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Soapbox: gulfs of difference
Monday, January 21st, 2008
Thousands of miles from home, SAFC expats can gawp at every step of the Lads’ up-down-down Premiership progress while ticketless fans at home make do with radio commentary and TV highlights. Pete Sixsmith fears the differences do not end with football viewing rights
Ah, the advantages of working in a country which has no restrictive rules on the games you can watch on television. There might not be one-man one-vote democracy either, but you can at least watch the Lads without having to travel to north London and spend hours on a coach.
Colin’s report echoes what I heard on BBC Radio N******** and saw on MOTD. Careless defending + slack finishing = a long drawn out relegation battle. Such a disappointment after last week’s rousing performance against Portsmouth, but typical of the way we have gone about this season.
