlights of the Spurs, i've never understood why they have the already televised games shown in extended highlights anyway. Let's hope Sky's round-up is better

 

[Elder for England]

It was terrible wasn't it, as I expected though.

Better on Sky Sports News.

 

[Barry Izbak]

Exactly!

It is so obviously because they are starved of fawning at the feet of the Premiershite that they take any opportunity to feature them if they can.

BBC are just the same. They get a classic FA Cup 3rd round day and instead of going to somewhere with shock possibilities (like say Palace against anyone) it'll be Arsenal v Man Utd AGAIN o0r Everton v Villa AGAIN.

And what do you think will be top story on local TV tonight? some interview with a Pompey defender about why they're so shit and probably a montage of all ten goals they've let in this week.

Still, I don't care. Like you I was there and it was forking great

 

[Napper]

it was gash of the highest order.
Can tolerate watching Pompey get turned over again, especially with those fickle scum bags walking out and booing.

A token look at our goals was a disgrace really though

 

[pasty]

Totally agree with you Easy. I was APPALLED at the lack of coverage we got on ITV last night. I think that with City's recent high profile, and the total and utter SHOCK factor of the result, we should have had TOP billing.

 

[Easy 10]

And what do you think will be top story on local TV tonight? some interview with a Pompey defender about why they're so shit and probably a montage of all ten goals they've let in this week.

I quite like the sound of that, actually.

 

[Goring Gull]

The 3rd round of the FA cup needs a shake up i'm sick of seeing Premiership V Premiership game son BBC - lets get Chelsea against Donny or Bury V Bolton something for the giantkilling lovers to salivate over but no this year it will be Liverpool v spurs or the like.

 

[Braders]

right , lets open the book

to the closest SECOND , how long will we get on either South Today or Meridian Tonight this evening?

I reckon 30 seconds on each , with Pompus getting a good 5 minutes on each

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

Sky are just as bad, what game did they decide to televise live last night? Newcastle v Spurs. Of course that is such a rare match between the two sides, we can see them play each other possibly at least twice this season on live television!

 

[eastlondonseagull]

*****. That's all that can be said about ITV.

 

[Barry Izbak]

I quite like the sound of that, actually.

Yeah. Bad example.

 

[champion7]

Sky are just as bad, what game did they decide to televise live last night? Newcastle v Spurs. Of course that is such a rare match between the two sides, we can see them play each other possibly at least twice this season on live television!

I totally agree,they are both in dire straights of their own stupidity but the Albion were forced into the position that they find themselves and City are trying come out of the shadows of the scum next door.
Sky could have shown it and advertised it as SKINT v RICHES and i think their viewing figures would have been sky high.

 

[London Calling]

Sky are just as bad, what game did they decide to televise live last night? Newcastle v Spurs. Of course that is such a rare match between the two sides, we can see them play each other possibly at least twice this season on live television!

Bearing in mind it was bottom and second from botom, not actually going to pull in the crowds.

 

[Scotty Mac]

it did feature robbie earle though....

 

[countrygull]

And as I drove home last night, turning to 5 live soccer phone in from 11pm: they had about 7 minutes with an Arsenal fan on their match (24 hours earlier), then a predictable moaning Geordie - then they started on about what had happened in the Premiershite last weekend. At which point I turned off. W******

 

[Ringo]

I find Sky Sports News always seem to do us justice, but totally agree we never see much from the terrestrial channels and even less from the BBC website...

 

[Scotty Mac]

And as I drove home last night, turning to 5 live soccer phone in from 11pm: they had about 7 minutes with an Arsenal fan on their match (24 hours earlier), then a predictable moaning Geordie - then they started on about what had happened in the Premiershite last weekend. At which point I turned off. W******

between 10.30 and 11 there was a fair amount of talk about our game to be fair

 

[trueblue]

I fell asleep three times in the highlights of the Spurs, i've never understood why they have the already televised games shown in extended highlights anyway. Let's hope Sky's round-up is better

Because not everyone has seen it. And also because it's got full OB coverage, and so can be treated as a commentary game. It's not possible to put six cameras (at least) at every ground, just in case there's an upset.

 

[Wozza]

The Guardian didn't have ANYTHING on the match overnight.

Almost as if they finish work at 22.00, in fact.