BT Sport commentary v Arsenal (A)

Tommy_Catons_Perm said:
I complained to BT. This is my complaint :-

The entire coverage of the live match between Arsenal and Manchester City was extremely biased in favour of one team, Arsenal.

During the live commentary, the main commentator Darren Fletcher constantly praised good play by Arsenal and criticised every refereeing decision that went in favour of City. This attitude was supported by co-commentators Martin Keown and Steve McMannaman.

There were two major incidents in the game that were reviewed by VAR. On both occasions, the correct process was followed by VAR and the correct decisions were made. I suggest that the commentators watch the Match of the Day highlights programme on BBC1 on the same evening to understand why. The pundits on BBC1 clearly understand the laws of the game much better that the BT pundits and were able to explain how the decisions were reached and why they were correct.

Steve McMannaman in particular was very confused about the role of VAR in the award of the City penalty. At one point he even said that VAR should not be involved and later said the referee was TOLD by VAR to give a penalty. Really ? Was this the truth or was he making it up? I would like an explanation about why he thought this.

At one point in the game, the City player Jesus was clearly held in the Arsenal penalty area and the City players protested for penalty. The commentary dismissed it as “fine, nothing to see here” and did not question the potential use of VAR.

After the match Jake Humphrey led a completely wrong and vindictive witch hunt into the perceived refereeing “injustices”. Despite an ex professional referee Peter Walton explaining the decisions to him he failed to understand and continued to labour the point that Arsenal were somehow cheated. I suggest that he also watches the Match of the Day highlights programme on BBC1 to understand the error of his ways. He might also need further education into the laws of the game and how VAR works.

It is BT Sports duty to offer a balanced, impartial programme which lends insight based on a fair reflection of the game and not biased views peddled by people who clearly have vested interests in other teams in the premier league and whose views are clearly compromised.

Jake Humphrey and Darren Fletcher should be reminded they are there to provide an impartial view of events.

Any team that plays a live match on BT Sport should be offered the same respect as their opponents. This was certainly not the case yesterday.
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Excellent post, really detailed, I also put in a complaint to BT, very similar to this today. I never complain (except on here of course!!), but this time it was so bad I felt the need too! I hope that if enough people do complain it may change something, but I'm not holding out much hope - queue what is probably going to be the stock answer from BT !!
 
Ian Blake said:
Agreed ...
Piccadilly post match phone ins..'....and as for that Pearson or....Booth (fill in the blanks) he's useless..etc..
Presenter....'Did you go to the match?...caller ...'errr no....buses are a nightmare from ..Sale' (fill in blanks) ...f kin retards
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Correct but on phone ins they could easily be cut off. On twitter threads shown on here they can come out with all sorts of shite and nobody to check them on their hypocrisy.
Ah well all in all it's been a good weekend. I can tell the missus all about it long after she's gone to sleep.
 
The problem with BT sports is that they decided to become the tabloid style presenters. Tacky ,shit-stirring and not having any concern whatsoever for objectivity or integrity of the product. They welcome criticism and controversy and think the abuse of ex-footballer pundits is just tribal rants from rival club fans. They only care about revenue, Like any normal people, our family groaned when we heard the commentary team and there was a rugby scrum to reach the mute button after just five minutes. Watching the game to the background music of Madonna was kinda therapeutic,.[for some]
 
My very elderly father commented on it. I had not mentioned it. It was unbelievable particularly Fletcher, Dickphreys and pointy.
 
Tommy_Catons_Perm said:
I complained to BT. This is my complaint :-

The entire coverage of the live match between Arsenal and Manchester City was extremely biased in favour of one team, Arsenal.

During the live commentary, the main commentator Darren Fletcher constantly praised good play by Arsenal and criticised every refereeing decision that went in favour of City. This attitude was supported by co-commentators Martin Keown and Steve McMannaman.

There were two major incidents in the game that were reviewed by VAR. On both occasions, the correct process was followed by VAR and the correct decisions were made. I suggest that the commentators watch the Match of the Day highlights programme on BBC1 on the same evening to understand why. The pundits on BBC1 clearly understand the laws of the game much better that the BT pundits and were able to explain how the decisions were reached and why they were correct.

Steve McMannaman in particular was very confused about the role of VAR in the award of the City penalty. At one point he even said that VAR should not be involved and later said the referee was TOLD by VAR to give a penalty. Really ? Was this the truth or was he making it up? I would like an explanation about why he thought this.

At one point in the game, the City player Jesus was clearly held in the Arsenal penalty area and the City players protested for penalty. The commentary dismissed it as “fine, nothing to see here” and did not question the potential use of VAR.

After the match Jake Humphrey led a completely wrong and vindictive witch hunt into the perceived refereeing “injustices”. Despite an ex professional referee Peter Walton explaining the decisions to him he failed to understand and continued to labour the point that Arsenal were somehow cheated. I suggest that he also watches the Match of the Day highlights programme on BBC1 to understand the error of his ways. He might also need further education into the laws of the game and how VAR works.

It is BT Sports duty to offer a balanced, impartial programme which lends insight based on a fair reflection of the game and not biased views peddled by people who clearly have vested interests in other teams in the premier league and whose views are clearly compromised.

Jake Humphrey and Darren Fletcher should be reminded they are there to provide an impartial view of events.

Any team that plays a live match on BT Sport should be offered the same respect as their opponents. This was certainly not the case yesterday.
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Excellent - a lot better worded than mine. I got an acknowledgment off-the-peg earlier today but doubt either of us will get a reply
 
bladdered said:
Much as I respect Lescott and Dunney, I'd love it if they stepped aside from BT duties this season in favour of a more media savvy Blue...Mike Summerbee. He'd soon sort them fckers out.
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He tried to sort out BBC match pundits and they fucked him off. They are untouchable.
 
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