TV Coverage

[Tamesaint]

Why do so many tv producers think that when watching sport we want close ups of people in the crowd or backroom staff picking their noses? I want to see what is happening on the pitch. Saints TV is pretty bad at missing the action and instead showing replays / crowd shots / managers on the touchline (Leicester nearly scored last week when we were being shown a replay)  but Sky's coverage of cricket this morning has been dreadful. Fruity birds jigging up and down waving Sri Lanka flags or 5 year old girls making heart shapes with their hands may appeal to some but why not just show the action on the pitch? 

Edited Sunday at 11:35 by Tamesaint

[whelk]

2 hours ago, Tamesaint said:

Why do so many tv producers think that when watching sport we want close ups of people in the crowd or backroom staff picking their noses? I want to see what is happening on the pitch. Saints TV is pretty bad at missing the action and instead showing replays / crowd shots / managers on the touchline (Leicester nearly scored last week when we were being shown a replay)  but Sky's coverage of cricket this morning has been dreadful. Fruity birds jigging up and down waving Sri Lanka flags or 5 year old girls making heart shapes with their hands may appeal to some but why not just show the action on the pitch? 

TBF there is a lot of spare time in cricket

[Weston Super Saint]

Sometimes the football coverage on sky sports+ is awesome when they only have one camera. Forces them to focus on the action!

[Lord Duckhunter]

4 hours ago, Tamesaint said:

Fruity birds jigging up and down waving Sri Lanka flags

Is that a bad thing? 

[Turkish]

Depending who it is. A close up of a couple of decent birds is never a bad thing. When it’s idiots in the crowd in dress, people being wacky or the st Mary’s crowd with all our freaks I’d rather they didn’t 

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Turkish said:

Depending who it is. A close up of a couple of decent birds is never a bad thing. When it’s idiots in the crowd in dress, people being wacky or the st Mary’s crowd with all our freaks I’d rather they didn’t 

Not this fella...?

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Depending who it is. A close up of a couple of decent birds is never a bad thing. When it’s idiots in the crowd in dress, people being wacky or the st Mary’s crowd with all our freaks I’d rather they didn’t 

Sweet looking forward to all the hotties at the world cup.

Brazil world cup was next level. 

[Badger]

ITV shouldn’t be allowed near the Six Nations that’s for sure. Adverts during scrums the other week. 

[Badger]

3 hours ago, Turkish said:

Depending who it is. A close up of a couple of decent birds is never a bad thing. When it’s idiots in the crowd in dress, people being wacky or the st Mary’s crowd with all our freaks I’d rather they didn’t 

Perhaps no great surprise, but find it staggering that adults went to the Coventry game (Dec 20th) dressed as Santas and elves !! Just wanting the cameras to spot them for a moment of fame.