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"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

Nat Coombs has always (for whatever fucking reason) been sidelined for flavour of the month arseholes. He's a knowledgeable, very professional presenter that knows and loves the sport. Him & Carlson clearly aren't hip enough, or the right colour to host such a show. Osi will be missing his bum chum, Jason Bell

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑15 Sep 2025, 09:56

Yup. He's probably embarrassed to be there having to listen to Sam Quek's fucking 'analysis' while the sport he loves takes a back seat to people trying to throw a fridge over a hay bale. His expertise is completely underused. Get rid of all the shit, get rid of Dermot and Quek. Bring in a presenter that actually cares about the sport and another analyst that knows something about it, and just do it traditional. Let the fucking sport do the talking. This appeals to no-one. The format is too weak to bring in casuals because it's so bad, and it's clearly just an embarrassment and an annoyance to any of us who actually like the sport.

For me John Madden was the very best, I could listen to him talking about it all day long.

Bungo wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 21:10

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑08 Sep 2025, 09:18

Just let Osi talk about the game so people can get to understanding it. It’s not reinventing the wheel. 

Is it me of does Osi appear to be considerably less excited/cheerful than he used to be working in the previous format? He no longer has a knowledgable co-presenter and just a bunch of whooping know-nothings in the studio.

Perhaps he is depressed as he realises this new format is complete bollocks?

Another shitty sports weekend here.

southbankbornnbred wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 22:56

RBshorty wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 21:48 What a cunting weekend. First N17. Today. The Cowgirls.!

Fuck’em all. Let them eat cake.!

GO G MEN.

Absolute wanker of a weekend, Shorty. Spurs and then a fecking whupping at the hands of the Bills.

Jets’ game was over after the first quarter, when they gave away 14 points through penalties.

Last season, we gave away the most penalties and the most penalty yards. And we’ve started this season the same way. Glenn has to sort that out, because it’s costing us two touchdowns at times.

Had a really competitive game against the Steelers last week, but we were never in it against the Bills. Half a step forward, one step back so far.

And Fields (who was very poor today) has concussion and might miss the game against Tampa next week.

0-2 Jets gonna Jet.

RBshorty wrote: ↑14 Sep 2025, 21:48 What a cunting weekend. First N17. Today. The Cowgirls.!

Fuck’em all. Let them eat cake.!

GO G MEN.

What a cunting weekend. First N17. Today. The Cowgirls.!

Fuck’em all. Let them eat cake.!

GO G MEN.

El Scorchio" wrote: ↑08 Sep 2025, 09:18

Just let Osi talk about the game so people can get to understanding it. It’s not reinventing the wheel. 

Christ, what a time to be Dolphins fan.
From a punt return TD to total meltdown in no time flat.

Bit of a Vikings comeback at Soldier Field

Sat and watched the Bills vs Ravens match. Played out like a Rocky fight.! Hopefully we get a rematch in January at the AFC Championship Game. Because it was a bit special. And was a great advert for the Game.

It's a chicken/egg thing though, isn't it? Are non/casual viewers going to be hooked in by technical analysis or by making it seem 'fun'? Technical analysis definitely won't do it - but I can't see this doing it either. The games all felt like someone remembered on Thursday that they hadn't come up with anything yet.

It was absolutely dismal - and if you want to crowbar famous faces into it, at least pick someone who likes the sport. I watched the games in the breaks out of morbid curiosity, but the good thing is that once the actual game is on you're back to proper US coverage. If it affected that it would have been a disaster, but overall I was happy to be able to watch on C5 as a Washington fan.

Did they actually win the trip, by the way? I know their ball came out but I wasn't really listening whether they actually won or not.

Zeb, I remember when channel 4 had the NFL, Frank Gifford was one of the experts wasn't he?

Is Channel 5's coverage still produced by Whisper?
The old BBC NFL show was and it was cofinanced by NFL specifically to get noobs interested in the sport here in the UK. I remember the old Channel 4 coverage which, after the first year, assumed that the viewers had some knowledge of it.
I bit the bullet for the first time this year and went for Gamepass from the off.
NFL Redzone is a pretty intense watch and fuck knows how Scott Hansen holds it together on his own for the duration of the programme.I'll digest the full horror of the Dolphins thrashing later today.
 

RBshorty wrote: ↑07 Sep 2025, 21:59 The biggest shock about that Colts win. Was it was their first season opener victory in 12 years.! Giants didn’t surprise anyone. But it wasn’t Armageddon. Seems like I did the right thing and got a season pass. Instead of risking Channel 5. 

GO G MEN

All the headlines tomorrow will be about Rodgers winning against the side that discarded him - and he did play well, throwing four TDs.

But you just know that the Steelers will be forced to be all about Rodgers this season, and that’s if his body holds up. They’ll have no choice, because he becomes the travelling circus.

So I still think that Glenn and Mougey did the right thing moving him out of New York. We needed to focus on becoming a team again, and rebuilding from scratch.

Dunno where we’ll end up. But the early signs are decent. Fields also played well today. And his team-mates actually seem to like him. Which makes a change since the days of Rodgers and Zach Wilson.

The biggest shock about that Colts win. Was it was their first season opener victory in 12 years.! Giants didn’t surprise anyone. But it wasn’t Armageddon. Seems like I did the right thing and got a season pass. Instead of risking Channel 5. 

GO G MEN

That’s the most organised I’ve seen us under a new coach since Rex Ryan back in 2008.

More than any other sports team, the Jets have an extraordinary ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!

But even though we lost 34-32 to a highly experienced Steelers team, we actually looked like an NFL team.

Aaron Glenn is a serious coach. New HC, new QB, half a new squad, and a key lineman out for the season. Yet we looked competitive against a team that has spent huge. It bodes well.

Our kicker, 40-year-old Nick Folk, looks like he wandered into the stadium from the Boleyn pub.

Proper ale gut, and a man who should not be wearing Lycra shorts. But he just kicked a 51-yard FG.

We're getting diced up by Daniel ****ing Jones.
It is going to be long season.

This game has started mental. 16-10 Jets and only just into Q2.

If you can find this game, take a peek. It’s old skool smash and grab from both sides at the moment. They can’t keep up this pace.