[Football] ITV coverage of the World Cup and football in general.
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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On the plus side it's one last chance before kick-off to raid the kitchen for beers and nibbles.
DavidRyder
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Yep, agreed, get the ads in before the teams come out and at half time, then post match. At least they can't ruin F1 anymore.
studio150
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At least the ads spare us from their awful commentators
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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We're getting something for nothing. No licence fee, no subscription, no dodgy grainy feed. Can't really complain 
marcos3263
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I was going to suggest a picture in picture ad to at least keep the atmosphere brewing but they would take it too far and have that throughout the game with a small view of the pitch in the top corner and numerous ads filling the screen.
This. Tyldesley is VERY punchable. What an absolute nob he is.
We're getting something for nothing. No licence fee, no subscription, no dodgy grainy feed. Can't really complain
But remember, if it's free you are the product.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Well, that's how they sell it to the advertisers. As they have to. However, discerning punters are under no compulsion whatsoever to buy their invariably generic shit Official Sponsor products.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
I still can't quite get over their opening credits and all their links being based on The Greatest Showman. I mean WTF ? Bizarrely irrelevant.
Its a World Cup in Russia. Do some proper Russian shit with their plinky-plonk music or something.
Its a World Cup in Russia. Do some proper Russian shit with their plinky-plonk music or something.
Medwayseagull
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What analysis ?
Tricky Dicky
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There, amended for you.
Iggle Piggle
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- Sep 3, 2010
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The commentary is about the only good thing today. Jon Champion is having trouble with his South Korean players.
''This is Lee Jay Sung, suuung, passing to Ch, Ch, Ch Cunhg, Chung. Ah Thank god for that Larsson has intercepted it. How come BBC got the England game, I can pronounce Harry Kane?
Ally McCoist even came out with some STATS earlier but he has long since run out of things to say of interest. He makes Andy Townsend seem like Steven Hawking.
''This is Lee Jay Sung, suuung, passing to Ch, Ch, Ch Cunhg, Chung. Ah Thank god for that Larsson has intercepted it. How come BBC got the England game, I can pronounce Harry Kane?
Ally McCoist even came out with some STATS earlier but he has long since run out of things to say of interest. He makes Andy Townsend seem like Steven Hawking.
Listening to Ally McCoist reminds me of the early FIFA games, when they didn't have enough space on the disks to include player names on commentary.
"The Centre-Forward with a great shot there" "I'll tell you what, the full back has been excellent today"
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Good point.
GOM
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Same as Sky
Iggle Piggle
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I get the feeling Ally is trying his best not to say 'This is so hard, they all look so alike'' Luckily for Ally, the Right back has a head band on to enable a degree of confidence in the commentary and identify him by name.
Champion has given up though. ''Crossing for his colleagues in the box'' a minute ago.
Let's be fair to them, maybe they're all watching through ITV Hub too. Struggling to separate the two teams, let alone the individual players over here.