MOTD short format 11.03.2023

[Shergar]

What is not to like about It?

All the chances, decisions and goals delivered and replayed in a timely manner.
No gushing drawn out punditry on ‘the 6’
No ALOB analysis from a studio guest who is annoying (I’m thinking Jenas on this occasion)
No screeching female commentators.
No time doze off, blink and you miss it.

It’s a thumbs up from me.

 

[Southdownswolf]

Didn't watch it, but if that's what I wanted i'd have watched the highlights on the sky website available just after the matches have finished.
MOTD needs pundits, commentaries etc as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Dingle Chris]

A vast improvement.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

Switched it off after Leicester-Chelsea. Thumbs down from me. I like the analysis which is generally of high quality when Shearer and Wright are doing it. The BBC will live to regret this if it carries on.

 

[QB Wolf]

I usually watch MOTD on catch-up watch the football and fast forward through all interviews and punditry, apart from Wolves where I’ll watch it all, sometimes more than once. Occasionally I’ll watch the whole program.

I like having that flexibility.

 

[Wonder Boyo]

What is not to like about It?

All the chances, decisions and goals delivered and replayed in a timely manner.
No gushing drawn out punditry on ‘the 6’
No ALOB analysis from a studio guest who is annoying (I’m thinking Jenas on this occasion)
No screeching female commentators.
No time doze off, blink and you miss it.

It’s a thumbs up from me.

Lots of real feverent football fans agree with you and absolutely loved the new format. It's obviously the way forward for the future. The people have spoken.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634687309940420608

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634687191157800960

 

[sedgwolf1980]

With the development of things like sky plus and iPlayer etc, reality is other than our own games when we win, i fast forward every single bit of punditry and analysis. Ironically though, I still think that very same punditry and analysis is the heartbeat of the show.

Soulless without it.

 

[Rufio]

I fast forward through the pundits and skip to the games. I normally even mute the commentators cos they’re annoying. So this weeks fare is no change for me

 

[Bill McCai]

I fast forward through all the matches and all the punditry.

 

[Macman]

I found it better without all the punditry but deffo does feel soulless and empty with the match commentary.

 

[JadeWolf]

I only ever watch it when Wolves are on and we win. So I’ve hardly watched it this year!

Agree with the idea above though, if you just want the games with no analysis, just watch the YouTube highlights of each game back to back once they’re loaded about 6pm.

 

[Tojo the grass]

I haven’t seen it yet, but does anyone remember when the same thing happened to Top of the Pops back in the eighties? (I think) , the presenters all went on strike so they just showed all of the acts without any of the moronic banter, it was way better.

 

[waveney wolf]

Switched it off after Leicester-Chelsea. Thumbs down from me. I like the analysis which is generally of high quality when Shearer and Wright are doing it. The BBC will live to regret this if it carries on.

Big thumbs down for me too.
Just got up early on Sunday to watch it ,,20 mins of silence ...may as well watched YouTube highlights last night.
Not what I pay my TV licence for BBC

 

[acsmith117]

Why couldn’t they play the theme tune?
As for the program.. didn’t miss the punditry but a bit of commentary would have been nice.
Roll on Amazon/BT grabbing more of their slice of the pie.

 

[Bryce]

After all of Jamie Carragher is crowing last week when Liverpool stuffed Manchester United I love the tweet from Gary Neville today. He tweeted” with no one on final score today I thought I would bring you the early kickoff result Bournemouth one Liverpool nil and they’re playing so well!”
Never misses an opportunity that one

 

[Mutchy]

What is not to like about It?

All the chances, decisions and goals delivered and replayed in a timely manner.
No gushing drawn out punditry on ‘the 6’
No ALOB analysis from a studio guest who is annoying (I’m thinking Jenas on this occasion)
No screeching female commentators.
No time doze off, blink and you miss it.

It’s a thumbs up from me.

A real shame you included the blatant sexism.

 

[SquaddieWolf]

Would of liked commentary but more than happy with no pundits tho, shows how much **** they chat that the show was cut by an hour and 10 mins lol

 

[thetwistedsock]

The chat IS the show.

 

[Dr Wolfenstein]

I haven’t seen it yet, but does anyone remember when the same thing happened to Top of the Pops back in the eighties? (I think) , the presenters all went on strike so they just showed all of the acts without any of the moronic banter, it was way better.

The format certainly needs shaking up, the old boys club getting a wake up call.

Seem to recall Channel 4 pioneering this sort of stuff in the UK with pop videos introduced by computers & information via onscreen graphics; a format the BBC & others use in compilation shows of various musical categories utilising old TOTP & OGWT footage-the opposite of all the talking head compilation programmes (eg Worst TV Moments etc) which are interspersed with chat by annoying self-alleged 'comedians' talking fondly about clips which they were too young to see the first time.

But maybe there's only so much dry soulessness people can take, before they need the reassuring sound of a human voice.

 

[Wonder Boyo]

The format certainly needs shaking up, the old boys club getting a wake up call.

Seem to recall Channel 4 pioneering this sort of stuff in the UK with pop videos introduced by computers & information via onscreen graphics; a format the BBC & others use in compilation shows of various musical categories utilising old TOTP & OGWT footage-the opposite of all the talking head compilation programmes (eg Worst TV Moments etc) which are interspersed with chat by annoying self-alleged 'comedians' talking fondly about clips which they were too young to see the first time.

But maybe there's only so much dry soulessness people can take, before they need the reassuring sound of a human voice.

Give it to Max Headroom until the end of the season.

 

[BlahBlah]

A real shame you included the blatant sexism.

surely it's just an opinion and freedom of speech?

And why are you arguing with a horse?

 

[jrpb-3]

Down from around a hot and a half to 20 mins, shows how much fill there is normally. Needed some commentary. Maybe shows that normally there is a bit too much analysis?

 

[MolineuxMixer]

The best MOTD format that I have ever seen and hope it's here to stay.
I just can't stand all that commentator and punditry nonsense!

 

[QB Wolf]

Just watched it, missed the commentary, just to hear the players names, I know a lot of them but not all these days.

 

[Golden_Wolf]

Thought it was pretty **** to be honest

 

[QB Wolf]

Why couldn’t they play the theme tune?
As for the program.. didn’t miss the punditry but a bit of commentary would have been nice.
Roll on Amazon/BT grabbing more of their slice of the pie.

Probably because it wasn’t match of the day, it was just a highlights show.

 

[wolvesaywe]

You can watch Premier League highlights in virtually any format you wish across multiple linear channels and online

If you don't like MOTD's format don't ****ing watch it and waste precious time moaning about it

 

[Thank you Sir Jack]

I wonder how Gogglebox will deal with it?

 

[Spitfire]

They could have used the PL international feed commentary.

 

[Tojo the grass]

I wonder how Gogglebox will deal with it?

Perhaps that is the update the show needs, put Lineker, Wright and Shearer on the sofa.

 

[Big Saft Kid]

Lots of real feverent football fans agree with you and absolutely loved the new format. It's obviously the way forward for the future. The people have spoken.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634687309940420608

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634687191157800960

John Redwood tweeting about football ??!!! I have met the man several times, even played cricket against him, and I know for a fact that he has no interest whatsoever in football. Don't be fooled, his 'contribution' is all about politics.

 

[NottsWolves]

They could have used the PL international feed commentary.

Wasn’t there talk that they didn’t have the rights to use it?

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

John Redwood tweeting about football ??!!! I have met the man several times, even played cricket against him, and he has no interest whatsoever in football. Don't be fooled, his 'contribution' is all about politics.

As is anyone on here saying it was good. Anyone can click down their phone on 6 notifications and watch those highlights with commentary. I understand some people don't like the punditry, but I'm mystified why those people would ever watch (fast forwarding or not).

 

[WV10Wolf]

Lots of real feverent football fans agree with you and absolutely loved the new format. It's obviously the way forward for the future. The people have spoken.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634687309940420608

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634687191157800960

Keep politics out of sport though, right

 

[Ned]

If they kept last night’s format but with commentary then it would be ideal for me. I usually watch in the morning and fast forward all the second rate punditry. Show more of the games, a few more replays of key moments and we don’t need the analysis.

Maybe have an in depth analysis show on the iPlayer separately in the week.

But yea, last night was the first MOTD I’d watched in full with no fast forwarding.

 

[Ned]

They could have used the PL international feed commentary.

I don’t think they were allowed. There was an apparent “rights issue”.

 

[The Wolf In The North]

Was a shame it was all so rushed. You don't need commentators to be able to put up team-sheets before each match, for example. It was just very weird, and rather pointless - and it was noticeable that, without individual commentary (regardless of whether you like particular commentators or not) and team-sheets and narrative, all the matches blurred together.

The whole situation is a mess, the BBC have dug themselves a hole they're going to struggle to climb out of, and snakeskin politicians tweeting about how it was "a breath of fresh air" when they wouldn't be able to name more than two PL clubs if they were asked, absolutely makes the skin crawl.

 

[CelebrityWolf]

Out of curiosity, how many here watch other clubs highlights or even games?

Living in the US we don't really have a MotD style show and i can honestly say i have rarely for nigh on ten years watched another clubs game unless it involves Wolves.

 

[Sussex Wolf]

The posts in reply to the BBC Sport tweet show there is a similar mix of responses to those on this thread.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1634627890112282626

 

[lets all have a disco]

Off course the show and football needs commentators , they can do away with the 'expert 'co commentator's who ruin it....but the reason I don't watch match of the day is there is too much punditory......last night showed exactly what it is....20 mins football ..that's all. . It's normally 40 mins of waffle on top....

Personally don't care what the likes of Lineker, shearer , wright and all the rabble on sky think ....if they knew what there were on about they would be involved in the game , instead of talking the easy option to 'talk' about it ..