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[Football] Do you still watch MOTD?



Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
71,979
Living In a Box
Quite a number of NSC’ters have replied with meaningful contributions. Seems that some contributors have a chip that they can’t remove.
Really ?

You just start inane threads that are clearly your musings and contribute very little or probably just attention seeking
 




PeterT

Well-known member
Apr 21, 2017
2,241
Hove
I was at university with a good mate of Adrian Chiles, who I therefore got to know in the pub way before he got famous, but then met him again a few times in later years when he was presenting MOTD. It was a bit surreal going out drinking with the guy who presented MOTD that I had watched ever since I could remember!

These days I just record it and watch games selectively and generally not the punditry bit. I did once meet Gary Lineker at Euston station and found him to be a grumpy sod.
 


jimhigham

Je Suis Rhino
Apr 25, 2009
7,757
Woking
I’ll watch it happily so long as we’ve not lost. Then I’ll give it a miss. Like many on here I suspect.
 


Curryisgreat

Active member
Dec 9, 2010
276
I don't but try to find something interesting to post about or do you have little to entertain you on IOW
You really are a nasty little shit.

Maybe if you stopped for a period of self reflection, rather than posting your utterly tedious thoughts about other thread starters, you’d come to the realisation that 99% of what you post is utter shite.

But you won’t do that, will you?
 


trueblue

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
10,424
Hove
Always but very rarely on a Saturday night. Spin through a lot of the analysis - largely dependent on who’s talking - and have the mute button ready for a couple of terrible commentators (1 male, 1 female - before I’m accused of being Joey Barton).
 




DanRedman

Active member
Mar 18, 2014
273
More to the point, does anyone still watch MOTD without knowing the results for the games, and always look away when told to do so by the BBC News reader just before MOTD starts.


I haven't watched MOTD for years.
I did that once but probably 10+ years ago. It was tough during the day trying to avoid it all but made MoTD very fun!
Back to the OP, I watch it more if we're first one as you get longer highlights.
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
50,238
Faversham
What a bunch of weirdos.

Of course I watch it. I enjoy the punditry. I fast forward any games I have watched in full earlier on the TV.

All this 'don't watch any football other than the Albion' bollocks is like saying 'don't listen to any music other than Barclay James Harvest - because I'm the bass player'.

D' d' d' deeedly uh d' d' d', d' deedle uh d' d' (and so on).
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
50,238
Faversham
I watch it live pretty much every week all the way through, with a bottle of red, whether we've won lost or drawn. I like rounding off Saturday night this way.

Guess I'm the weirdo here.
No.
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
50,238
Faversham
More of a Big Match man myself
Having enjoyed the delights of Southern Soccer, with weekly displays of Ray Hiron and Albie McCann, and guest footage from Yorkshire Television (always Hull City) then MOTD seems like a soothing stroll in the countryside after an hour of being jostled on the tube by idiots with pointy elbows and knees.
 


Perfidious Albion

Well-known member
Oct 25, 2011
6,044
At the end of my tether
I stopped watching it . ( only bits of, sometimes)
The show has , for me, too much talk rather than football, and the small highlights of recorded games fails to tell the story of the match.
I can remember when they selected just two games and showed a decent amount of each one. That was better.
 


Brovion

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 6, 2003
19,382
I never, ever watch it live, I always record it. Then like a lot of others I never actually watch the recording unless we've won or had a 'good' draw. Then I watch two things: I watch the opening credits (as the theme tune always takes me back) and then I fast-forward to our game. I watch that and listen to the analysis. Then I delete it. I have very little interest in the other PL games - and less than zero interest in hearing them analysed.

I would prefer it much more if it was a shorter programme showing just the football. I can happily watch the Sky round-up programmes of the matches in League 1 and League 2.
 






Comrade Sam

Comrade Sam
Jan 31, 2013
1,591
Walthamstow
Only if Brighton win, draw or there was something controversial in our defeat I want discussed. Never been interested in other teams and didn't watch when we weren't in the Premier League.
I think I'm just a Brighton fan and not a football fan. However, I do watch Leyton Orient occasionally as they're just down the road.
 


GloryDays

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2011
1,616
Leyton, E10.
Yeah, MOTD is great. The 2 minute sky highlights don’t cover as much.

The only time I cba with MOTD is, like the last 2 weeks for example, when there is only one or two games, over the weekend. A full MOTD is a thing of beauty, an institution. Sadly fizzling out bc of the money in the game.
 








Worried Man Blues

Well-known member
Feb 28, 2009
6,634
Swansea
Yes, always have probably always will. Might watch a couple on Youtube if interesting, the odd live match and that's it.
 






goldstone

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
7,127
I fast forward through the bits where Lineker is talking .... plus that woman who has been on recently who drops her Ts.
 


JBizzle

Well-known member
Apr 18, 2010
5,833
Seaford
MotD is the perfect example of complaining about absolutely nothing (he says, whilst complaining about people complaining).
  • If you get your highlights elsewhere, fine;
  • If you don't like the analysis, skip it;
  • If you don't like the host, skip the link sections;
  • If you don't like the commentary, mute it or get over it. It's 3 minutes;
  • If you don't watch it at all, why do you care?
  • If you do watch it, good for you.
As for whether it's dying off, it's still watched consistently by millions and in my opinion does it's job as a highlight show better than almost any other package show. For my money, nobody has yet come across a way of doing it better.
 


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