Re: Commentary for winning drop-goal online

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:18:11 +0000, Nigel Evans wrote
(in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):

> 
> "Jack Sais" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> As an Englishman living in Wales I can't believe what I'm reading.
>> 
>> When Wales are on national (as in UK) Match of The Day, i.e. the recent
> Euro
>> 2004 qualifier, BBC Wales puts on (at licence-payers' additional expense)
> a
>> specially selected, purely Welsh team of pub-quality pundits to broadcast
>> one-eyed, unbalanced bilge to serve the likes of Mr Whitcombe, while the
> rest
>> of the UK gets the professionals - Alan Hanson, Gary Lineker and the team.
>> It's a regular feature - when Wales play in the 6N, we get a different
>> commentary team for Wales to make sure it's *not* unbiased, whilst the
> rest
>> of the UK gets the likes of Ian Robertson.
> 
> The media in Wales is a closed shop. The rugby commentators are fine but the
> soccer ones are poor. You should do as I do. With digital TV all you have to
> do is toddle off to one of Mr Murdoch's English region programmes and you
> get Hansen, et al.
> 

I do, but only when the wind isn't blowing my neighbours' leylandiis in front 
of my satellite dish and pixellating the digital signal beyond usefuness!

Not sure about the rugby commentators in Wales being OK, though - during the 
60-something destruction of Wales at Twickenham in 1998 there was a desperate 
moment during the second half where one of the appallingly biased pair at the 
microphone said something along the lines of "if we get a couple more balls 
off the top of the lineout we're in with a good chance" 

Objectivity? Balance?
> 
>> 
>> During the RWC, the same happened; the rest of the UK had the likes of
> Ieuan
>> Evans, Will Carling, Francois Pienaar etc. commenting on games, whilst HTV
>> gave us purely Welsh viewpoints whenever Wales were involved. And, of
> course,
>> a memorable interview with Graham Henry( for Welsh ears only) who stated
> that
>> England hadn't got a cat in hell's chance of beating France, never mind
> the
>> Webb Ellis trophy.
> 
> Don't you ever want to go for a pee, or something at half-time ? I never
> take any notice of so-called pundits because, in the majority of cases those
> who could play the game, can't talk properly, and those who talk best, know
> sod all about the game. I make an exception of watching Graham Henry because
> I regard him as being a cartoon character who is to be laughed at.

Good call!
> 
>> 
>> Sad, really.
> 
> 
> No, there are much sadder things in the world. Just consider Rick Boyd.

:-)


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Jack Sais

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