A very strange thing happened this week.

For those of you who don't know me, I'm The Gaffer of EPL Talk - a Premier League blog and, for the month of June, the site is also filled with Euro 2008 goodness.

I posted a poll this week on my site and asked the readers to predict who would be in the final. As of writing, the results show that 49% predict Germany against Spain, 47% think it'll be Russia against Germany and 4% believe it'll be Turkey against Russia.

Unbelievably, however, not one person predicted Spain against Turkey!

That poll answers still stun me. Why would Turkey against Russia garner 4% of the vote while Turkey against Spain would receive no votes? Is Spain that less likely to make the final, or do soccer fans believe that Russia are better equipped to beat the Spanish, while the German juggernaut continues to be unstoppable?

Feel free to share your thoughts on who you think will be the finalists of Euro 2008.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

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Lots of great content such as articles, podcasts, chat, newsletter and more for English soccer fans.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

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Cheers,
The Gaffer

A major Fox Soccer Channel executive is interviewed on the latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. Dermot McQuarrie speaks on several FSC-related topics, including the exciting changes at the network, if there's any hope of HDTV broadcasts in the future, and answers several questions from Fox Soccer Channel viewers (via EPL Talk).

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Cheers,
The Gaffer

 

Friday, Setanta Sports announced they'll have exclusive rights to show more than 90 live Premiership matches on North American TV during the 2006/2007 season. Starting August 19th, Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta will be sharing matches. Setanta will show the 7:30am ET match on Saturdays. At 10am ET, Fox will show one match, while Setanta will show a different Prem match. Then at Noon and 3pm, Fox will show their matches. On Sundays, Setanta will be showing the 8:30am ET match, while Fox will show the 11am ET one. Fox will show Monday matches, when available, at 3pm ET, while Setanta will show one or more midweek matches (while Fox may show some mid-week matches), too. As you can imagine, this is huge news for Premiership fans in the US. To listen to an exclusive interview with Setanta Sports and to find out what the changes mean to you, listen to the EPL Talk Podcast at http://www.EPLTalk.com (and click on the podcast link near the top). Cheers, The Gaffer