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Yes i heard John Joe our defender read out. I know the presenters are reading what is on the screen in front of them but surely someone in the sports department at the station could get these mistakes corrected. I trust Carson does not make similar mistakes when he commentates on his Worcester Warrior games for another station.
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Yes i heard John Joe our defender read out. I know the presenters are reading what is on the screen in front of them but surely someone in the sports department at the station could get these mistakes corrected. I trust Carson does not make similar mistakes when he commentates on his Worcester Warrior games for another station.
What happened to local presenters on local stations? OK I can excuse Bernie Keith because even in the constraints of the BBC he is very good. Maybe Steve Riches will comment? Always enjoyed Steve on the radio.
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Well then here's my comment for what it's worth - we've reached the stage in local media when we can count ourselves lucky there is much left. Herald and Post has gone, C&E are hanging on in there - indeed probably surviving financially partly because of the many logins from Cobblers' supporters who have to try to avoid that awfully intrusive advertising that slows your smartphone as it loads it all! As far as anyone knows BBC Radio Northampton's coverage is pretty-much guaranteed in the medium term - they know full well that covering the Cobblers brings them better listening figures. I'm at the stage of thinking that anything left is better than nothing, and although many on this forum can and do pick holes in Radio N'pton's coverage I reckon they do an ok job. Caroline wotsit gets some criticism which I suspect is more to do with her being a woman in what some feel is really a man's domain - she's mostly ok but she does umm and ahh too much but she'll learn if people stop going at her, Tim Oglethorpe is balanced - I know he has his detractors on here but he's a good all-round broadcaster - the guest ex-players are usually good value, they don't have to be polished, just interesting, and Gareth Willsher takes a bashing from some on here but you have to remember that in his job he isn't the same as an external journalist, he represents the club and I doubt he gets paid anything extra for his on-air contribution and as a club employee he is a great source of internal information. In my journalistic days I found him nothing but helpful at almost any hour of the day or night if I needed information - but clearly it's not his job to do probing journalistic work exposing anything wrong at the club! To his eternal credit (and he wasn't alone in this) he took exactly the correct anti-Cardoza line at the right time when he could have kept quiet. James Whiting and others ditto. So, in brief, we still have some independent coverage and should cherish it.
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I'm afraid I have to agree with Steve.
Have a look around the lower league football clubs. How many of them are the foremost team in their BBC catchment area? Not many I would wager. How many of them regularly command full commentary on every single match they play?
Yes Radio are not perfect by any means. But I'm not going to knock something that keeps me informed and gives me commentary on matches I'm unable to attend.
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stevecobb
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Port vale share there commentary with Stoke and Crewe .
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Good post by Steve Riches, makes a lot of sense, and although I can see the shortcomings of RN I am very grateful that we have the level of coverage of our team that they give us and the Eggchasers. When I had to work Saturdays and evenings RN was a godsend for me to listen to and still be involved in following our fortunes, this also went for my Dad when he got to old and unable to attend matches before passing away, I assume this might apply to many Cobblers supporters over the years. I have been following this thread since it started, some of you guys really need to take a breathe and a step back with the regard to the moaning about RN. The mighty Beeb are always looking for ways to make cutbacks, local radio is an easy target for them and if I was some penny pinching exec sitting on some sub-committee looking at saving a few bob this forum would not read well if they glanced it during their surveys. As Steve says, be grateful for what we have, and enjoy the games you cant get to. COYC's three points tonight please and a big cheer to be heard all across the County when Tim shouts "Goal to the Cobblers!"
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Parklands Cobbler
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Carson Wishart just announced it is going to be a special evening at Sixways tonight.
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SteveRiches
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Carson Wishart just announced it is going to be a special evening at Sixways tonight.
I doubt he's been anywhere near Sixfields!
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corno_ntfc
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Gripping discussion points tonight about jetwashing driveways and eating pickles
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Football WITHOUT Fans is NOTHING
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Air-Dan
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Gripping discussion points tonight about jetwashing driveways and eating pickles
The "quiz" was a particular highlight for me
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Irchy cob
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Careful - we're not allowed to be critical
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Air-Dan
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From Port Vale's forum: Their local radio bloke was a lunatic. He spent all night thinking that Hooper was Shodipo and vice versa. Consequently when Shodipo was subbed he told his audience that Hooper had gone off which led to total confusion whe JJ scored! Absolutely correct as well, Hooper scored after he'd "gone off"
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In fairness, from my seat near the back of the west stand the white numbers on the back of their yellow shirts were almost illegible so I think Tim can be forgiven for mixing them up.
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Well then here's my comment for what it's worth - we've reached the stage in local media when we can count ourselves lucky there is much left. Herald and Post has gone, C&E are hanging on in there - indeed probably surviving financially partly because of the many logins from Cobblers' supporters who have to try to avoid that awfully intrusive advertising that slows your smartphone as it loads it all! As far as anyone knows BBC Radio Northampton's coverage is pretty-much guaranteed in the medium term - they know full well that covering the Cobblers brings them better listening figures. I'm at the stage of thinking that anything left is better than nothing, and although many on this forum can and do pick holes in Radio N'pton's coverage I reckon they do an ok job. Caroline wotsit gets some criticism which I suspect is more to do with her being a woman in what some feel is really a man's domain - she's mostly ok but she does umm and ahh too much but she'll learn if people stop going at her, Tim Oglethorpe is balanced - I know he has his detractors on here but he's a good all-round broadcaster - the guest ex-players are usually good value, they don't have to be polished, just interesting, and Gareth Willsher takes a bashing from some on here but you have to remember that in his job he isn't the same as an external journalist, he represents the club and I doubt he gets paid anything extra for his on-air contribution and as a club employee he is a great source of internal information. In my journalistic days I found him nothing but helpful at almost any hour of the day or night if I needed information - but clearly it's not his job to do probing journalistic work exposing anything wrong at the club! To his eternal credit (and he wasn't alone in this) he took exactly the correct anti-Cardoza line at the right time when he could have kept quiet. James Whiting and others ditto. So, in brief, we still have some independent coverage and should cherish it.
Steve - generally agree with your post which are based on common sense, good observation and a knowledge of the subject - most of the above being the case - however I do take light hearted exception to the lazy assumption that criticism of Caroline is more to do with her being a woman etc etc. I can only speak for myself where I have personally supported women in football (and know what a tough gig it is) but most of the observations on Caroline are that she needs to improve significantly for her own credibility because at the moment she seems to lack basic self awareness of her factual gaffes together with the inappropriate comments and questions.
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Carson Wishart read out another text tonight where the sender called him a buffoon after another one of his usual errors where he tried to play a recording, picked the wrong way, muffled about too many buttons so played some music instead. I think it's all quite entertaining on my drive home from work! I'm warming to Caroline now though. She even mentioned tactics and questioned the formation last night.
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pattcobb
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Carson Wishart read out another text tonight where the sender called him a buffoon after another one of his usual errors where he tried to play a recording, picked the wrong way, muffled about too many buttons so played some music instead. I think it's all quite entertaining on my drive home from work! I'm warming to Caroline now though. She even mentioned tactics and questioned the formation last night.
Not wanting to boost his ego but I always thought Steve Riches was a very good broadcaster. In general however I think that radio is in a shocking state. My lift to work listens to Heart with Stuart and Katie "only for the traffic" I have to tell you it's beyond cr@p boring, repetitive and treats listeners as if tHey are stupid. Where did we get to this formulaic brand of drivel where songs are constantly cut short for "exciting" competetions? So Caroline, Carson and of course Bernie Keith who are a little bit different, I applaud you, you have my ears. Dare to be different. Anybody who wants to know how radio should be done just tune in to Radio Five Live 9 to 11 Saturday morning.
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To be fair I used to enjoy listening to Steve Riches. Stuart Linnell is an excellent broadcaster on the early morning breakfast show. Despite his Coventry allegiances he is knowledgeable on the Cobblers and Northampton in general. As far as the football coverage is concerned, We are lucky to receive the amount of coverage we get, for a lower league club. Most are fighting for air time with bigger clubs in higher leagues, so full match commentary is great to have. Just need to improve on some of the pre/post match analysis.
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#Frank
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Bernie Keith
Broadcasting legend
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Broadcasting legend Is that an obscure euphemism for "massive bellend"?
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Not wanting to boost his ego but I always thought Steve Riches was a very good broadcaster. In general however I think that radio is in a shocking state. My lift to work listens to Heart with Stuart and Katie "only for the traffic" I have to tell you it's beyond cr@p boring, repetitive and treats listeners as if tHey are stupid. Where did we get to this formulaic brand of drivel where songs are constantly cut short for "exciting" competetions? So Caroline, Carson and of course Bernie Keith who are a little bit different, I applaud you, you have my ears. Dare to be different. Anybody who wants to know how radio should be done just tune in to Radio Five Live 9 to 11 Saturday morning.
So what's your preference? Red, brown, or none at all?
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