Phuzzy i agree with Conroy i think some people are going over the top about this stupid mans comments.
havent you secetly smiled when they announce a player is out injured so isnt playing us ? i know i have..i would never wish a serious injury on a player but lets be honest when a key player is out for the opposing team we are secrety glad.makes us think we have a beter chance of winning.

Wasn't listening to the program although it does sound completly out of order. If anyone wishes they could complain here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/progs ... mid=286480

Wasn't listening to the program although it does sound completly out of order. If anyone wishes they could complain here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/progs ... mid=286480

Announcing it on the radio is hardly being secretly glad though is it? If i made a stupid mistake like that in my job i know at the least i would get a b0llocking, its not right what he said at all, at the time it was looking like amos had suffered a season ending injury. If he had said it about Wayne Rooney the media would be all over it in an uproar and it would have upset that many people they the BBC would probably have had to sack him.

To be honest if it had come from somebody other than Allan, i'd be totally with you on that, but i'm totally convinced it was just a wind up to get a reaction. Bad taste though probably, but that's Allan all over.

mother feka he didnt say it about Wayne Rooney and luckily Amos isnt seriously injured. he said something out of order but havent we all. By making a big deal of this stupid mans comments you are making him think he is more important than he really is. He is a wire fan and makes no secret of that fact and was saying out loud (wrongly to some) what many opposition fans where maybe thinking. Its his job to be contraversial...and he has got the reaction he wanted.
I just think Phuzzy is going a bit full on with his comments to Conroy. Conroy is entitled to have a difference of oppinion its a free country..we are allowed free speech and thought....for now

I think we all know what Allan Beswick was trying to say but it came across wrong. If he had of said the same thing in a pub he would have not hat to say what he did as you could have seen his smile. All he has to do is come on the radio and say sorry what i was trying to get across did not come out right i was not happy that someone got hurt what i was trying to say with him out of the team for what ever reason it might help my team. Which i think every RL fan thinks when an important player is out of any team for whatever reason. No one is happy with anyone being hurt but are happy they do not have to face him.

Donna, this was not a standard email. It may have used a template, but it referred to the individual complaint specifically. People complaind, the Beeb responded, and tbh it was a much better response than many complaint responses from other organisations I have had.

Actually he doesn't. He isn't a sports presenter or commentator (I think anyway, apologies if I have this wrong). His show talks about all sort, he is very opinionated, and he has no obligation to be impartial on sport.

When I first replied to this on page two I thought it would blow over quickly but all I can say is that I'm glad I don't have to go for a pint with some on here. I'm sure you would not say anything all night just in case you upset anybody. I did not hear the broadcast but I do know Beswick is a Wire fan and have heard him come out with similar comments in the past, so obviously a lot of the complainers do not tune in to him on a regular basis. Come on everyone lighten up a bit and don't take life to serious.

I listen to him occasionally and think at times he's quite funny and offers good opinions about things, but he really has a high opinion of himself and this thread will only be feeding his ego! If you listen to him you expect things like this and therefore can't really complain about it!

He's a 24 carat bell end. He thinks he's being scouted to be the next Paxman. Some woman was on last week talking about a private funded initiative to find Keith Bennets' body on Saddleworth Moors. She was a a friend of & spokesperson for his Mam and he gave her hell. I thought what a complete & utter tool. Would you make such a woman squirm over such an emotive issue?

And why do Radio Manchester back Warrington over a Greater Manchester team anyway. It's like them rooting for Stoke City over Man United. Wouldn't happen so why does it happen with Rugby League. Comes back to anti Wigan jealousy again. And Jack Dearden's as green as anyone else with it.

It's like Brand and Ross all over again.

No more needs to be said, case summed up perfectly.

So we complain that we don't get enough exposure, we complain about all the programmes that give us exposure and now threaten it because us rugby lot are always sod-ing moaning. It was a very bad taste joke and if you honestly believe that he meant it, then you're a fool.
Why are people always moaning at the smallest thing and always offended at everything that isn't complimentary or favourable.

Get a life seriously people
bad taste yes
worthy of a thread and complaints letters, get real

Ah! So you're the self appointed arbiter of what we should or shouldn't think! If only we'd thought to ask you before deciing for ourselves. God, I feel such a fool now.