Crystal Palace fans were appalled at the weekend after their 1-1 draw with Swansea City received very little coverage of Match of The Day and limited insight into the game.
BBC’s flagship programme stuck the Eagles on last, behind the 0-0 draw between Sunderland and Chelsea, whilst also excluding one of the best moments of the game when Yannick Bolasie struck the bar. On top of this, the analysis into Crystal Palace was limited to just one sentence by Gary Linekar, which infuriated passionate fans.
Whilst it may not have been the best game of the weekend, excluding key highlights is something that shouldn’t be acceptable and it’s fairly reasonable that the BBC have received these angry responses.
Our license fees paid for that. Money well spent. #cpfc
— Stand In The Sun (@standinthesun) November 29, 2014
What an appalling representation of #cpfc again on #motd how is it that Palace are almost always show at the end and with no decent analysis
— Stephen (@sfield3) November 29, 2014
Nice to see palace back in their normal position of last on motd #cpfc
— Andy Squelch (@AndrewSquelch) November 29, 2014
The #Swans v #CPFC match was way better than the Chelsea 0-0. Why was it on last? #MOTD
— neil (@antineil) November 29, 2014
Wow, just ignore 99% of palace’s chances #motd #cpfc
— Tom Pullinger (@Sir_Pullinger) November 29, 2014
MOTD’s #cpfc analysis: “A good point for Palace.” Excellent. Thanks for that insight.
— Graham Moody (@GrahamMoody) November 29, 2014
So Bolaise hitting the bar is not worthy of being shown in the highlights ! Typical MOTD #cpfc
— Mark (@EagleMarkCPFC) November 29, 2014
‘Let’s talk about the other team’ – standard #CPFC coverage on #MOTD – ‘good point for Palace’ is all that was said about us. Typical
— Jonathan Whitehead (@jonnywheat) November 29, 2014
How does #MotD remove Yannick Bolasie’s run and shot from 20 yards out that hit the bar?! #cpfc
— JF (@JF_1010) November 29, 2014
