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]

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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]

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

Not a chance

[lord bunberry]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

1. EPL game (Man U v Man C) 1,814,000
2. EPL game (Stoke v Man U) 1,254,000
3. EPL game (Newc v Sun'd) 904,000
4. Masters Golf 434,000
5. Masters Golf 398,000
6. Masters Golf 390,000
7. Champions League (Dortmund v Malaga) 318,000
8. Masters Golf 288,000
9. Masters Golf 178,000
10. Goals on Sunday 159,000

SS2 week ended 14 April

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

ESPN week ended 14 April

1. Wigan v Millwall (FA Cup) 331,000
2. Europa League (Chelsea?) 110,000
3. UFC Fighting 40,000
4. Premiership Rugby 38,000
5. Serie A 33,000
6. Premiership Rugby 33,000
7. UFC Fighting 21,000
8. Serie A 20,000
9. SPL highlights show 16,000
10. Serie A 15,000

ESPN week ended 7 April

1. EPL game (Spurs v Everton) 453,000
2. Europa League game 95,000
3. SFL game (Rangers) 70,000
4. SPL game (ICT v St Johnstone) 45,000
5. Bundesliga game (on tape delay) 25,000
6. UFC Fighting 24,000
7. UFC Fighting 19,000
8. SPL game (St Johnstone v Dundee Utd) 17,000
9. Copa Libertadores highlights show 15,000
10. 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

[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!