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I am sure that Alan Davies is a nice bloke but what does he have to do with football? Is this just ANOTHER celeb boarding the World Cup bandwagon????? The bandwagon must be full up by now.

Call me cynical but wouldn't it be better that the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation covered football at the FOOTBALL world cup? And IF it needs to bring a fan perspective how about fans in ENGLAND? Oh, and what are real South Africans? Are there different types of South Africans? Are there fake ones?

And why do the Ö÷²¥´óÐã need to employ a commerical (money making enterprise) USP Content to deliver this programme? Are there no talented and able producers and journalists in the UK? Or could it be that they are already on the World Cup bandwagon?

It is going to be VERY embarrasing when the Coalition make the Ö÷²¥´óÐã release details of their expenditure and the true scale of the World Cup largesse is laid bare.

What are Nicky Campbell , Colin Patterson and Danny Baker doing in S Africa ?

Complete waste of money !!

I think Ö÷²¥´óÐã is a disgrace to the world cup. I am die hard south Korean fan who was anticipating a quality analyzed highlights about the best game yet in the world cup, and all i got was a struggling england and a decant show from messi. if you are going to show the highlights of the world cup you will have to show the games including south Korea. and Robert green had a absolute shocker, the first and most important rule of goalkeeping is to get you body behind the ball and you slow down the replay you can see he is redirecting the game towards the goal

Steve, have you read the posts? Some weeks ago you will recall you asked for submissions on how to make the blogs more visable. Foolishly, both Carrie and I thought you were actualy asking for ideas which we volunteered. It appears though you were joking, or have clean forgot and not replied or considered them.

As for Fighting Talk et. al. being produced by independent companies (which I knew) that was not the point I was making. My point was how is it possible for these programmes to be produced more cost effectively then by the Ö÷²¥´óÐã itself.

I fear we wont hear again from you for a few months, but in case we're lucky, I know Carrie and I would appreciate some feedback -- or if hell did happen to freeze over -- action on our suggestions.

Many thanks

So England will win the World Cup with a pair of strikers that cannot break down two defenders- one who has not played in a year, the other who was released by Watford?

Message 5 - Mr Bowbrick, if Mr Alan Davies who is a comedian/actor not a sports commentator, wishes to report from the world cup then I suggest that he gets hired by a TV company that has to pay its way through advertising and/or voluntary subscription rather than by a regressive compulsory tax.

Message 3 - "What are Nicky Campbell , Colin Patterson and Danny Baker doing in S Africa ?"

Living it up at the license fee payers expense whether they watch the Ö÷²¥´óÐã or not!

Thank you for your reply Steve. Will look forward to seeing the changes. I hope they don't further dumb down the access and depth and breadth of discussion.

Are you adding a message board at the same time?

@ comment 2 , 'Call me cynical but wouldn't it be better that the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation covered football at the FOOTBALL world cup?
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I assume this is because there is no Ö÷²¥´óÐã 'Radio England' as there is Scotland, Wales, Ulster, Nan Gaidheal, Foyle and Cymru - from an English perspective not very effective use of the licence fee per head of population either. The 'West Lothian' question as applied to the Ö÷²¥´óÐã don't you think?

Half a reply is better than none but it has taken a while to get it!

Some of the World Cup coverage is truly rubbish. It has been said before so I won't go on. As for the cost to the licence payer to allow some of these airheads broadcasting time well, it makes my blood boil. Half of it is very unfunny, and the content repetitive - just how many times can you revamp the same story for goodness sake?

I enjoyed the compilation of Gabby Logan's "you know"s. Wonder how that was received elsewhere on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã?

I caught the programme quite by accident, lunchtime_legend, and laughed out loud at the Logan compilation skit - hilarious!

"Some of the World Cup coverage is truly rubbish." Message 13.

I am sorry but I don't think the vast expenditure, which I am sure ryanw will wheedle out of someone at some point, has been worth it. Dotun in Ghana is a good example. Could you hear anything he or the crowd said, for at least the half an hour I listened hoping that minute was the last of the broadcast. Or Nicky singing so many off key songs, oh please. Much of the radio broadcasting (not match commentaries) has been entirely superfluous.

Thank goodness for cricket!

Carrie, just wait for 5Live to win an award for their coverage. That'll be next.

Big problems on the horizon though. Football has been the saviour of the station. TalkSport's growing portfolio from next session is going to put real pressure on the station.

As for Ö÷²¥´óÐã expenditure all we need to a relaxing of the FoI legislation and the Ö÷²¥´óÐã will be hung by its own petard. That time is coming. I have written to the Minister and I am sure it won't be far off. Transparency and accountability is sweeping the public service but one body seems immune. For the moment.

ryanw, your crusade will succeed.

I missed the Steve reply to me above, as it is so unexpected when he posts.

I would love to know a breakdown of the World Cup costs, let alone the salaries paid to some of these "presenters", or whatever.

I assume that Alan Davies will no longer be presenting the Armchair World Cup program now that England have been dumped out, the reason being: 'It's nothing to do with you!'