Yes, it’s easy for armchair critics like ourselves .. and the FSC pundits.
Oh deary me! The coverage of Celtic v Arsenal was ruined by the commentator announcing what was going to happen on the pitch a second before it actually did: the soundtrack was ahead of the visuals. FoxSoccerChannelWatch recommends this: turn off the sound completely and you can provide your own commentary. Advertisers take note – we won’t be listening to the commercials, either.
It’s bad enough to listen to the Fox Soccer Report tell us what happens on the pitch before we see it: “And in a moment we see the only goal of the game.” Thanks for spoiling it for us, FSR! Viewers, turn off the sound! We also get the same shabby treatment with FSC’s new Champions League highlights program, with Max Bretos spoiling it for us again there.
You don’t get that sort of treatment from the Premier League Highlights Show. Across the Atlantic, the soccer’s better, and so is the TV coverage.
Fox Soccer Report glitch for tonight – yep, it’s the same old problem with the graphics; is the person who writes them permanently drunk? – a team by the name of Velencia is up on the screen. Is it some obscure Romanian team? Nope – it’s Valencia from Spain, just one of the most famous teams in the world. Velencia orange juice anyone?
Chicago Fire v LA Galaxy. Did I hear correctly? We are told by commentator Carlos Machado that Chicago don’t manage “a shot on goal”. Then we see the highlights, containing shots on goal by the Chicago team.
Tags: chicago fire, football, fsc, machado, premier league, soccer
22 August, 2009 at 10.54 pm |
This is called modern education It is close for goverment work and jazz.
Fox is better than ESPN. I saw the EPL game on ESPN. At least they used English announcers and commentators not the stupid clwns they have on a regular basis like Lawless and harkers and the rest of those numb skulls. http://bobbygee.wordpress.com/
29 August, 2009 at 4.14 am |
I get what you’re saying, bobbygee. It’s not that the English announcers are necessarily automatically brilliant though, as I’m sure you’ll agree. I’m sure you’ve seen enough football to know that they can be annoying as well.
As an aside, the UEFA Super Cup voice track (good commentating, with pertinent facts) was again ahead of the visuals. “The ball’s gone out for a goal kick,” he says, and then an second later we see the ball go out. This may not be FSC’s fault; perhaps the package of sound and images comes together?? Can it be fixed up by FSC?