Re: Amos injury (Edit: Not Broke - Out for up to 8 Weeks) : Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:40 pm  

We should get the same doctor for Amos that has treated Rooney to get back so soon!

Re: Amos injury (Edit: Not Broke - Out for up to 8 Weeks) : Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:42 pm  

Mini Rogue wrote:

We should get the same doctor for Amos that has treated Rooney to get back so soon!

Nothing short of amazing his recovery!

Get Amos sent to Man Utd, we'll have him back for the Salford game!

Re: Amos injury (Edit: Not Broke - Out for up to 8 Weeks) : Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:38 pm  

Beswick will be pi$$ed off it ain't broke!

Re: Amos injury (Edit: Not Broke - Out for up to 8 Weeks) : Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:53 pm  

Mini Rogue wrote:

We should get the same doctor for Amos that has treated Rooney to get back so soon!

Rooney was no were near fit tonight and selecting him tonight is a reason United have fell short.

[JTB]

Re: Amos injury (Edit: Not Broke - Out for up to 8 Weeks) : Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:22 pm  

Thanks for your e-mail regarding the 6 April edition of 'Beswick at Breakfast' on BBC Radio Manchester.

We understand that you felt Allan's comments about Amos Roberts' suspected broken leg were inappropriate.

Allan Beswick is very well known as a Warrington Wolves supporter, who are currently battling with Wigan Warriors for the top spot in the Super League. His comments here were in that context, with rivals Wigan Warriors having scored a very convincing win in their match against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on 5 April 2010, thus keeping them at the top of the table.

Allan's unique brand of humour is well known to his BBC Radio Manchester listeners who will appreciate that his comments here about both Wigan and their player Amos Roberts were not intended to be taken at all seriously, but were merely humorous comment borne out of frustration at Wigan's excellent result which kept them above Warrington in the table.

His banter with sports presenter Delyth Lloyd on the subject was clearly light-hearted with Allan in reply being jokily called a "naughty man" by Delyth.

Clearly in no way was Allan actually happy that a player suffered an injury - indeed he was genuinely full of praise for Wigan's performance even though it meant his beloved Warrington were denied the top spot as a result of their win.

The sports report also went on to focus on the incident itself in some depth including commentary clips plus a description of the match and a review of the injury incident with an interview with the team's coach describing it fully.

However, we do acknowledge your concerns over his comments and we'd like to assure you that we've registered your complaint on our audience log. This is a daily report of audience feedback that's circulated to many BBC staff, including members of the BBC Executive Board, channel controllers and other senior managers.

The audience logs are seen as important documents that can help shape decisions about future programming and content.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

Regards

BBC Complaints

Re: Amos injury (Edit: Not Broke - Out for up to 8 Weeks) : Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:28 pm  

^Exactly the same reply as I have just recieved.

Clearly the BBC think there is nothing wrong with him behaving like some loutish fan who laughs when players from other teams get stretchered off.

[JTB]

Re: Amos injury (Edit: Not Broke - Out for up to 8 Weeks) : Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:33 pm  

Oh dear - i think I have reached that age where I like nothing better than to complain :

Absolutely amazing but not particularly surprising that you could defend a
presenter making fun of a person breaking their leg as 'light hearted
banter'. How can you say that Alan was 'clearly in no way happy' when he
'clearly' stated 'you can tell from my voice that I'm smiling'?

I'm offended that you have made such a response without due regard to what
was actually broadcast. I of course expect to get no response/some token
copy and paste nonsense inline with the fob off received already.

Re: Amos injury (Edit: Not Broke - Out for up to 8 Weeks) : Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:34 pm  

also got the exact same reply.
if my unique brand of humour includes me going around smacking people in the face with a frying pan is that ok?

Re: Amos injury (Edit: Not Broke - Out for up to 8 Weeks) : Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:06 pm  

JTB wrote:

Oh dear - i think I have reached that age where I like nothing better than to complain :

Absolutely amazing but not particularly surprising that you could defend a
presenter making fun of a person breaking their leg as 'light hearted
banter'. How can you say that Alan was 'clearly in no way happy' when he
'clearly' stated 'you can tell from my voice that I'm smiling'?

I'm offended that you have made such a response without due regard to what
was actually broadcast. I of course expect to get no response/some token
copy and paste nonsense inline with the fob off received already.

Outstanding reply, im assuming you havent had a reply to that!!

Re: Amos injury (Edit: Not Broke - Out for up to 8 Weeks) : Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:00 pm  

I'm sorry but that response is unacceptable. I don't accept for one minute it was light hearted banter. Bernard Manning had a "unique brand of humour" also. That's a sop to say that Mr Beswick has an offensive brand of humour!.

Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like details of every complaint made about him in the last 12 months. I will then decide if I wish to take my complaint further.




My reply. They have 30 days in which to provide me with the information That should give them a bit of work to do to earn the licence fee.