FA Cup - Live TV games

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:45 pm

Crap draw and the TV have chosen the worst possible games.

Matty_Robson's_Chin · **Joined:** Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:57 pm **Posts:** 2155

AFC Wimbledon will be worth a watch. There knocking about the conference these days?? I had my fingers crossed for AFC Wimbledon vs MK Dons - didn't happen though did it. :evil:

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

There's always next round MRC.

martin83 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:47 pm **Posts:** 570

Was 'talking' to a afc fan on another forum who said he was glad they missed mk as its the first time they have made the first round and didnt want that to be outshone by them playing fc franchise. Fair point i think.

Mute Witness · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:10 am **Posts:** 3572

Leeds on TV is getting a bit silly now.

Leeds vs. Northampton is about as interesting a tie as Brighton vs. Hartlepool.

In an ideal world teams would be shown evenly and as a result the tv money distributed would be more evenly. Teams like Bournemouth would be better off being given the oppertunity to be on TV than Leeds.

When they showed Posh vs. Bristol Rovers, a League 1 game not involving Leeds, it showed how entertaining it could be.

Also agree that it's unfair on the other minnows to show Havant & Waterlooville again. They showed how much the FA Cup helped their club before the draw, now it's time to help another club that is in desperate need of cash.

Last year Ken Bates accussed TV stations of picking on Leeds by refusing to show them. I think he must have been having a laugh.

parmopooly · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:22 pm

I hope Ken Bates dies very soon.

BobMonksHouses · **Joined:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:42 am **Posts:** 169

Poolie of Kent wrote:

Crap draw and the TV have chosen the worst possible games.

AFC Wimbledon will be a cracker imo
Leeds waste of time and Waterloo will get stuffed

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36917

MadJohn wrote:

ITV

Havant & Waterlooville v Brentford :roll:

So Havant made some nice cash from last year's FA Cup run. Let's ignore all other non-league sides that have battled their way through to the first round and just show them again.

Did you notice they were one of the feature teams on ITV before the Cup draw, well there's a coincidence. :roll:

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:14 pm

parmopooly wrote:

I hope Ken Bates dies very soon.

It's gradually come to my notice you don't believe in half measures!

parmopooly · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:24 pm

ronaldo · **Joined:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:53 pm **Posts:** 861

There isnt an attractive game tv game in the whole of the first round, sometimes cup draws pan out like that.

Wimbledon is okay but an all southern affair.

Blyth v Shrewsbury or Durham or Histon v Swindon would of been my choice.

But the tv obsessed with leeds and have a southern bias.

jish · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:01 pm

They have purely chosen Leeds as the TV companies know they will get the biggest audience, not only in this country but worldwide.

It's all about money you know. You should know this by now!

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:05 pm

Even if I owned all the TV channels I wouldn't broadcast Brighton v Pools.
Completely devoid of interest to anyone who doesn't support either of the teams.

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