Tag Archives: Sky Sports

Greed? Sure. But our indifference to UEFA’s decadence makes us equally complicit for the European Super League proposal existing.

Posted on 27/04/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Though we’re loathe to admit it, Gordon Gekko was right. The proposed European Super League captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit and clarifies how we feel about greed in its most brazen form. Europe’s biggest and wealthiest clubs attempting … Continue reading →

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The miserable truth behind Sky’s coverage of ‘Transfer Deadline Day’ (Revisited).

Posted on 28/08/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

This is a reposting of an article I wrote in the build-up to Sky’s coverage of Transfer Deadline Day last summer. As expected Transfer Deadline Day managed to be addictive, compelling and amateurish, occasionally at the same time. You can … Continue reading →

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The miserable truth behind Sky’s coverage of ‘Transfer Deadline Day’.

Posted on 01/09/2013 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

With each passing year Sky’s coverage of ‘Transfer Deadline Day’ seems to get bigger, more preposterous and above all peculiar. Peculiar in that ‘Transfer Deadline Day’ is now marketed and sold as its own event. That in itself is alarming, … Continue reading →

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