Is the BBC bios?

Question

After watching the Scotland- France game on the BBC today, why did they repeat the highlights of Irland-Italy game and not the great victory of Wales stuffing the english?? upset RU

Answer 1

BBC like ITV has to appeal to a majority English audience..that they have to build and develop year on year..The English make up most of the population, and is where the (soccer supporting) market is, so they have to appeal to them basically..Us celts should just get used to this and take it all with a pinch of salt..You can always turn on the radio at the same time, and turn the sound down on the tv (like me). The camera angles yesterday from the wire cam were terrible..I wanted to watch scrumaging and rucking..not wobbly ariel views that show nothing.

Answer 2

Considering that the Welsh represent about 5% of the British public, you should be pleased you even get a mention. Christ, they are probably more South Asians than there people of Welsh descent...where's their rugby team?

Answer 3

Nothing to do with rugby, but the only person at the BBC who is not biased is Jeremy Paxman.

Answer 4

I have to laugh at the comments from a lot of people on here.

England did not deserve to win they were bloody awful. However as Neil P says how does the scoreline show as a stuffing?

Also Wales did not win as such, England just collapsed at every level. Wales did not play much better than they did in the first half, but England who were poor in the first half as well just went AWOL in the second half.

As I have said in previous answers Wales should quite rightly be celebrating a victory and points in the table but they cannot celebrate the way they played.

If you are honest the least c**p team won because they were both awful England just excelled in the second half. It was like a rerun of the opening world cup game.

Both teams have massive amounts of work to put in, England more so.

Wales are lucky though the 3 out of the 4 remaining games are at home for them. And that includes the in form French so that is a bonus.

BUT if you keep playing in the same way it will be a fight between England and Wales for the wooden spoon. We were the worst two teams of the weekend if you look at play alone - look at the mistakes turnovers, missed tackles, missed finishes. It was a comedy of errors.

But only points count and at the moment Wales sit OK in the championship table, so well done, but there needs to be significant improvements if you want to stay there.

Scooterboy - I realise my answer may have been a little bit too long for your reading skills but where were my excuses in this answer.

England played c**p, were c**p and deserved to lose, end of story did I not make that clear.. However the point I was trying to make was that Wales played c**p as well but not as much as England and they won. For that I have genuinely said well done.

But truth is truth both played so far below their potential, I would like to see both teams on form play together and watch the best team win - whoever it is. Saturday was a rubbish rugby spectacle.

As for the win before the world cup, there was no joy in that you did send a B or even C team and they were whipped. Did not do either team any favours.If you check back in the records you will see two things:

1. Lots of Welsh guys making the excuses for the loss.

2. Me answering questions saying it was not a true reflection of the teams as they were not the real teams.

My point was that a win is a win and well done, but do not get euphoric about it, continue to play like that against a good team and you will be punished.

As for having a good day, no-one like to see their team lose. But on days like Saturday when you just don't deserve to win you have to take it on the chin. It is hugely disappointing to see your team play so poorly, maybe you are more used to it than me that's why you are so heady about the victory.

Answer 5

as if there's any English people left at the BBC have you seen it recently

The welsh deserved it though, I can hold my hands up, we where sh~t

Answer 6

They did show highlights - BEFORE the Scotland game!

Answer 7

you clearly never watched the whole program......they showed all the highlights from the wales v england game.

and just to put the game into prospective you won the game fair and square but it hardly makes a stuffing does it,not when you compare it to the 62 -5 that england stuffed the welsh the last time they met.

Answer 8

zaksta you typify englishness.  excuses when you lose, you were the greatest when you win.  wold cup finalists,  if buts and maybe's mean nothing but as we are going down that road.  france murdered new zealand and didn't turn up for you, same with australia.  wales ran you off the pitch in the quarters of the world cup but like yesterday we didn't take our chances.  yes it should have been all over by half time yesterday but you play the team in front of you, I could say last time it was the welsh B team but we lost and thats that.  saturday was a bloody goodday why because it was my birthday, we won and I found £50 quid.  I had a great day somehow I don't think you did.  shame

Answer 9

They showed the highlights before kick off.................it was fecking great to see Jeezy admit Wales deserved it and John "smug b@stard" Inverdale squirm!