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1 hour ago, Jmothecat2 said:

They've said on Twitter they will show 'up to ten live games a week' across all the leagues they have the rights to.

I saw that. On BT, there were usually up to 6 Serie A games over a weekend. Clearly they won't be staying with anything like the same number of games if they've got several other leagues, and it's over a week. 

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contrasting fortunes for a couple of scottish youth internationals in the coppa italia this weekend; liam henderson made his debut for Hellas in a 4-1 win over juve stabia, getting absolutely rave reviews in the process and setting up two of the goals; harvey st clair (previously in the chelsea set up) played for venezia who lost 0-1 at home to SudTirol - poor result given that the team was pretty much the same as that which lost in the play-off semi final to palermo at the end of last season - not just a lashed up squad of youngsters and reserves

elsewhere, not many surprises other than pisa winning at cremonese, and lanerossi vicenza virtus taking palermo to penalties, but then losing (meh); there are a few of the serie a teams involved the next round; 

sampdoria v viterbese castrense

SPAL v spezia

sassuolo v ternana

parma v pisa

empoli v cittadella

udinese v benevento

torino v cosenza

frosinone v sud tirol

genoa v lecce or feralpi salo

bologna v padova

chievo v pescara

cagliari v palermo

hellas will be facing Catania who are making the long trip north from sicily

serie B fixtures supposedly out tomorrow (monday 6th); but crotone are urging the authorities to postpone their first two games, and also chievo's first two  in serie A, so that a resolution can be finalised for chievo's "dodgy money" case (all tied up with the same issue that has seen cesena liquidated); if they lose, they'll be relegated and crotone promoted back to the top flight

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On ‎03‎/‎08‎/‎2018 at 15:51, Jmothecat2 said:

They've said on Twitter they will show 'up to ten live games a week' across all the leagues they have the rights to.

 

On ‎03‎/‎08‎/‎2018 at 17:37, David W said:

I saw that. On BT, there were usually up to 6 Serie A games over a weekend. Clearly they won't be staying with anything like the same number of games if they've got several other leagues, and it's over a week. 

 

On ‎03‎/‎08‎/‎2018 at 21:29, highlandcowden said:

ill wait to see what theyre offering-if every weekend all theyre offering is Juventus/real madrid/barca then count me out

if theyre offering much more comprehensive coverage than that then their prices are pretty decent-I watch on phone or tablet anyway

I saw a tweet from them over the weekend saying 'up to 20', which is  a bit more promising.

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On 8/10/2018 at 17:42, DiegoDiego said:

Out on Monday at 7pm, with a nineteen team league.

ridiculous decision IMO and going to open a right can of worms; the TV deal that Serie B has, and which obviously provides significant income for the clubs, is dependent on the league having a minimum of 20 teams; would make far more sense to either re-instate the relegated teams - Novra, Pro Vercelli and Ternana - in place of Bari, Cesena and Avellino and run with a full complement of 22 - or simply elevate the three most deserving clubs from Serie C instead which would be Siena, SudTirol and Catania - losers of the playoff final and semi-finals

i'll be trying out the €9.99 a month package from DAZN/Perform - assuming the free month's trial turns out ok and the broadcast deal is intact - three serie A games a week and every serie B game available via satellite and an app on various devices...

folk in Verona are absolutely raving about Liam Henderson - he ran the game against Juve Stabia; obviously sterner tests to come - starting tomorrow with a Coppa Italia game against Catania that's now been moved to Sicily; the whole game will be on the Hellas youtube channel at some point - I'll stick a link up to it when one appears...

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round three of the Coppa Italia this weekend, and a few more interesting results than in the competition to date; Benevento - likely to be real front-runners in Serie B - won 1-0 at Udinese on saturday night;  Hellas Verona sent a distinctly second string side all the way to Sicily and needn't have bothered, losing pathetically 0-2 to Catania; Serie C's Pisa and Sud Tirol win away to top flight Parma and Frosinone respectivelyand Empoli lose heavily at home to Serie B Cittadella

Meanwhile, the 19 team Serie B row rumbles on, with everyone other than the league's officials themselves thinking that it's a shite idea; legal action threatened by all and sundry, clubs warning of civil disobedience and insurrection - and complete silence on the matter from the FIGC, but then they're only supposed to be in charge of the national game, so that makes perfect sense; fixtures now supposed to be out on Tuesday, but the whole thing is a complete shambles so not really sure why they are bothering...

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well - fixtures out, first round of games to be played on 25/08 - but a definitive meeting now scheduled for 7th September - which may add three further teams to the league, which will have already started

the Genoese bridge-building community can rest easy, knowing that they're not the biggest set of incompetents in italy....

ETA - Italian Association of Footballers - basically the player's union - set to announce a strike on Monday; main complaint, rather than being relevant to any particular clubs, is that they are now expected to play in a league where the management have just ridden roughshod over their own guidelines and protocols, and feel able to randomly impose whatever rules and regulations they like...

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