Colin B
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Is it just me, or is there someone responsible for producing this programme that has an anti Oxford United agenda?
That may sound slightly paranoid, but it seems to be getting worse. I think Colin Murray has generally given us a decent press, but even that seems to have now been curtailed.
What has prompted me to comment though is the coverage of our last two games. Firstly the Swindon game. I was pleased to see that the smirking, Swindon loving, Sam Parkin was on the show, and that he would have to comment on our victory (childish I know!). But what happened next was really odd. Colin Murray says "well Oxford United, who have been on a bad run (????) have beaten Swindon, anyway what about the next game Sam?" So he then goes on to talk about Crewe or someone and completely misses our game off of any discussion. In fact they talked about every other game bar ours!
Then last night they excelled themselves. We lost, so were obviously on first. I know Hull are top, but we weren't on first when we played Peterborough recently, but OK I'll forgive them that, as I know it's the way they roll. But then when they showed the "highlights" it showed pretty much every single Hull chance, not a single one of ours, nor any of our play, but was accompanied by some bizarre commentary about Harry Potter tormenting us!!! We had more possession, more shots on goal, more shots on target, more passes, more successful passes, more corners that Hull and yet it was portrayed that we were taken apart from start to finish! I'm not saying we outplayed them, but their coverage was shocking.
I don't (necessarily) expect glowing praise, but a bit of balance would be good. It just seems as if someone there doesn't like us and even Colin Murray has had his wings clipped. I watch to get a view of what others think of us, but end up shouting at the TV in frustration.
That may sound slightly paranoid, but it seems to be getting worse. I think Colin Murray has generally given us a decent press, but even that seems to have now been curtailed.
What has prompted me to comment though is the coverage of our last two games. Firstly the Swindon game. I was pleased to see that the smirking, Swindon loving, Sam Parkin was on the show, and that he would have to comment on our victory (childish I know!). But what happened next was really odd. Colin Murray says "well Oxford United, who have been on a bad run (????) have beaten Swindon, anyway what about the next game Sam?" So he then goes on to talk about Crewe or someone and completely misses our game off of any discussion. In fact they talked about every other game bar ours!
Then last night they excelled themselves. We lost, so were obviously on first. I know Hull are top, but we weren't on first when we played Peterborough recently, but OK I'll forgive them that, as I know it's the way they roll. But then when they showed the "highlights" it showed pretty much every single Hull chance, not a single one of ours, nor any of our play, but was accompanied by some bizarre commentary about Harry Potter tormenting us!!! We had more possession, more shots on goal, more shots on target, more passes, more successful passes, more corners that Hull and yet it was portrayed that we were taken apart from start to finish! I'm not saying we outplayed them, but their coverage was shocking.
I don't (necessarily) expect glowing praise, but a bit of balance would be good. It just seems as if someone there doesn't like us and even Colin Murray has had his wings clipped. I watch to get a view of what others think of us, but end up shouting at the TV in frustration.
