We live in a world where James Corden inexplicably has a career, and now will get an OBE for services to entertainment at Christmas. Nothing surprises me.
Andy Townsend
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We live in a world where James Corden inexplicably has a career, and now will get an OBE for services to entertainment at Christmas. Nothing surprises me.
If they get Premier League, I'll just watch on Sky. I only watch MOTD because its MOTD. It's an institution.
If we win (or sometimes if we draw), I watch on Match Choice and watch MOTD later. Can never have too much of a victory.
Difference between now and when ITV had the Premiership before is that last time it was fairly unavoidable - if you wanted to see the highlights and didn't have Sky you had to watch it.
Now every game's highlights is watchable online if needed
Now every game's highlights is watchable online if needed
It used to be that I would go out of a Saturday/Sunday evening, but these days, after a victory or deserved draw, my evening is very much set. It usually consists of drinking copious amounts of beer and whisky, tuning into 606, if I'm back early from a Ramblers walk, and being on here. In the meantime I'm downloading the 90 minutes when it appears and then watching it TWICE, probably back to back, and pausing/replaying odd moments the second time through to catch any of the controversial bits so that I can make up my mind about them. Then there is chatting with friends on the phone or texting, or having them come over as long as they don't mind me being totally involved with Saints. Truth is, as I'm the only Saints/football fan amongst my circle of close friends they know I wish to be left well alone to get on with hugging myself with glee. Then I watch MOTD on iPlayer live and keep putting the pointer back to the start of the match until I've had enough of watching us win. Then if AFCB have won I'll watch the FL show bit with them on. By the time that's all ended, the extended highlights are probably up on the Saints OS, so I'll watch those and see what Adam Blackmore and Whispering Dave make of any moments. This doesn't include all the post match interviews I've probably watched by then and an evening meal that I've got around to cooking. To round off a blissful Saints winning evening, and if Radio 5 have done a commentary on our match, I go to bed and put on iPlayer Radio to listen to the commentary as I fall asleep.
If we lose I go out for the evening and forget about football. By the time I come back I'm ready to find out the details of why we've lost.
Itv are rubbish at the footy because their pundits are only employed on the basis that they can say a very few words as a link to "we'll be right back after the break".