Comments on: World Cup television coverage leaves a lot to be desired http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2010/06/world-cup-television-coverage-leaves-a-lot-to-be-desired/ Independent Sports News and Opinion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Philip Glenister http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2010/06/world-cup-television-coverage-leaves-a-lot-to-be-desired/comment-page-1/#comment-10756 Philip Glenister Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:38:44 +0000 http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/?p=17229#comment-10756 World Cup Football Fantasy. The likes of Alan Shearer, Alan Hanson, etc., must have had too many sherberts, or, It would appear that silver tongued Linnekar, his co-presenters and guests have a remit to make this dreary pageant of boring matches interesting, using totally irrelevant words like, "fascinating", "intriguing" and, for pity's sake, "exciting!". This sad excuse for a sports fest, fails dismally, featuring sides who dribble the ball around the mid-field area for far too long, dreading the awful spectre of risking giving a goal away at the cost of a courageous attempt of playing an exciting attacking game. Their worthless predictions just serve to make them even sillier and amateurish than the proverbial pub. loudmouth. Don't insult our intelligence, tell it like it is, 99% of this multi-mega-million money-maker is one big crock. World Cup Football Fantasy.
The likes of Alan Shearer, Alan Hanson, etc., must have had too many sherberts, or, It would appear that silver tongued Linnekar, his co-presenters and guests have a remit to make this dreary pageant of boring matches interesting, using totally irrelevant words like, “fascinating”, “intriguing” and, for pity’s sake, “exciting!”. This sad excuse for a sports fest, fails dismally, featuring sides who dribble the ball around the mid-field area for far too long, dreading the awful spectre of risking giving a goal away at the cost of a courageous attempt of playing an exciting attacking game.
Their worthless predictions just serve to make them even sillier and amateurish than the proverbial pub. loudmouth. Don’t insult our intelligence, tell it like it is, 99% of this multi-mega-million money-maker is one big crock.

]]> By: Nigel Baker http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2010/06/world-cup-television-coverage-leaves-a-lot-to-be-desired/comment-page-1/#comment-10209 Nigel Baker Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:29:44 +0000 http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/?p=17229#comment-10209 Not only this but ITV's live streaming of the England v Algeria didn't happen at all. Not only this but ITV’s live streaming of the England v Algeria didn’t happen at all.

]]> By: Gareth Llewellyn-Stevens http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2010/06/world-cup-television-coverage-leaves-a-lot-to-be-desired/comment-page-1/#comment-10196 Gareth Llewellyn-Stevens Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:04:08 +0000 http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/?p=17229#comment-10196 Couldn't agree more, Paul. This group of so called "experts" are awful. Alan "expert analysis" Shearer offers very little, but he's a "big name" - sorry to break it to the BBC, but I pay my TV licence to watch the match, not listen to former players engaging in pointless lads banter. Given that the BBC produced a 400+ page bible on the world cup, no BBC commentator, anchor, summariser, pundit, journalist or otherwise has an excuse for not being clued up. I watch the games, then hit Twitter for expert analysis from journalists, pundits and supporters who actually have some real insight. As for Chiles, I've never rated him, and couldn't stand to watch MOTD2. What's telling is that both broadcasters have the same old faces in who watch very little European football if it isn't the Champions League or Uefa Cup. Why haven't they signed up world football experts to sit on their chairs? I'd rather hear from an expert most people have no heard from than a former player who knows nothing. For 2012 and 2014, both ITV and the BBC need to get their act together. Couldn’t agree more, Paul. This group of so called “experts” are awful.

Alan “expert analysis” Shearer offers very little, but he’s a “big name” – sorry to break it to the BBC, but I pay my TV licence to watch the match, not listen to former players engaging in pointless lads banter.

Given that the BBC produced a 400+ page bible on the world cup, no BBC commentator, anchor, summariser, pundit, journalist or otherwise has an excuse for not being clued up.

I watch the games, then hit Twitter for expert analysis from journalists, pundits and supporters who actually have some real insight.

As for Chiles, I’ve never rated him, and couldn’t stand to watch MOTD2.

What’s telling is that both broadcasters have the same old faces in who watch very little European football if it isn’t the Champions League or Uefa Cup.

Why haven’t they signed up world football experts to sit on their chairs? I’d rather hear from an expert most people have no heard from than a former player who knows nothing.

For 2012 and 2014, both ITV and the BBC need to get their act together.

]]>