The regular visitors amongst you will know by now that there are enough ridiculous things in this world of ours to keep me ranting for days on end. What I had failed to appreciate when starting this site is just how many of you out there feel the same way. In the past few weeks I’ve been getting a few emithers from readers with rants to which I find myself nodding in agreement, and as such I think it’s only fair that I share the better ones with you. The first guest ranter is Rantin’ Rob. Take it away Rob…
Dear Mr Angry
What sort of world am I living in where my licence payers money is being spent on the vast abyss of nothing that is sports punditry on the BBC. Every time I watch BBC Sport my neck hurts as my head involuntarily shakes with disgust.
Every sport is filled with personality ex players from required sport, who trot out boring dross that is as inciting and useful as blue paint. All that is required from these so called experts is to have one point of view, and repeat it without any attempt of excitement or passion to whatever they are watching. They might as well get use repeats for half times and match of the day pieces its so fucking monotonous. What will Alan Hansen talk about. What a Shock, its defence criticism time. Yes Lawro, whatever, yeah (I cant actually remember anything hes ever said).
The same with rugby, yes Brian Moore, we know you used to play in the front row. Yes Brian, we know you know about the scrum. Hows about adding to the game eh? At least someone took cricket off them, and all the other sport they have is dross so theres no need to watch it. You do have to ask though, have they ever seen Sky Sports?
Finally, to compound this total horseshit, they seem to think that all sports are interchangeable. Ill let lineker off for doing golf, as he likes that more than football, but this morning I watched some rugby 7s from the Commonwealth Games (which also deserve a rant for being rubbish. After the final, the punditry was held by Sue Barker (tennis player) and Steve Cram (Runner). It wasnt a shock to me, and I dont think that it would be a shock to you, that this was about as inciteful as Amanda Lambs hyperventalation at meeting the players on The Games.
Did they not know it was on. Did they forget. Im pretty sure that Austin Healey would have walked to Melbourne to get his stupid little face on BBC so theres not really an excuse.
All this, and I havent even started on Garth Crooks. It cant carry on.
Rantin’ Rob
I agree entirely Rob, in fact it’s now got to the point where I find myself more animated with the so-called expert panelists than I do during the actual sporting event. That said, I think we’re probably only a couple of years from Auntie Beeb showing the world Tiddly Winks Championships and the Rowing. They might even send a crew down to watch me and my mates playing 5 aside on a Wednesday evening.
What’s that? They already show the Rowing? OK, make it 18 months till the Tiddly Winks appears, and I’ll get my haircut this afternoon just in case.
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weedom · March 22, 2006 at 9:50 pm
it’s incisive, Rob, not inciting. Unless you think they’re supposed to be inciting the viewers/listeners to… I dunno… riot? Violence?