11 May, 2009 by fscwatch
Nice of Jeremy St. Louis http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/3710376/Jeremy-St.-Louis to greet the moms watching on Mother’s Day.
But -oh dear! – the guys who do the graphics have fouled up again: the report showed video of Manchester United apparently scoring two goals against cross-town rivals Manchester City.
The Setanta Sports Channel graphic showed the score as Manchester United 2 Manchester City 0.
The Fox Soccer Channel graphics, however, gave the score as … Manchester United 0 Manchester City 2.
Which team won the game? Who knows? I am deaf, so cannot hear the commentary. I think I cannot rely on Fox Soccer Channel.
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19 April, 2009 by fscwatch
So we are shown Chelsea scoring two goals, and Arsenal scoring only one goal in the FA CUp semi-final game held at the new Wembley, but announcer Terry Leigh (who is she exactly – and what credentials does she have to mispronounce players’ names?) misreads the autocue and says “Arsenal win this – um, Chelsea win this 2-1.” Is she confused? Because we certainly are: the gigantic graphic informs us of the score: Arsenal 2 – 1 Chelsea.
We will look forward to the FA Cup final, then – can Chelsea, or Arsenal, or whoever the finalist might be, beat Manchester United or Everton or Matlock Town FC or Kyoto Purple Sanga or whoever their opponents might be?
Moral of the story: don’t rely on Fox Soccer Report for, er, anything factual.
Tags: arsenal, chelsea, everton, fa cup, kyoto sanga, manchester united, matlock
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10 April, 2009 by fscwatch
Yet another typo on the Fox Soccer Report graphics:
PSG 0 – 0 Dyanmo Kiev
Don’t they have simple spell-checker software? Like Microsoft Word? C’mon guys, not even Gmail?
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9 April, 2009 by fscwatch
Changes in the look of the Fox Soccer Report program. The new background showing a stadium full of fans is better, and having the two main commentators facing fewer cameras is also an improvement. Why another announcer is separated frpm these two, and why s/he has to stand, we don’t know. A demotion for those guys?
One of the weakest areas of the program – the graphics – remains, however:
- the graphics are huge. Even if the producers feel the titling has to be large to cater to the visually-challenged viewer, the graphic extends above and below the writing. These large graphics cover up the video of the action on the pitch!
-even worse, the graphics are rarely accurate. It’s as if the person responsible for them has some sort of beef with the channel and deliberately messes them up. Is it true?
Because the commentators, most of whom appear to new to the sport of association football, also make mistakes on a regular basis, we cannot be sure if the information we are given is correct.
Today’s problem: can you work it out? The graphic tells us that this weekend’s game is Houston Dynamo v New York Red Bulls. Great! I’m booking my flight to Houston right now. Oh, hang on, the commentator (Carlos Machado) tells us New York are at home to Houston! Twice! While the graphic remains on the screen informing us that Houston are playing at home.
What Fox Soccer Channel have to do:
1. Sack the commentators, apart from Bobby McMahon. Replace them with people like Bobby who know the game.
2. Revamp the style of the graphics, and have some sort of quality control of the text.
Tags: fox soccer report april 2009
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27 February, 2009 by fscwatch
Kudos to Bobby for predicting a Liverpool victory away at Real Madrid (R. Madrid 0 – 1 Liverpool) in the Champions League. (Shouldn’t that be Champions’ League?). If Real haven’t been on top form this term, then neither have Liverpool. We’ll see on Fox Soccer Report on Friday 27 Feb 09 if this correct prediction will lead to any crowing on Bobby’s part .. or fawning on the part of his colleagues. Whether this would be natural to all people/TV programs I don’t know, but when Bobby makes wrong predictions, these are never brought up on subsequent shows for some reason.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_McMahon
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17 August, 2008 by fscwatch
Any predictions out there on who’ll win the Championship in 08-09? And which other 2 teams will be promoted?
For me:
Champions: Birmingham
Second: Reading
Third: Wolves
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17 August, 2008 by fscwatch
“Hooray!” We can watch the Prem instead of that watered-down version of the World Cup called the Olympics. Does anyone agree with me that that FIFA should pull soccer from the Olympics entirely?
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