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I don't have any strong feelings either way about Radio 5 Live's use of their three person commentary system, but what I really am at a loss to understand is their decision to use Robbie Savage as summariser whenever they have broadcast commentary on Aston Villa, at least on non-Saturday games, this season.
It's not so much that Savage is a former Birmingham City player who was renown for his involvement in his fair share of dust ups in Second City derbies, but last season he really drew the ire of Villa fans when he made his cocky and ultimately wrong prediction that they were relegation certainties. So for Radio 5 Live to continually call upon him as summariser on Villa games strikes me as being a case of shooting yourself in the foot big style - they are rendering their coverage unlistenable to Villa supporters and even neutrals like me, who would have considered tuning in to their coverage on Monday had they used a more neutral co-commentator but find Savage to be a massive turn-off. Given his spells at both clubs, Savage would have been a much more appropriate choice to co-commentate on Radio 5 Live's live commentary on Leicester City v Derby County in the Championship on Friday night...oh wait. |
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Unfortunately I wont be able to listen tonight as its Alan Green commentating... He ruins most games now by trying to show that he has a personality and complaining about the weather, kit colours, fans leaving early, "shocking" play, poor support etc... he is a bore.
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I don't see the issue, Savage's prediction last season of them going down wasn't too far off and I've heard him be positive about Villa on numerous occassions on 606. I understand that you don't like him which if fine but I can't see many Villa fans switching off because he is the pundit because he said they'd go down.
I'm not one of those people who argues that pundits are biased against particular teams or shouldn't cover a club after playing for their rivals, but Savage is such a divisive pundit who many people find a major turn-off at the best of times - given his recent, high-profile criticism of Aston Villa, I find it baffling that Radio 5 Live persist on using him as a summariser whenever they visit Villa Park. Having him cover Villa once every so often is one thing, but it's become noticeable to me that he seems to be a fixture whenever they do commentary on Villa. Why they couldn't call upon another, less divisive pundit based in the Midlands - someone like Steve Froggatt or Dion Dublin for example - for at least some of the Villa matches they cover rather than going for Savage every time is beyond me. Quote:
Unfortunately I wont be able to listen tonight as its Alan Green commentating... He ruins most games now by trying to show that he has a personality and complaining about the weather, kit colours, fans leaving early, "shocking" play, poor support etc... he is a bore.
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[quote=The Difference;70833531]Believe me, going by the fans opinions I hear on regional football phone-ins and read in local newspapers, social media and fans forums, Savage is extremely unpopular among Villa fans. It wasn't so much that he tipped their team to get relegated, it was how vehemently he held his prediction up to be such a certainty from as early as August that really rubbed the Villa support up the wrong way. They certainly enjoyed pointing out how he got it wrong come the end of the season.
I'm not one of those people who argues that pundits are biased against particular teams or shouldn't cover a club after playing for their rivals, but Savage is a divisive pundit who many people find a major turn-off at the best of times - given his recent, high-profile criticism of Aston Villa, I find it baffling that Radio 5 Live persist on using him as a summariser whenever they visit Villa Park. Having him cover Villa once every so often is one thing, but it's become noticeable to me that he seems to be a fixture whenever they do commentary on Villa. Why they couldn't call upon another, less divisive pundit based in the Midlands - someone like Steve Froggatt or Dion Dublin for example - for at least some of the Villa matches they cover rather than going for Savage every time is beyond me. QUOTE] I've also heard Villa fans be fine with him on 606, their caller of the season was a Villa fan, he admitted he got it wrong last season. He's BBC staff living not too far from the Midlands so it makes sense\ Every pundit will upset one set of fans at some point in time |
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I've also heard Villa fans be fine with him on 606, their caller of the season was a Villa fan, he admitted he got it wrong last season.
He's BBC staff living not too far from the Midlands so it makes sense\ Every pundit will upset one set of fans at some point in time I know commentary appointments are often decided on geographical grounds and that Radio 5 Live aren't the strongest when it comes to covering West Midlands football, but they do have their fair share of summarisers based in or connected to that part of the world; Dublin and Froggatt as mentioned plus Steve Claridge, Graham Taylor and others. So why does it always seem to be Savage covering live Villa games on Radio 5 Live? This is what I don't get, its got to the point where it must be more than just a big coincidence. His general prominence on that station is baffling enough but to have him regularly covering a team who he's well known to have been stridently critical of in the recent past seems particularly wrong-headed. |
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BBC Radio Manchester
Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers - Ian Cheeseman and Shaun Goater - commentary |
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Friday 17th January - Talk Radio Europe
La Liga Malaga v Valencia - Paul Breen-Turner and Giles Brown (7.30pm GMT commentary) Giles Brown is one of Talk Radio Europe's other presenters, I think he usually presents on Friday nights. From what I've heard of TRE's Malaga coverage this season, former Manchester City youth team coach Paul Williams hasn't been involved as the station's co-commentator that often, with Brown and another presenter in Kenny Jones often joining PBT for their commentaries. In other news, while there's no football updates on talkSPORT's Kick Off with Keys & Gray from Doha tonight, they do have Simon Ward reporting on Northampton Saints v Castres in the Heineken Cup Pool 1. Absolute Radio's live Premier League game tomorrow will be Arsenal v Fulham, with Kevin Gallacher joining Jim Proudfoot on commentary. It'll be Gallacher's debut on Absolute Radio, with him having been a regular summariser on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Lancashire for a number of years now. In my opinion he's one of Radio 5 Live's best pundits and I've long been a bit stumped as to why he's not used more prominently by them. A few notes from talkSPORT Live - they didn't provide commentary on any of this week's FA Cup ties but will be broadcasting both second legs from the League Cup semi-finals, as will talkSPORT UK. This weekend, Ian Danter will be commentating on Liverpool v Aston Villa for them, with this being his first talkSPORT Live appearance since the opening day of the season. Meanwhile, Tom Macleod - a talkSPORT Live commentator who read news bulletins and reported on Celtic's UEFA Champions League games for talkSPORT UK - joined Sky Sports News Radio as a presenter and reporter at the turn of the year. |
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Saturday 18th January 2014 - BBC Radio Devon (1400-1800) (1259-1800 on 95.7FM only)
James Vickery presenting Devon Sport from the Plymouth Studio League Two Torquay United v Northampton Town - Brent Pilnick & Ross Reid - 1458AM in Torbay & South Devon (1500) Exeter City v Morecabme - John Ayres & Andrew Barge - 990AM in Exeter & East Devcn (1500) Rochdale v Plymouth Argyle - Drew Savage & Chris Errington - 95.7FM in Plymouth & West Devon, DAB (1500) Rugby Union: Heineken Cup Cardiff Blues v Exeter Chiefs - Nigel Walrond & John Lockyer - 95.8FM in Exeter & East Devon, BBC Devon Sport Website (1540) Rugby Union: British & Irish Cup Nottingham v Plymouth Albion - Paddy Marsh & Charlie Welsh - 95.7FM in Plymouth & West Devon (1300) |
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Saturday 18th January - talkSPORT
Adrian Durham presenting Matchday Live from the Emirates Stadium with Michael Gray from the Etihad Stadium, followed by Call Collymore from Anfield Premier League Sunderland v Southampton - Graham Courtney Arsenal v Fulham - Nigel Pearson and Adrian Durham Crystal Palace v Stoke City - Dave Rowe Manchester City v Cardiff City - Dom McGuinness and Michael Gray Norwich City v Hull City - Grahame Lloyd West Ham United v Newcastle United - Ian Abrahams Liverpool v Aston Villa - Sam Matterface and Stan Collymore (5.30pm commentary), with Graham Beecroft at pitchside and Carl Ralley producing Championship Leeds United v Leicester City - Alan Biggs Burnley v Sheffield Wednesday - Simon Humphreys Derby County v Brighton & Hove Albion - Geoff Peters Queens Park Rangers v Huddersfield Town - Tony Incenzo Rugby Union: Heineken Cup Pool 3 Saracens v Connacht - Nick Heath talkSPORT Live Premier League Sunderland v Southampton - Richard Connelly and Jason Euell Arsenal v Fulham - Adam Bridge and Clive Walker (featured 3pm commentary on international radio stations) Crystal Palace v Stoke City - Keith Hall Manchester City v Cardiff City - Tim Long Norwich City v Hull City - Alex Crook West Ham United v Newcastle United - John Anderson Liverpool v Aston Villa - Ian Danter and Paul Mortimer Absolute Radio Russ Williams presenting Rock 'N' Roll Football Live alongside Darren Anderton, followed by Ian Wright and Ian Stone on the phone-in Premier League Arsenal v Fulham - Jim Proudfoot and Kevin Gallacher (3pm commentary) Today FM Michael McMullan presenting Premier League Live with Mark Lawrenson between 2-3pm, followed by Fanzone with Johnny Lyons Premier League Arsenal v Fulham - Ron Jones and Brian Kerr (3pm commentary) Crystal Palace v Stoke City - Russell Hargreaves Manchester City v Cardiff City - Phil Kinsella Norwich City v Hull City - Graham Miller West Ham United v Newcastle United - Ian Beach Newstalk 106-108FM Ger Gilroy presenting Off The Ball with Adrian Barry Premier League (as IRN) Sunderland v Southampton - Al Ross Arsenal v Fulham - Andrew Cheal Crystal Palace v Stoke City - Adam Lindsay Manchester City v Cardiff City - Darren Stannage Norwich City v Hull City - Guy Swindells West Ham United v Newcastle United - Nigel Bidmead Rugby Union: Heineken Cup Pool 3 Saracens v Connacht - Dave McIntyre and Liam Toland (1.35pm commentary) |
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BBC Radio Scotland, 18/1/14
Rob Maclean presenting Sportsound on all frequencies. Scottish Premiership Commentary (810MW) Celtic v Motherwell - Liam McLeod and Murdo MacLeod, with Jonathan Sutherland pitchside Open All Mics (92-95FM and 103.5-105FM) Aberdeen v Inverness CT - Willie Miller Celtic v Motherwell - Billy Dodds Hibernian v St Mirren - Allan Preston Partick Thistle v Kilmarnock - Chick Young Ross County v Dundee Utd - John Robertson St Johnstone v Hearts - Jim Spence |
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Saturday 18th January 2014 - BBC Radio Devon (1400-1800) (1259-1800 on 95.7FM only)
James Vickery presenting Devon Sport from the Plymouth Studio League Two Torquay United v Northampton Town - Brent Pilnick & Ross Reid - 1458AM in Torbay & South Devon (1500) Exeter City v Morecabme - John Ayres & Andrew Barge - 990AM in Exeter & East Devcn (1500) Rochdale v Plymouth Argyle - Drew Savage & Chris Errington - 95.7FM in Plymouth & West Devon, DAB (1500) Rugby Union: Heineken Cup Cardiff Blues v Exeter Chiefs - Nigel Walrond & John Lockyer - 95.8FM in Exeter & East Devon, BBC Devon Sport Website (1540) Rugby Union: British & Irish Cup Nottingham v Plymouth Albion - Paddy Marsh & Charlie Welsh - 95.7FM in Plymouth & West Devon (1300) |
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Some local commentators in my area.
BBC London Arsenal v Fulham Phil Parry and Bradley Allen (FM commentary) Crystal Palace v Stoke Andy Rowley West Ham v Newcastle Nick Godwin and ? (DAB commentary) Bournemouth v Watford Jon Marks Middlesbrough v Charlton Vicky Sparks Millwall v Ipswich Andrea Warth QPR v Huddersfield Emma Jones Crewe v Leyton Orient Dave Victor Walsall v Brentford Billy Reeves Scunthorpe v AFC Wimbledon Alan Seabrook BBC Three Counties Radio Bournemouth v Watford Jon Marks and Derek Payne (commentary on 98.0 & 103.5FM) Bristol City v MK Dons Luke Ashmead and ? (commentary on 104.5FM) Stevenage v Notts County Simon Oxley and Steve Watkins (commentary on 95.5FM) Wycombe v Oxford Geoff Doyle and ?Phil Turnbull? (commentary on 1161 & 630AM) R/U: Bedford v Rotherham Neil Roy BBC Surrey / Sussex Derby v Brighton Johnny Cantor and Warren Aspinal (Sussex commentary) with Adrian Harms Welling v Woking kJon Howick and John Moore (Surrey commentary) Shane Pinnington is reporting on Liverpool v Aston Villa for IRN this evening. |
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Saturday 18th January
BBC WM BBC WM Sport with Paul Franks Live from St Andrews at 14:00 then at 17:20 to Rob Gurney Live from Anfield Premier League Mike Taylor and Rob Gurney: Liverpool V Aston Villa (Live on FM and DAB at 17:30) Championship Richard Wilford and Paul Franks: Birmingham City v Yeovil Town (Live on FM and DAB at 15:00) League One Tom Marlow: Walsall v Brentford Crawley v Wolves would have ben the FM game at 15:00 with Rego and Franksy with Blues on DAB with Richard on his own at St Andrews but as the Wolves game was called off they switched the Blues to FM with Franksy joining Richard and Rego gets the day off. |
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BBC Bristol / Somerset
Geoff Twentyman (studio host) Birmingham City v Yeovil Town - Ed Hadwin and Chris Spittles (95.5FM) Bristol City v Milton Keynes Dons - Alistair Durden and Adam Haker (1548MW) York City v Bristol Rovers - Richard Hoskin and Keith Brookman (94.9FM / 104.6FM / 1566MW) Leeds Carnegie v Bristol (British & Irish Cup RU) - Mark Hoskins and Steve Gorvett (Chief Executive) (DAB / Online) BBC Five Live Sports Xtra Saracens v Connact (Heineken Cup RU) - See post #1258 Cardiff Blues v Exter Chiefs (Heineken Cup RU) (1540GMT KO) - Phil Steele and Martyn Williams (as Radio Wales AM / Digital TV/Radio and Online frequencies) The 5LSX schedule for today for some reason only had the Cardiff Blues game to last from KO at 3.40pm until 4.40pm with an hour 'spare' until 5.45pm for the Leicester Tigers game to start. Listeners weren't cut off from the Radio Wales commentary at 4.40pm. The normal routine on Radio Wales for when there's an FM / AM split with staggered start times is for AM listeners to 'return to' the FM schedule during their half time break, which meant that for about 10 minutes or so at least, you could've listened to Tan's Dragons on 5 Live as well as 5 Live Sports Xtra. |
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BBC Radio Manchester presented by Jimmy Wagg from the Etihad
Manchester City v Csrdiff City - Ian Cheeseman and Shaun Goater - commentary Doncaster Rovers v Wigan Athletic - Paul Rowley - reports Reading v Bolton Wanderers - Jack Dearden - reports Port Vale v Oldham Athletic - Anthony Werry - reports Bury v Burton Albion - Nathan Middleton - reports Rochdale v Plymouth Argyle - John Gilder - reports |
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BBC Radio Leeds
host: Katherine Hannah at the Halifax Town match* Leeds United versus Leicester City commentator: Adam Pope summariser: Andy Ritchie Queens Park Rangers versus Huddersfield Town (also on the official Huddersfield Town website) commentator: Paul Ogden summariser: Kieran O'Regan Dave Fletcher reported on Bradford City, and Katherine Hannah reported on Halifax Town. The Pulse and official Bradford City website Sheffield United versus Bradford City host and commentator: Tim Thornton summariser: Ian Ormondroyd *This is the first time West Yorkshire Sport has been hosted from a Halifax Town match that wasn't on FM. There was no mention of online commentary. Last week Katherine Hannah said that during Halifax Town matches she relies on the club's Twitter feed for updates (including score updates). This surprised me because Dave Fletcher was commentating on the match online. |
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Saturday 18th January - Free Radio 80s
Tom Ross presented The Goalzone from St Andrew's Premier League Liverpool v Aston Villa - Chris Coles and Pat Heard (5.30pm commentary in Birmingham, the Black Country and Shropshire) Championship Birmingham City v Yeovil Town - Tom Ross and Kevan Broadhurst (3pm commentary in Birmingham, the Black Country and Shropshire) Olly Wilson was scheduled to commentate on Crawley Town v Wolves in League One, which was due to be The Goalzone's 3pm commentary in the Black Country and Shropshire, before that match was postponed. Over on Today FM in the Republic of Ireland, while they didn't have a reporter at the early game from the Premier League, they did have Stuart Arrowsmith reporting on Liverpool v Aston Villa in the late game. Today's sister station Newstalk 106-108FM wasn't carrying IRN's updates from Anfield as far as I heard. |
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BBC Radio Scotland, 18/1/14
Rob Maclean presenting Sportsound on all frequencies. BBC Scotland's "freelancer policy" continues to baffle me. Liam McLeod hurtled through the ranks to become the main TV (supplanting Paul Mitchell) and (when not needed for TV) radio commentator (succeeding David Begg, and overtaking John Barnes) because they wanted "staffers". But then we have Richard Gordon, the main presenter of Sportsound, a freelancer that disappears to fulfil other commitments. Rob Maclean is also a freelancer, despite my stats showing he's the clear "number 2" commentator behind Liam, as well as the main TV presenter. I'm sure it makes sense to someone somewhere at Pacific Quay. |
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Saturday 18th January
BBC WM BBC WM Sport with Paul Franks Live from St Andrews at 14:00 then at 17:20 to Rob Gurney Live from Anfield Premier League Mike Taylor and Rob Gurney: Liverpool V Aston Villa (Live on FM and DAB at 17:30) Championship Richard Wilford and Paul Franks: Birmingham City v Yeovil Town (Live on FM and DAB at 15:00) League One Tom Marlow: Walsall v Brentford Crawley v Wolves would have ben the FM game at 15:00 with Rego and Franksy with Blues on DAB with Richard on his own at St Andrews but as the Wolves game was called off they switched the Blues to FM with Franksy joining Richard and Rego gets the day off. (He is still the sports editor there isn't he. I know there was some issue involving him a few months back!) |
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I never listen to 606 so I wasn't aware that he'd tried to make amends with Villa fans - I guess he's largely preaching to the converted on his own phone-in. I just know from the reaction he gets locally in the West Midlands that he's one of the least popular pundits among Villa fans by quite some margin.
I know commentary appointments are often decided on geographical grounds and that Radio 5 Live aren't the strongest when it comes to covering West Midlands football, but they do have their fair share of summarisers based in or connected to that part of the world; Dublin and Froggatt as mentioned plus Steve Claridge, Graham Taylor and others. So why does it always seem to be Savage covering live Villa games on Radio 5 Live? This is what I don't get, its got to the point where it must be more than just a big coincidence. His general prominence on that station is baffling enough but to have him regularly covering a team who he's well known to have been stridently critical of in the recent past seems particularly wrong-headed. I thought it was Derby City Council's tribute to Savage, him being Welsh & that! Lol |
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Sunday 19th January - talkSPORT
Mark Saggers presenting Sunday Exclusive from the Liberty Stadium, followed by Call Collymore from the Liberty Stadium Premier League Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur - Sam Matterface and Stan Collymore (1.30pm commentary), with Carl Ralley producing Chelsea v Manchester United - Ian Abrahams Cricket: Third One-Day International Australia v England - Jack Bannister talkSPORT Live Premier League Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur - Kevin Hatchard and Paul McVeigh Chelsea v Manchester United - Tom Rennie and Darren Eadie* Newstalk 106-108FM Joe Molloy presenting Off The Ball alongside Adrian Barry Premier League Chelsea v Manchester United - Mark Scott and Kenny Cunningham (4pm commentary) Rugby Union: Heineken Cup Pool 6 Munster v Edinburgh - Dave McIntyre, Eddie O'Sullivan and Liam Toland (12.45pm commentary), with Marcus Horan at pitchside Golf: Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Abu Dhabi Golf Club, United Arab Emirates - Nick Dye *There must have been a change in the talkSPORT Live commentary team for the 4pm game - on the Premier League Preview Show available on talkSPORT.com, Tom Rennie had advertised Phil Blacker and David Lee as being their commentary team for Chelsea v Manchester United. |
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IRN
Swansea v Tottenham Sam Fleet Chelsea v Man Utd Guy Swindells BBC London Swansea v Tottenham Andy Rowley and Martin Ling (DAB commentary) Chelsea v Man Utd Ankur Desai |
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Saturday 18th January
BBC WM BBC WM Sport with Paul Franks Live from St Andrews at 14:00 then at 17:20 to Rob Gurney Live from Anfield Premier League Mike Taylor and Rob Gurney: Liverpool V Aston Villa (Live on FM and DAB at 17:30) Championship Richard Wilford and Paul Franks: Birmingham City v Yeovil Town (Live on FM and DAB at 15:00) League One Tom Marlow: Walsall v Brentford Crawley v Wolves would have ben the FM game at 15:00 with Rego and Franksy with Blues on DAB with Richard on his own at St Andrews but as the Wolves game was called off they switched the Blues to FM with Franksy joining Richard and Rego gets the day off. |
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BBC Radio Manchester
Chelsea v Manchester United - Bill Rice - reports |
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