Another pitiful performance on Saturday, and another pitiful attendance. I think the stay-away fans knew what was coming, even the majority of those who did bother going were long gone by the time Gary Speed blasted in the winner.

 

Anyway, over the last few years I haven???t really been part of the Sky Sports ???Soccer Saturday??? phenomenon with Jeff Stelling and the boys. I???ve heard people praise it but as I was always at the matches I never really saw it for any length of time.

 

But as I???m now boycotting away matches until Sam Allardyce is sacked I have had chance to watch it a couple of times and I am hooked! Jeff Stelling is a genius, he could make a 0-0 bore-draw sound like a 4-4 World Cup final between Brazil and Argentina!

 

On Saturday I was actually torn between the match and ???Soccer Saturday???. Did I.......

 

1) Take the time and effort to travel from Preston to Horwich or curl up on the sofa with a big mug of warm Vimto and a jumbo bag of Chocolate Orange segments?

 

2) Hand over ??30 to an organisation that doesn???t give a damn about me, or stay at home and make use of my ??50 monthly subscription from a company that sends me a nice letter every month and a free magazine?

 

3) Sit in a cold and lifeless stand surrounded by fat smelly morons who think chanting ???Come on You Whites??? is the height of sophistication, or stay at home and sit in my ??4500 leather recliner with my Springer Spaniel, Glenn.

 

I very foolishly decided to attend the match, but taped ???Soccer Saturday??? so I could decide which truly was the best option in the future.

 

You probably went to the match. 90 minutes of two teams playing hoof-n-hope football, the Championship side doing it rather better. Bolton created nothing. The defence looked a shambles, the midfield slow, and I don???t think we had any attackers. The 1-0 victory was a travesty of the highest order, I was just glad that (for once) it was in our favour.

 

I wasn???t doing anything on Saturday night so I watched the afternoons ???Soccer Saturday??? with Jeff Stelling and the boys. Phil Thompson was covering our game and it was fantastic. You kept hearing ???oooh??? and ???ahhh??? or ???must be??? from good old Phil. It was just like being at the game, only it wasn???t because there was no atmosphere at the Reebok. And then you had the amazing Charlie Nicolas who could make a dead man sound lively and Matt Le Tissier cracking the jokes at Portsmouths expense. And if that wasn???t enough you had Tony Cottee at Bramhall Lane bringing the game into my living room ??? I almost felt like I was taking those penalties myself!

 

And right at the death when Bolton got a penalty Jeff Stelling made it sound like it was the most important kick in the history of football. I was on the edge of my seat and I knew the bloody outcome!!

 

So to answer my own question, yes it is more entertaining to watch a Bolton game on ???Soccer Saturday???. Don???t waste anymore money watching the crap on offer at the Reebok, if you haven???t already got a Sky Sports subscription go and get one today. They can make hoof-n-hope football sound wonderful.

Another pitiful performance on Saturday, and another pitiful attendance. I think the stay-away fans knew what was coming, even the majority of those who did bother going were long gone by the time Gary Speed blasted in the winner.

 

Anyway, over the last few years I haven???t really been part of the Sky Sports ???Soccer Saturday??? phenomenon with Jeff Stelling and the boys. I???ve heard people praise it but as I was always at the matches I never really saw it for any length of time.

 

But as I???m now boycotting away matches until Sam Allardyce is sacked I have had chance to watch it a couple of times and I am hooked! Jeff Stelling is a genius, he could make a 0-0 bore-draw sound like a 4-4 World Cup final between Brazil and Argentina!

 

On Saturday I was actually torn between the match and ???Soccer Saturday???. Did I.......

 

1) Take the time and effort to travel from Preston to Horwich or curl up on the sofa with a big mug of warm Vimto and a jumbo bag of Chocolate Orange segments?

 

2) Hand over ??30 to an organisation that doesn???t give a damn about me, or stay at home and make use of my ??50 monthly subscription from a company that sends me a nice letter every month and a free magazine?

 

3) Sit in a cold and lifeless stand surrounded by fat smelly morons who think chanting ???Come on You Whites??? is the height of sophistication, or stay at home and sit in my ??4500 leather recliner with my Springer Spaniel, Glenn.

 

I very foolishly decided to attend the match, but taped ???Soccer Saturday??? so I could decide which truly was the best option in the future.

 

You probably went to the match. 90 minutes of two teams playing hoof-n-hope football, the Championship side doing it rather better. Bolton created nothing. The defence looked a shambles, the midfield slow, and I don???t think we had any attackers. The 1-0 victory was a travesty of the highest order, I was just glad that (for once) it was in our favour.

 

I wasn???t doing anything on Saturday night so I watched the afternoons ???Soccer Saturday??? with Jeff Stelling and the boys. Phil Thompson was covering our game and it was fantastic. You kept hearing ???oooh??? and ???ahhh??? or ???must be??? from good old Phil. It was just like being at the game, only it wasn???t because there was no atmosphere at the Reebok. And then you had the amazing Charlie Nicolas who could make a dead man sound lively and Matt Le Tissier cracking the jokes at Portsmouths expense. And if that wasn???t enough you had Tony Cottee at Bramhall Lane bringing the game into my living room ??? I almost felt like I was taking those penalties myself!

 

And right at the death when Bolton got a penalty Jeff Stelling made it sound like it was the most important kick in the history of football. I was on the edge of my seat and I knew the bloody outcome!!

 

So to answer my own question, yes it is more entertaining to watch a Bolton game on ???Soccer Saturday???. Don???t waste anymore money watching the crap on offer at the Reebok, if you haven???t already got a Sky Sports subscription go and get one today. They can make hoof-n-hope football sound wonderful.

 

How come if you are boycotting away matches until Sam Allardyce is sacked , you gave a report on the Charlton game and if your went to the taht game and you go to all the home game when have you had time to "watch it a couple of times"

Watched Soccer Saturday on a Saturday night.

 

Jumbo bag of Choccy Orange segments? FAT COW!

 

And Sky are ripping you off love, you can get it for far less if you use your head. Unlucky.

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QUOTE(James B @ Sep 11 2006, 10:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And Sky are ripping you off love, you can get it for far less if you use your head. Unlucky.

 

Aye Soccer Saturday is also on Sky Sports News.

 

Which is on Freeview.

 

Jeff Stelling is probably the only presenter on Sky I actually like. I'm a subscriber too..

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QUOTE(James B @ Sep 11 2006, 10:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

 

And Sky are ripping you off love, you can get it for far less if you use your head. Unlucky.

 

It's excellent value at around ??50. Sky World plus Multiroom all for ??50. You can't go wrong. I pay ??400 for a Bolton season ticket, you think that's better value? HA HA HA.

 

Ha.

You stayed in on a Saturday night to watch Soccer Saturday?

 

I thought you were a social butterfly? Friend of the stars etsc..?

 

Your calender must be heaving.

 

But since you mention it, yes Stelling is quality. Might make a good manager......

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And Sky are ripping you off love, you can get it for far less if you use your head. Unlucky.

It's excellent value at around ??50. Sky World plus Multiroom all for ??50. You can't go wrong. I pay ??400 for a Bolton season ticket, you think that's better value? HA HA HA.

 

Ha.

 

I wasn't comparing it to the cost of a BWFC season ticket, as football tickets are about 900% inflated to everything else these days (except for petrol maybe ), I was comparing it to what I pay for Sky, and what you pay sucks.

But as I???m now boycotting away matches until Sam Allardyce is sacked

 

Any chance you could boycott this site until 2093?

You stayed in on a Saturday night to watch Soccer Saturday?

 

I thought you were a social butterfly? Friend of the stars etsc..?

 

Your calender must be heaving.

 

Spider, after three days of partying in London with various celebs I needed a night off. Even Kate Moss isn???t at it every night.

Spider, after three days of partying in London with various celebs I needed a night off. Even Kate Moss isn???t at it every night.

 

drivel

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And Sky are ripping you off love, you can get it for far less if you use your head. Unlucky.

It's excellent value at around ??50. Sky World plus Multiroom all for ??50. You can't go wrong. I pay ??400 for a Bolton season ticket, you think that's better value? HA HA HA.

 

Ha.

 

why do you not have skyHD, peasant?

 

why do you only have a single multiroom sub, peasant?

 

why are you even concerned about value for money, peasant?

Edited September 11, 200619 yr by HomerJay

Spider, after three days of partying in London with various celebs I needed a night off. Even Kate Moss isn???t at it every night.

 

 

boring

Spider, after three days of knitting in Fulwood with various celebs I needed a night off. Even Stirling Moss isn???t a tit every night.

 

For various celebs read 'vaccuous plebs'.

I feel many of you are missing the point. I simply did some research into which is more enjoyable ??? a BWFC match or Soccer Saturday. I have posted my findings, don???t blame the messenger.

I didn't see anyone that resembled you in the North stand on Saturday 'Tash

I didn't see anyone that resembled you in the North stand on Saturday 'Tash

 

Was the game so boring you walked round the North Stand and checked everyone out?

Stelling is very good at his job, but i would much rather go o the match than sit

and listen to the biased 'Pundits' they have on there. ie phil pinnochio etc etc.

 

If you like Stelling Nat you should have gone down to the Bok to look at those Spanish villas last week

, afterall one of your celebs friends must of been interested no????????

That can't be Natasha in the picture, she's smiling.

 

Anyway as much as I think Stelling is fb, 5 live is better than Soccer Saturday.

Was the game so boring you walked round the North Stand and checked everyone out?

 

The game was boring i'll give you that, but i wouldn't have to "check everyone out" to spot the lovely 'Tasha

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That can't be Natasha in the picture, she's smiling.

 

 

No , she's got wind ... considering the shit 'it' posts

Stelling is very good at his job, but i would much rather go o the match than sit

and listen to the biased 'Pundits' they have on there. ie phil pinnochio etc etc.

 

And the Bolton fans aren't biased at matches?

 

Phil Thompson wasn't biased at all. He said Bolton were lucky to win, Watford deserved more. As far as I am concerned that is spot on.

Phil Thompson wasn't biased at all. He said Bolton were lucky to win, Watford deserved more. As far as I am concerned that is spot on.

 

Yeah but as soon as Liverpool appear on his little screen he turns into a moronic tw*t.

Funniest post of yours yet Natasha. If they're all like that from now on, keep them coming.

 

Oh and stop taking her seriously you idiots.

Funniest post of yours yet Natasha. If they're all like that from now on, keep them coming.

 

Oh and stop taking her seriously you idiots.

 

Parts of her posts are quite amusing

 

sh??te like this for instance...

 

stay at home and sit in my ??4500 leather recliner with my Springer Spaniel, Glenn.

stay at home and sit in my ??4500 leather recliner with my Springer Spaniel, Glenn.

 

I think there may be a law aaginst that in some countries too!

Edited September 11, 200619 yr by no balls

Another pitiful performance on Saturday, and another pitiful attendance. I think the stay-away fans knew what was coming, even the majority of those who did bother going were long gone by the time Gary Speed blasted in the winner.

 

Anyway, over the last few years I haven???t really been part of the Sky Sports ???Soccer Saturday??? phenomenon with Jeff Stelling and the boys. I???ve heard people praise it but as I was always at the matches I never really saw it for any length of time.

 

But as I???m now boycotting away matches until Sam Allardyce is sacked I have had chance to watch it a couple of times and I am hooked! Jeff Stelling is a genius, he could make a 0-0 bore-draw sound like a 4-4 World Cup final between Brazil and Argentina!

 

 

Seeing as couldn't afford to buy a season ticket and travel up every other week so have to watch soccer saturday and you are now boycotting all games until Sam is sacked, which isn't going happen just yet then can i have your season ticket. This way you'll be happy with Jeff et.al and I'll be happy watching the team i love. I know you can afford to do this as you keep telling everyone how rich you are, and i'll let you off the blow job you are going to owe me at the end of the season too.