I love NBC coverage but Kevin Kilbane on commentary today. Uh.
NBC - Possibly one of the best coverages of football?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Am I imagining things or have NBC separated Mustoe and Martino on their shows recently ? All studio tandems seem to be other Earle and Mustoe or Earle and Martino.
Not a coincidence I'd say. They've had their differences and it ruins the show.
Btw, where is the US set? East coast or LA?
Btw, where is the US set? East coast or LA?
I'm guessing New York.
NYC at the Rockefeller Building?
Intentional or not, I prefer it this way. Mustoe's behavior toward Martino has been downright unprofessional, and I'm glad the latter finally put him in his place.
But the tension and hostility ruins it for me.
Close but not quite! The NBCSN headquarters are in Stamford, Connecticut, about an hour's drive north of NYC.
Really? This week was Earle and Martino, same as last week I thought.
I see Martino and Mustoe are back on together. 
Always look for NBC streams when I can't get it on Noggie TV. Love listening to American commentators, they sound so enthusiastic and engaged.
NBC Sports are fantastic. Just had Gundogan on the studio to move players around on the interactive chart.
Was just going to say the same. Have been watching it all afternoon.
It's so refreshing not having Redknapp, Souness, Henry being obvious etc on Sky Sports.
I never watch Sky Sports coverage anymore.
Whenever I watch it we get British commentators on NBC. For Swansea v Boro we had Jon Champion and Andy Townsend.
I think they switch randomly assign English ones when there aren't big matches. Otherwise they have their own NBC ones do it.
Ah right. So we will get US commentators for the Arse game now?
Nope, we are getting English commentators. I have never witnessed US commentators when using NBC.
I wasn't referring to their nationalities, but rather their employer. The ones now (White, Le Seaux, Dixon) are the American ones. By that I mean commentators who are actually employed by NBC Sports, as opposed to the likes of Champion et al.
They used the designated EPL ones like most international broadcasters I believe. The EPL always has a designated set of commentators at games for this purpose.
Total class coverage. Shame Fox Sports couldn't get it down pat when they first pushed the footballing world circa 1999.
I'm at the point where even if a game is on Sky/BT I look for a NBC stream. I love how the commentators don't waffle on and on and there are actually huge pauses in the commentary. Unlike BT/Sport where they feel they have to fill every second with gibberish.
“Put your brain into gear and if you can add to what’s on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.” - Richie Benaud
“Put your brain into gear and if you can add to what’s on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.” - Richie Benaud
I've always have. They're a good partnership, imo.
I enjoyed the old school FSW people - Max Bretos and that gang.
Fox's coverage was awful, with the exception of the Canadian crew with St. Louis and McMahon. Their US coverage still can't get past "jobs for the boys" with the likes of Lalas and Wynalda. Every time I watch their European coverage I'm glad that NBC outbid them for the rights. Their streaming options are laughable compared to NBC.
If Bretos wasn't working for ESPN I imagine he would be down in Miami with Ray Hudson drowning us in hyperbole. I actually like him when he isn't going crazy, but his match commentary gets old fast.
The Behind The Badge series they are doing is fantastic. Some nice behind the scene stories generally focusing on the smaller clubs in the league.
NBC have definitely done the EPL a solid in promoting the league here.
The EPL is the only league here in the conscience of the average sports fan really.
The EPL is the only league here in the conscience of the average sports fan really.
Bretos was a likeable guy but for me his commentary was absolutely brutal
That Fox Fone-In show was good, even with that Arsenal wanker co-hosting.
There was a Fox Sports World and a Fox Sports World Canada. Both were great for footy back in the day. One of the consequences of the recent mass availability of football on US tv is that going to pubs has somewhat become passe, which is a shame. When I lived in LA, I used to wake up at 4am on Saturdays and drive down the road to the Cock-n-Bull in Santa Monica....order a full English and watch United. Occasionally had to pay a $20 cover for Setanta as well. Those were the days.
I remember paying $20 for PPV to watch the Arsenal-United match at home in 2005 thinking it was worth every penny (the 4-2 win at Highbury).
That's interesting. I like his analyses but nothing about him screams USF president.
Also, Hope Solo threw her name in the ring.
I like it. I follow him on twitter and it seems he understands a lot of the problems.
Hope he wins
I'm just glad he's off the NBC shows. Prefer the Brits doing the punditry.
As do I, but Martino was slowly growing on me.The question is who is going to wind Mustow up now that Martino is gone.
Didn't realize that the President of US Soccer was an unpaid position. How do they expect to get any decent candidates? 
A week or two ago, I seem to recall the two Robbies getting underneath each other's skin. Maybe Mustoe was the one initiating the winding up rather than Martino?
So did that clown Wynalda. Hope Kyle wins based on the current pool of candidates.