Football Focus. What a crap programme it has become.
The future of Football Focus is the subject of urgent talks at the BBC due to a dramatic drop in viewing figures.
The 49-year-old programme has lost more than one third of its early-season audience in the space of four years, with the average weekly viewing figures for August falling from 849,000 in 2019 to just 564,000 last month.
Football Focus is not thought to be under immediate threat but reversing the decline will be a priority for the corporation’s new director of sport, with Barbara Slater retiring next spring. The programme will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year and serious thought will be given as to whether a major rebrand is required.
The most dramatic fall in viewing figures coincides with Alex Scott replacing Dan Walker as Focus’ main presenter in 2021. In Walker’s last season before he was moved on the average weekly August audience was 827,000, before dropping to 809,000 in 2021, 599,000 12 months later and 564,000 this year.
Scott is not being blamed by her bosses, though, and remains highly regarded at the BBC, who are set to give the former England defender a prominent presenting role at next summer’s Olympics.
Adverts on the radio. Whatever they're advertising it seems to be one of three voices heard - Brian Blessed being one and then it sounds like either Dom Littlewood (for McDonalds) or the bloke that narrated Come Dine With Me. As grating as the woman that does the O2 adverts.
Barstaff who swivel their heads around look at the people lining their bar waiting to order a drink and say "who's next". Work somewhere else that job is not for you
And the following people, shithouses who don't point out someone who was there before them, this is a courtesy that has mainly left the world and it annoys me more than it should
OOH - lets all dress like Germans from the mid 80s. Its just wrong.
Basically years ago some kids in a school somewhere saw John terry and Beckham in the paper after training in pristine white socks (as they have to look after their money maker i assume) and thought - we'll do that. Skip forward 10 years and theres Tracey from Belvedere in Lidls in dirty odd socks and £3 sliders with big fake writing on them.
Wankers. Utter wankers.
And dont get me started on bods wearing them when its raining at the same time theyve got their coat on with a hood up.
OOH - lets all dress like Germans from the mid 80s. Its just wrong.
Basically years ago some kids in a school somewhere saw John terry and Beckham in the paper after training in pristine white socks (as they have to look after their money maker i assume) and thought - we'll do that. Skip forward 10 years and theres Tracey from Belvedere in Lidls in dirty odd socks and £3 sliders with big fake writing on them.
Wankers. Utter wankers.
And dont get me started on bods wearing them when its raining at the same time theyve got their coat on with a hood up.
Good annoyance
I've probably already put it on here but anyone leaving the house in dressing gown/pyjamas and slippers. They need to go and live in a cave
I always park miles away from the entrance to a supermarket, had too many shitarsed cretins scratch and ding my paintwork by being too cack handed, useless to control a trolley or to not let their vermin kids swing the doors open like they are breaking free from rikers Island. I'm parked as far away as possible, with no vehicle within 20 metres and you can bet your last copper coin some mooncup on legs will be parked right next to me upon my return
Not gonna lie that’s me. I wear white Nike socks religiously, out of comfort and the fact that man feet should be covered at all times. Add that I like the easy access to a slider and I’m away. Guilty.
Not gonna lie that’s me. I wear white Nike socks religiously, out of comfort and the fact that man feet should be covered at all times. Add that I like the easy access to a slider and I’m away. Guilty.
So it’s for comfort and practicality rather than it looking cool? But it’s always Nike socks and sliders rather than M&S navy ankle socks and brown sandals. I’m thinking you like the look!
Also the obsession with pulling those long white socks up as high as possible when wearing shorts. Looks ridiculous. Just buy a pair of trainer socks FFS.
People who use shared facilities, gyms, pools etc then huff and moan about other people being there.
Swimming on this occasion - pensioner basically wanting half a pool and getting in a little strop whenever anyone dared to move within about 3m of her.
You know how busy it could be when you book, grow up and learn to share!
People who use shared facilities, gyms, pools etc then huff and moan about other people being there.
Swimming on this occasion - pensioner basically wanting half a pool and getting in a little strop whenever anyone dared to move within about 3m of her.
You know how busy it could be when you book, grow up and learn to share!
One of my friends looks after a health club and their pool. When the elder folk have finished their mass workouts he tests the water and always has to add a bit of chemical. May be she was warning you rather than getting angry I haven't been in a pool for years He successfully turned me right off swimming, its not as if you can even have a paddle in our sea nowadays.
People who use shared facilities, gyms, pools etc then huff and moan about other people being there.
Swimming on this occasion - pensioner basically wanting half a pool and getting in a little strop whenever anyone dared to move within about 3m of her.
You know how busy it could be when you book, grow up and learn to share!
One of my friends looks after a health club and their pool. When the elder folk have finished their mass workouts he tests the water and always has to add a bit of chemical. May be she was warning you rather than getting angry I haven't been in a pool for years He successfully turned me right off swimming, its not as if you can even have a paddle in our sea nowadays.
People who drive cars, yet have no idea what engine or specification they are.
Like you've paid thousands for it!! How can you not know?
Ho ho ho be careful what you wish for, for the record I know what engine capacity my car has, how fast it goes and how quickly it stops and how much it is to tax it each year, insure it etc. I know bits about cars i like, have owner, sold and to be honest its like reciting phone numbers. Focus on the spectacular like how hard it is to roll a cabriolet but how remarkably easy it is to make a Peugeot go upside down.
Cue someone asking if the Audi/Mercedes/VW any other Germanic whip you decide in the car park is mine. 'Is it the face-lift or the new model? Is it the 130 brake or the 180 brake version, arrr yeah you've got the one with the engine management problem, you didn't go for the tiptronic version (sucks teeth), yeah I'd have gone for the V8 of course'
All the while I'm thinking of how I can murder interesting misterman the car enthusiast bore in the bathroom and hide the evidence, like maybe in a car fire if there was a car in the bathroom
People who use shared facilities, gyms, pools etc then huff and moan about other people being there.
Swimming on this occasion - pensioner basically wanting half a pool and getting in a little strop whenever anyone dared to move within about 3m of her.
You know how busy it could be when you book, grow up and learn to share!
One of my friends looks after a health club and their pool. When the elder folk have finished their mass workouts he tests the water and always has to add a bit of chemical. May be she was warning you rather than getting angry I haven't been in a pool for years He successfully turned me right off swimming, its not as if you can even have a paddle in our sea nowadays.
Haha don't, bad enough I don't want to go anywhere near the sea for a swim, the pool is the lesser of the two evils! At least they do add the chemicals!!
Annoyingly I used to go to a great gym where I think only about 4 people realised there was a pool and it was always empty. Then inevitably it failed through lack of customers and closed.
People who drive cars, yet have no idea what engine or specification they are.
Like you've paid thousands for it!! How can you not know?
Ho ho ho be careful what you wish for, for the record I know what engine capacity my car has, how fast it goes and how quickly it stops and how much it is to tax it each year, insure it etc. I know bits about cars i like, have owner, sold and to be honest its like reciting phone numbers. Focus on the spectacular like how hard it is to roll a cabriolet but how remarkably easy it is to make a Peugeot go upside down.
Cue someone asking if the Audi/Mercedes/VW any other Germanic whip you decide in the car park is mine. 'Is it the face-lift or the new model? Is it the 130 brake or the 180 brake version, arrr yeah you've got the one with the engine management problem, you didn't go for the tiptronic version (sucks teeth), yeah I'd have gone for the V8 of course'
All the while I'm thinking of how I can murder interesting misterman the car enthusiast bore in the bathroom and hide the evidence, like maybe in a car fire if there was a car in the bathroom
I was at a show in my car a few years ago with my old man and some boring twat was parked next to us. Said his had the three bearing engine rather than the 5 mine has so revved more freely, took great delight in telling us how much money he’d spent on upgrading the engine and carbs etc.
I could tell my old man had had enough of him and when the prick said “it would hold its own against an MGF” my old man replied “wouldn’t it have been cheaper and easier to just buy an. MGF”?
I couldn’t stop myself laughing, the bloke made his excuses and buggered off!
Myself and Mrs TCE bought the school new goal nets at Christmas as the schools budget didn’t stretch to replace the old worn ones, they fitted them on Monday. I’ve just found out they were vandalised after we left school with our dogs after exercise last night. Utter w****** Ive just had a quick look at 12 x 6 goals with wheels so they can be locked away £2500 which is out of my remit, if anyone knows of grassroot football charities that maybe able to help, please let me know.
He is suing BGT bosses over the transcript of his vile comments being released to the public. Private conversations he says. I'm sure Russell Brand would say similar for his privacy.
He is suing BGT bosses over the transcript of his vile comments being released to the public. Private conversations he says. I'm sure Russell Brand would say similar for his privacy.
I understand that on the list of "celebrities that are obnoxious in real life", Walliams would be near the top.
After my trip to Liverpool this weekend I thought I saw something that really annoyed me. Pulled up at a roundabout, lots of traffic, lots of people.
I’m in the passenger seat. I happened to look to my left and there’s a fella pollaxed on the pavement. Proper face down, fully clothed, back pack still on his back and crutches still on his arms. No one is bothered. People walking by, cars slowly passing, not helping at all. We pull over safely and by the time we have and I ran to him another young girl has already run to her boyfriends house and he’s on his phone calling an ambulance. This fella was type one diabetic. Thankfully we got all the info from him and a paramedic turned up pronto. But I couldn’t believe the amount of people who did nothing.
I’d put it out of my head until just now, whilst I was on Twitter I stumbled upon the awful clip of that poor young man on Dartford Bridge. He was pulled alive from the Thames but in what condition I have no idea.
Who the feck videos someone attempting suicide & then posts it? FFS! I feel sick. Jesus.
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Where do they hide for bloody ages before appearing?
The future of Football Focus is the subject of urgent talks at the BBC due to a dramatic drop in viewing figures.
The 49-year-old programme has lost more than one third of its early-season audience in the space of four years, with the average weekly viewing figures for August falling from 849,000 in 2019 to just 564,000 last month.
Football Focus is not thought to be under immediate threat but reversing the decline will be a priority for the corporation’s new director of sport, with Barbara Slater retiring next spring. The programme will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year and serious thought will be given as to whether a major rebrand is required.
The most dramatic fall in viewing figures coincides with Alex Scott replacing Dan Walker as Focus’ main presenter in 2021. In Walker’s last season before he was moved on the average weekly August audience was 827,000, before dropping to 809,000 in 2021, 599,000 12 months later and 564,000 this year.
Scott is not being blamed by her bosses, though, and remains highly regarded at the BBC, who are set to give the former England defender a prominent presenting role at next summer’s Olympics.
Why aren't all bin bags made from that starch stuff? save that plastic
And the following people, shithouses who don't point out someone who was there before them, this is a courtesy that has mainly left the world and it annoys me more than it should
"That's it, I'm not posting in here anymore. I've had enough of being treated this way."
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"So anyway, I think..."
OOH - lets all dress like Germans from the mid 80s. Its just wrong.
Basically years ago some kids in a school somewhere saw John terry and Beckham in the paper after training in pristine white socks (as they have to look after their money maker i assume) and thought - we'll do that. Skip forward 10 years and theres Tracey from Belvedere in Lidls in dirty odd socks and £3 sliders with big fake writing on them.
Wankers. Utter wankers.
And dont get me started on bods wearing them when its raining at the same time theyve got their coat on with a hood up.
I've probably already put it on here but anyone leaving the house in dressing gown/pyjamas and slippers. They need to go and live in a cave
I always park miles away from the entrance to a supermarket, had too many shitarsed cretins scratch and ding my paintwork by being too cack handed, useless to control a trolley or to not let their vermin kids swing the doors open like they are breaking free from rikers Island. I'm parked as far away as possible, with no vehicle within 20 metres and you can bet your last copper coin some mooncup on legs will be parked right next to me upon my return
Swimming on this occasion - pensioner basically wanting half a pool and getting in a little strop whenever anyone dared to move within about 3m of her.
You know how busy it could be when you book, grow up and learn to share!
May be she was warning you rather than getting angry
I haven't been in a pool for years He successfully turned me right off swimming, its not as if you can even have a paddle in our sea nowadays.
Like you've paid thousands for it!! How can you not know?
Cue someone asking if the Audi/Mercedes/VW any other Germanic whip you decide in the car park is mine. 'Is it the face-lift or the new model? Is it the 130 brake or the 180 brake version, arrr yeah you've got the one with the engine management problem, you didn't go for the tiptronic version (sucks teeth), yeah I'd have gone for the V8 of course'
All the while I'm thinking of how I can murder interesting misterman the car enthusiast bore in the bathroom and hide the evidence, like maybe in a car fire if there was a car in the bathroom
Annoyingly I used to go to a great gym where I think only about 4 people realised there was a pool and it was always empty. Then inevitably it failed through lack of customers and closed.
I could tell my old man had had enough of him and when the prick said “it would hold its own against an MGF” my old man replied “wouldn’t it have been cheaper and easier to just buy an. MGF”?
I couldn’t stop myself laughing, the bloke made his excuses and buggered off!
Ive just had a quick look at 12 x 6 goals with wheels so they can be locked away £2500 which is out of my remit, if anyone knows of grassroot football charities that maybe able to help, please let me know.
I once had the following conversation with a colleague:
him: hey I’m going buy a new car!
me: what make and model?
me: offs!
This was a couple of years ago and it turns out he was buying a rather nice white Peugeot 205 convertible!
He is suing BGT bosses over the transcript of his vile comments being released to the public. Private conversations he says. I'm sure Russell Brand would say similar for his privacy.
That’s proper tickled me that has 😂😂😂
I get it, people are good at making cakes that look like things now.
Don't care.
Pulled up at a roundabout, lots of traffic, lots of people.
I happened to look to my left and there’s a fella pollaxed on the pavement. Proper face down, fully clothed, back pack still on his back and crutches still on his arms.
No one is bothered.
People walking by, cars slowly passing, not helping at all.
We pull over safely and by the time we have and I ran to him another young girl has already run to her boyfriends house and he’s on his phone calling an ambulance.
This fella was type one diabetic.
Thankfully we got all the info from him and a paramedic turned up pronto.
But I couldn’t believe the amount of people who did nothing.
I’d put it out of my head until just now, whilst I was on Twitter I stumbled upon the awful clip of that poor young man on Dartford Bridge.
He was pulled alive from the Thames but in what condition I have no idea.
Who the feck videos someone attempting suicide & then posts it?
FFS!
I feel sick.
Jesus.