Of 23 and 27

The reason for my second entry of the day is extremely obvious: I'm dying of boredom here.

Since my previous entry was dedicated to The Cow, this shall be more of what everyone can enjoy reading about... well, not really everyone.

I wish to state my long-overdued complaint about the Football Channel aka Channel 27 of the SCV.

Its extremely idiotic, complete with the bad receptions that ESPN rarely had, and the worst thing ever... James Morrison and Co.

Watching Football Focus on ESPN just now, I realised how much I missed John Dykes and gang. Their discussions remain intense, objective and could keep non-fans of the mentioned teams even glued to the programme. Whilst Shebby Singh was extremely irritating last season, suddenly his irritating words came as a welcome to "normality" (this is partly due to him declaring that Liverpool would win the BPL this season). And just now, together with Ian Rush and Steve Macmahon on the show, it felt so complete. Even their non-fans would end up listening to all commentaries because of the seemingly seriousness of the whole discussion about the different teams.

Even if there isn't Football Focus, there is the Nokia Football Crazy with Kui Jien and Jamie Yeo as their hosts. The show that focuses on the wackiness of football fans who would appear wearing their teams' jersey to pledge their allegiance to and go through a series of games of fun. Sheikh Haikel has never sounded as crappy as before with his undying love and support for Liverpool.

The 2 football shows that makes me smile or laugh as always. Or bang my forehead hearing negative forecasts.

Its at this point of time that I wish to kill Starhub for making the lives of BPL fanatics miserable with the existence of Channel 27.

The stupid commentaries given by James Morrison, some irritating face of a bugger, are never strong enough to capture the fans' attention. When half-time commentaries were always welcomed, now its a time when my dad switches channels. Nothing they say would keep us glued to the channel.

Maybe its the lighting at Dubai, like what Glenn Ong said on the Morning Express.

Maybe they just can't attract the best-looking commentators like Jamie Redknapp *drrrrrrooooooooolssss*.

Maybe they just can't get legends like Ian Rush to cross over from Football Focus to Football Channel.

Or maybe, its just James Morrison who seemed too easy-going to host the show, like he's never serious enough about the whole football thing.

If this keeps up, its really not good for the newer football channels.

For the fans too. We'll keep complaining... via the Morning Express to Glenn and FD.

PS: The writer is extremely annoyed at the obvious favouritism of the Football Channel that telecasts MUTV, Chelsea TV, Barca TV and missed out on LFC TV totally. Even the Thais can afford the programme...