Comments on: Vote: Do you hate Setanta?

By: j

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:14:36 +0000

I went to sports bar here in Montreal to watch Andorra and it was 20 bucks to get in. The Setanta rep works the door. On Wed I said fuck that shit and bought it on pay per view at home for $25 bucks. 5 of us split the cost.
Bar = $20 each at the door plus $30 bucks each for 6 bottles of beer with tip.
Home $5 each for the match and around $10 for 10 bottles of beer. I saved $35.
I also heard that Setanta offers the bar the option of buying the match at a flat fee or having it on consignment and they will charge 20 bucks to get in. Either way it’s a fucking scam and they should be ashamed. I want go to the pub to watch is again . Which is too bad cause I like it when it gets argie bargie.

By: William of orange

William of orange — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:31:47 +0000

Filthy Irish bastards. They know they dont have anything worth watching in Ireland, their teams are all absolute shite, no-one in their right mind would pay to watch a bunch of inbred spud-dodgers run about so they decide to charge the English instead, Who the hell do they think they are charging us to watch OUR national side play OUR game, its enough to renew hostilities over I think. If it wasnt for the fact they are so close to us i would suggest a nuclear strike

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:34:21 +0000

Irish company preventing English fans from watching their national side unless they pay for it. Yes I hate them just in the same way i hate every foreign company that negatuively affects my life nowadays

By: peter youles

peter youles — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:21:49 +0000

setanta take the piss why should we english have to pay again to watch our country play when they show nrth ireland on sky sports two i suppose in ireland they could watch england it makes me sick everyone wants to have us over well they can stick it were the sun dont shine im not paying again im getting rid of my sky sports package its fnnished.

By: Stamford

Stamford — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:20:35 +0000

Setanta SHITE

By: Lee Waller

Lee Waller — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:09:22 +0000

I hate Setanta…
I’m English but live in the US – Went to the local bar in Hoboken NJ that shows all English football to watch the Andorra game on Sat to find someone on the door charging $20 – I was amazed that the bar would charge this for such a small game – Checked if there was a charge today for the Croatia game to find that it’s the same $20 cover but have discovered that it is actually Setanta who impose this charge on all bars that subscribe for the games and actually send one of their reps to man the door and get the money and the bar only gets 15% of this – What a rip-off, I’m disgusted and refuse to pay it and the bar owners should too!

By: Upminster Iron

Upminster Iron — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:34:39 +0000

Squee, I think the BBC just didn’t want Motson commentating on full gamea any more but they didn’t have the heart to tell him so decided it would be easier to just lose all their TV rights!

By: hate setanta

hate setanta — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:41:31 +0000

At least sky let the BBC show highlights of the england games, setanta have no compassion.

IMO England matches should have the whole nation watching and supporting, not a select few.

The bbc are not without blame though as I would rather my license fee go on football rather than some of the pap they put on!