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A gripe at the BBC

Do the BBC dislike little old Barnsley SO much? Not only are our highlights always at least an hour into the Football League Show, but even on the snippets posted this morning of Tuesday's round-up we're second last - a cracking game with some quality goals and we couldn't even make it in front of Doncaster's 0-0 bore-draw!

At least they didn't call us Burnley, I suppose...

posted on 2/2/12

Generally speaking, they show the highlights with regard to league positions...when we play Saints/'ammers, we'll be shown earlier....Simples.

posted on 2/2/12

Quite right, simples, but the 'little old Barnsley' persecution complex often serves us well.
Just imagination how fans of lower division teams must feel; media and the financial interests they serve are ruining more than just our national game!
Society (which doesn't exist according to Thatcher) is itself under threat. It's time for change, but things will probably have to get worse before they get better.
Apologies, in advance, for the rant, LOL.

comment by madrush (U5998)

posted on 2/2/12

Not quite true Sparty...we played West Ham a few weeks back and were still on last! Don't get me wrong, I don't ACTUALLY care (much... ), but every once in a while it would be nice if some TV editor said "You know what, stuff league positions - that was a cracking game, let's put it on first"

It just bugs me; the number of times I've spent 20-odd minutes watching 'highlights' of a dreary Southampton 1-0 win because they were top, whilst everyone else gets the highlights of a 9-goal thriller squeezed into 15 seconds.

BTW mon bison - I doubt anybody WAS paid to do that; the BBC has no money, hence the cutbacks (especially to essential, popular and useful services). It also explains why my daughter missed her 4th birthday party on Saturday; I thought she was kidding when she said to me "Daddy, a man from the BBC wants me to go and do some colouring in..."

posted on 2/2/12



TBH the design of the site is just one of the faults with the thing. I think that the front page now seems way too busy and a bit of a mess.

posted on 2/2/12

And it's been encoded in Flash, even though Adobe have withdrawn Flash support for mobile platforms. Built from ground-up, already incompatible. Genius

posted on 2/2/12

My gripes with the BBC regarding our club are endless. What really bothers me about the Football league show is the credits. Why is our club represented by a dirty little old man? Clearly he isn't a genuine supporter, I' Oakwell for 17 years, I think I would've noticed someone who looks like that knocking around!

posted on 2/2/12

That's not Barnsley, it's Bristol.

posted on 3/2/12

Shoulda gone to specsavers. Finally an end to your gripe with the BBC.... well probably not.

posted on 3/2/12

Gripe over, I the bbc.

posted on 3/2/12

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