Swami Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 8 hours ago, Dons_1988 said: I'm guessing the majority of (or a good number) people listening on the radio are doing so because they are too busy to sit and watch the game (at work, in the car etc). Therefore a good number of the audience are dipping in and out of the coverage so the commentators regularly give the score for people prone to missing chunks of the game. It’s way more than regular though, it’s ridiculous and once you notice that the score is mentioned every 45 seconds or so, you can barely listen any more. Who hasn’t got a smart phone with an app where you can check the score these days? Nobody is listening for the score any more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Sorry, I am and I'm sure many others are too. I'm normally pottering about the house or garden when listening and will sometimes move away from the radio to get something so like regular updates but I agree some of the presenters go the other way and say it almost constantly. Yes, I could get my phone out but I'd prefer if the radio got the balance right and I didn't have to (which I think Open All Mics does pretty well). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I'm not going to defend OAM and the absurdities of excited pundits popping up to tell you something has happened, while somehow failing to impart the essential bits of information about it, because it drives me mad. Very frequent scoreline updates during commentary are entirely appropriate though. Nobody should object to that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, Swami said: It’s way more than regular though, it’s ridiculous and once you notice that the score is mentioned every 45 seconds or so, you can barely listen any more. Who hasn’t got a smart phone with an app where you can check the score these days? Nobody is listening for the score any more. That's a daft post. People catch it in snippets while doing such other things such as driving. Looking it up on a phone defeats the purpose of listening at all. Edited October 14, 2020 by Monkey Tennis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Not sure it belongs here but it was absolutely tragic that they sent along one of the BBC Scotland football reporters to almost beg for fans to be allowed in for the bigot fest at the weekend, with the dick crying that "Surely it's safer for fans in a 60k stadium than going to pubs or others folk's houses to watch it!". 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I’m not sure if people on here are saying that they like lots of score updates during a commentary or if they find them a distraction. Personally I can’t get enough score updates, because you’re always liable to go away from the commentary from time to time and you need to know the score when you get back to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 1 hour ago, kingjoey said: I’m not sure if people on here are saying that they like lots of score updates during a commentary or if they find them a distraction. Personally I can’t get enough score updates, because you’re always liable to go away from the commentary from time to time and you need to know the score when you get back to it. That would be my take on it too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 It’s way more than regular though, it’s ridiculous and once you notice that the score is mentioned every 45 seconds or so, you can barely listen any more. Who hasn’t got a smart phone with an app where you can check the score these days? Nobody is listening for the score any more. You've got up be the only one who wants fewer updates, surely? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 20 minutes ago, pandarilla said: You've got up be the only one who wants fewer updates, surely? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 4 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Not sure it belongs here but it was absolutely tragic that they sent along one of the BBC Scotland football reporters to almost beg for fans to be allowed in for the bigot fest at the weekend, with the dick crying that "Surely it's safer for fans in a 60k stadium than going to pubs or others folk's houses to watch it!". He was stirring it. The media don’t trust the fans of the twisted sisters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 On 03/10/2020 at 00:18, Raidernation said: I’ll bet they will How did this work out for you? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Last nights classic was Richard Gordon telling everyone the Scotland under 21s would be unlikely to be the best runner up if they did not win their last 2 games in the qualifiers so would join the 8 other runners up in the play offs. He then correctly pointed out that the tournament is split in two with the group stages in the spring international break before the knock out stage is in late May and early June Tom English corrected him but he was having none of it , when these play off games would have been played is a mystery . The games next month are the matches that were postponed in the spring and they take up the play off dates. As per the UEFA announcement in the summer its the 9 group winners and best 5 runners up that qualify. We are currently 8th of the 9 teams currently in second place but that position will only really be clear with 1 game to go as some teams have 3 matches remaining just now and others only 1 or 2. https://www.uefa.com/under21/news/025e-0facadc7c0b3-fd20d45f3e7c-1000--new-format-and-schedule/?iv=true 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambieBud Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Not sure it belongs here but it was absolutely tragic that they sent along one of the BBC Scotland football reporters to almost beg for fans to be allowed in for the bigot fest at the weekend, with the dick crying that "Surely it's safer for fans in a 60k stadium than going to pubs or others folk's houses to watch it!".It was Chris McLaughlin. To compound his stupidity, he followed up with a demand that schools should be closed, but Celtic vs Rangers should have a crowd. Lazy and idiotic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie adie Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Typical Chris mclaughlin is he still riding eildidh barbour 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spam_Valley Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 17 minutes ago, Willie adie said: Typical Chris mclaughlin is he still riding eildidh barbour Surely not !? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbionMan Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 15 hours ago, kingjoey said: I’m not sure if people on here are saying that they like lots of score updates during a commentary or if they find them a distraction. Personally I can’t get enough score updates, because you’re always liable to go away from the commentary from time to time and you need to know the score when you get back to it. I've always felt that constant repetition of score and minutes played during commentary was indicative of a boring game with little to describe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 How did this work out for you?I have no idea what my comment was referring to, and I’m not about to trawl back many pages to find out.Feel free to enlighten me if it’s important 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 30 minutes ago, Raidernation said: I have no idea what my comment was referring to, and I’m not about to trawl back many pages to find out. Feel free to enlighten me if it’s important You were absolutely certain the Old Firm would withdraw their players from the squad. Number of players "withdrawn" - zero. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 I was wrong in my assumption then, willing to admit it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Day Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) "The Old Firm* game more than any other will miss crowds" f**k Right Off McIntyre ya *** loving b*****d eta think it was Charlie Adam, but Mcintyre is still a *** c**t Edited October 15, 2020 by Green Day 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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