watching City live games in Edinburgh / Central

[mrmario]

Anyone know any decent boozers in the West that will show City? Moved up to Motherwell in 07 from Manchester but the joys of Sky have limited how proactive I've been in searching out any pubs to watch the games in. Cheers!

 

[Aussie Blue]

Yeah, sweet mate. I hope to get hooked on the SPL as well, a bloke I went to school with is in the Hearts reserves so I follow them a little bit aswell.

Matty Park?

yeah mate, top bloke

 

[aka blue jambo]

Matty Park?

yeah mate, top bloke

seems to be doing well .. hope he breaks through this season ( we have a couple of your countrymen )

 

[Aussie Blue]

yeah mate, top bloke

seems to be doing well .. hope he breaks through this season ( we have a couple of your countrymen )

Yeah, which is good cause Hearts get a little more coverage than they would otherwise. I reckon McGowan looks really good and could be a solid central defender for the Socceroos in the future

 

[aka blue jambo]

seems to be doing well .. hope he breaks through this season ( we have a couple of your countrymen )

Yeah, which is good cause Hearts get a little more coverage than they would otherwise. I reckon McGowan looks really good and could be a solid central defender for the Socceroos in the future

cracking interview with McGowan in the Edinburgh Evening news - online
HEARTS defender Ryan McGowan today revealed his determination to make sure new signings Ishmael Bouzid and Dawid Kucharski don't just walk into the first team.
The young stopper is keen to force his way into manager Csaba Laszlo's plans for the season ahead but the arrival of the Algerian and Pole will only serve to make his task even harder.

McGowan was just 17 when he signed for the Tynecastle side iADVERTISEMENTn 2006 from South Australian Super League outfit Para Hills, moving to Edinburgh at the same time as his fellow countryman Rocky Visconte.

The Adelaide-born defender has developed into a real prospect for the Jambos and last season captained the Hearts Under-19s side before travelling as part of the first-team squad to Germany at the start of their pre-season campaign.

He is set to travel to England tonight with his senior colleagues for the friendly matches against Southampton and Plymouth and he's hoping to get some game time and make an impression on Laszlo.

McGowan, whose brother Dylan also plays for the Under-19s, is determined to push the other defenders at the club all the way for a place in the up and coming games and also for the domestic season ahead.

He said: "This will be my third season here, the last two I've been away with the first team and have really enjoyed that.

"In Germany this time around, I thought that I did quite well in one game and then not too badly in the other.

"We have signed two new centre-backs over the last few weeks but that only encourages me to work even hard. I have to try to make sure that they don't come here and just walk straight into the team.

"Marius Zaliukas is suspended for the first few games of the season and I suppose that is a good thing for me because it maybe gives me a chance to stake a claim early on. But pre-season is the time when, if you do well, hopefully the manager will show faith in you and give you a go.

"If they've got that kind of confidence in you then you might get a chance to show what you can do when injuries and suspensions start to come in.

"I want the gaffer to know that he can go straight to me if there are injuries or suspensions, even if it is just to play one game. I know that it might be temporary and that Marius, Dawid, Ishmael or whoever could come back in the following game.

"But I want to show that I can step into their shoes and do a job if I am needed. I want to make sure that I am ready if the gaffer needs me and I need to show him that I can do a job for him if he asks me to play."

The Aussie has felt a real sense of stability return to the club in recent months, following the arrival of Laszlo.

His previous two pre-seasons have been carried out under a cloud of confusion with Eduard Malofeev's unconventional training methods followed by last season's initial build-up preceding Laszlo's appointment as boss.

And he continued: "There have been a few managers in my time and it's nice to have had a settled pre-season really.

"A couple of years ago Eduard Malofeev was in charge of our pre-season and his style was totally different to now.

"Then last season there wasn't really a manager in place until the end so it was a pretty confusing time for everyone. Now it is more structured and everyone knows what they are doing and when. I think we've all really enjoyed it, it's been a good pre-season."

McGowan has played for the first team on one occasion so far, in the 1-0 SPL defeat to Gretna two seasons ago and, despite the scoreline, put in a creditable performance: "I've played for the first team once so far, against Gretna, and last season I was on the bench a fair few times.

"Due to positions, unless someone gets injured they don't usually swap the defenders during the course of a match.

"Everyone is always on the lookout for an experienced centre-back but all you can do is try to make sure you're doing the right things in training. Because the reserve games are generally midweek, if I don't come off the bench on a Saturday then I am at least still getting some football on the Tuesday.

"It means that every week I'm getting 90 minutes or thereabouts, so it's good to keep getting games under my belt."

McGowan has already seen for himself that Laszlo will give his younger charges a go if he feels they are up to the task, although he recognises the fact that central defence is one of the key positions to fill, with many managers preferring experience to the enthusiasm and exuberance of youth.

"Csaba has shown that he will give younger players their chance," he said. "He gave Gary Glen a go last season and did the same with David Templeton. Arvidas Novikovas came on in our last game, as did Jonny Stewart, so if you're doing well in the reserves or pushing hard in training then I think he's willing to give you a go.

"If a striker is having a bad game then they can be taken off and throw on a young boy for the last 15 or 20 minutes of a game. If he makes a mistake then you know that you have still got about eight people behind the ball ready to help out. If you're a defender there's a bit more at stake and once you have got your wall up you don't want to be going making too many changes to it."

If he gets the chance to play against Southampton or Plymouth on their travels – or indeed Bolton Wanderers or Sunderland at Tynecastle before the SPL season kicks off – McGowan is desperate to make the most of the opportunity: "Southampton are a huge club, they were in the Premiership just a few years ago so it will be good experience for us.

"We then play Plymouth and come back up the road to Scotland to play another two Premier League clubs as well at Tynecastle. We've got four huge games to come before the biggest game of all, the first match of the new season against Dundee United.

"There is still that sharpness to come. At the moment we're doing a lot of longer runs to get that base fitness and then when you play more matches you get that edge about you again. Leading towards the season they'll be working on our match sharpness and Tom Ritchie and Werner Berger have got that covered. It's up to us to listen to what they say, take their advice, believe in what they tell us and get on with it."

 

[bennyboy]

seems to be doing well .. hope he breaks through this season ( we have a couple of your countrymen )

Yeah, which is good cause Hearts get a little more coverage than they would otherwise. I reckon McGowan looks really good and could be a solid central defender for the Socceroos in the future

Hearts played him in midfield in that Gretna game,he had a good game.
Another Aussie is the lad Visconti.I think he is in the Aussie squad for his age for some big tournament coming up.They reckon he was the best of the lot until he got a serious injury that he has just recovered from.

 

[aka blue jambo]

now that the Hearts v United game has been switched does anyone know of an Edinburgh boozer that might show the Blackburn game? I know its on Setanta Oirland but will it be on Polsat etc ??

 

[aka blue jambo]

bump
any ideas anyone?

 

[Glasgow Man City]

now that the Hearts v United game has been switched does anyone know of an Edinburgh boozer that might show the Blackburn game? I know its on Setanta Oirland but will it be on Polsat etc ??

It's on these channels

C+ Sport (Fra)
C+ Sport 1 (F/N/S only)
Canal 9 (DK)
Diema
MaXimo 2
NTV+ Football
Prima COOL
RTL Croatia
Setanta Ireland (roi)
Show Sports 1 & 2
Sitel 3
Sky Calcio 1
Sky Sport 1 (de)
Sky Sport 1 (it)
Spormax Digiturk
Sport TV1
STV 3 Slovakia
SuperSport 3 (ZA)
SuperSport 3A
SuperSport 3N

See here

http://liveonsat.com/daily.php?star...t_yyyy=2009&end_dd=15&end_mm=08&end_yyyy=2009

 

[aka blue jambo]

ta mate