villa4europe Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Journo on rotation for me, would like to see Henry winter or Martin Samuel get the gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Martin Samuel the inventor of the West Ham way. no thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arj Guy Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Bellamy isn't great but he is better than Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Yeah he used to do tactics in the Arsenal programme and the Online Tv show but they sacked him for his anti- Wenger stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted December 8, 2015 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2015 5 hours ago, Mantis said: I actually complained to the BBC about that (first time I've ever complained about TV) and got some meaningless stock response that didn't actually address my complaint. They've already described a pitch invasion in the cup this season as "the magic of the FA Cup". Dickheads. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Yep BBC do seem to dislike us. Today their Facebook page read... Bad Boy Grealish set for return... Don't see shit like that about sterling who has also had misdemeanours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 30 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: Yep BBC do seem to dislike us. Today their Facebook page read... Bad Boy Grealish set for return... Don't see shit like that about sterling who has also had misdemeanours sure they are in love with Jamie Vardy and he did a lot worse, bet Adam Johnson doesnt get called such stuff by BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 11 hours ago, Zatman said: sure they are in love with Jamie Vardy and he did a lot worse, bet Adam Johnson doesnt get called such stuff by BBC I bet he doesn't, given the rules about prejudicial reporting before a case has been heard in court. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 9, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2015 Not really sure where to put this, but as the Ramble been discussed in this thread before I'll go for here. On last week's, Pete was going on about how Newcastle always play well when their game is on TV. I didn't think much of it, but then they went and beat liverpool. On TV. So this week he's adamant that it plays a factor for Newcastle, and that all the players care about is putting themselves in the shop window, so they play better when their games are "on TV". Do you think that's really a factor? I'm dubious as games are pretty much always on TV these days. Every premier league game is watched by millions and millions, even if it's not on Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Putting themselves in the shop window? To who? Casual football fans who don't support either team but want to watch a game? Or does this Pete fella follow the Timmy Sherwood theory on scouting? Maybe foreign scouts do watch a game and then decide to scout the player further, who knows. I'm not convinced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 9, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2015 Well exactly, that's why I was dubious myself. Just seemed funny that he was adamant Newcastle always play better on TV last week, and then they go and beat liverpool, on TV, when they've been dreadful all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 They'll be on, on the 19th here in Bulgaria with us. I guarantee they'll wallop us TV or no TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Not really sure where to put this, but as the Ramble been discussed in this thread before I'll go for here. On last week's, Pete was going on about how Newcastle always play well when their game is on TV. I didn't think much of it, but then they went and beat liverpool. On TV. So this week he's adamant that it plays a factor for Newcastle, and that all the players care about is putting themselves in the shop window, so they play better when their games are "on TV". Do you think that's really a factor? I'm dubious as games are pretty much always on TV these days. Every premier league game is watched by millions and millions, even if it's not on Sky. or maybe their players just dont like playing at 3pm on a saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 This season: Newcastle Sat 3PM SWA 2-0 NEW NEW 1-2 WAT MCI 6-1 NEW NEW 0-0 STO NEW 0-3 LEI CPL 5-1 NEW PPG: 0.17 Newcatle non-Sat 3PM NEW 2-2 SOU MNU 0-0 NEW NEW 0-1 ARS WHU 2-0 NEW NEW 2-2 CHE NEW 6-2 NOR SUN 3-0 NEW BOU 0-1 NEW NEW 2-0 LIV PPG: 1.33 The trend he has observed is certainly true of this season at least. My problem with it is the theory behind it - whether a game is 'televised' or not for consumers has no effect on whether scouts can see it, especially scouts based abroad, which is where most of the players wanting to move are surely hoping to go to (Sissoko surely wants to go to France, Cisse to the Middle East or China, neither can imagine they're going to get a better move to an English club). Games at 3PM on a Saturday are widely televised outside the UK. But they do seem to perform better when not playing at 3PM Sat, I can't argue with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 9, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2015 Yep, that's my issue with it too. Every game is "on TV" these days. Still, interesting that they've definitely showed that trend this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 every game is on TV but I imagine games that are on Sky have a different atmosphere/feeling to them. I would imagine a 4pm game vs Stoke would have a lot more media and hype than a 3pm game vs Stoke that is broadcast somewhere else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 if ever in doubt, chalk it up to variance. and move on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 the strange thing being that i personally think VP is flat as a pancake when we've got some shit game on tv (i know its not brilliant anyway) can remember over the last couple of years definitely playing norwich at 4pm on a sunday (the benteke overhead kick game) and im sure stoke and really not wanting to be there, man utd game at 5.30pm on a ridiculously cold saturday evening too i personally am demotivated by a tv game rather than being up for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 42 minutes ago, villa4europe said: the strange thing being that i personally think VP is flat as a pancake when we've got some shit game on tv (i know its not brilliant anyway) can remember over the last couple of years definitely playing norwich at 4pm on a sunday (the benteke overhead kick game) and im sure stoke and really not wanting to be there, man utd game at 5.30pm on a ridiculously cold saturday evening too i personally am demotivated by a tv game rather than being up for it IIRC that was the last time we properly thumped someone at home. It's been way too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 9, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2015 I wonder how much criticism Swansea are going to receive for sacking a young, English manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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