Aussie ashes coverage

[Tyrone Biggums]

Yeah - that's a great argument. You know - because we all KNOW that Australian "culture" has far, far, far more in common with China than it does with our own culture.

How ANYONE could suggest understanding anything about an alian culture such as that in Australia is beyond me. Afterall, they play funny rules football and everything.

When we go to the football we don't have to seperate the opposing fans from each other.

Culture.

 

[John Bumlick]

Should I get all pretend angry so it gives you a chance to Aussie bash and roll out all the old tired, dim witted stereotypical insults?

you don't need to 'get all pretend angry' for us to do that...just keep posting complete crap.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Biggums isn't doing much about dispelling the Aussie stereotypes is he. Are you going to tell us some "hilarious" abbo jokes next, Tyrone? :thud:

I don't know any aboriginal jokes sorry.

But here's a picture of my mums cousin's lad.

Brilliant fella he is, does alot of great community work with the homeless in Melbourne.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

you don't need to 'get all pretend angry' for us to do that...just keep posting complete crap.

Well if i'm to continue posting complete crap then i'll have to study your methods much closer.

Just so that i do it all proper like.

 

[John Bumlick]

i think you're doing just fine on your own.

 

[Bozza]

Never mind the Melbourne boxing day tests, the Brisbane test in the last ashes series had a 45,000 for each of the first 3 days. :

That's bollocks Simster. The attendance on day 2 could have been no greater than 44,998. I know that because having attended day 1, we decided to do a bit of sight-seeing instead of heading along for the second day.

 

[Bozza]

When we go to the football we don't have to seperate the opposing fans from each other.

Culture.

Probably because the focus on stopping fighting amongst fans is currently on the tennis.

The tournament's image took another battering. The French Open is known for being terribly chic, Wimbledon is famed for its strawberry-and-cream traditions, and the US Open prides itself on being the loudest party in the sport, but now the Australian Open has developed a reputation for being the Fight Club of the tennis world

 

[alan partridge]

Only a few care.

Because it's football season they have something actually exciting to watch instead of the borefest that is test cricket.

All the Aussies I know care.

Wish I liked cricket

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Probably because the focus on stopping fighting amongst fans is currently on the tennis.

You mean fighting between Serb and Croat fans?

Bunch of f***ing tossers who spoil the event for all the people who don't give a shit about their stupid European prejudices.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

All the Aussies I know care.

Wish I liked cricket

All the ones I know don't.

We seem to have reached an impasse.


I'm glad I don't, far better things to be doing on nice sunny days

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Does anyone know Sky's viewing figures for this minority sport? Maybe that would help put some perspective on the debate.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

From the Yorkshire Post website:

Sadly, it is unlikely that the forthcoming Test matches, including August's clash at Headingley, will grab the nation's attention in the same way as the previous series did in 2005.

Viewing figures on Channel 4 peaked at more than eight million during the final dramatic Oval Test four years ago. By comparison, the highest ever recorded viewing figures for cricket on Sky were the 1.5 million who watched England's defeat of India during the Twenty20 World Cup.

It is likely that well below one million people will be watching Sky's Ashes coverage most of the time whereas, for example, 11 million people watched the men's Wimbledon final last Sunday.

 

[Silent Bob]

From the Yorkshire Post website:

Sadly, it is unlikely that the forthcoming Test matches, including August's clash at Headingley, will grab the nation's attention in the same way as the previous series did in 2005.

Viewing figures on Channel 4 peaked at more than eight million during the final dramatic Oval Test four years ago. By comparison, the highest ever recorded viewing figures for cricket on Sky were the 1.5 million who watched England's defeat of India during the Twenty20 World Cup.

It is likely that well below one million people will be watching Sky's Ashes coverage most of the time whereas, for example, 11 million people watched the men's Wimbledon final last Sunday.

Exactly, get it back on terrestrial television where it belongs.

 

[keaton]

Exactly, get it back on terrestrial television where it belongs.

No, you get TMS and the highlights for free

 

[John Boy]

Exactly, get it back on terrestrial television where it belongs.

Agree, I really don't understand why home tests aren't one of the sports that must be shown on terrestrial

 

[keaton]

Everyone seems to be a bit rose-tinted about the old days. I would not be happy if i was watching it today and just as Clarke was bowled the the coverage switched to horse-racing for half an hour

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Everyone seems to be a bit rose-tinted about the old days. I would not be happy if i was watching it today and just as Clarke was bowled the the coverage switched to horse-racing for half an hour

It's not much dfferent here.

Channel 9 the biggest station in Australia always used to provide the coverage for the Ashes series with their own commentary teams live at the ground.

Now the Ashes coverage in Australia in on the SBS channel which has nothing like the resources Channel 9 does (and a much smaller audience) and as such it's basically just Sky from England providing the images and comments.

 

[Simster]

Everyone seems to be a bit rose-tinted about the old days. I would not be happy if i was watching it today and just as Clarke was bowled the the coverage switched to horse-racing for half an hour

how is that any worse than not being able to watch ANY live cricketball?

 

[keaton]

how is that any worse than not being able to watch ANY live cricketball?

You can watch loads uninterrupted if you had Sky SPorts that's my point. Terrestrial TV couldn't dedicate as much to cricket as sky so i'd rather pay and get loads of properly done, than a couple of test matches, half-arsedly

 

[Brovion]

Everyone seems to be a bit rose-tinted about the old days. I would not be happy if i was watching it today and just as Clarke was bowled the the coverage switched to horse-racing for half an hour

Indeed. Channel 4's coverage was complete shit; and the BBC's was little better when they lost it - if you can't commit to carrying complete ball-by-ball coverage then don't bid for the rights to show it. Ideally it should be on 'free to air' TV, but it's MUCH better to have decent coverage on Sky than put up with Channel 4's cavalier approach. (That alone would have convinced Mr Biggums that we don't give a shit about cricket, at least not when there's horse racing on. It was SO frustrating.)

Being a Sky subscriber I'm obviously biased but their coverage of cricket is FANTASTIC. So until it is 'free to air' again go and get a Sky package, compared to other family expenditures it's excellent value for money - for example for the price of taking my family to ONE Albion home game I can get the Sky Sports and Movies package (with multi-room) for TWO MONTHS!