Author Topic: Sky Sports (Read 314869 times)

gazzalfc · « **Reply #160 on:** August 30, 2011, 08:51:17 pm »

Oh you all know Brian Swanson is getting his Transfer Deadline Day suit out

Standing in front of his mirror pacticing

'And now over to Chigwell where 'Arry has made his 11th hour signing of....'

It'll be just like Ron Burgandy

Paul JH · « **Reply #161 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:01:55 pm »

Quote from: gazzalfc on August 30, 2011, 08:51:17 pm

Oh you all know Brian Swanson is getting his Transfer Deadline Day suit out

Is he the fat scottish one? With his 'totaliser'? I hate that fucking thing. Sums up the greed is good money before all else philosophy os Sky TV perfectly.

thelinnen · « **Reply #162 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:47:48 pm »

Quote from: Paul JH on August 30, 2011, 09:01:55 pm

Is he the fat scottish one? With his 'totaliser'? I hate that fucking thing. Sums up the greed is good money before all else philosophy os Sky TV perfectly.

the one with the square head who brags about all the texts he gets on deadline day from crap players making moves.

Paul JH · « **Reply #163 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:51:16 pm »

Quote from: thelinnen on August 30, 2011, 09:47:48 pm

the one with the square head who brags about all the texts he gets on deadline day from crap players making moves.

Ah, I know who you mean. Gits all of them. Except the women.

stevied · « **Reply #164 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:51:22 pm »

SSN as a channel i watch at some point everyday, informative, nice lasses, when i grew up we had Sportsnight on a Wed evening that was your lot other than a bit of wrestling on a Sat afternoon, yes its up its own arse but you cant say they dont deliver, you can always turn it off if its on a Manc wank fest day

No Appreciation of Liverpool Opposition · « **Reply #165 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:57:15 pm »

Quote from: stevied on August 30, 2011, 09:51:22 pm

SSN as a channel i watch at some point everyday, informative, nice lasses, when i grew up we had Sportsnight on a Wed evening that was your lot other than a bit of wrestling on a Sat afternoon, yes its up its own arse but you cant say they dont deliver, you can always turn it off if its on a Manc wank fest day

got to agree with this
if you take it as it is it is actully kind of useful. The reality is there isn't much to report. Now whilst they do focus on the big teams they do also do some stuff about smaller sides enough to give you a taste because in reality it is there for the premier league news. No one gives a flying fuck about exeter most days of the year except for exeter fans all 10 of them, and they have their sources. But at a club like Liverpool you have millions who want to know, and if you take everything they say as just rumour(and they do usually say rumour or maybe or inquiry or something) you can get a quick run down in that little transfer window. plus when it gets boring you just stare at her lovelys so really it all works out.

thelinnen · « **Reply #166 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:59:22 pm »

Quote from: Paul JH on August 30, 2011, 09:51:16 pm

Ah, I know who you mean. Gits all of them. Except the women.

I can't watch them seriously again after january when they were furiously wanking that the idea of torres signing for chelsea would cause us to implode.

Clayton Bigsby · « **Reply #167 on:** August 30, 2011, 10:09:53 pm »

I enjoy the channel, especially Gillette Soccer Saturday

And Could He Play · « **Reply #168 on:** August 30, 2011, 10:32:31 pm »

wish you could move the bar along the bottom to the sorts you want details of.

sinnermichael · « **Reply #169 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:31:45 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMqfLADC_20

Ferg · « **Reply #170 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:47:57 pm »

It ain't too bad. Good for Soccer Saturday, and some of the female presenters they have on there.

But Jim White gets on my fucking tits though.

helmboy_nige · « **Reply #171 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:51:42 pm »

I like soccer saturday, but as I sit here watching deadline day I am already close to throwing the TV out of the window. They are so OTT.

Bondred · « **Reply #172 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:53:51 pm »

SSn is a live tabloid, they report snippets of info that they gather from the net with no basis or structure as truth.

It's a shit channel and I avoid it at all costs.

armchair-fan · « **Reply #173 on:** August 31, 2011, 01:03:33 pm »

Quote from: rowan_d on August 30, 2011, 06:14:26 pm

2 things really.

A) You watch it before work/school as there's fuck all else on
B) Its pretty good background noise when doing something else

I'd suggest the radio, which covers both these issues. And if you're certain you want baseless sports speculation, you can even get that on several radio stations. And if you want to look at pretty girls, there are several websites I can recommend.

koppper · « **Reply #174 on:** August 31, 2011, 01:13:39 pm »

Well today its 'Arry's carcam.

Zeb · « **Reply #175 on:** August 31, 2011, 01:19:03 pm »

Quote from: Bondred on August 31, 2011, 12:53:51 pm

SSn is a live tabloid, they report snippets of info that they gather from the net with no basis or structure as truth.

It's a shit channel and I avoid it at all costs.

Agree totally. To live up to their 'first' motto, they've discarded the filter between 'bullshit' and 'news'. Some of the howlers they let slip are incredible (reporting Joe Cole to Villa when both Lille and Liverpool have it up on their offal?!). It's not 'news', it's assorted and random bullshit thrown out of some whacky bingo ball machine. Every now and again one of the turds will land on a a bingo card and Sky will point to the smear and claim their methods have been vindicated whilst pouring in more shit and pushing the machine for ever last rev per minute it can give.

Breitner · « **Reply #176 on:** August 31, 2011, 01:20:04 pm »

This Rob Wotton is worse than Jim White, he's defo on the beak

rednile · « **Reply #177 on:** August 31, 2011, 02:17:58 pm »

Quote from: Breitner on August 31, 2011, 01:20:04 pm

This Rob Wotton is worse than Jim White, he's defo on the beak

Is he the bell thats on now ? randomly screams every now and then - its strange .

INABITSKI · « **Reply #178 on:** August 31, 2011, 03:04:54 pm »

SkySportsNews Sky Sports News
In the next few minutes on #ssn we'll have the pictures you've all been waiting for - shots of #JimWhite arriving for work on #deadlineday

I wish this was sarcastic. When in actual fact they are dead serious.

Just tweeted telling them what sad bastards they are. Although ironic that I was also sad enough to do so.

damomad · « **Reply #179 on:** August 31, 2011, 03:45:13 pm »

Quote from: INABITSKI on August 31, 2011, 03:04:54 pm

I wish this was sarcastic. When in actual fact they are dead serious.

It was on a few minutes ago, they also said "Jim White" was trending on Twitter.

The conveniently left out the rest of the sentence. I guess there were too many variations of "is a bell-end" for them to start listing.

Liverbird 2010 · « **Reply #180 on:** August 31, 2011, 03:50:37 pm »

United will get Snijder tonight at 10.59 p.m. so City dont gazump the deal whats the bet?

Paragon · « **Reply #181 on:** August 31, 2011, 04:10:51 pm »

Quote from: Paul JH on July 6, 2011, 01:50:00 pm

Ok, not wanting to turn this into a 'I hate Sky Sports News' hate thread (but it might), I just wanted people's opinions on it as a channel itself, i.e, what it has done for Sports 'news' coverage and if anyone actually thinks it's any good (I've yet to meet anyone who does).

I like it. Decent news updates etc...

I love Gillette Soccer Saturday!

Bondred · « **Reply #182 on:** August 31, 2011, 04:50:04 pm »

Quote from: Zeb on August 31, 2011, 01:19:03 pm

Agree totally. To live up to their 'first' motto, they've discarded the filter between 'bullshit' and 'news'. Some of the howlers they let slip are incredible (reporting Joe Cole to Villa when both Lille and Liverpool have it up on their offal?!). It's not 'news', it's assorted and random bullshit thrown out of some whacky bingo ball machine. Every now and again one of the turds will land on a a bingo card and Sky will point to the smear and claim their methods have been vindicated whilst pouring in more shit and pushing the machine for ever last rev per minute it can give.

I couldn't (and didn't) put it any better.

wz4jc3 · « **Reply #183 on:** August 31, 2011, 04:58:39 pm »

I wish it was still available on freeview.

Okkervil · « **Reply #184 on:** August 31, 2011, 05:03:01 pm »

What has Simon Thomas been smoking today?

Hazell · « **Reply #185 on:** August 31, 2011, 05:05:32 pm »

Alan 'Curbs' Curbishley on throughout the evening. Contain you excitement.

weebroalan · « **Reply #186 on:** August 31, 2011, 05:07:18 pm »

Tonight should be fun - I've got my beer and pizza at the ready for an evening's entertainment

Kahuna{=}Berger · « **Reply #187 on:** August 31, 2011, 05:12:39 pm »

Bollocks to it, I'm turning it on. 7 hours a year is all they're getting outta me. You can take that to the bank.

Haven't even seen that new hotty that everyone's been talking about yet. Honestly.

INABITSKI · « **Reply #188 on:** August 31, 2011, 06:30:13 pm »

SkySportsNews Sky Sports News
It's going to be a frantic #deadlineday evening. Join Georgie & Simon until 8pm & then it's time for Jim White & @nataliesawyer #ssn ch405

JLStretton · « **Reply #189 on:** August 31, 2011, 08:14:58 pm »

Justice for the 96, fair play on that one.

wz4jc3 · « **Reply #190 on:** August 31, 2011, 08:36:45 pm »

Quote from: JLStretton on August 31, 2011, 08:14:58 pm

Justice for the 96, fair play on that one.

Nice to see some time given...can only help keep it in the minds of the general public.

Apollo · « **Reply #191 on:** August 31, 2011, 08:58:00 pm »

The pair of them were stifling laughter when they announced "Kaka...to Spurs?", I'm certain of it.

dann · « **Reply #192 on:** August 31, 2011, 09:02:07 pm »

here we go, arrys about to leave, get ready for another car window interview

gazzathered · « **Reply #193 on:** August 31, 2011, 10:11:11 pm »

Watch it every day to catch up on stories, yes some of it is bolloxs and i just turn over to another channel or babe cast if the other half is out.

cim-pim-param · « **Reply #194 on:** August 31, 2011, 10:11:51 pm »

Its amazing how can they get away with foul language and gestures from these live reports...

gazzathered · « **Reply #195 on:** August 31, 2011, 10:22:45 pm »

How fit is Natalie on sky sports, worth watching just for her, switching between this and LFC/TV. If Coates is half as good as Commoli is saying in his interview then we have the steal of the century.

Anywhichwayicant · « **Reply #196 on:** August 31, 2011, 10:23:37 pm »

Quote from: gazzathered on August 31, 2011, 10:22:45 pm

How fit is Natalie on sky sports, worth watching just for her, switching between this and LFC/TV. If Coates is half as good as Commoli is saying in his interview then we have the steal of the century.

I really don't see it.

thelinnen · « **Reply #197 on:** September 1, 2011, 11:16:56 am »

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Ah, transfer deadline day — always a royal knees-up, television-wise, although Alan Curbishley, who joined Sky Sports News as an analyst yesterday, seemed to want to poop the party when he said: “The bigger clubs get it all done. They don’t want to get involved in this last-day stuff.”
Now, OK, it could be deemed a little undignified, or even unprofessional, to be grubbing around in the dying hours of trading with the likes of Colin Wanker and Harry Redknapp. At the same time — “last-day stuff”? That’s 18 hours-plus of gripping live television you’re dismissing, Alan. Indeed, it’s Sky Sports News’s cup final.
For proof, check out yesterday’s special shots of Jim White — truly the face of the closing window — arriving for work. News broke later that White was “in make-up”. Next year, they’ll be outside his house, reporting that he has had breakfast and taken a stroll “in the grounds”, and then following him to Isleworth in a helicopter.
Yet, controversially, White didn’t make it to the screen until 8pm, just three hours before the deadline. Now, one realises that news of a potential big-money move for Mikel Arteta tends to work on White like a naked flame on gas, making the white-haired Scotsman a serious risk to his own health. Nevertheless, at the last general election, the BBC’s David Dimbleby, 72, pulled an all-nighter and carried on deep into the next day. Surely White, by some measure the younger broadcaster, could have been exposed to a longer stint, especially if medical staff could have been on stand-by in the studio.
Hard not to feel some slight disappointment, too, at the channel’s on-screen countdown logo, which featured a clock on a rotating football when surely a clock on a smouldering chequebook would have been more in keeping with the spirit of the day.
Still, there was consolation in the form of Bryan Swanson operating his giant “Sky Pad” and, even as he did so, consulting a hand-held tablet — an exercise in the dual manipulation of touch-screen technology as impressive as being able to pat your head while rubbing your stomach.
Meanwhile, fans were exercising their age-old right to walk over to the local ground and bother a football reporter. As Rob Dorsett discovered, outside the Britannia Stadium, there are few fans more committed than those in the Potteries when it comes to shouting “Come on, Stoke” at the possibility that Cameron Jerome may be undergoing a medical.
Alas, though, with only four hours and 18 minutes remaining, the high spirits spilt over into “rude gestures” behind Dorsett’s back, for which Georgie Thompson felt obliged to apologise. There’s always a minority spoiling it for the rest.
At Melwood, Liverpool, Peter Stevenson, too, was surrounded by fans, but few of them over 13 and nearly all of them on phones. It was clear that we were witnessing a radical shift in the “Hello, Mum” culture. It’s no longer enough to stand behind a broadcaster’s shoulder and wave your greeting. In the information age, you stand in the picture and simultaneously call or text her at a rate of 47 pence per minute — “Hello, Mum”, but on a multimedia platform.
The mystery we never solved was why Stevenson was standing so close to the camera — close enough that it was almost touching his nose. Perhaps it was to stop the fans coming between him and the lens, the deadline-day reporter’s bleakest fear. Apart from death in action, obviously — and, in that area, we should report that at 5.05pm, Gary Cotterill, outside Spurs Lodge, nearly became the first reporter to pay the ultimate price for deadline-day reporting at the front line when he was almost run over by a passing bus.
It was Cotterill who had earlier delivered the defining line, “Nothing is out of the question on transfer deadline day.” At the same time, for a summary of the day’s essence, one was equally drawn to the piece of Sky ticker tape that read: “Tottenham’s bid to sign Bolton defender Gary Cahill described as 50-50 by sources close to the club.”
In other words, here was a transfer that was as likely to happen as it was not to happen — transfer deadline day in a nutshell. The fudgy phrase “sources close to the club” is always telling on these occasions, although it was bettered yesterday by the even more slippery coinage, “circles known to be close to Peter Crouch”. Oh, to move in such circles. And on transfer deadline day, we get to.

weebroalan · « **Reply #198 on:** September 1, 2011, 11:35:13 am »

Quote from: dann on August 31, 2011, 09:02:07 pm

here we go, arrys about to leave, get ready for another car window interview

Looked like he was going to top himself in that interview - didn't realise Cahill was such a special player

Punter · « **Reply #199 on:** September 1, 2011, 01:55:36 pm »

Watching Natalie try to keep composure with Jim White going crazy was entertaining.