Radio WM

[LeeB]

According to 'Call me Franksy' Villa fans are running scared of the derby.
Oh do f#ck off.

The game that's sold out, with a crowd the size of which hasn't been seen at any our rivals since the three day week?

[villabear]

First caller tonight was a nose who'd took the time to phone from Australia. First thing he mentioned? You guessed it. "Them Villa fans thinking they're going to win Sunday............." blah blah.

Obsessed?

[kippaxvilla2]

Bitter Blue nose Pete.  'The horriblest person in football comes on and scores for them.'  Makes it even sweeter to listen to this stuff.

[Jimbo]

"He's not a very nice person."

I'm really enjoying this.

[Somniloquism]

Horriblest person in football? Really?

Yes, he has some problems with his 3 mothers of his children but in the same vein as Adam Johnson or Lee Hughes?

[LeeB]

The last caller moaning about Villa bias on the commentary, only to be told he was listening to the wrong feed.

[Ad@m]

The last caller moaning about Villa bias on the commentary, only to be told he was listening to the wrong feed.

Yep, I had more than a chuckle at that - sums them up perfectly!

[Bungle]

The last caller moaning about Villa bias on the commentary, only to be told he was listening to the wrong feed.

Yep, I had more than a chuckle at that - sums them up perfectly!

Yes but, he may not have had control over which he listened to if the radio wasn't his.  It always amazes me how they think it is necessary to have two broadcasts of the same match.  If they were doing the job professionally their coverage should be unbiased.

Although I think he was right, it certainly sounded to me as if the commentator was celebrating when the goal went in.

Incidentally did they do the same for the Dingles match?  As I went to that one I didn't bother with the radio coverage.

[LeeB]

The last caller moaning about Villa bias on the commentary, only to be told he was listening to the wrong feed.

Yep, I had more than a chuckle at that - sums them up perfectly!

Yes but, he may not have had control over which he listened to if the radio wasn't his.  It always amazes me how they think it is necessary to have two broadcasts of the same match.  If they were doing the job professionally their coverage should be unbiased.

Although I think he was right, it certainly sounded to me as if the commentator was celebrating when the goal went in.

Incidentally did they do the same for the Dingles match?  As I went to that one I didn't bother with the radio coverage.

If you heard him, I doubt he's got control over his shoelaces.

[Richard E]

The last caller moaning about Villa bias on the commentary, only to be told he was listening to the wrong feed.

Yep, I had more than a chuckle at that - sums them up perfectly!

Yes but, he may not have had control over which he listened to if the radio wasn't his.  It always amazes me how they think it is necessary to have two broadcasts of the same match.  If they were doing the job professionally their coverage should be unbiased.

Although I think he was right, it certainly sounded to me as if the commentator was celebrating when the goal went in.

Incidentally did they do the same for the Dingles match?  As I went to that one I didn't bother with the radio coverage.

If you heard him, I doubt he's got control over his shoelaces.

Probably forgot to ask for his shoelaces back last time he was released from custody.

[villabear]

Bitter Blue nose Pete.  'The horriblest person in football comes on and scores for them.'  Makes it even sweeter to listen to this stuff.

He's 65 you know.

[pbavfckuwait]

It's lucky he is in social housing, thats the only way he could afford a DAB radio.

[OzVilla]

The last caller moaning about Villa bias on the commentary, only to be told he was listening to the wrong feed.

Hilarious, what a fucking plumb!

[Phil from the upper holte]

I did make interesting listening we were pissing ourselves I bet most were kept awake by the bitterness towards the most horrible man in football.

Nice to hear Morley say in their day Gabby wouldn't have been allowed in the dressing room

[Nev]

The last caller moaning about Villa bias on the commentary, only to be told he was listening to the wrong feed.

Yep, I had more than a chuckle at that - sums them up perfectly!

Yes but, he may not have had control over which he listened to if the radio wasn't his.  It always amazes me how they think it is necessary to have two broadcasts of the same match.  If they were doing the job professionally their coverage should be unbiased.

Although I think he was right, it certainly sounded to me as if the commentator was celebrating when the goal went in.

Incidentally did they do the same for the Dingles match?  As I went to that one I didn't bother with the radio coverage.

Local radio provides match coverage with a bias towards the local side, 5Live handle the neutral duties.

In yesterdays case, the commentator and summariser can't be biased to one or the other so, having other broadcast platforms available, they have two commentaries. Richard Wilford covers the majority of Small Heath games so was paired with Darren Carter, and Regan with Morley for us. The added issue is that the club have an agreement with WM to simulcast the coverage on our website so people expect a slant towards Villa. In the past they used to have one commentary with two pundits, one representing each side.

Despite the poor standard of the match reaction and phone in coverage, the commentaries aren't that bad and the way they do the Derby coverage is ideal, down to the away side being broadcast on FM, the platform with the biggest reach.

WM mentioned all of the above numerous times before the game yesterday and isn't their fault if that 'nose wasn't just stupid enough to listen to the wrong feed, he was even more stupid to phone up and complain. The gift that keeps on giving indeed.