BT Champions League

**GreenT** · 18-08-2015 07:18 PM

Don't if I'll last the season having to listen to Michael Owen's CL commentary. Dull and boring. Will be interesting to see what full coverage will be like on BT when the CL gets going. Can't say I have been much impressed with their footie coverage in general.

**Since90+2** · 18-08-2015 07:21 PM

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Don't if I'll last the season having to listen to Michael Owen's CL commentary. Dull and boring. Will be interesting to see what full coverage will be like on BT when the CL gets going. Can't say I have been much impressed with their footie coverage in general.

Paul Scholes is even worse. Fantastic player but terrible pundit.

**Pretty Boy** · 18-08-2015 07:28 PM

That boy Memphis looks not too shabby.

***Baldy Foghorn*** · 18-08-2015 07:31 PM

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That boy Memphis looks not too shabby.

Couple of crackers from him.......

***tamig*** · 18-08-2015 07:31 PM

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Don't if I'll last the season having to listen to Michael Owen's CL commentary. Dull and boring. Will be interesting to see what full coverage will be like on BT when the CL gets going. Can't say I have been much impressed with their footie coverage in general.

I despise Owen's co-commentary/"expert analysis" is humdrum and boring. Gary Neville gives some really insightful views and comments but Owen is nothing but a bore. Money for nothing.

**nellio** · 19-08-2015 10:54 AM

Watched a fair bit of BT's premier leauge coverage and although Scholes was aquality player he is very drab as a pundit. Same for Owen really and he's employed as a colour commentator! Surley they must had had some form of auditions beforehand to see what they were like. Owen is terrible.

**Purehibee_MYB** · 19-08-2015 10:59 AM

Michael Owen is so bad it's ridiculous

"That Depay looks like a football player"

You don't say Michael....

**LancashireHibby** · 19-08-2015 11:26 AM

Maybe I should consider myself lucky that for some reason I don't have any volume on BT Sport Europe HD.

**robinp** · 19-08-2015 11:29 AM

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Michael Owen is so bad it's ridiculous

"That Depay looks like a football player"

You don't say Michael....

He also insisted on telling you, every time there was a misplaced or over-hit pass, these champions league balls are very light weight!

**heretoday** · 19-08-2015 12:16 PM

I tune in to a foreign site so I can watch the game without understanding a word the hacks are saying. Bliss!

**lyonhibs** · 19-08-2015 04:07 PM

Does the BT deal mean zilch ITV CL coverage now ?

**magpie1892** · 19-08-2015 04:17 PM

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I despise Owen's co-commentary/"expert analysis" is humdrum and boring. Gary Neville gives some really insightful views and comments but Owen is nothing but a bore. Money for nothing.

It's not as if the **** needs the money after four seasons doing **** all at NUFC for £117,000 a week.

Being as objective as I can be, he is boring, boring, boring and those horrible nasal tones don't help.

**wearethehibs** · 19-08-2015 04:17 PM

Ive only got "BT Sport Lite" now. Wasn't paying an extra £5 for this Europe channel.

Took me 3 calls to eventually downgrade.

Do you know I can get BT Fiber Optic in my area.

**Real Emerald** · 19-08-2015 04:17 PM

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Does the BT deal mean zilch ITV CL coverage now ?

Its getting beyond a joke now. I pay over £100 a month for Sky and can no longer watch champs league or most Scottish games. BT are wanting another £20 a month for sports as I dont want their broadband and don't have cable. I'm thinking of getting rid of Sky sports as the whole TV football thing has gone mad. Meanwhile English clubs pay eye watering amounts of money for ordinary players. Rant over.

**magpie1892** · 19-08-2015 04:19 PM

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Does the BT deal mean zilch ITV CL coverage now ?

I'm pretty sure the final is still free-to-air.

Woop-de-do.

**lyonhibs** · 19-08-2015 04:45 PM

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I'm pretty sure the final is still free-to-air.

Woop-de-do.

Not to worry
I can always improve my German, French or Italian by watching the free to air channels here where they haven't lubed up for satellite TV to the same extent.

Infinitely better than Michael Owen by the sounds of it frankly

**magpie1892** · 19-08-2015 04:52 PM

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Not to worry
I can always improve my German, French or Italian by watching the free to air channels here where they haven't lubed up for satellite TV to the same extent.

Infinitely better than Michael Owen by the sounds of it frankly

Playing soft jazz throughout the game - without interruption - would be an improvement on Owen.

**Heedersnvolleys** · 19-08-2015 05:21 PM

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I'm pretty sure the final is still free-to-air.

Woop-de-do.

I think they are going to launch BT Sport Showcase channel.

https://recombu.com/digital/article/bt-sport-showcase-free-champions-league-freeview

**Andy74** · 19-08-2015 05:30 PM

I wasn't able to watch the Man U game live and hadn't recorded it and so I went for the catch up in the BT sport app.

It's a great idea totally ruined when you press the replay game button and it takes you to a page with the full details of the game with the score etc where yin the. Have to press again to p,ay the game you've just been give the score from.

Why on earth would they do that?

***SteveHFC*** · 19-08-2015 05:34 PM

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Its getting beyond a joke now. I pay over £100 a month for Sky and can no longer watch champs league or most Scottish games. BT are wanting another £20 a month for sports as I dont want their broadband and don't have cable. I'm thinking of getting rid of Sky sports as the whole TV football thing has gone mad. Meanwhile English clubs pay eye watering amounts of money for ordinary players. Rant over.

We've been with sky since the start 20+ years phoned yesterday to cancel and they offered us a £10 discount for 10 months needless to say we declined and will be sky free and £100 a month better off by 19th September.
BT has also been dumped apart for the free version we get with broadband

***HH81*** · 19-08-2015 05:38 PM

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We've been with sky since the start 20+ years phoned yesterday to cancel and they offered us a £10 discount for 10 months needless to say we declined and will be sky free and £100 a month better off by 19th September.

I phoned and got 40quid a month off, try again?

***Scouse Hibee*** · 19-08-2015 05:39 PM

I take it I am the only one that watches the footie and couldn't care less about the commentator? I'm pretty much the same in the ground,I watch the footie and never tune into the opposition songs whatever they are about.

**magpie1892** · 19-08-2015 05:48 PM

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I think they are going to launch BT Sport Showcase channel.

https://recombu.com/digital/article/...eague-freeview

Better than nowt if you've not got BT, for sure.

***bingo70*** · 19-08-2015 05:51 PM

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I take it I am the only one that watches the footie and couldn't care less about the commentator? I'm pretty much the same in the ground,I watch the footie and never tune into the opposition songs whatever they are about.

I'm a bit like that, with the exception of Mark lawrenson though, I struggle to watch any game he commentates on. Owen, scholes etc are fine imo.

**ArmadaleHibs** · 19-08-2015 05:55 PM

Surprise surprise, not!! No Scott Allan in the squad for champions league game.

**Real Emerald** · 19-08-2015 05:56 PM

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We've been with sky since the start 20+ years phoned yesterday to cancel and they offered us a £10 discount for 10 months needless to say we declined and will be sky free and £100 a month better off by 19th September.
BT has also been dumped apart for the free version we get with broadband

I'm the same been with them since the start and sitting here on Champ league night or when other games are on BT with nowt to watch. Its just not worth it paying another £20 a month and I'm now feeling very ripped off. It's all the more galling watching the English clubs burn our money by the millions while we pay the same Sky fees as them, £400 for a ST but have to fight tooth and nail to stave off £250k bids for our best player. We are mugs or at least I feel mugged on all fronts!

**hibsmad** · 19-08-2015 05:57 PM

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I wasn't able to watch the Man U game live and hadn't recorded it and so I went for the catch up in the BT sport app.

It's a great idea totally ruined when you press the replay game button and it takes you to a page with the full details of the game with the score etc where yin the. Have to press again to p,ay the game you've just been give the score from.

Why on earth would they do that?

I recorded the highlights of the Barca Sevilla 5-4 game last week. Got up the following morning and sat down to watch it. They had the screen like sky sports news (news headlines along the bottom and scores/league tables etc up the side). Five minutes in to the highlights and it told me what the score was along with every stat.

Was raging and couldn't understand why they would do it.

**jdships** · 19-08-2015 06:16 PM

Have had " BT Broadband " since it started up
Cashed in on the " BT Sport" and happy to pay the fiver a month
European football is OK for what I pay . There were FIVE games on BT Europe/BT Extra last night
Thoroughly enjoyed it !
Dumped Sky many moons ago as poor value for money and have no regrets !!