Originally Posted by mikey1980:
“Wilson and Mowbray aren't even close to being joint number ones. Big live matches screened to (potentially) an audience of 10-15 million are rightly considered more prestigious than 10 minutes of edited highlights on Match of The Day. And over several years, these matches stack up. Consider the past six years, during which Mowbray has commentated on three live League Cup Finals, two live FA Cup finals, two live World Cup finals and two live European Championship Finals, in addition to several big England matches, including England v Wales last summer. If Mowbray and Wilson were "more or less joint number ones" then Wilson would have had at least one of those marquee games live - but he hasn't.”
“Wilson and Mowbray aren't even close to being joint number ones. Big live matches screened to (potentially) an audience of 10-15 million are rightly considered more prestigious than 10 minutes of edited highlights on Match of The Day. And over several years, these matches stack up. Consider the past six years, during which Mowbray has commentated on three live League Cup Finals, two live FA Cup finals, two live World Cup finals and two live European Championship Finals, in addition to several big England matches, including England v Wales last summer. If Mowbray and Wilson were "more or less joint number ones" then Wilson would have had at least one of those marquee games live - but he hasn't.”
I suppose, but as I say, over the course of the season - aside from the tournaments - Wilson and Mowbray do both get their fair share of big games. Over the course of the average weekend, you're just as likely to hear Wilson on a big game as you are Mowbray.
I know Mowbray gets the Cup Final and England games, which are obviously the biggest games on the channel - but they're so rare in the schedules. Over the domestic season I would consider Wilson and Mowbray as near to joint number ones as on any channel - there's certainly less between them that Tyler and Hawthorne on Sky, Fletcher and Darke on BT and Tyldesley and Matterface on ITV. And I can't see anywhere else where Wilson will get the range and quality of matches he's getting on the BBC.



