How the BBC’s sport coverage lost its way

[Alf-engelos Mindminackers]

• Trust in true broadcasters, not ex-athletes​

• Move on from Gary Lineker​

• Show more golf and cricket​

• Bring back A Question of Sport​

• End the moral lectures​

How the BBC’s sport coverage lost its way

Tried-and-trusted formats have been tampered with and popular presenters sacked – plus, scroll down to share your memories of the glory days

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[Eddie Yates]

1. Bin Lineker
2 . Make motd great again by showing a match rather than a goals round-up
3. Bring back Sportsnight
4. Don't give moral lectures & then go to Qatar for the world cup
5. Stop charging me £160 per year after spunking millions on a new set for Eastenders
6. Stop charging pensioners a license fee

There you go, sorted

 

[Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.]

You sound like my mum.

She's in her 90s.

Should we dig up David Vine and David Coleman ?

 

[JohhnyM]

They need the darts and the Saturday afternoon wrestling.

 

[Farmer Jack]

• Trust in true broadcasters, not ex-athletes​

• Move on from Gary Lineker​

• Show more golf and cricket​

• Bring back A Question of Sport​

• End the moral lectures​

Agreed

 

[Strummer]

Bring back Grandstand, preferably with Frank Bough.

 

[Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.]

The wrestling was on world of sport.

 

[Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.]

Bring back Grandstand, preferably with Frank Bough.

Grandstand, you say ...

 

[Alf-engelos Mindminackers]

1. Bin Lineker
2 . Make motd great again by showing a match rather than a goals round-up
3. Bring back Sportsnight
4. Don't give moral lectures & then go to Qatar for the world cup
5. Stop charging me £160 per year after spunking millions on a new set for Eastenders
6. Stop charging pensioners a license fee

There you go, sorted

All bang on Ed, but I'm particularly impressed you haven't let the World Cup thing go.

 

[Alvar Hanso]

Too many lefties and women at the BBC now. It's lost its way.

They need to go back to employing white middle aged males that love the Tories

 

[Captain Sinister]

1. Bin Lineker
2 . Make motd great again by showing a match rather than a goals round-up
3. Bring back Sportsnight
4. Don't give moral lectures & then go to Qatar for the world cup
5. Stop charging me £160 per year after spunking millions on a new set for Eastenders
6. Stop charging pensioners a license fee

There you go, sorted

I particularly like the bit about pensioners.

 

[Captain Sinister]

Bring back Grandstand, preferably with Frank Bough.

Can he present it from a hot tub with a bevvy of naked, lissom, young ladies, and champagne please?
I can even offer the use of a hot tub in the grounds of our home.

 

[Rockabilly]

Grandstand, you say ...

The Motors put some lyrics to that tune.

 

[Captain Sinister]

I think the BBC should go big on Ladies football.
Snatch of the Day?

 

[Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.]

This thread's going about as well as expected then ...

 

[Strummer]

Dickie Davies, Frank Bough, Brian Moore, Jimmy Hill, Saint and Greavsie, yes, things were definitely better „back in the day“.

 

[Captain Sinister]

Dickie Davies, Frank Bough, Brian Moore, Jimmy Hill, Saint and Greavsie, yes, things were definitely better „back in the day“.

Cloughie being interviewed by Brian Moore, and destroying John Motson.

 

[GOBIAS]

Grandstand, you say ...

Typical that Forest are on it and the featured Forest attempt is smashed wide in to the camera. Nothing changes!! Was this the mark robins Man Utd game?

 

[Monkman]

The article is automatically wrong as it's (a) in the Torygraph and (b) calls for the return of QoS, probably the most cringingly unfunny-but-thinks-it's-funny programme of all time.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

My only request is that they reinstate the original snooker theme music, the version they use now is terrible!

 

[EmmersonForest4]

Its not just the Beeb though, Sky has got shit. I used to love gillette soccer saturday with stelling and his mates. You could tell they all liked working with each other and had a great time. Pluse they had more legends of the game. Nowadays the panelists are dull and crap. Simon Thomas is a loveley bloke but its too professional and lost all its warmth. Put it this way it feels like its not made for me nowadays the Beeb and Sky coverage so I just stay away. If thats what they want to do than fair enough but people are just turning off.

Question of Sport was dying anyway but getting rid of Barker, Dawson and Tuffnel just sped it up by 10. Its like the BBC dosent have a clue what a target audience is anymore or what it wants. Instead of all the arguing it will just be easier to stop paying for the Beeb and let people vote with their feet. I have now just drifted to Youtube cause I can find what I want to watch now, instead of beingh forced fed stuff I dont want.

 

[JohhnyM]

Its not just the Beeb though, Sky has got shit. I used to love gillette soccer saturday with stelling and his mates. You could tell they all liked working with each other and had a great time. Pluse they had more legends of the game. Nowadays the panelists are dull and crap. Simon Thomas is a loveley bloke but its too professional and lost all its warmth. Put it this way it feels like its not made for me nowadays the Beeb and Sky coverage so I just stay away. If thats what they want to do than fair enough but people are just turning off.

Question of Sport was dying anyway but getting rid of Barker, Dawson and Tuffnel just sped it up by 10. Its like the BBC dosent have a clue what a target audience is anymore or what it wants. Instead of all the arguing it will just be easier to stop paying for the Beeb and let people vote with their feet. I have now just drifted to Youtube cause I can find what I want to watch now, instead of beingh forced fed stuff I dont want.

There are boxes to be ticked don't you know?

 

[sammy the snake]

I’m all for diversity, my family is half Asian ffs.

But their agenda against white men is laughable and is totally unacceptable.

 

[Alf-engelos Mindminackers]

I’m all for diversity, my family is half Asian ffs.

But their agenda against white men is laughable and is totally unacceptable.

Funnily enough out of my group of mates, the one who hates the BBC the most is an Indian kid called Viraj. He moans that it's do-gooders there who force agendas down others throats just help keep hatred alive for people like him and his family, as all people do is end up resenting the people associated with that message.

 

[MaxiRobriguez]

BBC Sport can't compete against Sky, BT Sport, Amazon Prime etc as it doesn't get the budget to compete.

Yes Linekar is overpaid but he's generally an alright front man. Match of the Day is OK, the format does well enough.

I think once you accept the BBC for what it is: A multi-purpose broadcaster that is meant to be appeal to all without huge budgets then you accept any sports coverage is going to be a bit naff.