‘Down to the dregs!’ BBC fans fume minutes in over ‘pointless’ England-France coverage
The BBC’s coverage was slammed (Image: BBC)
BBC viewers slammed the broadcaster for its “pointless” coverage of the England vs. France World Cup playoff tonight (July 18), branding it “lazy” after England lost out on a place in the final to Argentina last week. England and France went toe-to-toe to decide who would place third overall in the tournament, while Argentina face Spain in the final.
But the BBC, who were covering the match, were accused of “bringing out the E-team” to cover the game. Presenting the coverage was Jason Mohammad, with Kelly Somers as the reporter on the ground and Stephen Warnock acting as pundit. Jonathan Pearce commentated on the game, joined by Matthew Upson as his co-commentator.
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Social media users were fuming, with one tweeting: “If you need to know how little the 3rd place play off game means, take a look at the England team playing and then look at the lineup of the BBC presenter and pundits. Completely pointless.”
Somebody else moaned: “You can see what the BBC think of the Third Place Play Off with the E team put on the TV coverage.”
Another echoed: “If this match meant anything, this wouldn’t be the line up on BBC.”
England and France faced off for third place (Image: Getty)
While a fourth posted: “Wow even the BBC are not even pulling out the A-listers for this England game, it must be bad.”
Another agreed: “BBC didn’t even pull out the big guns for the third place play off, completely f***ing pointless. Massive damp squib of a World Cup.”
While somebody else said: “Haha even the BBC MOTD presenter and first choice pundits have all f***ed off home leaving the dregs and Martin Keown.”
