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what do you mean no more andy gray or martin tyler? i must be watching a different channel 8O

"With broadcast of live matches produced by TWI, the FA Premier League's official producer and distributor, fans can expect expert commentary from the likes of Martin Tyler and Ian Darke."
http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_144722.html

commentary is not produced by espn, ten sports or starhub. so no matter who broadcasts the epl, it is always the same shit, just in a different toilet bowl.

and in all fairness, although the previous panel was well-produced and the presenters were eloquent, at the end of the day they, with the exception of steve mcmahon, are nobodies who are not even respected in english football. jamie reeves is an economics teacher, paul masefield is whatever, shebby singh and pj roberts are not even english. john dykes is nothing more than a presenter who gets a bigger billing every season, and who dominates to conversation more and more with every show. what they say sounds damn cheem but when you think about it it is the most logical and basic of analyses.

ten sports has more substance, though the production looks damn budget (and at $10 increase why should it be?) the sound is so screwed up that during the tiger beer ad you cant hear a thing because it is so muffled. it is as though they put a video cam in front of a computer screen with streaming intenet feed.

i dont understand why they can't just provide the skysports feed, just cut out all the incompetent middlemen. at least we pay top dollar for top quality so that starhub can overbid for tv rights.
 
oh yah, and while it was true that rooney injured, reading put 10 men (then later on only 9) in front of goal, they subbed on a defender and played him in the forward line later on in the match, bla bla bla....






THEY STILL DROPPED 2 POINTS ON MATCHWEEK 1
 
Ypu hate United Shinobi? I agree that United were all style and no substance. We should have done better. Credit to Reading though. They were resilient to stop United's attack.
 
yes..U cud see Man u FRUS TONGGENG at the final whistle! they cudnt score in an Amsterdam brothel lah...
 
i dont like man utd but the way reading played made me sick. i ended up wanting man u to win and seeing reading start their journey into relegation. i wonder what's the point of having a premiership when these kind of teams are in it. but nonetheless

MAN U DROPPED POINTS
 
hah. Well, im waiting for my good old faithful united to bounce back. Once we are in top form. You know what you are getting.

Ronaldo
Rooney(When he s back from injury)
Nani
Anderson
Carlos tevez
Giggs
Scholes
Carrick

hee
:D
 
I couldn't agree more Shinobi. They did not play beautifully :( Eric Cantona would have scolded them for not playing the Joga Bonito way :twisted:
 
TrotterHam 1 Everton 3?

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Oh...thank goodness there's still Martin Tyler and co.

fgl...we were not hiding...we were only on the couch, frozen in shock for a day or more in disbelieve that none of the shots went it.

I'm still learning how to close back my jaw though.
 
spurs are going down.yet again, its just the start of the season. too soon to be hoping for things. next thing you know man u ,arsenal,liverpool and chelsea bwill be back...which i am hoping not. especially for chelsea and liverpool. :D
 
Match Report
Champions League Round 3 Leg 1
Axa Arena
Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 7.45pm


Sparta Prague0


Arsenal2Fabregas 72, Hleb 90


By Richard Clarke in Prague

Goals from Cesc Fabregas and Alex Hleb gave Arsenal a highly-satisfying 2-0 win at Sparta Prague on Wednesday night.

At half time, Arsène Wenger’s side were struggling in this Champions League third qualifying round first leg tie. The Czech champions had bossed the first 45 minutes with a mixture of strong tackles and sturdy organisation.

It was the sort of game that Arsenal have struggled to cope with in recent years but tonight they blossomed. Mathieu Flamini, Robin van Persie and Fabregas had all received bookings in a niggly first half but they kept their nerve as Arsenal took control in the latter stages of the second period.

The all-important goal came in the 72nd minute when Gael Clichy stormed up field, beat two defenders and then squared for Fabregas to score with ease. In injury time, Bacary Sagna set-up Alex Hleb to roll home a second.

It might make the second leg little more than an academic exercise.

Wenger named the same starting XI as Sunday for a tie he had described as “vital” for Arsenal’s season. With Eduardo (ankle), Emmanuel Adebayor (groin), Abou Diaby (ankle), Denilson (ankle) and Gilberto (fatigue) all injured there was not too much room for manoeuvre in all honesty.

The newly re-named Axa Arena held the happiest of memories for Arsenal. Wenger’s side had brought home 1-0 and 2-0 victories in previous Champions League visits over the last seven years. The latter had been Thierry Henry’s night when he came off the bench to famously smash the club’s goal-scorer.

That evening a weak Sparta side had been brushed aside without Arsenal having to leave second gear. This evening the Czech champions would show much more metal.

Backed by a raucous crowd they tore into the visitors from the whistle and had already enjoyed a couple of serious half-chances before they could - and should - have taken the lead in the ninth minute.

Pavel Horvath floated a teasing cross from the left flank to the far post where Jan Rezek volleyed a fierce cross-shot back across goal. It looked destined for the net as soon as it left his foot but Jens Lehmann thrust out his right leg to deflect the ball on to the inside of the post. It cannoned out into a crowded area and Arsenal managed to smuggle the ball away. A huge let-off.

It was perhaps the shuddering wake-up call Arsenal needed. Within a minute, Van Persie chested the ball down for Fabregas to crack an effort wide then the Dutchman’s bending free-kick forced keeper Tomas Postulka to nervously punch clear.

But Arsenal’s ascendancy would not last. Midway through the half Lubos Husek emerged down the right-hand channel and thumped a rising drive over the angle of post and bar. Shortly afterwards it took a wonderfully crisp tackle from Lehmann to dispossess Rezek after the lively striker had been sent clear the same way.

Nine minutes before the break, Sparta lost Tomas Repka to injury. The former West Ham defender had his critics during his time in England but the huge ovation he was afforded by the home support illustrated his importance to the Sparta.

Arsenal continued to attack with purpose down the flanks until the break but their inquisitive crosses were always answered by the head of a Sparta defender.

It had been a tetchy, tense half but it did not deserve the five bookings handed out by referee Luis Medina Cantalejo. Still Wenger must have been grateful for the whistle as his side had been far from their best.

Once again, Sparta were quicker off the blocks at the start of the second half. Compact, organised and physical, this Sparta side was starting to become an important test of Arsenal’s guts and character — something they had been accused of lacking in the Premiership over the past two seasons.

Ten minutes after the break, Rosicky cut in from the left hand byline and tapped a cute ball to Van Persie in the area. The Dutchman conjured himself some space with a trademark turn and fired an angled low shot towards the far post. It took a smart save from Postulka to prevent it finding the net.

It was Arsenal clearest chance of the game by a stretch and, in the minutes that followed, they built on it. The visitors sustained pressure on Sparta for the first time in the game and just past the hour nearly got their reward when Zdenek Pospech deflected Van Persie’s whipped cross inches past the far post.

In the 72nd minute they grabbed that vital away goal. Clichy ripped open the Sparta defence with a mazy run and opened up the space for Fabregas to slot the ball past Postulka from the edge of the area.

During the celebration the Spaniard gestured that his French colleague deserved the credit for the goal. It had been less of an assist, more an offering on a silver platter.

However Sparta were not spent and it took an alert sliding tackle by Flamini to steal the ball from the toes of Kulic when the host tried a clever free-kick a minute later. The same striker then forced Lehmann to tip a shot around his own post.

Sparta were gambling so with 10 minutes left Wenger stiffened his midfield by bringing on Alex Song for Rosicky.

In the latter stages, Lehmann made his second great save of the night when he tipped aside Dosek’s header. Fabregas dispossessed Martin Abraham as he seemed set to score.

They pushed forward in the dying seconds for the last time and it cost them. Arsenal broke forward quickly from a Sparta corner and this time it was the other full back, Bac Sagna, who set up Hleb to steer home the second.
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pompey 1 man u 1

MORE POINTS DROPPED!!!!

WAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA............ snort!
 
marcdadrummer: if man u kept doing this, im sure it's gonna be an interesting season.

Not if they don't keep doing it.
 
still too early to say anything la, but ya we dropped points. Alot of wasted opportunities la. i didnt really see y ronaldo got red carded, haha. camera angle cannot see sia. but oh well, shit happens. May we buck up next few games. And may other teams f*ck up next few games :twisted:
 
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