Is this live on 10 tonight?
Nope. Starts tomorrow night on 10.
Itās not just 10 and P+ that have a lot riding on this new deal. Football Australia and the various clubs will be hoping it is a successful partnership. Eventually any success trickling down to recruitment at junior levels of the game.
And FA/APL will probably end up using 10 like the BBL did to become a popular league and once itās a success itāll ditch 10 for a big network like Seven or Nineā¦
Doesnāt ViacomCBS have an equity stake in the A-League now? Makes that scenario less likely.
2022 World Cup inter confederation playoffs set for early to mid June could potentially be a 4 nation event in Qatar, as 2 single leg matches, so no home and away encounters. It is still to be confirmed but sounding likely.
The draw to decide which confederation meets which confederation out of Asian 5th, CONCACAF 4th, Oceania 1st and South America 5th is expected in Zurich by the end of this month, so sometime in the next week or so.
With the Asian 5th place playoff late May or early June to be a one legged match on neutral territory, and only approx a week before the inter confederation playoffs, I wonder if the Asian 5th place playoff will also be in Qatar? The Oceania qualifying tournament is also set for Qatar in March.
This format switch will be similar to what will be in place in November 2025 for the six nation, two rounds of single legs playoff event for the last two spots to be decided for the 2026 World Cup.
I dont think Football Australia and Ch 10 will like this at all should Australia be involvedā¦no home leg, and also one less Socceroos encounter for 10 to show, plus a bad middle of the night timeslot due to brutal June Qatar heat.
The World Cup Finals group draw is April, two months before the June playoffs.
The old format with two legged playoffs provide drama. Just ask John Aloisi and his winning penalty vs Uruguay in the OFC v South America 2nd leg
Looks to be a new set as well.
Tara Rushton hosting with Luke Wilshire and Mark Milligan as the pundits.
No chance to rewind on P+?
Wonāt happen - Football has had plenty of opportunities to build a popular league and its not worked (even pre A-League days).
Anyone else got the blue spinning disc in the middle of the screen? On Android TV app.
Hope its gone before kick off.
As the project is coming from the Sydney studio, where is this coming from? Does 10 Sydney have capacity for another studio for sports programming? The news room would be used for Perth news.
The coverage/ads on streaming seem to be jumping but the broadcast is fine.
Iām not sure. Maybe 10 News Perth is coming from the second big news set (which is used for the Socceroos friendlyās) tonight. Iām not sure.
Got any Screencaps from P+ās A-League Debut?
Simon Hill and Daniel McBreen in the booth.
Unfortunately a 25fps stream so far. Which is not going to cut it for a sports broadcast on big screen.
No watermark which is a negative in terms of promotional opportunities.
Perhaps the P+ coverage is a bit no frills compared to the main network coverage for Saturday nights. Time will tell.