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Extremely disappointed with the premier league coverage this season.

To cancel or not to cancel sportsnet...that is the question.

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I never renewed Sportsnet World this season and I have found most of the games on the free HD channels or at a pinch on a stream.

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Last year I recorded virtually every game now i'm finding that not all games are being shown plus there over three channels so I can not record one of them they aren't getting the teams right on the guide and they are not getting repeated at a later time so i can fix there mistakes!

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No, I understand. On the flip side I've finished a lot more work on the weekends.

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It's true I would free up a lot of time!

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Coverage seems pretty good to me. At least 4 games including TSN on a Saturday morning plus recorded games. Two games on a Sunday plus midweek games.
Championship is where it's at anyway.

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Yes, if you're shit.

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I will not argue about football, I will not argue about football.

Hmm I can smell the plastic...

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You should try ditching TV altogether, its amazing what you can get done...

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I only watch soccer...

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I don't understand. Unless I'm putting emphasis on "this season" that you didn't mean.

Presentation is the same as it's always been; the only difference I see is sometimes there's a choice of three games instead of "just" two. That's a good thing - except where there's no "lunchtime" Saturday match and having a choice of three doesn't really replace the missed game.

As for the wrong game listed, I use canadasoccer and although it's not as quick and full as it's predecessor, it appears to be accurate.

Perhaps the person running it has a contact rather than relying on the schedule. :unsure:

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If you cancel rogers sportsnet you will only be left with tsn and tsn2 to watch matches keep it going.
I subscibe to rogers sportsnet world but just for the season about 15 bucks a month.
I have plenty of choose to watch the champions of europe play;)
Have a good day.:)

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Will the champions of europe be defending their title this year? Oh I forgot they qualified for the group stage matches. How is that going BTW;)
Lord help us if they win the Club World Cup if they beat Corinthians.
I tend to think this article is diminishing their stature as a great team;)

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/...3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

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No they will not be defending there title this year:(.
To be honest they have only them selfs to blame damage was done in the first game just shit defending.
I am sure the champions league will miss them;) but we are still in the europa cup:o.
Club world cup winners now that sounds good;)
Rafa our leader:eek:

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I find the benefit of having sportsnet world online is if you work away/when games are on you can still watch the whole match later :thumbsup:

but we are still in the europa cup.

This is very wrong.....not Chelsea specific but the fact that a team gets knocked out of one competition into another. A team that has come through qualifying rounds and then a group stage of the europa then ends up playing a team that was not good enough for the CL but probably still superior to europa opposition thus shattering the smaller teams dream in the name of the 'bigger' clubs maintaining a gravy train :thumbdown:

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It's not a great system but I think people overreact a bit.

If you fail in the league system - not finish high enough - you go in the first round of the FA Cup. If you succeed, you join at the third round.

If you fail to finish top four in the Prem, you either go into the Europa or nothing. Top four gets you CL or at least the play off game.

Football is full of examples of teams "failing" to reach a certain point and going into a lesser competition (or the same one at an earlier stage).

Granted they went into the CL and then came third in the group, but one can argue that other teams failed in the very same competition - the qualifiers and the play offs - and still went to the Europa. Nobody seems to complain about that.

However, my main lack of objection is that there are plenty of clubs who are happy to get that parachute and the reward for coming third keeps the group alive and the last matches competitive - reducing the chance of the 'fix' in the final games, or the easy match because the opponents have nothing to play for.

Of course, ManU and Man City last time didn't seem interested once there, but they were exceptions.

I'm also unconvinced that the "typical" Europa club is unhappy at suddenly finding a ManU or a Chelsea in the same competition.

It's possibly a bit like when ManU, Spurs and Chelsea were relegated to the old second division. The second division clubs didn't think what are these clubs doing here, taking our promotion places, our jobs and our women. :rofl:

The second division got a boost. Maybe the Europa will get a boost from having the current champions in the same competition?

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Thats true regarding the CL and Europa but I think the FA cup is a bit different as every club in the land can enter and once you are out thats it.

I would like to see the CL and Europa just go to a straight knock out every team out of the hat format. This would get rid of qualifiers and group stages all together. Seeding teams is just BS and means that the same few mop up all the money year after year. I think this would avoid fix games and make all matches competitive

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There's plenty of evidence of that changing.

I'm a fan of the old three Euro trophies but a lot of people forget seeding existed then too.

I think the CL is a good balance. All I'd change would be a maximum of two teams from the top leagues - putting a bit more glamour in the Europa, while opening the CL to more teams - and keeping the seeding but do away with the geographical separation.