Football Talk 2006/2007 Season - Page 16

nffc · 02-09-2006, 22:44

Forest win. 4-0 v Chesterfield and KENCO!!!

TheBlueRaja · 02-09-2006, 22:53

Yet another disgrace by the BBC - Scotland Beat the Faroe's 6-0 yet they lead with England, which is fair enough - but they also find the time to mention on the front page at time of writing:-

Cricket: Pakistan crush England

Yet there is NO mention of the other home nation results in arguably some of their most important games for some time - a disgrace and another example of the English favoritism in the so called UK.

Pathetic!

Unlucky Wales by the way - a good fight - but you really didnt take your chances, shame Andora didnt win thought - Boooo!

danielf · 02-09-2006, 23:07

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Yet there is NO mention of the other home nation results in arguably some of their most important games for some time - a disgrace and another example of the English favoritism in the so called UK.

Pathetic!

Hmm, this is the sports section of the front page atm (15 mins after your post)

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Originally Posted by bbc

England crush poor Andorra
Scotland 6-0 Faroe Islands
Czech Republic 2-1 Wales

TheBlueRaja · 02-09-2006, 23:09

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Originally Posted by danielf

Hmm, this is the sports section of the front page atm (15 mins after your post)

You must have missed the bit where i underline Front page (as in news.bbc.co.uk)...

Russ · 03-09-2006, 12:22

TBR - do you honestly expect anything different from the media?

TheBlueRaja · 03-09-2006, 12:57

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Originally Posted by Russ D

TBR - do you honestly expect anything different from the media?

Yes, i do expect differently, but i dont think it will be coming anytime soon.

Whats wrong with them leading on a story of the home nations rather than just England?

The more we make a point about this stuff the more people in England can see why we have a gripe with the "British" media and why some of us feel that the "UK" is nothing worth bothering about.

Russ · 03-09-2006, 13:15

We make a point every time mate but we're just seen as whinging. You know I'm 100% behind you in this but we'll never change the attitude of the media. To them the UK is England is the UK - the rest of us are just outsiders.

shawty · 03-09-2006, 13:30

Hang on here, the fact that the English game was shown on bbc 1 is because more people want to watch England. And after the Englang match i also seen on every bit of news that they reported, they mentioned the other games. Stop been so pathetic if the was a mass market for scotland or wales then they would have to show it, there isnt so they just do a quick report.

Russ · 03-09-2006, 13:32

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Originally Posted by shawty

Hang on here, the fact that the English game was shown on bbc 1 is because more people want to watch England. And after the Englang match i also seen on every bit of news that they reported, they mentioned the other games. Stop been so pathetic if the was a mass market for scotland or wales then they would have to show it, there isnt so they just do a quick report.

So as the programming is evidently aimed at the mass market (being England), do you think I can have a reduction of my TV licence? Actually that's a good idea for a new thread....

iadom · 03-09-2006, 13:33

Well I thought the Andorran team looked very good, 'on paper' Viera, Ayala, Garcia, Silva, Sanchez, et al, seems it was only toilet paper though.

gazzae · 03-09-2006, 14:06

I'm quite happy at not seeing our performance mentioned. Shocking.

pedantic · 03-09-2006, 14:40

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Originally Posted by shawty

Hang on here, the fact that the English game was shown on bbc 1 is because more people want to watch England. And after the Englang match i also seen on every bit of news that they reported, they mentioned the other games. Stop been so pathetic if the was a mass market for scotland or wales then they would have to show it, there isnt so they just do a quick report.

You'll get used to all these moaning buggers after a while

The whole summer was a moan fest for them, with the coverage England got from the media.

TheBlueRaja · 03-09-2006, 14:58

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Originally Posted by shawty

Hang on here, the fact that the English game was shown on bbc 1 is because more people want to watch England. And after the Englang match i also seen on every bit of news that they reported, they mentioned the other games. Stop been so pathetic if the was a mass market for scotland or wales then they would have to show it, there isnt so they just do a quick report.

That wasnt my point, i was refering to the BBC website, however it raises another point, the BBC has regional variations like BBC Wales, Scotland, Ireleand etc.

So why are the regional games not shown on the regional channels?

The fact is people in England winge about how people from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Holland, Germany etc. etc. dont like them, and then when you tell them why they act like pedantic and try to laugh at you.

Its a shame really as it can be fixed with a simple change in attitude but some people just dont care so the resentment continues to build.

pedantic · 03-09-2006, 15:05

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

snippety snip snip snip

What have you actually done about it then ? Complained to your regional channel ? Thought not !

As a side note:

In 30 minutes time Match of the day has a live game on.........Brazil v Argentina.

Now I don't know many Brazilians, or Argentinians either, so why are they on live tv ? And a friendly at that ! It's simple, supply and demand, people want to watch them. In all seriousness, Scotland are a mediocre pub side, at best. And Wales are not much better.

TheBlueRaja · 03-09-2006, 15:24

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Originally Posted by pedantic

What have you actually done about it then ? Complained to your regional channel ? Thought not !

As a side note:

In 30 minutes time Match of the day has a live game on.........Brazil v Argentina.

Now I don't know many Brazilians, or Argentinians either, so why are they on live tv ? And a friendly at that ! It's simple, supply and demand, people want to watch them. In all seriousness, Scotland are a mediocre pub side, at best. And Wales are not much better.

Nice try.

Brazil v Argentina being on telly is not what im here to complain about, neither is England being on telly something im complaining about, im complaining about regional representations of teams on television and giving those teams the coverage they deserve without bias to one particular team just because the corporation that shows them and reports on them is mainly based in and run by the English.

They seem to have forgot the word British appears in BBC yet do their best to defend "Britain" whenever it suits them too.

Its hypocracy.