01-11-2023, 08:23 PM
(30-09-2023, 01:56 AM)RhysJR Wrote: In England, Sky's two selected Carabao Cup fourth round ties will be West Ham v. Arsenal and Manchester United v. Newcastle. Rather oddly, these two matches will both air on the evening of Wednesday November 1st, with the West Ham game a 19:30 kick-off and the Man United game at 20:15. Due to the scheduling of all four teams' surrounding matches, there was no other option for both the selected matches to take place on the Wednesday. Although these were the two outstanding ties of the draw, I'm really surprised Sky opted to show two clashing matches rather than pick a slightly less heralded tie that could have been shown on the Tuesday or the Thursday; they will be splitting their casual audience, though all four teams will bring in an audience of their own.
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Sky having joint build-up from Old Trafford for the two Carabao Cup ties tonight from 19:00, so commentary/reporter only at half-time and full time for West Ham v. Arsenal.
A bit unfortunate the way the draw panned out that all Premier League teams are playing on Wednesday (due to at least one per match having played on Sunday, with many of those teams playing last Thursday), so there was no Premier League/big team to show live yesterday.
And former Radio 5 Live reporter Juliette Ferrington has moved to Sky Sports in recent weeks, meaning that there is a bit of Radio 5 Live spine to the Sky coverage at Old Trafford, as Mark Chapman is hosting (that still looks weird).