TV watching strategy

Will be my first WC as a serious football fan. So I plan on catching up by watching as much as possible.

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I'm definitely going to watch it live, my exam can piss off. Yea good point teret, there always are more shirts at uni after champions league games but what makes me laugh is when people wear them after their side (usually arsenal I've observed) has lost! haha

The NZ times and days of the NZ games please

Do you want us to come and programme your MySky box too

You can't add 10 hours to the KO times in SA?

I actually find wearing my THFC shirt after a loss is one of the most powerful statements = NOT fairweather.

I have created a shared public Google calendar with every game in the schedule and calendar:

http://yellowfever.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12943&PN=1

Thanks Ahmad you're a legend. I'm way too slack and hadnt gotten round to sorting out my calander but jst used that and booked the monday and friday of that 2nd week off work stealthkiwi2010-05-10 13:33:46

My TV watching strategy...

f**k this is genius.

I just went through the full match schedule and worked out I'm going to watch 25 of the 48 group matches live. Assuming they have a 6pm match of the day, maybe a couple more. Going to watch all NZ, Spain, England, Brazil, Australia and Germany group games and obviously all the knockout games. It's definitely going to take it's toll on my work.

Have watched every minute of the last 2 world cups when it was on (i.e. every game live except for the last round of group games - watched a live game followed by the full replay of the other game straight away).  Couldn't do it for 1998 as not all games were shown (yes, I still hold a grudge against TV1 for that).

Somebody please tell me that SKY TV is broadcasting ALL the games? All I can find is TVNZ site banging on about a 22 live games. Also a 2008 press release saying SKY and TVNZ got live rights. SKY site is rather quiet about the Cup. Hopefully my Googling and net searching skills are gash and somebody more in-the-know will soon set me straight.

God I only just realised how crap the pool coverage will be on TVNZ

They did last time -SS3 was initially set up for the overflow if I remember rightly - so I don't see why they wouldn't this time.

Every game is live here in Australia. I'll not see most of them though.....I'll be in Johannesburg!!!!!

To the kings (hoping it's open) for N.Z matches, see what else pans out eh?

This will be f**king awesome. Can't wait.

Courtesy of bronynz here are:

The Sky Sport Press Release about coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

The Sky Sport Match Schedule (Excel Spreadsheet)

On their website, Sky say:

I want sky. :(

will be trying to watch all the games, probably be late to work several days.

This.

sucks being a poor student

I considered getting SKY for whatever minimum term they have but it worked out to be about $600 for the minimum 12 month term for the basic package alone, and then $18 per month or so for SKY Sport.

So minimum outlay of at least $650 or so if you are installing specifically for the cup. Didn't help that they just put the prices up.

Ouch!

Can't put a price on happiness.

Here in Canada all games are on the CBC which is like TVNZ. Which i find interesting.The only issue being the final group games which are shared with Bold.
Games start at 7.30am and finish around 4.30pm. The joys of not working.Breakfast and football and lunch and football.

You lucky berk.

Well the first big gam eim looking forward to is usa versus england.

Interesting. I hope it means more than one commentator on the Sky coverage. For the Confederations Cup and the various youth WCs, Sky had one guy on his own. His voice sounds familiar and he's English, so I'm guessing he's a reject from Sky UK or ITV or BBC. On his own, he just rambled off into talking bollocks. I'd rather he was dropped and a decent commentator was brought in, but if he's retained then giving him someone to talk to would make a huge difference to the quality.

I see tvnz are calling stanaway "our guy for the world cup" so i guess hes going to be there go to guy for the news bulletins and such.

I have the schedule in NZ times sitting by my alarm clock, watching every game or blowing my every cent on caffiene trying. My teachers should understand... really.

I'll know tomorrow just how many games i can watch. Getting a recheck on my injury i suffered on Sat, looks like it's probably fractured which would mean 6 weeks out. Not bad timing.

I shall be picking and choosing I think.

I will probably start a new job in July so perfect timing!

I am in Hong Kong and don't have a TV, however broadband is with unlimited bandwidth. I have therefore invested in a VPN which allows me to log into a UK gateway, and I can watch games live or can download later from the BBC and ITV. I am guessing I am unique!

Last WC my folks were in Italy + my exams finished the first day (admittedly it was 3 exams in 2 days but whatever). Only game I missed was Brazil-France because I got too drunk and they don't show games on the train.

This time around I'm currently studying postgrad so I have no deadlines, only problem is I've got a really cheap option to go the the States so for one day I'll miss out. Otherwise all games are golden. Hopefully the new sh*tty Australian time zone will pan out.

just got this reply from a mate of mine (whose main sporting claim to fame imo - is that he was at the Bernebau when Ole put the ball in the German's net)

i was yakking about how i was a bit worried about work clashes with WC this year and how it was tougher than before

he replied >> can't comment on subsequent years but can't help feeling that you are kidding yourself if your rose-tinted, 20 / 20 hindsight glasses now have you believing that you managed any sort of work / WC (life) balance in '82. My recollection of your attitude then is more along the lines of ''go ahead....make my day...fire me''. <<

Camp Nou?

this is probably the first time I won't be able to watch every single game of either the World Cup or Euro, but have take some leave from work and will watch every 1130pm and 630am game and hopefully will be able to watch the replay of the 2am games before going to bed early.

I'm heading over to the UK for the WC so I can watch the matches at a reasonable hour and where the conversations down the pub probably won't  include mentioning Andy Haden .. phoenix rising2010-05-30 22:38:29