Ireland 2009

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I turned over after the intro and put Murder, She Wrote on on the Alibi channel instead.

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Ah crap! I missed out on some hot Angela Lansbury action for that rally? :(

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Ah crap! I missed out on some hot Angela Lansbury action for that rally? :(

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I changed channels because, frankly, there was more chance of Jessica Fletcher acknowledging the fact that the WRC is in a crap state than the presenters on Dave.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I changed channels because, frankly, there was more chance of Jessica Fletcher acknowledging the fact that the WRC is in a crap state than the presenters on Dave.

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Perhaps they could have a whodunnit based on the WRC!

Who killed the WRC?

Paul King?
Max Mosley?
Paul King?
The PSA group with their huge spends?
Paul King?
The ISC with their woeful coverage?
Paul King?
The FIA with their amazingly astonishing lack of action on all matters WRC related?
Paul King?
Global Warming?
Paul King?

Oh and did I mention Paul King? :D

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

I changed channels because, frankly, there was more chance of Jessica Fletcher acknowledging the fact that the WRC is in a crap state than the presenters on Dave.

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Why all this needless negativity.....?? ;)

I was listening to Rally radio, and they're looking forward to an exciting year.
Look, we're not stupid, it's in a parless state, don't make out that everything is normal.

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Why all this needless negativity.....?? ;)

I was listening to Rally radio, and they're looking forward to an exciting year.
Look, we're not stupid, it's in a parless state, don't make out that everything is normal.

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Ah Rally Radio. Excitement aplenty from Colin "I can't keep my mouth shut for 2 seconds" Whateverhislastnameis, Becs "My presenting style is about as interesting as 300 5 day old McDonalds burgers which have been deep fried in urine and then compressed to make a sort of big elephants foot kebab thing and then carved off and served in pita bread with salad and dodgy garlic sauce" Whateverherlastnameis and music as chosen by teenagers who are too dim to go out and buy a CD single for £3-4 at Tesco so they pay £5 to download a tiny snippet of it as their ringtone for their phone because they're too feckless to use the software that comes with their phone.

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Originally Posted by AndyRAC

Why all this needless negativity.....?? ;)

I was listening to Rally radio, and they're looking forward to an exciting year.
Look, we're not stupid, it's in a parless state, don't make out that everything is normal.

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This can be of the big problems with the way in which the main broadcasters of 'major' sports such as the WRC are now such close partners of the sports themselves. It undoubtedly can hold them back from criticism when it's due. I have to say that ITV's F1 coverage was a notable exception, as is much of the BBC's sporting output. Dave, on the other hand, lacks any sense of journalistic rigour.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

This can be of the big problems with the way in which the main broadcasters of 'major' sports such as the WRC are now such close partners of the sports themselves. It undoubtedly can hold them back from criticism when it's due. I have to say that ITV's F1 coverage was a notable exception, as is much of the BBC's sporting output. Dave, on the other hand, lacks any sense of journalistic rigour.

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Sad to say but I'd take James Allen over Paul King any day of the week.....

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

This can be of the big problems with the way in which the main broadcasters of 'major' sports such as the WRC are now such close partners of the sports themselves. It undoubtedly can hold them back from criticism when it's due. I have to say that ITV's F1 coverage was a notable exception, as is much of the BBC's sporting output. Dave, on the other hand, lacks any sense of journalistic rigour.

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Which was the main problem with Rally XS magazine - it was an ISC product, and mouthpiece for the WRC, however Rallysport was excellent.....
The problem is who is going to provide coverage of this 'major' sport AND have serious journalists, asking difficult questions, raising pertinent points, etc
The answer, is Nobody!!

Paul King is about as crap as the WRC IS RIGHT NOW!!!!

Just watched the footage of the rally.

Congrats Sebastien, there's no substitute :up:

Welcome rally Norway. :)