Espn!

[hfc rd]

Why on earth are they showing the QPR vs ersenil game this evening instead of the Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich game. Bloody crazy!

[Part/Time Supporter]

Because it will get a better rating and ESPN have paid a lot for EPL rights.

[hfc rd]

Because it will get a better rating and ESPN have paid a lot for EPL rights.


You're probably right about the money but I doubt the rating is going to be better. The two best teams in Europe who got the better against the two powerhouse's of world football and are now going to be competing with each other in the CL Final or a relegated EPL side against an inconsistent team that are a shadow of themselves that can't win a trophy.

[cleanyman]

Because it will get a better rating and ESPN have paid a lot for EPL rights.

Not a chance

[lord bunberry]

Not a chance

I disagree, I've never watched a live german game in my life and have no intention of ever doing so. If there's an English game on I normally watch it

[Stringer]

Klopp is resting players. He has said in an interview the game is meaningless

[Scottie]

I disagree, I've never watched a live german game in my life and have no intention of ever doing so. If there's an English game on I normally watch it

You don't know what your missing.
The quality of German football is far supereor at the moment.
Especially the Bayern team in the last 4-5 years.

[greenlex]

The schedule will have been in place for weeks now. Would the two losing semi finalists going head to head still he a huge draw outside Germany?

[lord bunberry]

You don't know what your missing.
The quality of German football is far supereor at the moment.
Especially the Bayern team in the last 4-5 years.

Your probably right but I just don't have any great interest in german football. I don't really watch much european football other than the champions league, and even then my interest wains when the british clubs get knocked out.

[Scottie]

Your probably right but I just don't have any great interest in german football. I don't really watch much european football other than the champions league, and even then my interest wains when the british clubs get knocked out.

I am the same as you mate.
Couldnt get into European football until the blanket coverage of a new team from Glasgow call The Rangers.Even now there on SS4 instead of a meaningful Championship game. :fuming:

If you got the time to catch a German/Italian game its worthwhile.The standard is so much better than we are used to in Scotland unfortunately. Mind you i wouldn't swap a minute watching the Hibees for anything else. :aok:

[lord bunberry]

I am the same as you mate.
Couldnt get into European football until the blanket coverage of a new team from Glasgow call The Rangers.Even now there on SS4 instead of a meaningful Championship game. :fuming:

If you got the time to catch a German/Italian game its worthwhile.The standard is so much better than we are used to in Scotland unfortunately. Mind you i wouldn't swap a minute watching the Hibees for anything else. :aok:

I appreciate that the standard is better its just that I can't get myself excited about watching european football in the way I do watching british football

[Part/Time Supporter]

Barca and Madrid get half decent ratings in the UK (particularly when playing each other) but the other European leagues don't rate at all well.

Look here:

http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing/weekly-top-10?

SS1 week ended 14 April

EPL game (Man U v Man C) 1,814,000
EPL game (Stoke v Man U) 1,254,000
EPL game (Newc v Sun'd) 904,000
Masters Golf 434,000
Masters Golf 398,000
Masters Golf 390,000
Champions League (Dortmund v Malaga) 318,000
Masters Golf 288,000
Masters Golf 178,000
Goals on Sunday 159,000


SS2 week ended 14 April

Champions League (Barca v PSG) 792,000
Championship game (Leicester v Birmingham) 228,000
Scottish Cup game (Dundee Utd v Celtic) 176,000
Darts 175,000
Soccer AM 149,000
Football First Game of the Day 129,000
Sporting Heroes 117,000
Premiership Rugby 107,000
Masters Golf 61,000
Zaragoza v Barca 59,000


ESPN week ended 14 April

Wigan v Millwall (FA Cup) 331,000
Europa League (Chelsea?) 110,000
UFC Fighting 40,000
Premiership Rugby 38,000
Serie A 33,000
Premiership Rugby 33,000
UFC Fighting 21,000
Serie A 20,000
SPL highlights show 16,000
Serie A 15,000


ESPN week ended 7 April

EPL game (Spurs v Everton) 453,000
Europa League game 95,000
SFL game (Rangers) 70,000
SPL game (ICT v St Johnstone) 45,000
Bundesliga game (on tape delay) 25,000
UFC Fighting 24,000
UFC Fighting 19,000
SPL game (St Johnstone v Dundee Utd) 17,000
Copa Libertadores highlights show 15,000
ESPN kicks show 15,000


I think you can see why ESPN would choose to show even a mediocre EPL game over foreign stuff.

[Hanny]

ESPN are showing it on Sunday morning at 9.45am :agree:

[Sir David Gray]

The QPR-Arsenal game will attract a far larger TV audience in the UK than Bayern Munich-Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.

Perhaps that's a sad indictment on British TV viewers but it's a fact.

Also, ESPN will have a contract with the Premier League that says they'll have to show so many games each season and cover each team so many times and they'll have the same contract with the Bundesliga.

[Iggy Pope]

Why would it be crazy, strange, sad or anything else, that viewers in the UK might prefer to watch a London derby (with the Gunners still having a bit to play for) than a meaningless German fixture?
Seems clear enough to me.

[Sir David Gray]

Just turned it over just now for the Fiorentina-Roma game and they were previewing some of their live games that are coming up over the next week or so.

Apparently Celtic are away to Notts County next week.

I wonder if the Notts County players are happy about this, considering that they're probably away on holiday just now after ending their season last week!