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'Alan Come on, lets get on with it. I want to hear the funny, the audience want to hear the funny! The audience are gasped in anticipation. Not for the Ribena, but for the funny.'

There was the funny, just there!

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 08:21 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

Hansen was being extremely nice last night, nicer even than on Saturday night. I think someone had told him he had to be nice to Chiles. He almost slipped when Chiles came out with some refereeing statistic, but he managed to restrain himself.

I am pleased, really, because I have trouble sleeping if Hansen is nasty.

I say, I do like 'The Strachan View'. Will he be able to carry on if Scotland appoint him this week, as is not expected?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 25 October 2004 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)

The Strachan View now has JANGLY GUITARS behind it!

Also, Chiles kicked off a wee tad nervously, or self-referentially, by saying 'Alan Hansen's here to put us straight on a few things'.

When Rooney's goal went in - on the highlights, I mean (I didnae know the result) - I danced around the room like 'Minor Character' was playing.

― the bellefox, Monday, 25 October 2004 19:38 (twenty-one years ago)

what's happened to Mark Bright?

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 25 October 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that the 'funny' bloke? If so, he was moved to Saturday so that we could delight in the sight of the resident West Brom and Crystal Palace fans congratulating each other on how nice their mates are. I prefer not to know who a presenter supports, I think.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 07:07 (twenty-one years ago)

No, he's not (that) Bright.

MOTD was spectacular on Saturday in the sense that it featured Everton as the lead match. It's been a while. It may be a while again.

I enjoy the flurry of chuckling and impenetrable Scots asides that accompany our return to the studio after an amusing filmed item on MOTD2. And Chiles has improved 100% (or 110% if Bob Paisley had anything to do with it).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 07:29 (twenty-one years ago)

i'd rather have Stubbs or yer man Maniche (sp) presenting MOTD2. for consistency.

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 08:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Its pretty sad how fans of other teams are all getting behind Man United isn't it?

Didn't Alan Hansen say at one point 'what kind of question is this?' when the referees were being discussed after Kevin Keegan's rant and Chiles hadn't even finished speaking! Though I thought it was more jokey than when I saw MOTD2 a few weeks ago.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 08:53 (twenty-one years ago)

What annoys me about MOTD is that the lead matches are usually the games which have been televised by Sky already that day, and the people really interested in them will have already watched them live, so why not give more coverage to the other games?

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 09:10 (twenty-one years ago)

the 'not everyone has Sky Sports in their home or wants to go to a packed out pub' protocol should be sustained for now.

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 09:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, I'm quite happy for the Beeb to make their assessment independent of whether Sky screened the games or not. (As it happens, though I was very interested indeed, I had other commitments from noon till mid-afternoon Saturday and didn't see Norwich-Everton live).

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 09:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Try this, it sometimes works:

http://www.stone0898.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks - but the MOTD highlights did me just fine.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 10:07 (twenty-one years ago)

It sometimes comes up trumps when you can't (or don't want to) get down the pub.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

the pub wouldn't actually let us in to watch the game on Sunday - too full

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 10:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't want Sky TV, there's too much razzamatazz, and what's more, I prefer highlights to complete games. This does not make me 'not really interested'. Hands up who stays up to watch Argentinian football followed by Dutch football followed by Brazillian football preceded by John Barnes's Football Night preceded by ITV Cockney Football Knees-Up preceded by Greavsie's Gaff? If not, you are a LIGHTWEIGHT. I can see one or two hands at the back.

Did anyone see the trailer for MOTD2, before Whose News Is It Anyway, when Starchan and Hansen were pretending to be tall/short in direct contravention of Chiles's introduction of them? I think that really set the tone for the whole evening.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

i phoned the BBC to complain as i thought it was highly inappropriate for both pundits to be Scottish that evening.

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Ooh, no, I didn't see that, PJM.

I agree that highlights are best, except when Spurs are playing. When, come to think of it, it is probably best to see nothing, hear nothing and learn nothing.

― the bluefox, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Can someone answer a question for me?

What is the time?

My computer clock sys 6:51, my watch says 6:45. It is rather important that I get it, roughly, right. Perhaps my watch is dying on me. Yes, I expect so.

― the timefox, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I think that your PC is more accurate than your watch. Replace the battery in the watch?

― Mooro (Mooro), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I think you are right.

I wonder if anyone will sell me a battery. I need a new strap as well.

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 16:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Any jeweller should do that for you (sometimes its difficult to get the back of one's watch off oneself). They'll love to sell you a strap too.

Eespecially an Arab one.

― Mooro (Mooro), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Mooro, you demonstrate (here and elsewhere) a marvellously exciting and glamorous notion of what I get up to in shops. It cheers me up (and I need cheering up, just now).

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hands up who stays up to watch Argentinian football followed by Dutch football followed by Brazillian football preceded by John Barnes's Football Night preceded by ITV Cockney Football Knees-Up preceded by Greavsie's Gaff?"

When I was unemployed, I was that sad man

― Porkpie (porkpie), Tuesday, 26 October 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I should have known I could rely on you, Porky.

Watch straps can be very expensive.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 07:54 (twenty-one years ago)

that Greavsie's Gaff title song is beyond ~~classic~~ terror

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I still think it should be UKIP's campaign anthem.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 09:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Chiles 'Harold' last night invited us to write to the editor if we were sick of him doing introductory films to West Brom matches. This is very perceptive of him. If only more BBC presenters would invite people to ask for their air time to be reduced.

No Strachan - bad.

Moyes - diplomatic.

Le Saux or however you write it - what a pleasant young man.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 1 November 2004 09:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Moyes' role was mainly to scare the kiddies for Halloween.

― Pete W (peterw), Monday, 1 November 2004 10:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Everton managers have a tendency to be dour, guarded, uncharismatic - Catterick was the anti-Shankly in the 60s though just as successful. Bingham had a twinkle in his eye but we were frequently deeply negative under him, attempting to win the title in 74-75 entirely with draws; Lee tried to stifle the ebullience of the side Bingham assembled in his last, crazy days and by '79 had managed it - the 6-0s and 2-6s replaced with 1-0s and 0-0s until a deluge of transfer requests pulled us under. Colin Harvey and Walter Smith never smiled.

I do love David Moyes though.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 November 2004 10:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i believe it's spelt "le socks" PJ

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 1 November 2004 11:12 (twenty-one years ago)

pronounced 'lezzo'

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 1 November 2004 11:15 (twenty-one years ago)

in his first spell at chelsea we called him bergerac. he's from the channel islands, you see. like bergerac.

on his return, he became soxy.

― Pete W (peterw), Monday, 1 November 2004 11:21 (twenty-one years ago)

The commentator at the Arsenal match managed to point out that Demi Moore was in the crowd and then wondered what to say about her. 'err familiar face...'

― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Monday, 1 November 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Did he speculate as to her thoughts on TWO-GOAL RORY DELAP?

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

i hear she's a big fan of Stoke

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Had she been at the Pompey game would she have said Blame it on Rio?

― Japanese Giraffe (Japanese Giraffe), Monday, 1 November 2004 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I like Moyes. He was too diplomatic to be a good pundit, though.

Chiles was abysmal - abysmal. Most of what he said, he said twice - twice.

― the bluefox, Monday, 1 November 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve McMahon continues to give good Scouse on BBCi's Score Interactive (it's not all that interactive, I've found. No combination of button presses yielded an Everton winner on Saturday) - this week he was relating the Toffees' nickname for the new Liverpool boss: Rafael Beneathus.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

he'd also said it all beforehand on 606, which i listened to for the first time in ages. nobody's ever replaced danny baker on that, have they? not even duncan mackenzie.

― Pete W (peterw), Monday, 1 November 2004 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

It's true, interactive TV is overhyped. When they say Push The Red Button, I find that the TV just switches off.

― the bluefox, Monday, 1 November 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

The P F gives good joke today. I laughed out loud, (or at least , sort of snorted through my nose, in front of this PC in the Staff Common Room)

― Mooro (Mooro), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

haha, The Pinefox not handling modern technology well shock horror!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 1 November 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I repeated The Pinefox's joke to my wife. We do have fun.

Chiles seemed strangely liberated by the absence of Strachan and Hansen, for the worse.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 1 November 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

For the worse, yes.

Thanks, Mooro. You were in my dream last night.

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 2 November 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

He (Chiles) seemed quite affected by the death of Lord Hansen (a different one) on Working Lunch.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

You mean he was happy about it?

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Could the two (Hansens) be somehow connected, in Chiles' ... 'mind'?

― the bluefox, Tuesday, 2 November 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

He looked quite subdued, not his usual chirpy self. It could have been his brown shirt though. Perhaps just uttering the word 'Hansen' makes him uncomfortable.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 15:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Candy coloured clown!

― Mooro (Mooro), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

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