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I get why they get ex pros rather than experts, I don't agree but I understand. McEnroe and Michael johnson are both excellent. But they should have to stay within their own field of expertise.
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LaFlorecita said:A triple jumper replacing Ashley and Juan Antonio? What a bunch of nonsense... I doubt many of the non-British riders even know who he is. That's the pre- and post-race coverage down the drain, I definitely won't be watching.
Also for Romandie it's not a great coverage, circa an hour per day, last year were three hours on Bike Channel.argyllflyer said:Nirvana said:Very, but very, poor coverage for Yorkshire.
Today they'll go live only at 17:30 but the finish is scheduled between 16:47 and 17:12, so it's probably not a "live" as indicated on the TV guide but some highlights or deferred coverage for 45 mins.
Tomorrow nothing on the TV guide (45 mins at 5:00 sunday morning...).
Sunday they'll go live at 17:00 with the finish scheduled between 17:02 and 17:29.
Why they bought the rights if they can't have a proper nor a decent coverage?
Too many live events for the channels they have. Here in UK they're also showing Romandie live and snooker as well.
argyllflyer said:LaFlorecita said:A triple jumper replacing Ashley and Juan Antonio? What a bunch of nonsense... I doubt many of the non-British riders even know who he is. That's the pre- and post-race coverage down the drain, I definitely won't be watching.
WIll Edwards even be on location though? House, Messeguer and FLecha still will be.
Ashley House posted on twitter that he and Juan Antonio won't be in Eurosport's coverage anymore.argyllflyer said:LaFlorecita said:A triple jumper replacing Ashley and Juan Antonio? What a bunch of nonsense... I doubt many of the non-British riders even know who he is. That's the pre- and post-race coverage down the drain, I definitely won't be watching.
WIll Edwards even be on location though? House, Messeguer and FLecha still will be.
RedheadDane said:Doesn't ex-pros have a tendency of being experts? I mean, who'd be a better expert at something than someone who's actually done the thing in question?
tobydawq said:RedheadDane said:Doesn't ex-pros have a tendency of being experts? I mean, who'd be a better expert at something than someone who's actually done the thing in question?
Do you think René Wenzel is an excellent expert?
Just because a person has been working with the thing in question does not make him/her fit to be on TV programmes on the subject.
RedheadDane said:Well, it's not his fault if they're sometimes short on commentators for the European races, causing him to commentate those as well, and with more European races than US races it's pretty obvious that there would be a more frequent need for commentators in European races.
What's wrong with his voice? It just sounds... voicey... like the voice of a person.
(It's a damn shame Brian Holm got that "secondary job".)
argyllflyer said:They do use their online space - watching Frankfurt just now and they had the pics form TdY on yesterday from well before they went live - not sure if whole stage but certainly with 120km to go.
Would also say 4 Days.. doesn't start til the 9th - what planner are you looking at? I can't find schedules any more than a week in advance? It won't show on the Sky planner for example until the afternoon of the 2nd - if they're showing it.
Alberto Fishwick said:argyllflyer said:They do use their online space - watching Frankfurt just now and they had the pics form TdY on yesterday from well before they went live - not sure if whole stage but certainly with 120km to go.
Would also say 4 Days.. doesn't start til the 9th - what planner are you looking at? I can't find schedules any more than a week in advance? It won't show on the Sky planner for example until the afternoon of the 2nd - if they're showing it.
Virgin planner goes out two weeks. It does change but I can't see a whole race being shunted in.