The Leeds/Liverpool was meant to be televised here in the US on Saturday, but during the week the satellitte company pulled the game in favour of Brum/Bolton. I'm not here to discuss the rights and wrongs of the satellitte company, but rather, have we really sunk so badly that Brum/Bolton is seen as the better game? Sign of the times, perhaps?
I bet they have something in the contract where they have to show every team once. Perhaps this was just a good time to get the Bolton game in, given that neither we nor Leeds really has a fire in their ass at the moment . . . Or maybe we just suck and everyone is sick of watching us blow games by playing 4-man-circle-jerk at the back.
This is down to Sky. They chose to televise the Brum game (for why, I know not) but considering the regularity with which they show Liverpool games, I don't think any qualitative judgement can be inferred.
Perhaps true, Matt, but I can't help feeling that some suit and tie said somewhere "Leeds? crap; Liverpool ? boring, not much better, lost three in a row. Brum/Bolton? Hmmm! Should probably be a better game - let's show it instead."
It surprises me that no-one at Sky shows the best game from the Premiership weekend sometime Sunday evening. Wolves v Leicester - not everyone's cup of tea, but with what happened there'd surely be some interest in seeing the full game. IIRC in Germany every game is televised... I think you choose which game you want to watch (a la Sky's Champs League night).
I don't think so...Liverpool V Leeds is a big match no matter what the current form is for either team.