Hull City thread

FROM SKY TV:

yep Tm, I knew that they were prepared to show it delayed on Sky, but i really don't think i could stay away from the internet coverage of the LIVE game (2.am here)

Thats sky's problem at the moment they seem to be a bit slow on the uptake that there are other options for us to watch live sport, and its a method they cant sell advertising on. the more people who switch to sopcast/tvants, the better the quality of the service, and more people will join. i wouldn't be surprised if sky soon petitioned the major isp's to block those p2p streaming sites. If the coverage for next years football hasn't improved significantly, i might be able to get the boss to open on Monday mornings for coverage of championship games payed on Sunday nights. APRA would love that, but no-one in NZ has broadcast rights so where not really stepping on anyones toes. UberGunner2008-05-16 09:45:28

There excuse was that there is too much live sport so I've asked if they can hijack the Highlights channel for 2 1/2 hrs. I'm awaiting a responce. No one will miss the Highlights Channel at 2 am.

Just got a reply back and it was a very empahtic NO! I wonder what will happen if the Cricket is rained out though?

slightly off the topic but seeing as hull look almost certainties to make the premiership, would the Hull v Everton  matches  next season be considered  mersyside derbies as well ?? 

Umm, I guess you never did geography huh. Hull in on the River Humber, its the other side of the country.

yeah i did just not of england, feeling mighty stupid right about now   


giddyup2008-05-16 15:40:14

Dont worry mate, we still luvs ya.

great idea but they are too dumb to realise that the world is changing,

one response from them was that "their market research indicated that soccer fans were a small but vocal minority",

well, they'll certainly get vocal from me!, i will happily sl*g the f**kers off to any one within earshot


 i could have been praising them to the Skies now (pun intended) but they had there chance to show a bit of responsiveness to their punters but they blew it - bring on the competition

My trusty old rattle went into overdrive when Caleb Folan headed us into relative safety against Watford but he appeared to have two left feet during the game which prompted the following comments on Hull City's 'online' site:

yeh, OT i read those commnets (there's a few that want Folan to start ahead of Deano though! - and the classic commnet something along the lines of .."yeh but would you like to be Brownie trying to tell that to Mr Windass)

the thread "Was that better than sex?" was also a bit of a laugh

 - the classic  a few old tigers saying they couldn't answer accurately coz they couldn't remember what shagging was like! Scary!!

f**k OT we might just make it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bristol ave been doing pretty good the last four games. Carle lookin good, so are Trundle and Noble. I am going for BC, Hull up is good too. Just glad it ain't watford or Crystal Palace.

The bad omen for us is that no team scoring 6 goals in a play-off has gone on to win the final.

stuff the omens!

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one response from them was that "their market research indicated that soccer fans were a small but vocal minority",

Yeah, all one billion of us.

The response i got over a week ago said that they were showing the game "Live". Has this since changed?? This should be a good game to watch.

I really dont understand why they don't show the "Live" Championship games that BSKYB show. If it's ratings they're worried about why do they keep showing repreat upon repeat of other sporting fixtures well after the used by date. Isn't that what the highlights channel was meant to cover??

Tigers, do you have a link to a live feed. I'm gonna pump the image through my laptop to my 42" LCD at home. Hopefully there is a decent image coming throuigh. I'd even pay for it if I had too.

http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=12704&part=sports  here is the link specific to the bristol vs hull game

cheers Ubergunner

tigers - I went to ask Sky about the Champions League Final (I'm away from home and the hotel doesn't do ESPN, only Sky Sports) and I noticed the following:

This article may be from last year as this is at the bottom (not FA Cup date)

Yeah good point. Shame they don't put dates on the questions. According to the guide there's some cricket being shown on both SS1 and SS2  when the play-off is on. In fact they will have SS1, SS2 and SS3 all showing cricket simultaneously from 4:30 to 5

Yeah, IPL and Black Caps tour. I wonder what will happen if the test is rained off. We should leave phone numbers so they can put the Hull game on and call us.

If every football fan rang in, they'd still say it was a vocal minority instead of conceding football is more popular than they care to admit

Kingz say no.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4554976a10.html sky getting a rark up, hopefully this might get political and we can pimp football coverage as an example of the "poor" job sky are doing.

yep, If TVNZ got the rights and showed The Championship and DIV1, Div2 games that BskyB show live, as well as Scottish, Germain, Greek football, there might be more than a few surprised persons.

Sky are rubbish but the Tigers aren't! Let's see them knock over Bristol and make a bit of history.