General Football 23/24

[Yozza]

Btw, that Pogba is ****in unreal. Finding it hard to think of a better central midfielder right now.

Purlease - 2 ****ing pull backs? So what?!

Joe Allen does that in his sleep......

[spud_gun]

41,000 at ibrox yesterday for Frenando Ricksen's testimonial game. Impressive.

Never a fan of his when he played for Rangers but the sight of him yesterday was heartbreaking.

[RichC]

41,000 at ibrox yesterday for Frenando Ricksen's testimonial game. Impressive.

Never a fan of his when he played for Rangers but the sight of him yesterday was heartbreaking.

Awful to see wasn't it. Poor bloke.

[Shaggy]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/27/gry-lineker-bt-sport-bbc-champions-league?CMP=share_btn_tw

BT Sport hoping to sign Gary Lineker to front Champions League coverage

• Deal would enable former striker to continue BBC role
• BT won rights from Sky Sports and ITV in £897m deal
• Lineker has presented Match of the Day since 1999

BT Sport has stepped up attempts to sign Gary Lineker to front its live Champions League coverage next season on a deal that would enable him to also continue presenting Match of the Day for the BBC.

The Match of the Day anchor is contracted exclusively to the BBC until 2016 but it is understood that talks are ongoing about a deal that would allow Lineker to also appear on BT Sport from next season. According to industry sources, the telecoms giant is desperate for a big name to front its first season of exclusive Champions League football. It won the rights to both the Champions League and the Europa League from Sky Sports and ITV in a £897m three-year deal beginning next season.

But the new deal will necessitate a new pricing structure, with the broadcaster likely to launch a new subscription channel to house the rights.

As such, Lineker is seen as a potentially attractive frontman to launch the new service. Under the plans, Jake Humphrey could continue to present BT Sport’s Premier League and FA Cup coverage.

If the BBC agrees to share Lineker on a reduced contract, meanwhile, he would be able to continue presenting Match of the Day and major events such as the World Cup and Olympics.

The former England striker, who moved into television upon retiring and has become the most coveted football anchor in the game, also works for NBC and al-Jazeera.

In an interview with the Guardian last year, BBC head of TV sport Philip Bernie said Lineker was “the best presenter in the business”.

“We love Gary. He’s a sensational football presenter and is the outstanding person in that field in this country,” he said. “For someone who was that great a footballer to have turned into that great a presenter is remarkable. We’ve got a very long relationship with him that we’re very keen to continue.”

The BBC has the rights to Premier League highlights until at least the end of next season. The Premier League is due to announce shortly whether it will retain the rights from 2016/16 onwards. As revealed by the Guardian, ITV is launching a serious challenge in a bid to snatch the rights.

Meanwhile BT Sport, Sky Sports and the Discovery Channel are going head to head for the live rights to Premier League football, with the result expected within the next fortnight.

There are seven packages on offer for a total of 168 live matches per season, 14 more than under the current deal.

One of the packages contains up to 10 live games per season on a Friday night. Under the current deal, Sky pays £2.3bn over three years for 116 matches per season and BT Sport invested £738m over three years to show 38 live matches.

[Yozza]

'Meanwhile BT Sport, Sky Sports and the Discovery Channel are going head to head for the live rights to Premier League football, with the result expected within the next fortnight.'

I thought the Discovery Channel was an edit - WTF?! Can't be real


Edit: Didn't realise they'd bought Eurosport

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/11085664/Discovery-stokes-talk-of-a-Premier-League-rights-bid-following-Eurosport-acquistiondiscovery.html

[Chris]

Bear Grylls getting the guests to eat slugs or get the juice out of elephant **** as he presents Man Utd v Liverpool would be kinda cool.

[Yozza]

Bear Grylls getting the guests to eat slugs or get the juice out of elephant **** as he presents Man Utd v Liverpool would be kinda cool.

Whatever rocks your boat

[Shaggy]

ACTUAL BREAKING NEWS: Sky Sports will NOT be doing live broadcasts with fans around from outside the grounds on transfer deadline day. Instead they will either pre-record reports or do them from inside the clubs. This, presumably is in a bid to stop their reporters from having giant rubber penises jammed in faces. Again.
More to follow shortly...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejm3NIKXhCk"]Blooper! Sky sports reporter gets dildo in his ear LIVE on TV!! - YouTube[/ame]

[Chris]

[Tee]

[Phoenix07]

It adds to the whole transfer deadline day farce. Remember the Stoke fans...

[wiw]

To avoid shouts of "**** her right in the pussy" as well presumably

[McDermotX]

Hahahaha....

Time for that classic image

[Shaggy]

[rodo]

there goes the population of stoke`s annual night out