pearsos 56 Posted June 28, 2020 What has he got against Norwich? Didn't have a good word to say about us last night and actually seemed pleased that we lost. Did we win a game that lost him an accumulator? Or last time he was actually at Carrow Road didn’t he get any Walkers crisps? Even Alan Shearer and Ian Wright had a few positives to say about us. I found his attitude towards us disgraceful for someone who is supposed to not be biased. In addition I found it annoying that the commentator couldn’t pronounce Tryball’s name correctly and as for Maguire getting man of the match, where did that come from? At least we won’t have to put up with the BBC numpties next season if we are back in the Championship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Green Army 232 Posted June 28, 2020 Shearer and Wright can’t even string a sentence together between them. Embarrassing and cringeworthy at times. How they can justify their lucrative salaries is beyond me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 2,937 Posted June 28, 2020 The BBC can’t be defunded fast enough to get this smug idiot off the public purse. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SplatCat 18 Posted June 28, 2020 Shearer’s comment was priceless: ‘man united were there for the taking.’ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curious yellow 184 Posted June 28, 2020 I can't understand why he is paid so much to make cr@ppy puns and ended on a ridiculous poem, occasionally he'll wave his arms around to try took to make him look intelligent He has the mentality of a schoolkid. None of the analysts have the ability to be decent managers. It was interesting the comment to Shearer "your old mate Chris Sutton" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearsos 56 Posted June 28, 2020 Perhaps we should start a petition to get Lineker sacked. After all it’s the licence payers who own the BBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 8,598 Posted June 28, 2020 What did he say or not say? I watched the game and cant remember him saying anything other than how boring it was at half time which he has said for pretty much every game. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orly 269 Posted June 28, 2020 I particularly liked how the commentators tied themselves in knots trying to make it sound like Igahlo and Maguire's 2 yard shinned finishes were somehow better than Cantwell's 20 yarder (keeper could have done better, & 'really difficult to get yourself in the position to finish like that (re: igahol) ps - no it's not). Do they have zero awareness of themselves? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KiwiScot 1,265 Posted June 28, 2020 We did put Tottenham out maybe that's it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FCC 73 Posted June 28, 2020 Coupled with the cameraman clearly not knowing who Idah was as the commentators talked about him. The lack of knowledge is disgraceful and completely unprofessional. Compare that with the research Motty used to do. These bumbling idiots just roll up and watch a game with no background knowledge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tired 102 Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, SplatCat said: Shearer’s comment was priceless: ‘man united were there for the taking.’ They were there for the taking, we were the better team in the second half and with a bit more quality and confidence we could have punished their complacency. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 5,820 Posted June 28, 2020 22 minutes ago, FCC said: Coupled with the cameraman clearly not knowing who Idah was as the commentators talked about him. The lack of knowledge is disgraceful and completely unprofessional. Compare that with the research Motty used to do. These bumbling idiots just roll up and watch a game with no background knowledge. Loved it when they talked about Idah only to show Duda on the bench.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ridgeman 94 Posted June 28, 2020 Just ask yourself how many teams these three have successfully managed and then you see why they talk as much as they do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aggy 724 Posted June 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Orly said: I particularly liked how the commentators tied themselves in knots trying to make it sound like Igahlo and Maguire's 2 yard shinned finishes were somehow better than Cantwell's 20 yarder (keeper could have done better, & 'really difficult to get yourself in the position to finish like that (re: igahol) ps - no it's not). Do they have zero awareness of themselves? Lineker said “erm didn’t it come off his shin though” or similar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aggy 724 Posted June 28, 2020 52 minutes ago, Tired said: They were there for the taking, we were the better team in the second half and with a bit more quality and confidence we could have punished their complacency. Yep, not really sure why saying they were there for the taking was a ‘hilarious’ comment. We had chances and could well have won it, so he was right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curious yellow 184 Posted June 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, Aggy said: Yep, not really sure why saying they were there for the taking was a ‘hilarious’ comment. We had chances and could well have won it, so he was right. Gives us no credit. "there for the taking" with their MOTM and all their world class players? And us with only 10 men and no defensive subs? No interviews from Norwich people after the game and no credit to us from McGuire or OGS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aggy 724 Posted June 28, 2020 14 minutes ago, curious yellow said: Gives us no credit. "there for the taking" with their MOTM and all their world class players? And us with only 10 men and no defensive subs? No interviews from Norwich people after the game and no credit to us from McGuire or OGS. So opponents have to say we were brilliant as well? Some people really do have inferiority complex when it comes to Norwich. How does saying Man Utd were there for the taking not give us credit? There’s no way we beat Man Utd if “all their world class players” have their best games of the season, so undoubtedly yesterday they were a bit off the boil. If we were 5-0 down, they wouldn’t have been there for the taking, so saying they were there for the taking in itself acknowledges we were in the game. It’s just a factual statement - Man Utd weren’t at their best, we did alright, we could have won it but didn’t. Man Utd were there for the taking and we didn’t take it. Let’s also not get carried away. We played alright. We didn’t dominate. We didn’t have fifty shots and were wasteful while Man Utd smashed and grabbed the victory having camped inside their own box for 118 minutes. We defended for our lives and had a few half decent efforts on the counter attack. They interviewed the manager and ‘man of the match’ from the side who had just won a quarter final. Can’t say I’m crying myself to sleep that they did that instead of interviewing the losers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,283 Posted June 28, 2020 3 hours ago, SplatCat said: Shearer’s comment was priceless: ‘man united were there for the taking.’ He was right though, for once. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alex_ncfc 618 Posted June 28, 2020 Every time we go up we have the same thing - people moaning about media bias, what pundits say or don't say, and it will always be the same. I'm not saying you're wrong, because it p!sses me off too, but it's never going to change. Whenever we are in this league now we will be plucky little Norwich who nobody really gives a damn about apart from us, the supporters. We are not a big club. We got relegated in the 90s at the worst possible time and have never re-established ourselves since so we are not seen as belonging at the top level. We should be used to this by now. It actually probably annoyed me more that neither Maguire or OGS mentioned us at all, as Curious Yellow mentioned above. Not one bit of credit toward the effort we put in and how we took it to the last minute of extra time with 10 men. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,283 Posted June 28, 2020 The main problem with Lineker imo is that he dumps down the presentation of a match. ....almost as if all anyone cares about is goals , sure its good to see them going in, in the right direction of course but they are definitely not the be all and end all of footy analysis. There is much more to a game than that, he just never gets anywhere near any real tactical summary. ...just glib one liners and a wink to camera..... actually that kinda sums him up.... bit of a Winker. Get rid of the To$$er asap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 3,537 Posted June 28, 2020 BBC football coverage is generally poor you only have to watch MOTD to realise that. Lineker is not too bad and has actually a dry sense of humour when you can get him off script. Shearer generally has good words about Norwich and was pretty reasonable and fair. But Ian Wright is just totally shocking. No preparation, no research, quite bizarre how he keeps that job. As a slight aside, if you want a top quality bbc sports presenter Clare Balding takes some beating. Highly professional class act. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spencer 1970 199 Posted June 28, 2020 f** kin* 'ell?! Some of you lot (OP and most after) have got a serious chip on your shoulders. Absolutely hilarious that you think Lineker and the rest have got a problem with Norwich. Small minded fans like this make it seem like we deserve the 2nd flight we're destined to go to. Grow up lads, get over it. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aggy 724 Posted June 28, 2020 29 minutes ago, wcorkcanary said: The main problem with Lineker imo is that he dumps down the presentation of a match. ....almost as if all anyone cares about is goals , sure its good to see them going in, in the right direction of course but they are definitely not the be all and end all of footy analysis. There is much more to a game than that, he just never gets anywhere near any real tactical summary. ...just glib one liners and a wink to camera..... actually that kinda sums him up.... bit of a Winker. Get rid of the To$$er asap. He’s the presenter though not the analyst. Same on Sky - there is usually (admittedly on Sky normally a non-footballer) host with a couple of pundits, and it’s the pundits not the host who do the tactical analysis. Not that unusual. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,283 Posted June 28, 2020 35 minutes ago, Aggy said: He’s the presenter though not the analyst. Same on Sky - there is usually (admittedly on Sky normally a non-footballer) host with a couple of pundits, and it’s the pundits not the host who do the tactical analysis. Not that unusual. Given that he's an ex pro , as are his "analysts " I would have thought he'd have a little more to contribute than he currently does. Totally get what you say about the experts and the host, but why not get a decent host then. He's neither , not an ex pro that gives insight or a pro tv frontman that can hold a programme together. It seems with his salary, that the punters are paying for both, but receiving neither. Apologies for not being clearer earlier have just wrecked my head learning a 30 tuck FG knot for joining flourocarbon leader to a spiderwire dyneema translucent braided mainline. Have the beggar sussed now though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
......and Smith must score. 1,117 Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, curious yellow said: No interviews from Norwich people after the game and no credit to us from McGuire or OGS. I thought it wouldn’t have hurt their captain and manager to have put a few “ they pushed us all the way and we were a bit fortunate “ words out there. There were no Norwich interviews because one of the conditions of the restart was that only one club can be interviewed. It’s always going to be the winners Edited June 28, 2020 by ......and Smith must score. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Feedthewolf 4,350 Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) I really like Lineker and Wright. Shearer is a personality vacuum and rarely says anything of any real interest. Lineker is the anchor rather than a pundit, and does a good job at that. Wrighty certainly isn't the thinking man's pundit, but I love his effervescence and general demeanour. What they need is to replace Shearer with an insightful and intellectual pundit who brings genuine top-class analysis, such as Gary Neville on Sky. Shearer's the weak link for me. Edited June 28, 2020 by Feedthewolf 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shefcanary 1,878 Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) I see the BBC bashers out in full force. You'll miss public broadcasting when you guys let it disappear. Edited June 28, 2020 by shefcanary spelling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted June 28, 2020 More fool you, to anyone who gets upset by this sh yte It has been the same for decades It is 'entertainment', a bit of 'joshing' between some old football chums - with the 'odd' bit of help from the scriptwriters. - as with Linekars "duck on a skateboard' type joke to end things 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daisy 127 Posted June 28, 2020 Why do we need pundits? I can work out if we`ve played well or not, just show me the game and I`m happy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curious yellow 184 Posted June 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Aggy said: So opponents have to say we were brilliant as well? Can’t say I’m crying myself to sleep that they did that instead of interviewing the losers. There's a difference between giving credit and saying someone's brilliant. Nobody is crying by saying the coverage is disrespectful to our team. If you're happy about paying a licence fee to someone who likes to giggle about a foreign player's surname, then kudos to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
