Ok so I’m based in Canada, but we too get coverage from 3 providers.
Initially I love the commentating from BBC’s John Motson mainly because he’s always enthusiastic, never boring, and trivial. But I have found many flaws when watching the matches on BBC:
-Alan Hansen (the Scotish pundit) is always bored, and has the attitude that he just doesn’t want to be there.
-Gary Lineker is a great host, but his team stinks.
-BBC’s screen resolution is horrible! Doesn’t seem digital at all.
ITV’s
-Des Lynam and Terry Venables are a plus.
-The quality in their picture is much better than BBC.
The ITV commentators do become boring, because no one can meet Motson.
And now we got this Canadian channel called TSN. They have coverage from another European Channel with British comms.. I bet it may be Eurosport. The quality from them is amazing, and they have a closer zoom in on the players.
Just wondering which channel do you guys watch it on, and why? Or is Football Football to you, no matter who broadcasts it?
i watched it on all channels. On itv (or is it BBC??)... on the channel in which they have the same 4 ppl who disscuss b4, during half time and after the game, i can't understand one word that they all say except of that skinny guy. They all speak in accents worst than irish. The black guy is the second most understndable.
i couldnt watch soccer on tsn cuz for some reason i dont get it ne more.
It was definetly better tho. Good thing i didn't hav to pay for the PPV cuz i have dishnetwork or else after watching all the games i would be bankrupt by now.
Although the video quality on TSN was good, their post match analysis team left loads of space for improvement. TSN thinks that if a player has played for the football team, his knowledge of the sport is unparalled. Carl Fletcher and Dick Howard, together with host Vic Rauter, were simply disappointing.
I'm Kool, i got to disagree with you on the ITV (or BBC) 4 men commentary team. I remember laughing my head off when one of them compared Davids to a tea kettle (davids was leaning on the goal post when portugal scored). I thought they were funny as well as knowledgeable.