Match of the Day only 20 minutes long?

[TeessideCleveland]

 

[The_Tiler]

Take out the punditry etc and its probably only 20 mins of football every week anyway.

 

[breakthewallsdown]

Hope noone tunes in.. Fk the BBC and the Tories

 

[Colgates_shaving_foam]

I rarely watch anyway but I definitely will not be watching tonight out of principle.

If nothing else it's shone an embarrassing light on just how little actual football is on MOTD.

 

[r00fie1]

Put it out in Black n White.
Like Pathe News

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

I only enjoy it when Newcastle lose and Shearer pontificates.

 

[r00fie1]

I only enjoy it when Newcastle lose and Shearer pontificates.

Cant he be arrested for that?

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Cant he be arrested for that?

If only!

 

[homesickblues]

Some important games this afternoon, should be a good watch without the drivel.

 

[Norfolkred1]

I've seen longer Fergie times.

 

[The_Tiler]

Watched it on Iplayer.

20 mins long, and I turned it off when the Everton game came on

 

[erimus86]

20 minutes. That is appalling. There were 6 matches. Just show more of them to get to 60 minutes surely. How much of the licence fee is going on Premier League highlights? ***show.

 

[Stocko]

Watched it.
nobody highlighted offside
nobody highlighted why VAR was being used
nobody whittering on about why the goals were scored or conceded
no manager interviews whinging
i had to watch the footy and guess what was going on all by myself, like I do when I go to the match.
Jackpot
I might tune in again next week

 

[JackG]

20 minutes. That is appalling. There were 6 matches. Just show more of them to get to 60 minutes surely. How much of the licence fee is going on Premier League highlights? ***show.

That's all the BBC's contract allows, hence the customary padding and waffle.

 

[BoroMart]

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"focus on"? like that was a choice haha

 

[BoroMart]

20 minutes. That is appalling. There were 6 matches. Just show more of them to get to 60 minutes surely. How much of the licence fee is going on Premier League highlights? ***show.

They don't have the rights to show more, they can replay highlights of things they've shown already plus a handful of other highlight points. But without a host just replaying stuff with no context would be confusing for people watching.

 

[BoroMart]

Some important games this afternoon, should be a good watch without the drivel.

The same could be said of this board without your post

 

[erimus86]

They don't have the rights to show more, they can replay highlights of things they've shown already plus a handful of other highlight points. But without a host just replaying stuff with no context would be confusing for people watching.

So you're telling me the usual show is 20 minutes action and 60 minutes interviews and pundit waffle?

 

[parmoboy]

I've found a potential new presenter.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

You probably watched the same amount of football as normally shown. It used to be a much shorter show, over time it's become an ex players' chat show littered with occasional highlights.