Sat 18 Feb 06
Into the final 8
Despite a shaky performance by the Mags’ back 4 - according to the BBC, anyway - Newcastle beat Southampton to secure a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Charlton and Liverpool are also through, while Bolton and West Ham will need a replay. A question: we have 4 English-language all-sports cable channels in this country, so why aren’t any of them showing the FA Cup matches this year?
Another question: at what point do the suddenly-hot Mags forget about searching for a new manager and just let Glenn Roeder keep the job permanently? (By “permanently”, of course, I man “until Shearer decides he wants to manage.”) Maybe it’s just relief at getting rid of Souness and Shearer finally breaking the club scoring record, but Roeder must be doing something right.
Damian P.
The rights to the FA Cup in North America belong to Setanta Sports, which offers up the matches on pay-per-view in Canada on Viewers Choice.
Then again, there is a Setanta Channel which Americans can purchase easily to view Championship matches and footie from other leagues. Good luck trying to get a Canadian provider to pick it up. I contacted Persona Communications about it and got a response as precise as a penalty kick by Becks: none, that is.
Wanker country.