Is Countdown ruining Burnley FC

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:41 am

As requested

Ben Hunter · Post by **Ben Hunter** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:35 pm

Did anyone watch MOTD on Saturday? Alan Hansen was on about how Clarke shouldn't have been on Countdown last week because it distracted him from the game. Someone should direct Alan to the bit in the FAQ where it says how the show isn't recorded live.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:57 pm

Ben Hunter wrote:Did anyone watch MOTD on Saturday? Alan Hansen was on about how Clarke shouldn't have been on Countdown last week because it distracted him from the game. Someone should direct Alan to the bit in the FAQ where it says how the show isn't recorded live.

I was super-awesome in 5-a-side just after I was on Countdown, so stick that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Hansen.

David Roe · Post by **David Roe** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:39 am

No. nothing is ruining Burnley FC, we are one of Britain's great institutions, and will go on forever. (And if West Ham do the decent thing and follow Portsmouth into administration, we might even stay in the Premier League. Though not if we play like we did on saturday.)

John Bosley · Post by **John Bosley** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:12 am

Ben Hunter wrote:..... Someone should direct Alan to the bit in the FAQ where it says how the show isn't recorded live.

I always thought it was recorded live. The people on it look very live to me - well most of them do.

Jeff Clayton · Post by **Jeff Clayton** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:11 pm

It is recorded as live. Therein lies the illusion!

Jeff

Alec Rivers · Post by **Alec Rivers** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:14 am

lol. Of course it's recorded live (mostly). What Alan Hansen doesn't realise is that it's not transmitted live.

John Bosley · Post by **John Bosley** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:30 am

Alec Rivers wrote:lol. Of course it's recorded live (mostly). What Alan Hansen doesn't realise is that it's not transmitted live.

That was my (rather pointless) point

Alec Rivers · Post by **Alec Rivers** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:35 pm

John Bosley wrote:
Alec Rivers wrote:lol. Of course it's recorded live (mostly). What Alan Hansen doesn't realise is that it's not transmitted live.
That was my (rather pointless) point

I know – my response was directed more at Jeff.

Martin Smith · Post by **Martin Smith** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:33 pm

Alan Hansen made what he might call a schoolboy error in thinking the show was broadcast live. I doubt MOTD2 is, after all. The only effect Clarke's Countdown time might still be having on his is any ribbing he's got from his team-mates and the supporters.

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:59 pm

Martin Smith wrote:Alan Hansen made what he might call a schoolboy error in thinking the show was broadcast live. I doubt MOTD2 is, after all. The only effect Clarke's Countdown time might still be having on his is any ribbing he's got from his team-mates and the supporters.

I thought he was just making a joke. I am fairly sure that an experienced presenter would be aware that sometimes shows are not transmitted live.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:37 pm

This is all too much for me. The tics have started.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:25 pm

On 5 live just now: "and Clarke Carlisle joke whose form has been terrible since he won Countdown doesn't even make the bench. That's one 9 letter word he won't like by the end of the season - RELEGATED"

David Roe · Post by **David Roe** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:48 pm

Radio 5 commentators struggle with the concept of recorded TV shows, so I dare say they're not too familiar with the idea of players being injured either? Carlisle's had 2 bad games, not consecutive.

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