[Football] BBC Chairman says show fewer highlights on MOTD

[BrightonCottager]

No-one has mentioned the waste of time it is interviewing the managers (including our own) who never say anything interesting or informative.

 

[Mellotron]

Everyone's in bed, sit down with a nice cup of decaf and watch MOTD. End to a lovely Saturday usually.

I don't want to see any highlights before. Done a few days where I've avoided the results and that is even better.

Sounds utterly glorious.

Me and my brother call that "going dark". "Hey, watching MOTD dark tonight so no texts about the footy today please." "Good luck making it til 10.30pm."

It's a fun little challenge. Great when you realise it's 7/8pm and you've managed to go dark all day without even meaning to.

Equally, I never manage it when visiting the in laws as the father-in-law will always come and just tell me all the results unprompted. Cheers Martin - he will also do this with films we are maybe 30 minutes into watching for the first time - FIL walking past in the background; "oh this is the one where the kid dies at the end isn't it?"

You can imagine how GREAT that is.

 

[nickbrighton]

in common with many others, I think the biggest turn off for me from pundits and match commentators and summarisers is the bias. , if they are going to use ex players at least have neutral commentary and analysis. Listening to a commentary that is so one sided is awful. One team is always being clever and entitled to go down, where as the other is practising dark arts and diving. The glee in the voice of some pundits when a big team is behind and gets an equaliser, or goes ahead . The way its usually about how bad one team played, rather than how well the perceived small team played.

 

[Mellotron]

No-one has mentioned the waste of time it is interviewing the managers (including our own) who never say anything interesting or informative.

If there was anything I'd axe from football coverage generally, it's this - interviews with players and managers straight after the game. 99.9% of the time it's boring and pointless platitudes.

 

[nickbrighton]

No-one has mentioned the waste of time it is interviewing the managers (including our own) who never say anything interesting or informative.

"Well Fabian, you have just lost 7-0. you must be disappointed in that result?"

 

[jakarta]

Dedicated the first 15 minutes to Liverpool beating the bottom team, didn't merit 5 minutes...

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

If there was anything I'd axe from football coverage generally, it's this - interviews with players and managers straight after the game. 99.9% of the time it's boring and pointless platitudes.

Unless it is the Plymouth player who managed to swear twice in as many minutes on Live TV after the Liverpool game.

 

[SouthSaxon]

The way to get me to watch MOTD on a regular basis is stop Palace winning.

I refuse to watch any game that lot up the road win.

They could do this on the iPlayer app with AI - you enter the score you’d like it to be, and a highlights package to fit is automatically generated. Finally a solution to the problem of wanting both teams to lose.

 

[m20gull]

The difference in analysis between MOTD on Saturday night and MOTD2 on Sunday night is "chalk and cheese". Granted on a Saturday night there are more games to pack in, but with Lineacre at the helm it's just become who can come up with the best pun. Chappers on a Sunday night asks a lot more questions of the analysts, but then with only 2/3 games they've got more time for said analysis and maybe that's what the Director General was getting at....

I would echo this. The big problem with Saturday is the use of retired players as 'experts'. They don't have the experience of the league as it is currently. This shines when we get to the international tournaments and they use current coaches who can give actual tactical analysis rather than general comments that offer no more insight than fans on 606. Not sure of a solution for Saturday MOTD. I loved it best when there was no comment and they just showed the highlights with no analysis! I think I'm saying if you're going to do it, do it properly or don't bother.

 

[portlock seagull]

The joy of football, for me anyway, is watching the GAME. Not pundits or data analysis. If you love stats so much, feck off and buy ms excel and leave us legacy fans to enjoy the football. It’s the beautiful game, not the beautiful spreadsheet. FFS…

 

[Me Atome]

The difference in analysis between MOTD on Saturday night and MOTD2 on Sunday night is "chalk and cheese". Granted on a Saturday night there are more games to pack in, but with Lineacre at the helm it's just become who can come up with the best pun. Chappers on a Sunday night asks a lot more questions of the analysts, but then with only 2/3 games they've got more time for said analysis and maybe that's what the Director General was getting at....

Sunday MOTD2 is always a lot better, in my opinion. I like the way they analyse the games.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Couldn't give a monkey's about XG or whether Smuggo Big Ears thinks it was a penalty or not, just show the bloody game.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Always impressed with Alan Shearer and his criticism regarding a teams defending/defensive set-up.

 

[Badger]

If there was anything I'd axe from football coverage generally, it's this - interviews with players and managers straight after the game. 99.9% of the time it's boring and pointless platitudes.

Then there's that "special" interview Gary does with one of the winning managers. What's the point in that?

 

[jonny.rainbow]

It is pretty much the last show of the day and there is no reason why it could not be extended to include more analysis from “experts” it is only delaying some film or other. No need to cut the match day footage unless it’s cheaper.

Nail on head.

Pretty sure the BBC’s deal is to show a finite amount of match highlights. It’s why they often pad it out with pointless ‘look which z-list celeb or old fart is in the crowd’ edit points.

More analysis means a cheaper production.

 

[Javeaseagull]

Nail on head.

Pretty sure the BBC’s deal is to show a finite amount of match highlights. It’s why they often pad it out with pointless ‘look which z-list celeb or old fart is in the crowd’ edit points.

More analysis means a cheaper production.

Getting rid of Lineker should save a few bob!