Match of the Day vs The Premiership

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i enjoy Nationwide League Extra that little bit more personally

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I enjoyed the Premiership trivia tho. Only five teams have won the Div 1 play-offs and not gone straight back to Div 1 the following season.

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

meg is/was a big fan of PoM, although i think it got a bit too chummy (also andy townsend should be shot, but that's by the by) and the ex-footballers were always far too willing to slap down the journos who occassionally appeared. Matt Smith is good though, i hope ITV find something decent for him to do.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

4 pundits is waaay too many people for anything other than Sky's Soccer Saturday. i'd keep Allen and Atkinson and send the others packing.

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

what about robbie earle? are you some sort of ronnist?

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

i'd move Earle to Dimbleby's Sunday lunchtime slot

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm humbled to have remembered a Matt Smith moment far worse than the Nipper.

Yes, Townsend is a dead loss. So is Earle, save perhaps for comic value. I am touched to see Stevem backing Clive.

I don't think it's true that they slapped down journos. Certainly Barclay vs Atkinson was a Battle Ronald, I mean, Royale.

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

(x-post: I'd give Smith a job as a lecturer in English somewhere.)

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

"Romeo & Juliet, lads... it's basically about sex, isn't it?"

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Does anyone miss Venison?

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Interesting.

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

(No.)

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

ITV even had Jason Dozzell as a pundit once, astounding.

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Was he as good as Shaun Bartlett on the African Nations Cup coverage?

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

fight the real enemy (John Barnes PRESENTING on Five) people

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I like watching that.

― the bluefox, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

gavin peacock was surprisingly good on the ACoN, and will, in my ideal world, remove schmichael (sp?) from the beeb coverage by the end of the summer

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

yes Peacock is good but why the surprise?

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

they're all ex-Chelsea these boys - Townsend (yes, should be shot), C.Allen (dunno), Peacock (OK probably). Who will appear next from the CFC class of 90-94? Dimitri Kharine? Eddie Newton? Seriously, Le Saux has book-learning, but maybe too much and will probably leave footie behind. Some might say that after moving to Soton, he has already.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

The Premiership is typified for me by "The Tactics Truck"... Need I say more really...? :)

― Tom May (Tom May), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

But we are not, here, talking about The Premiership, but The Premiership on Monday -- which is, believe me, a different kettle of stats.

In (Barrow In) Fairness (Ron), the Tactics Truck is long gone. It went out with Herbie and his bananas.

Nice one, Doc. Maybe Hoddle!

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah, missed t' italics or 'erted commas.

Why was the name of the league changed from 'The Premier League' to 'The Premiership', anyway?

The Truck may be literally gone, but its ethos has lived on; whenever I saw "The Premiership" in the last season it had some equivalent irrelevancy; Andy Townsend and the rest trying to remember 'all 16 Scandinavian players to have scored a goal in the Premiership since it started...' & c.

― Tom May (Tom May), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

What will you miss about The Premiership? I guess we all know what we won't miss (the 'bigthreecentricity' in commentary, interviews and analysis; the preference for chat over action; Townsned and earle etc etc). But is there anything that was outstandingly good? Will nu-MotD actually do it properly or will they lamely adopt what ITV did badly for the sake of ratings?

― Daniel (dancity), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

PS Matt Smith does give the impression that he's struggling to rein in his sexuality, that he's actually dying to say something like 'Ooh he's nice'. He is a decent presenter, it must be said.

― Daniel (dancity), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Andy Townsend is just master of the obvious. "I'll tell you something, they've lost 3 games in a row and they're bottom of the league, they'll be thinking 'we need to shape up', but it's not going to happen overnight is it"

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes.

Are you saying Matt Smith is gay? I doubt it.

What I will miss: The Premiership on Monday.

Perhaps I have not yet made that clear.

― the bellefox, Thursday, 13 May 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

the last premiership ...

no more Andy Townsend ! YES

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Saturday, 15 May 2004 20:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I liked Desmond's sign-off, on Sunday morning.

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

didn't Townsend appear as a pundit on the BBC first?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:12 (twenty-two years ago)

stevem,

Are those five teams promoted via the play offs just since the start of the premiership? or does it include the old 2nd div play off's? Because if it is just since the start of the premiership I would say that five teams is a really high number.

― Davel (Davel), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

no, premiership only - Blackburn, Ipswich, Leicester, Bolton, Birmingham i think

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I will miss absolutely sweet fuck all about ITV. I hate the channel anyway, and their football more so. I was mightly disappointed that there was no sign off on Saturday.

The PoM - words cannot express how much I despise this show. Truly truly truly. The same sort of cockfarmers who work in football marketing infest this utter shower of shite. Champagne moment? Fact of Fiction? WHO GIVES A FLYING FUCK? They had this idea that if they thought it was good for a laugh on set, it would be in real life in TV land. This is not true, because they are meejar cunts.

The idea was tactics talk like its down the pub. It is wrong on several levels - down the pub chat is usually shite - that is the point. I want analysis that shows me things I couldn't see. I want straight down the line authoritative - BBC at its best does these things. I fear that MOTD's team are usually so giddy to be back to together that they get all silly. Also, it wasn't realistic, as a player would have said 'fuck tactics - look at the tits on her'.

PS - employ Steve Claridge. Very perceptive on 5Live. Unlike Carlton Palmer.

PPS -Matt Smith's look to camera made me want to kick my screen in. Everytime I try to type what it is about him that irks me so, I end up like a Tasmanian Devil whirling around in madness.

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:40 (twenty-two years ago)

it never reached the height of Ron's threat to chin Andy Townsend.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

never again, even

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

In general I don't really agree with Boyle here - yet there is sense in much of what he says. I think that the big BBC problem is new pundits: Wright, Dixon, Smeichel et al - who are no patch on the old.

― the bluefox, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

A big fat NO to Steve Claridge. I cannot stand the man.
I am genuinely surprised the beeb haven't given him the elbow.

Forgive Stan Collymore his dogging exploits and get him back in the co-commentators seat.

― de, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Lets not be scacred. 1st motd back will be the best motd I have ever seen. Linakar inscrutible, Hanson perceptive, everyone taking the piss out of Lawro . . . it'll be grate.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Hammers in the Premiership.

Please.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Peacock could be a regular BBC pundit. Schmeichel is a bit annoying. I like Lawro more and more tho.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Lawro is great yeah. He's good on Five live on a Friday afternoon too

― chris (chris), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Schmeicel's incredibly annoying. Red faced arrogant condescending twat.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Dave B OTM about ITV, apart from the occasional South Bank show and the Champions league I doubt that I'll have any need to watch it again.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

With the move to BBC, maybe I will get to see more than 30 seconds of a Manchester City game when it isn't against Manchester United, Arsenal or Chelsea.

Which is more than the bloody Premiership ever did.

― ___ (___), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 15:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I liked it when the panel had to name some Portuguese people and Big Ron said The Lion King.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I miss Barry Venison.

― de, Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Peacock is wonderful because Peacock is not of the 'club'. So he sits there with his inscrutable grin on his face and the rest all shuffle uncomfortably in presence of sexy newcomer with quality shirt and tidy facial hair.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Missed the question above -the League is called the FA Premier League, but brands itself the Premiership. I think is because it wants to get away from the FA bit of the Premier League and thinks FA Premier League is too long winded - the Carling FA Premier League offers less brandability than the Carling Premiership etc.

― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Battle of London 2004 !

Eagles Vs Hammers - for a place in the Priemership [and on MOTD]

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Couldn't agree more with Willem Bloody S about Gavin Peacock. The man is a refreshing change from the insufferable clubby but manly northern pre-Premiership banter of Lawro, Hansen, Schmuck, Wrighty, Reidy and Wrongy.

― darren (darren), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Though it beats the pants of Andy Townsend telling us ignoramuses that "That Michael Owen - he's quick !" et al, and the Manuliverarsenal hegemony on coverage (and angle - it was always 'how did they lose', never how did Bolton or whoever win) for the first 75 minutes.

― darren (darren), Tuesday, 18 May 2004 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

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― nakhchivan, Sunday, 22 May 2011 23:46 (fifteen years ago)

I thought Motson's effusive coverage of the 7th* most important game of the day was a delight. Bless him.

(* - in order of presentation, anyway; EFC-Chelsea was perhaps the least meaningful game of the day - Everton might have dropped a place and Chelsea were only mathematically threatened by Man City, but that was it - but it was up after the relegation battle).

― Michael Jones, Monday, 23 May 2011 00:27 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

mew MOTD contract agreed - finally with iPlayer availability (from Monday evenings)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18205519

― the dumbest fuck to have ever existed (onimo), Friday, 25 May 2012 12:31 (fourteen years ago)

Hmm, I tend to catch up with MOTD on Sunday, double-header with MOTD2, so although welcome, this is virtually useless to me. Looks like I'm sticking with t0rr3nt3 for now. What's so special about monday evenings?

― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Friday, 25 May 2012 12:38 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Alan Hansen just completed his last Match of the Day.

Moving.

― the pinefox, Sunday, 11 May 2014 23:10 (twelve years ago)

managed to get a plug in for Sherwood before he went at least

― Number None, Sunday, 11 May 2014 23:18 (twelve years ago)

Thanks for the memories Sherwood.

― xyzzzz__, Monday, 12 May 2014 10:25 (twelve years ago)

Will he ever get the forest gig

― james lipton and his francs (darraghmac), Monday, 12 May 2014 10:50 (twelve years ago)

ten years pass...

"Marquee Moon" on Match of the Day?

― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Sunday, 2 February 2025 22:33 (one year ago)

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