topic Re: Lionesses in What's On

Lionesses

Stephen+Mourton — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 20:21:04 GMT

I was amazed and dismayed at Sky's decision to post on the Stream Home page 'Congratulations to the Lionesses' almost immediately after the match. I would have thought Sky of all organisations because of their sports experience would plaster a result over the first page that comes up when you turn on. I appreciate the sentiment but what about all those that had added it to their Playlist to watch later. Fortunately I watched it live but I would have been furious if I had saved it for later!

Re: Lionesses

oj01 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 20:41:12 GMT

@Stephen+Mourton wrote:
I was amazed and dismayed at Sky's decision to post on the Stream Home page 'Congratulations to the Lionesses' almost immediately after the match. I would have thought Sky of all organisations because of their sports experience would plaster a result over the first page that comes up when you turn on. I appreciate the sentiment but what about all those that had added it to their Playlist to watch later. Fortunately I watched it live but I would have been furious if I had saved it for later!

Or, equally, anyone who avoided the outcome until they read this post!

Re: Lionesses

Stephen+Mourton — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 21:33:30 GMT

@oj01

You will notice I did not put the result in my heading exactly for that reason. Anyone not wanting to know the result would be very unlikely to click through to see what it said.

CONGRATS LIONESSES

Mgers — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 04:17:46 GMT

Congrats to the brainiac idea of practically bladdering the result of the match on the Home Screen.

A real time saver for anyone that had recorded it or wanted to watch it on catchup.

Re: CONGRATS LIONESSES

Chodley — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 07:23:05 GMT

@Mgers wrote:
Congrats to the brainiac idea of practically bladdering the result of the match on the Home Screen.
A real time saver for anyone that had recorded it or wanted to watch it on catchup.

Well done for extending the spoiler (which I also complained about, incredibly stupid decision) to the forum with your thread title in the Q section.

Re: Lionesses

Chodley — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 07:24:20 GMT

Also; anyone else find "lionesses" a really clumsy daft nickname?

Re: Lionesses

best+of+the+best — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:20:16 GMT

@Stephen+Mourton wrote:
@oj01

You will notice I did not put the result in my heading exactly for that reason. Anyone not wanting to know the result would be very unlikely to click through to see what it said.

No need for the result don't you know how to use the spoiler alert@Stephen+Mourton I also watched it live but switched it off just after extra time not knowing the outcome.

Your post has the same effect as Sky splashing it on the home screen of Stream and Q.

Re: Lionesses

Chodley — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:25:31 GMT

I don't know how to use the spoiler alert, what is that?

Re: Lionesses

BenJoBanjo — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:37:48 GMT

@Chodley wrote:
I don't know how to use the spoiler alert, what is that?

You can type something and then

hide the bit that you don't want to spoil

so then readers have to click to reveal it.

It's the little triangle icon with an exclamation point on it - 'insert a spoiler tag' on the toolbar at the bottom when you're creating/editing a post.

Re: Lionesses

Chodley — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:03:29 GMT

Oh weird. I don't have that tool on the toolbar.

Re: Lionesses

BenJoBanjo — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:12:22 GMT

@Chodley wrote:
Oh weird. I don't have that tool on the toolbar.

Strange. I get this when I create a post:

Re: Lionesses

Stephen+Mourton — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:12:43 GMT

I apologise if my post spoilt the result for anyone and like many others it seems, I had no idea you could use a spoiler alert.

All that being said I do still believe that anyone not wanting to know the score would not click on a link that said just 'Lionesses'. and not posted until a few hours after the match ended, which was the whole reason I did not give any additional information in my heading. Anyway I repeat I am sorry if I spoilt it for others that was not my intention.

However this is becoming a discussion on my post rather than the strange decision to plaster the result on the Home page.

Re: Lionesses

nolte — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:19:48 GMT

@BenJoBanjo wrote:
@Chodley wrote:
Oh weird. I don't have that tool on the toolbar.

Strange. I get this when I create a post:

Mobile version may have a more limited options than on full version

Re: Lionesses

Chodley — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:38:08 GMT

@Stephen+Mourton wrote:
I apologise if my post spoilt the result for anyone and like many others it seems, I had no idea you could use a spoiler alert.
All that being said I do still believe that anyone not wanting to know the score would not click on a link that said just 'Lionesses'. and not posted until a few hours after the match ended, which was the whole reason I did not give any additional information in my heading. Anyway I repeat I am sorry if I spoilt it for others that was not my intention.
However this is becoming a discussion on my post rather than the strange decision to plaster the result on the Home page.

Half of it is a discussion on someone else's much more spoilery post that got merged into this thread. I think your title was fine.

Re: Lionesses

Daniel0210 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:49:16 GMT

@Chodley

On my iPad I have to turn the device to a landscape view to bring up further options including the spoiler.

Re: Lionesses

Chodley — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:16:36 GMT

@Daniel0210 wrote:
@Chodley
On my iPad I have to turn the device to a landscape view to bring up further options including the spoiler.

Tried that on the phone but no joy

Re: Lionesses

best+of+the+best — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:50:55 GMT

@Stephen+Mourton wrote:
I apologise if my post spoilt the result for anyone and like many others it seems, I had no idea you could use a spoiler alert.
All that being said I do still believe that anyone not wanting to know the score would not click on a link that said just 'Lionesses'. and not posted until a few hours after the match ended, which was the whole reason I did not give any additional information in my heading. Anyway I repeat I am sorry if I spoilt it for others that was not my intention.
However this is becoming a discussion on my post rather than the strange decision to plaster the result on the Home page.

Fair comment @Stephen+Mourton it's well known that Sky would have plastered it on the home screen

Same goes for anyone not wanting to know the score wouldn't turn the Sky Q or Sky Stream on

I watched it via iplayer on the FiretvStick opportunity watch Live or watch from start no spoilers

Re: Lionesses

Chodley — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 22:25:14 GMT

It wasn't well known to me. I turned it on and thought "what the hell?!" - how is someone supposed to navigate to the recording without seeing that?

No excuses. It's nonsense that someone should have to consider this is likely to happen and figure out some other platform to watch it on catchup because "it's well known Sky do stupid things"

Re: CONGRATS LIONESSES

Mgers — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 04:01:54 GMT

Its a pretty mute point to say I'm "extending the spoiler " as you can't avoid it on the Home Screen. My post was the next day not 10seconds after the match.

Im sorry but a sporting spoiler the following day especially a major European final?? Nah!

Re: Lionesses

Mgers — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 04:25:41 GMT

@Chodley Wrote- Also; anyone else find "lionesses" a really clumsy daft nickname?

It's a nickname who cares? What's clumsy about it?