Lets face it MOTD is a loada rubbish,with a goon eared noggin presenting & the worst pundits since andy murray tried to commentate on tennis.
When i was a Kid MOTD was on after Thats life & the news PERIOD No 11pm cos of this n that -AFTER THE NEWS.
Jimmy Hill often presented,or David Coleman,later on Des lynam.Point is they didnt waffle,they PRESENTED the game & oh my god,please gary line acher do NOT ever try to be funny! The jokes make me cringe worse than Beckhams awful world Cup speech in that 12 year old nearly reached puberty voice & talkin like yer mam onth fone to school when yer ill !!! " Haitch" arry,artfordshire,west aaaaam."Haitch"??? not ere m8y!
There was a main game & possibley hilites of a 2nd-On ITV the following day The Big Match Showed a regional game -so if you lived in Wales & supported Norwich-you watched Swansea! Clearly the North west & london were the best places to be as you always got liverpool,man united,city & arsenal in london .yes technology is great & all this footys good ,but its lost something for me,it used to be -those who played played-those who didnt,watched.Jimmy Hill pictured above is responsible for these massive fees players now command,he founded the players assosiation & ensured that players could negotiate transfers.This spawned the awful agent that we all loathe in the modern game
..........To be continued.......
Now we have the failure openin his big fat geordie gob.Alan Shearer is not a man to talk about ashley cole.shearer the darling of Newcastle or the sports arena whatever,has called for ashley cole to be DROPPED from the England squad on friday.Shearer has now joined the growing band on FA reps whos sole job it is,is to see to it that england DONT qualify for tournaments Thereby no england fans at any tournaments(even though Turkish,Italians,Dutch,Russian,Polish & Tunisians are ALL far far worse than the UK/English fans).Shearer is a tool,as someone who escaped a massive ban for trying to remove neil lennons head once,should realise glass houses-stones etc etc......TBC.........
The 2 pics above are Ronnie Radford,Not much live in those days & only 2 FA cup games,if you were lucky the cameras were at a great game & this was,Hereford v The Might of Newcastle United.Malcolm Mcdonald the lot.Radford scored a memorable goal that also made the career of one John Motson,a junior commentator for BBC Radio,who got the job by simply being there on the day.What many DONT grasp is this was a REPLAY -tiny hereford had held newcastle once & the old credo is the 2nd game usually wears down the giant killer.Its a classic MOTD Moment.Ricky george isthe real hero with the winner.
Sportsnight & grandstand were both axed for being unpopular in the new Murdoch empire-MOTD should have gone & the other 2 stay!
Point being that motd is academic now.By the time the BBC have edited (i do mean edited-they havent got a clue,these people must have worked in continuity in hollywood b4 the motd gig!!).The goals are on sky news by 5:30,sky have a silly red button thing that SHOULD be available for live games (it is in africa!).So by 11pm everyones seen the goals,knows the results & the excitement that used to be there is now null & void.The time has come for the BBC to step up & get a 24/7 sports channel & bid for games,live games,on the red button.Thee price of tickets for games are 2 tiered.Home & away obviously but the price of tickets is dependant on you "status" both as a fan & money wise.Some teams like United/city/arsenal have a good season ticket policy that will ensure a fixed price on tickets -the can double in price for the casual fan & thats so wrong & the reason why people dont go anymore.£70 for a chelsea away ticket is robbery(when the home ST fans pay about 30 quid!),3 quid for a programme & a gargantuan £120 on the train ,god help you if you wish to eat,or stay in london for 1 night.Theres no value anymore.......
but motd is crap & droopy/baldy/unbaleeevabull & valium (redknapp/shearer/hanson & lawrenson) just make you depressed with thier one sided views & thier obvious personal dislike of players such as Mario Balotelli-They are sposed to be professionals....They look like clowns!
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