BBC and Wembley
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:07 am
Did anyone else notice the issues at Wembley and with the BBC which were very annoying on the day.
1. Our coach made splendid time, leaving Bryn at 7.30am and within a mile of Wembley by 12 noon. We left the coach at 1.10pm and I understand that a big Wembley coach park is being covered in hundreds of homes, businesses etc. So within 10 years of opening our national stadium is being sold off??
2. We were all asked to stand for Abide With Me and we did. However he poor young singer looked totally lost as someone forgot to switch the music on. The fans tried to mask this by chanting loudly and this in turn drowned out the music when it finally began. Piss ups and breweries???
3. That irritating nerd Robbie Paul took a pointless trip to the Hull dressing rooms to tell us about their medical stocks and then did the same in the Wigan rooms but unfortunately his sound was not working. The BBC lead commentator thought this was highly amusing. I though it was embarrasing unprofessional.
4. Of course we then have to have the spectacle of the nerd (again) invading the pitch during warm up and during the match!!!! Am I wrong or is it not an arrestable offence to invade a sports pitch?
5. We then have the two "experts" going through each of the teams against a background showing the teams --- but unfortunately the wrong captions came up. Again the BBC reaction was -- isn't this hilarious and lets all have a laugh about it. After all its not important it is only Rugby League and its only the Cup Final!!!!
6. I may be wrong but I got the distinct impression that the BBC had far less cameras on duty than is normally the case with Sky and maybe that was one reason why the Clubb try was disallowed? To their credit, the commentators generally said that the video ref "got it wrong" but at no point did anybody attempt to find out why and how they got it wrong and, to my knowledge, that question has never been asked or answered.
Regretably I think it is getting towards the time when we should play the final elsewhere and maybe ask Sky to cover it (if they can find any decent commentators to replace especially knowledgeless Hemmings) and finally I think we ditch the video ref or at the very least scrap this stupid idea of the pitch refs view is try or no try. If he has a view wether try or not he should not be sending it to the videa ref in the pigging first place!!!
EEEEE isnt a rant int morning good for you!!!!!
1. Our coach made splendid time, leaving Bryn at 7.30am and within a mile of Wembley by 12 noon. We left the coach at 1.10pm and I understand that a big Wembley coach park is being covered in hundreds of homes, businesses etc. So within 10 years of opening our national stadium is being sold off??
2. We were all asked to stand for Abide With Me and we did. However he poor young singer looked totally lost as someone forgot to switch the music on. The fans tried to mask this by chanting loudly and this in turn drowned out the music when it finally began. Piss ups and breweries???
3. That irritating nerd Robbie Paul took a pointless trip to the Hull dressing rooms to tell us about their medical stocks and then did the same in the Wigan rooms but unfortunately his sound was not working. The BBC lead commentator thought this was highly amusing. I though it was embarrasing unprofessional.
4. Of course we then have to have the spectacle of the nerd (again) invading the pitch during warm up and during the match!!!! Am I wrong or is it not an arrestable offence to invade a sports pitch?
5. We then have the two "experts" going through each of the teams against a background showing the teams --- but unfortunately the wrong captions came up. Again the BBC reaction was -- isn't this hilarious and lets all have a laugh about it. After all its not important it is only Rugby League and its only the Cup Final!!!!
6. I may be wrong but I got the distinct impression that the BBC had far less cameras on duty than is normally the case with Sky and maybe that was one reason why the Clubb try was disallowed? To their credit, the commentators generally said that the video ref "got it wrong" but at no point did anybody attempt to find out why and how they got it wrong and, to my knowledge, that question has never been asked or answered.
Regretably I think it is getting towards the time when we should play the final elsewhere and maybe ask Sky to cover it (if they can find any decent commentators to replace especially knowledgeless Hemmings) and finally I think we ditch the video ref or at the very least scrap this stupid idea of the pitch refs view is try or no try. If he has a view wether try or not he should not be sending it to the videa ref in the pigging first place!!!
EEEEE isnt a rant int morning good for you!!!!!