Is there any even vaguely mainstream radio or television programme that discusses football in a way that couldn't be described as asinine banality?
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[Football] I have has enough of Savage and Sutton
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Machiavelli
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Monday Night Club and Guardian Football Weekly both work for me
If Guardian Football Weekly is at the level of the Guardian's written output, that won't do it for me.
Chapman with Statman Dave at 12.00 on Saturday are half decent, as is the Monday night programme. IMHO.
Haven’t listened to Guardian one. Now on the list to try.
Machiavelli
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To pick just one of their writers, Jonathan Wilson has the most tactical and historical knowledge about football, which is widely recognised.
I don't doubt his knowledge of football history, but I don't rate him as a reporter on a game.
Not least because he's been infected with Ronay-itis and feels the need to try and be funny when he just isn't.
it very much isn’t
Colonel Mustard
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My favourite football podcasts, in no particular order, are Totally Football Show, Guardian Football Weekly, The Game (The Times), Football Cliches, and about half a dozen Chelsea podcasts that I listen to only after they lose.
There is life beyond football 
LamieRobertson
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I’m sorry ….whatThere is life beyond football
…next you’re be saying the earths not flat …absurd suggestion 
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To be fair to Sutton..... it has been better tonight. Sutton is essentially playing the journo part. Goldy Looking twat has kept his gob largely shut.
Let's hope they got a telling off after last time.
BN41Albion
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Listened to most of tonight... is it really that bad? Nowhere near as irritating as Talkshyte and most of their shows bar one or two. Choosing not to listen to Talksport makes it easier not to get annoyed by it though 
As others have said though, podcasts are definitely the way forward - Guardian and Football Ramble my football go-tos, and football daily in the morning if there's been football the evening before.
Anyway, amazes me what some folk get irate about
As others have said though, podcasts are definitely the way forward - Guardian and Football Ramble my football go-tos, and football daily in the morning if there's been football the evening before.
Anyway, amazes me what some folk get irate about
Machiavelli
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Indeed. If you've got a problem with it, don't listen to it. I haven't heard a second of TalkSport, and will do my best to keep it that way. It's a little bit about our fans getting irate because this fan of club x said something that's a pile of bolleaux. Who cares? Why bother?Listened to most of tonight... is it really that bad? Nowhere near as irritating as Talkshyte and most of their shows bar one or two. Choosing not to listen to Talksport makes it easier not to get annoyed by it though
As others have said though, podcasts are definitely the way forward - Guardian and Football Ramble my football go-tos, and football daily in the morning if there's been football the evening before.
Anyway, amazes me what some folk get irate about
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It was OK tonight. I suspect Savage has has his testiculo spremuto.
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Didn't hear it last night, but assume Sutton had short shrift with anyone saying it wasn't a sending off
WestYorkshireSeagull
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Currently tuned into the Monday Night Club tonight... I wholeheartedly recommend listening back on BBC Sounds to the first hour. Tom Lockyer is on the panel for tonight's episode.
7.15pm onwards, Tom Lockyer gives a VERY interesting interview on his difficult year. What a great guy he seems to be? Fantastic speaker too considering he is not used to the world of long-format radio broadcasting (I'm assuming anyway?)
7.15pm onwards, Tom Lockyer gives a VERY interesting interview on his difficult year. What a great guy he seems to be? Fantastic speaker too considering he is not used to the world of long-format radio broadcasting (I'm assuming anyway?)
aolstudios
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I like Sutton.
Savage however, is barely sentient
Savage however, is barely sentient
Machiavelli
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Agree with this. So life-affirming. Top man.
B-right-on
Living the dream
Barely? That's being complimentary. The unfortunate trend in media (and TV generally) nowadays is to either generate conflicts and arguments or sob stories in order to get audience participation.
I have no idea if this is media led or media are responding to the general decline of society. Either way, Savage is a dick.