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Old 01-08-2016, 20:18
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Paul Lambert as well.

Chris Sutton is quite confrontational I think.
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Old 01-08-2016, 22:09
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Oh dear. What an unpleasant tetchy sounding Monday Night Club with Georgyboy, Chris Sutton and a Scottish journo.
That was all down to Sutton who was gratuitously nasty with Reilly. Seems to have become the go to man for monday nights over the last few months, but who is becoming more unpleasant every week. A few months managing at Lincoln City gives him the right to pontificate on managers who've won European cups.

A conviction for assault no barrier to a job on 5live it seems as long as they're a gobs....
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Old 01-08-2016, 22:55
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If they had done a Monday night club on a different sport such as cricket or rugby league it would have been more pleasant. Manyy football fans are worse when discussing football than 5 Live's guests.
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Old 01-08-2016, 23:07
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That was all down to Sutton who was gratuitously nasty with Reilly. Seems to have become the go to man for monday nights over the last few months, but who is becoming more unpleasant every week. A few months managing at Lincoln City gives him the right to pontificate on managers who've won European cups.

A conviction for assault no barrier to a job on 5live it seems as long as they're a gobs....
I felt really sorry for George. Whatever he said or asked seemed to get an angry or confrontational response from Chris who treated him as if he was stupid.
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Old 01-08-2016, 23:17
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I felt really sorry for George. Whatever he said or asked seemed to get an angry or confrontational response from Chris who treated him as if he was stupid.
Agree 100%.
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Old 01-08-2016, 23:55
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They had on a commentator called Ellidh I think who kept getting the details wrong such as what hole the players were on. Now anyone can make a mistake but it happened again and again. ....
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Old 02-08-2016, 06:33
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A conviction for assault no barrier to a job on 5live it seems as long as they're a gobs....
Probably explains why he comes across as so aggressive and nasty almost snarling at everyone.

Mind you the likes of Steve Claridge aren't a lot better - always picking fights.

The assault charge was a few years ago it seems though.
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Old 02-08-2016, 07:43
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Sutton is on because of his confrontational views - going down the Talksport line. Gets people talking. I thought it was a bit of both - George Riley was being somewhat of a wind-up merchant in return.

Eilidh Barbour was the other voice at the US Golf - usually good but I thought she struggled this time as well.
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Old 02-08-2016, 12:21
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Can I be controversial? I thought this morning's breakfast programme was great. I think Livesey is far better than the incumbant, he was funny at the same time tackled the hard subjects well. He blended well with the team, great repartee with Claire...he is the future at breakfast time.

And before people accuse me of Nicky Bashing...he has been there too long and is stale. It would do him good to try another programme.

I know Tony's not to everyone's taste, but I really enjoyed the programme this morning, just as I always enjoy his and Anna's drivetime programme.
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Old 02-08-2016, 13:38
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Can I be controversial? I thought this morning's breakfast programme was great. I think Livesey is far better than the incumbant, he was funny at the same time tackled the hard subjects well. He blended well with the team, great repartee with Claire...he is the future at breakfast time.

And before people accuse me of Nicky Bashing...he has been there too long and is stale. It would do him good to try another programme.

I know Tony's not to everyone's taste, but I really enjoyed the programme this morning, just as I always enjoy his and Anna's drivetime programme.
Totally agree. I don't often listen these days, as I prefer LBC but Ferrari wasn't very interesting this morning so I switched over. I was glad I did. I've always liked Livesey and think Breakfast is a good fit for him. Nicky Campbell seems to take as much time off as he likes doing his programme for ITV and now his usual long summer holiday so I think we should have someone who is there more regularly.
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Old 02-08-2016, 14:15
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Nicky doesn't take more time off compared to other presenters I don't think
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Old 02-08-2016, 15:43
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Do they really have to play those relentless pointless shouty sound clips every time after the news or a break?
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Old 02-08-2016, 17:04
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A week since the last test match finished and 2 days till the next starts, you could say we're in the middle of the English cricketing summer. A pity that neither Phil Tufnell or Michael Vaughan could make themselves available for a show carrying their name.

More fool this station for tolerating the pair, neither of whose broadcasting talent warrant such indulgence.
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Old 02-08-2016, 18:07
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Do they really have to play those relentless pointless shouty sound clips every time after the news or a break?
They are playing the Olympic trailer prior to every news bulletin at the top of the hour too. DEAFENING!! Listening late at night on earphones is torture. Doesn't it occur to these people that every listener is not sitting in a car with traffic noise and needs to have their eardrums damaged before they can reach the volume button.
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Old 02-08-2016, 18:53
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More fool this station for tolerating the pair, neither of whose broadcasting talent warrant such indulgence.
I disagree. The programme was a lot poorer them not being on and presumably they have good reasons for not being on. With the bits and pieces post-playing careers they now have it would be surprising if they were to drop other long planned gigs for an occasional programme that moves round the schedules like a leprechaun.
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Old 03-08-2016, 08:42
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I disagree. The programme was a lot poorer them not being on and presumably they have good reasons for not being on. With the bits and pieces post-playing careers they now have it would be surprising if they were to drop other long planned gigs for an occasional programme that moves round the schedules like a leprechaun.
It's been on a monday evening all summer, taking a break when the Euros were on.
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Old 03-08-2016, 14:26
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Twitter apology from 5Live:

https://twitter.com/bbc5live/status/760819724250996741

I didn't see this personal account tweet or hear the discussion so can't say if it was "offensive" or not. Anyone any the wiser? Or fuss about nothing?
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Old 03-08-2016, 15:58
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They are playing the Olympic trailer prior to every news bulletin at the top of the hour too. DEAFENING!! Listening late at night on earphones is torture. Doesn't it occur to these people that every listener is not sitting in a car with traffic noise and needs to have their eardrums damaged before they can reach the volume button.
Radio 5 seem to be trying to imitate Talksport with all the shouty stuff these days
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Old 03-08-2016, 16:25
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There seems to be an internal BBC competition as to who can produce the loudest shouty screamy things - both the radio and TV Olympic trailers make me dive for the off switch, and to prove nothing is sacred I turned on the radio this morning and had to hit the volume control during a Radio 4 trail for a play about the Clintons...before the 5.20am shipping forecast!
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Old 03-08-2016, 16:58
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Twitter apology from 5Live:

https://twitter.com/bbc5live/status/760819724250996741

I didn't see this personal account tweet or hear the discussion so can't say if it was "offensive" or not. Anyone any the wiser? Or fuss about nothing?
Here's the story

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-36967106
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nort...tweet-11698424


BBC Radio Five Live has apologised for a tweet asking someone to speak about "why the Welsh language should die" on air.
I'm sure the rent-a-mob brigade are forming in the village square
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Old 03-08-2016, 17:16
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Here's the story

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-36967106
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nort...tweet-11698424




I'm sure the rent-a-mob brigade are forming in the village square
It's interesting watching the researcher's timeline, after an initial outrage it went quiet, then the BBC published an apology and she's not getting tens of tweets of people expressing their outrage now they've become aware of it
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Old 03-08-2016, 19:27
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Thanks for the info and links Dave.

I do think that the production teams at 5Live fall short of professionalism some of the time.
Tweeting something like that was bound to cause offence to people and create a furore, it's no good saying the discussion itself "was balanced". Why was that absurd question even asked? It's like they were deliberately looking for a guest to be controversial on air.

The Rajars come out tomorrow. We'll see where everybody stands, but wouldn't surprise me if 5Live's figures have gone down. The station needs a major shake up after the Olympics in my view.
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Old 03-08-2016, 19:30
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There seems to be an internal BBC competition as to who can produce the loudest shouty screamy things - both the radio and TV Olympic trailers make me dive for the off switch, and to prove nothing is sacred I turned on the radio this morning and had to hit the volume control during a Radio 4 trail for a play about the Clintons...before the 5.20am shipping forecast!
Nooooo! Radio 4 is my go to station when I've got a headache and want a quieter time without the shouting!
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Old 03-08-2016, 19:41
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Nooooo! Radio 4 is my go to station when I've got a headache and want a quieter time without the shouting!
If I wanted shouting in the morning, I'd get myself a wife!
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Old 03-08-2016, 22:38
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It's been on a monday evening all summer, taking a break when the Euros were on.
1) It has not been on every week, Euros or no;

2) It has variously been on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays as well as Mondays.
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