MOTD

[LeeB]

The two away defeats coming at Liverpool and Newcastle too, probably two of the four hardest away games we can have.

[SoccerHQ]

The two away defeats coming at Liverpool and Newcastle too, probably two of the four hardest away games we can have.

Newcastle just feels the eternal jinx ground for us. Liverpool we could've done better at the start but again they'll seriously challenge for the league imo.

Man. United showed last season you just need average away form e.g. beating most of the bottom half to finish top 4. Don't think Newcastle's away form was that amazing either for most of the season.

Win 11-12 again at VP and we'll be right up there as long as we don't mess up games away to likes of Luton and Sheffield United.

[Brazilian Villain]

Danny Murphy does get a fair bit of stick in these parts, some of it justified most of it not. In his Watkins’ analysis last night he stated he had a great game. He hadn’t seen it had he?

As I said elsewhere, it did feel as if he was determined to do an Ollie segment (in the week of his call up) irrespective of the game.

[Brend'Watkins]

I with you both, I couldn't give a shiny shit about games elsewhere.

It's one of the drawbacks having long standing mates who live all over the place. They are of the opinion that everyone is interested in Real Madrid.

[OCD]

For all the criticism MOTD gets, I remember when ITV had the rights to the highlights. It was awful and people couldn't wait until the BBC got the rights back.

[LeeB]

For all the criticism MOTD gets, I remember when ITV had the rights to the highlights. It was awful and people couldn't wait until the BBC got the rights back.

Andy Townsend's Tactics Truck and the theme tune by U2.

Yeah, fucking hell, you make a strong point.

[SoccerHQ]

Football highlights are far superior to what was being put out 20 years ago on both channels.

Back then you'd get a long edit of the main match then a shorter version of the second offering and then the other 6-7 games (given there were few Sunday games in those times) would be condensed into 90 second brief highlights of goals and maybe a post match interview.

My other half is a Palace fan so I annoy her showing this game from time to time but that was generally the offering on MOTD in the 90s if you weren't selected as the featured game:

Our goals shown with no replays and a voiceover rather than comms and then a random interview with Attilio Lombardo who I think had just taken over as Palace manager.

They'll be poor pundits in any era but what actually gets put out in terms of highlights packages is lightyears ahead of that era.

[OCD]

Football highlights are far superior to what was being put out 20 years ago on both channels.

Back then you'd get a long edit of the main match then a shorter version of the second offering and then the other 6-7 games (given there were few Sunday games in those times) would be condensed into 90 second brief highlights of goals and maybe a post match interview.

My other half is a Palace fan so I annoy her showing this game from time to time but that was generally the offering on MOTD in the 90s if you weren't selected as the featured game:

Our goals shown with no replays and a voiceover rather than comms and then a random interview with Attilio Lombardo who I think had just taken over as Palace manager.

They'll be poor pundits in any era but what actually gets put out in terms of highlights packages is lightyears ahead of that era.

Thought it was going to be the one where Matt Jansen scored a cracker and we all got up and applauded it.

[enigma]

It's all getting a bit Brexity in here. People Shaking their fists at all that foreign muck.

[Bad English]

I live 180 km from Barcelona, in a part of France that was, and still is in many people's hearts and minds, a Catalan province until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. It is therefore legitimate for one to be interested in FC Barcelona. I appreciate that if you live in Hay Mills this might not be relevant. :-)

[Dave]

It's all getting a bit Brexity in here. People Shaking their fists at all that foreign muck.

"Egg and chips all round por favor"

[enigma]

It's all getting a bit Brexity in here. People Shaking their fists at all that foreign muck.

"Egg and chips all round por favor"

"And don't be shy with the gammon"

[Smithy]

The two away defeats coming at Liverpool and Newcastle too, probably two of the four hardest away games we can have.

Also the fact that in both of those away games we lost a centre-half to injury early in the game.  One a clearly very significant injury that will have affected the players a bit.

Even without those injuries, I'm not sure we get any points, but the nature of the defeats was definitely impacted by the key injuries happening to early while the scores were close.

[eamonn]

Football highlights are far superior to what was being put out 20 years ago on both channels.

Back then you'd get a long edit of the main match then a shorter version of the second offering and then the other 6-7 games (given there were few Sunday games in those times) would be condensed into 90 second brief highlights of goals and maybe a post match interview.

My other half is a Palace fan so I annoy her showing this game from time to time but that was generally the offering on MOTD in the 90s if you weren't selected as the featured game:

Our goals shown with no replays and a voiceover rather than comms and then a random interview with Attilio Lombardo who I think had just taken over as Palace manager.

They'll be poor pundits in any era but what actually gets put out in terms of highlights packages is lightyears ahead of that era.

Thought it was going to be the one where Matt Jansen scored a cracker and we all got up and applauded it.

It was.

[chrisw1]

It's all getting a bit Brexity in here. People Shaking their fists at all that foreign muck.

"Egg and chips all round por favor"

"And don't be shy with the gammon"

Are you really implying that posters are some sort of racist / bigots because they have either pointed out that some continental clubs get a lot of coverage in some of our press or that they aren't personally interested in other countries' football leagues?

I'm sure you're posting in jest, but even so, you are really stretching for humour here and if your comment was aimed at me I wouldn't be happy about it.