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Eddie B 11:54 Sat Sep 29
BT Sport's coverage of the Man U match

Un fucking believable.

The two 'expert' pundits were Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes, and the co-commentator was Owen fucking Hargreaves!

Hargreaves sounded like he was gonna top himself when our goals were going in.

At least try and pretend not to be biased, FFS.

Sven Roeder 8:44 Mon Oct 1
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El Scorchio
Agree that I remember that Sky DID used to have some sort of balance of pundits for their televised game.
Seems odd that now that they and BT seem to have a cast of thousands that they put out panels like we saw for our games v Liverpool & Man U ie ALL RED.

There is some requirement to show all the teams to a certain extent .... hence games like Cardiff v Burnley buried as one game on Ryder Cup Sunday. The good thing for Sky is that they now have Alex Scott who they can send off to do games like this .... tick the GENDER box and all their expensive pundits get to skip it and save themselves for Liverpool v Man City.

gph 8:41 Mon Oct 1
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I hope we humiliate a few more before the season's out.

I'm beginning to think that's at least possible.

fraser 8:37 Mon Oct 1
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Just called their loss to us humiliating on the news.

hacko 4:34 Mon Oct 1
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Joe blob - spot on there pal.

Grumpster 4:10 Mon Oct 1
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Problem with having a line up of Scholes, Rio and Owen is that there's barely a personality between them.

They may as well get Phil Neville in there alongside them.

gph 3:56 Mon Oct 1
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Danny Gabbidon's also a TV pundit, but mainly seems restricted to commenting on Welsh football.

Which is a shame.

, 3:40 Mon Oct 1
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I view the punditry differently. From my perspective the media, as a whole, are only too pleased to see a big club going through difficult times. Naturally one or two players, now pundits, still have a loyalty for their old teams and so find it difficult to be objective but the rest of them relish the chance to exploit ManU’s troubles.

We should as fans welcome the fact that rather than a top two or three teams there is now a top six because it is providing more competition in order to keep up with Man City and qualify for the CL.

joe blob 3:33 Mon Oct 1
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The vast majority of the football supporters attending matches don't support the Mancs or Liverpool, but the media all report from a perspective that everybody wants them to win. Therefore they highlight the misfortunes when they concede rather than giving credit to team scoring. You could say that this reporting is biased and unfair, but it has been going on for decades now

El Scorchio 10:19 Mon Oct 1
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Sky used to have one guest associated with each team on to give a balanced view. Don’t seem to do this too much any more. BT don’t even bother. Just fill the studio or booth with Manc or Scouse faces. I suppose it makes sense in a way seen as they are both on telly every fucking week. BT may as well be Liverpool or Man U TV to be honest.

The sad truth is that because all they show and talk about are those 3-4 teams that people only end up supporting them as they think there’s no other option. But then the more people who choose to support them, the more clamour there is to show those games every week.

Did someone say the other day that every single Man U game has been televised this season so far? Wouldn’t surprise me.

They really need to have an agreement where every team is on a more or less even amount of times for the good of the game, but they won’t because the only thing the league and the broadcasters care about is ad revenue.

RBshorty 9:12 Sun Sep 30
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You got to take into account Johnathan Pearce is a jabbering idiot. Him,Savage. And Alan Green all should be kept away from the airwaves.

ornchurch ammer 8:54 Sun Sep 30
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Just watched MOTD. Jonathan Pearce didn't come across as impartial.

Mad Dog 7:55 Sun Sep 30
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Northern. Which made his comments, especially the "unfortunately it ended up in the net" comment even more cunty

Mad Dog 7:54 Sun Sep 30
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You can't think of an ex hammer that's a tv pundit?

Cottee
Gale
Dowie

Sinclair still mentions us

To name a few.

wanstead_hammer 7:54 Sun Sep 30
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Should rename it Sunday Sport with that amount of tits on show in the studio.

Bungo 7:45 Sun Sep 30
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Does anyone really care what any of these numpties say?

Like others have said, MU are one of the clubs that more of the viewers/listeners will be interested in, so it doesn't surprise me in the least that the studio monkeys spend more time talking about them.

chelmsfordhammer 7:37 Sun Sep 30
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Didn’t watch it as I was at the game but if it really bothers you that much turn the volume down on your tv.

Mike Oxsaw 6:40 Sun Sep 30
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There's probably a "gentleman's agreement" between Man U's corporate affairs department and the media, whereby the commentators get a free pint at Old Trafford for every 20 times they mention Manchester United, with a free whisky chaser for the most obscure excuse used to lob their name into any match commentary.

Northern Sold 5:11 Sun Sep 30
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4ever-blowin-bubbles 12:09 Sun Sep 30
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another reason why man utd are so hated its all the bias they get when on any tv channel



All I have heard so far this season is pundits having a pop at what a complete and utter mess they are so how is that bias???

Northern Sold 5:10 Sun Sep 30
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`Rio doesn't count as a Hammer, he is all Man U`




Yeah weird that ... seeming as he is a regular popping over our place seeing the old coaches and giving words of advice to the youthies etc.... maybe he's a spy yeah??

Admiral Lard 4:54 Sun Sep 30
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I think you could say tis about most of our live coverage....
Rio doesn't count as a Hammer, he is all Man U
I just can't think of a Hammer that is a regular TV pundit

kirok1 3:04 Sun Sep 30
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Given that the ex-players of Man Utd and Liverpool make upheavals vast majority of commentary teams, it’s harldy surprising that they a mite biased.
Tat said, Ferdinand has definitely forgotten his roots. Scholes is a twat anyway. Would’ve held the world record for red cards if were not a Manc.
NBC coverage was damned good actually. Also had loads of Yank fans from both teams represented quite equally. Rather liked the ‘get the Yank to eat an English breakfast’ segment,

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