AW v China 12:30am 26th March SS1

Ive emailed

surely people would rather watch the All Whites v China than an Australian Basketball game??

I've already emailed.   I checked the EPG today and it's still not been added.    Come on Sky! tweet them if you're on twitter
http://twitter.com/skysportnz

Emailed and Tweeted, will ring them up tomorrow.

Notwithstanding the reality of the situation, isn't Marco technically a Phoenix player until 31 March, his contract with Melbourne starting on 1 April?

If that is the case, the official squad list is incorrect. From a statistical (and trivia question) perspective, one needs to have such things correct!

I may have got that wrong and his club registration date brought forward to the date of his announcement, but interesting for the trainspotters amongst us.

still nothing in the electronic programme guide.  Heard on radio this morning Slack caps are playing South Africa in cricket WC quarter final the same night.  What are the chances sky will decide not to try for the rights due to 2 national teams playing at the the same time?

"We are in discussions with NZ Football and should have an answer in the next few days." - SKYSPORT Twitter.

My reply was this


Hello Ryan,

Thank you for your email.

We are still in a process of negotiations with the host broadcasters for the rights of this event. Once we secure the rights, we shall schedule it accordingly in our sports channels. Request you to keep checking our EPG (Electronic Programming Guide) for updates.

Please feel free to contact SKY Television Customer Services on 0800 759 759 for further information, alternatively please respond via return email and we will endeavour to reply within 24 hours.

With kind regards,

SKY Online Support Team

I got the same reply

So all the guys emailing Sky are named Ryan?

Spoooky...

From their twitter : "All Whites v China still in negotiations. Very slow process. Will update with amendment or email when we know. ^JP"

Hopefully its not so slow that they don't organise something before friday night...

is this the morning of the 27th or the morning of the 26th???

Sky and NZF sort it out! Make it happen...

Had this in 2011 friendlies discussion

basically what that means is sky only want to pay buttons for the rights.

Also Nelsen, Fallon and Gleeson are all out with injury.

Boxall and Spoonley in, no replacement for Fallon.
AJ132011-03-21 19:22:28

Kinda happy with fallon out. i like the idea of a front 3 of

Killen               Wood
          Smeltz

Backed up by

Rojas      Wee Mac      Kosta

Locky Smith Ivan Reid

             Moss

Reid's suspended. And that midfield is not a midfield at all.

Gleeson not injured.  All the other keepers at Portland are though.

The midfield is not strong enough, they would get hammered.

Spoonley called up....

Looks like ur a lawyer 2ndbest... 

not ideal. kinda feel like playing Ivan at the back would be a go considering the relative inexperience of the rest of the back line, however that does mean the centre of midfield is a tad weak

we really need to win this game, losing Nelsen puts us on the back foot, but i think we still got the team to do it. China are not that strong, but our win record is not that great historically, this is a game we need to take.

Either that or they field their best team first and then play with it...

25th Wuhan, China
26th San Jose, Kosta Rica
27th Ulsan, Korea
28th ??,

My guess is that the American teams games aren't happening.

as per the title of the thread, early morning on the 26th (Saturday morning).

so who's captaining the team?

I choose Moss.

I think we should line up in a Barcelonaish 4-3-3 with Rojas, Kosta and Killen the front 3.

Then we should start playing like Barcelona.

/DreamsAreFree20 legend2011-03-21 22:04:35

Why do we have to go through this every game? Surely NZF and Sky can come up with some sort of deal so we all know that ALL games will be televised.

Same with the FA Cup. The fact that it is not on NZ TV is a disgrace when we are paying good money for a sport channel.

By the sounds of it, Sky are having problems sorting a deal out with the Chinese broadcaster, nothing to do with NZF.

Should help him find a new job then

If Law firms can employ 2/3rds of the Fever exec the standards aren't high so you could be right.

Anyone know if Bet365 is going to be streaming this game? Just in case Sky can't/won't show it.

AucklandPhoenix for Backroom Staff??

Feverish works at a law firm as well, although he went to the same law school as AucklandPhoenix.

forgot about reid. sh*t no siggy.... hmmm....

toss in this boxham dude?

                                         Moss                     Boxall           Boyens          Smith Brockie/Fitzgerald                                               Lochead LondonChris2011-03-22 02:35:31

Any idea who the Chinese broadcaster is. I haven't found the game on CCTV5 or Guangdong Sports and they usually have all the China games...

Boxall should have been in the team to start with.