The Poolie Bunker

have been starved of football, we have had the Asian Championships here over the last couple of weeks. I'm delighted to report that Australia got knocked out on a penalty shoot out by Japan last night. Delighted because as you are no doubt aware, Australia are the worst winners in the world.

To be honest with Setanta covering two friendlies per night and the Copa America all on Sky am ready for a break

yes, but you've been starved of football for the previous 9 months.....

9 months? What are you on about, don't you mean 8 years ?

yeah, suppose so
whatever you say son

Anyroad up, despite the obvious attractions of Dulwich Hamlet v Gillingham reserves on which you've been richly feasted by the ridiculously expensive Setanta, we've got Japan and Iraq in the Semi-Finals and the last two quarters are Iran v Korea and Saudi v Uzbekistan, who it has to be said are shit and shouldn't have beaten China.

So if anyone's asking, I'm watching the Iran game.

Fifteen years more like

Korea won on penalties 4-2 after a rain soaked 0-0 draw and extra time. Later Saudi v Uzbekistan. Can't wait.....

Erm, Kev, Setanta is free?

So how do you get Setanta then?? Being as it's an Irish broadcaster??

Four channels on Sky/Virgin, they showed the Hatton fight and have 46 premier matches coming up. And for the record, they are Scottish. Toodle Pip.

And you don't pay for Sky or Virgin?? How fortunate you are. Then again in a secure establishment the rules on television licensing are maybe different.

But seeing as you are evidently misinformed or plain fookin' thick, and I would plump for the latter category, for your own purposes kindly click on the following link, which will inform you that Setanta, the Irish broadcaster, was formed in 1990 to broadcast Irish sports events to Irish expatriates. It's headquarters are in Dublin, always were, are today. So unless Dublin is now in Scotland, it's Irish. As reported in every news media when it took two football packages from Sky this summer.

Is there anything at all that you know that you didn't make up??

Yours,

An Irish Expatriate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setanta_Sports

It never troubled him before and evidently fake ocelots never change their sports.

My subscription fee did not go up when I added Setanta so how is it rediculously expensive?

Having worked at the Centre in Glasgow, well just outside, for a couple of days I just assumed this was the head office, of course a massive mistake as it is simply a Call Centre, however the registered UK head office for Setanta is on Waterloo Street, London and no that is not in Ireland, the Setanta Ireland head office is in Dublin....and guess where the Setanta US head office is?

Bingo!!

Because your subscription fee is ridiculously expensive full stop. Know how much mine is?? 26 yuen a month, or in Number One speak, 173 nennies.

Pathetic mate, every Multi National has company offices in various countries but has a country of origin. America has an Embassy in London, does that make it English?? I suppose you think Woolworths is a Darlington company do you??

Theres dopey gets and dopey gets but some people kick the arse out of being a dopey get.

Unsure what a nennie is?

You specifically said the Head Office of Setanta was in Dublin but now yap on about Country of origin? hang on I will just try and catch that, it's a goalpost moving. Had you been clear I could have done nothing but agree, myself working for a compay whose origin is France with a Head Office in the UK, simple really.

Don't live in Darlington, has no relevance to me.

I have nothing to add to the comment of my esteemed colleague Mtr Atweazle.

Browning, Coleridge, Hughes and Motion could pool their talents and not sum up the situation as well as that.

I am a very agreeable person

To matters in hand, Setanta havn't turned out to be too bad with the amount of coverage they have.