FL Tonight (C5) - New Format

[Gilliver's Travels]

It was always slightly unnerving seeing that crowd of zombies in assorted football shirts, whose only role appeared to be standing on two legs and making grunting noises.

The ones behind the presenters backs, peering in as if through the windows of a garden shed brought to mind a scene from Night of the Living Dead. Weird, just weird.

Perhaps we should be thankful they were not granted the power of speech so as to entertain us all with some toe-curling banter.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

MUCH better. A journalist leading the thing. And no effing zoo format. I want my footy to be mostly highlights and people sitting in chairs talking briefly about it.

Apparently N'Hants have a striker called Jonjo O'Tool

 

[el punal]

Prefer this already....but Clinton Morrison

He's a bit "innit", innit.

 

[Bladders]

Have they got rid of the shit audience and shit presenters?

 

[dazzer6666]

Have they got rid of the shit audience and shit presenters?

Audience, yes, presenters, not quite but Virgs has gone [emoji3]

 

[Mackenzie]

Derby

Just had a little look at the Derby forum. They aren't handling losing very well.

 

[dazzer6666]

Just had a little look at the Derby forum. They aren't handling losing very well.

Is it time for the now-traditional Derby slump ?

 

[el punal]

100% better than the previous format. At least the invited Full Kit W*****s have left the stage to give the show a bit more gravitas. Get rid of Clinton Morrison and keep Michael Gray.

 

[Deleted member 22389]

Is it time for the now-traditional Derby slump ?

I hope so.
I really hope we have turned the corner and I really hope we can get promoted. It's about time other clubs like ourself got to the promised land.

 

[southstandandy]

I gave up after the third week - it was so bad I vowed never to watch it on Ch5 again. I just watch our highlights on Seagulls player now - much better.

 

[BangaloreGull]

Agree that was much improved. First time I have managed a whole show. The balanced the highlights better as well I think, not just re-running the two games they had live coverage of. Morrison . . . Well makes you appreciate Virgo! Gray is good though.

 

[Napier's Knee]

It was actually watchable. Steve Evans was incredibly red

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Championship review Channel 5.. starting now.

 

[redoubtable seagull]

A simpler format made for a better programme. Just need to improve the quality of their 'experts'. Morrison added little of value.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Audience, yes, presenters, not quite but Virgs has gone [emoji3]

Virgo is freelance and only appears on selected weeks. He'll be back on soon when he hasn't got a BT game to commentate on in the lower leagues

 

[BensGrandad]

I thought the format was better but both pundits were poor. Dont think the presenters are all that either and still not as good as when it was on bbc withManish and then Steve Claridge and Leroy Rosenior giving their opinions. The essence of football discussion are the incidents, wrong decisions bad misses good saves and of course the goals and I do not feel that they concentrate on that enough, just about showing the goals.

 

[Ernest]

Just had a little look at the Derby forum. They aren't handling losing very well.

If Derby go on a run half as bad as ours Clement will be sacked. Hull have got them shitting themselves now

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

To be fair, if the show had started in this format, on that sofa without the pointless 'fans' milling around for no real reason it would have had nowhere near the criticism it has endured so far. At least C5 have taken the comments on board and made the changes.

Yes I whole heartedly agree. So glad the psuedo fans have now disappeared, and more credence seems to be being given to what the show should be all about, the actual match highlights.

Still not nearly as professional and slick as the Beeb's version, but certainly a big step forward.

The only thing left is to invite some studio guests who actually have something worthwhile to say. Clinton Morrison was an embarassment.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Looks like a different format from this week - one hour from 9-10 for the Championship, then Leagues 1 and 2 stuffed into 30 mins between 10 and 10:30.

Should mean an increase in our screentime.

With all the live games coming up and screwing us fans royally that can't do week night games, I think that show is an irrelevance.

 

[nwgull]

If Derby go on a run half as bad as ours Clement will be sacked. Hull have got them shitting themselves now

Our bad run was 7 games without a win; their current run is 4 games. It already is half as bad.