Dear BBC, Match of The Day Dept: Messrs Lineker, Hansen etc
I have to say I am extremely disappointed that you chose to cover the FA Cup replay between Manchester City & West Ham as your live game on Wednesday. Millions of people do not have the luxury of Sky sports and so rarely get to see a live game on proper telly, furthermore those of us who can afford pay per view tv do not want to see two premiership clubs play each other in an FA Cup tie. We can see this kind of game week in week out, no disrespect to either club involved in the incredibly awful match but what possessed you to opt for the so called "big game"?
The FA Cup is extremely close to the heart of the nation, why choose that game when surely the most obvious choice was to cover Havant & Waterloo v Swansea. It was all there for us, yes us, the licence paying public, this game had it all to offer, the part-timers, the romance, the giant killing expectation, the high flying lower league club against the non league side who are on a journey of fantasy.
The half time Newcastle United/Alan Shearer sideshow was extremely galling, those people who were interested in the story knew about it, Shearer had already spoken to the press and those of us who'd heard all about it had our little chuckle and got on with our lives. That half-time break should have been devoted to the fantastic efforts of Havant & Waterlooville, we saw the highlights from St James Park why not from West Leigh Park?
The tie you did show is repeated as a premier league fixture this weekend, god forbid it's not as brain numbingly dull as the cup match. I hope you are kicking yourselves, you missed the chance of a live game between two clubs full of players and fans who care and believe in the importance of the greatest cup competition of them all, it produced six goals and those people deserved their evening on the box.
No doubt the fourth round game against Liverpool will be live on tv but I for one feel cheated that we didn't see what will prove to be the Hawks greatest achievement, oh yes they will have their day out at Anfield but the performance that got them there, now that is what I and so many thousands of other football fans in this country wanted to see.
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