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You guys are so funny.
Tanya – is she not from Essex?
Does it really matter? Just think about all that is wrong in these islands of ours, think about all that is wrong in the world and then ask yourselves does it really matter if she says "bedding" and have a good laugh at yourselves.
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To be honest, it isn’t the dumbing down of The Morning Line that bothers me.
What bothers me is the extent to which it tries to be a serious racing preview programme & an early morning racing themed entertainment show & fails so miserably on both counts.
They should either ditch the ‘dumbed down’ gimmicks or ditch the pretence of them being a serious programme. I’d go for the former too given that the racing channels are pretty good at the latter.
I hadn’t really noticed that they’d all got scruffed up. It’s a shame too because Francombe really loves his natty suits.
Does it really matter? Just think about all that is wrong in these islands of ours, think about all that is wrong in the world and then ask yourselves does it really matter
On that basis everything on this forum is a minor irrelevance, may as well close it down
Does it really matter? Just think about all that is wrong in these islands of ours, think about all that is wrong in the world and then ask yourselves does it really matter
On that basis everything on this forum is a minor irrelevance, may as well close it down
Exactly the point I was trying to make
Billy's Outback Shack
Could she be the one who thinks that Matt Dawson can add something to a TV programme about horse racing, or anythng else for that matter, I wonder?
Absolutely right Pendil, she hasn’t got a clue.
All I want is a programme that actually previews each of the races that Channel 4 are showing that day. All of this dressing down and quiz stuff is ridiculous. They should make it something like "Mark Your Card" that Racing UK does every Saturday
I’ve always thought Tania had limitations as a broadcaster, but she has worked very hard at it and improved.
Whatever else, she is an excellent judge, and certainly doesn’t follow the hype or the crowd.
Well remember her tipping up Sir OJ at the Cheltenham December meeting.
John Francome, to his credit, made a brave attempt in the early days of the dumbed-down Morning Line to carry on wearing a tie but he must have been beaten into submission and forced to discard it.
By way of a small concession, he does, however, regularly have his specs perched in amongst his hair.
Nick Luck and Simon Holt have valiantly risen to the dumbed-down challenge by wearing a selection of pink and lilac shirts (naturally, with no tie, of course). Nick, of course, continues to wear what appears to be the same pair of jeans every week.
Tanya certainly knows her stuff, I concede, but don’t get me started on the hats she wears while in the "bedding" ring.
I put the mute on or hastily fast-forward when she appears.
Tom Lee proves an able deputy but I wish he would stop talking about "the machine" when referring to the exchanges. Everyone knows he’s borrowed that phrase from the often absent John McCririck, who claimed, wrongly I suspect, to know nothing about new-fangled things such as laptops and exchanges and often referred to "your wretched machine, Female."
The one good thing about the Morning Line now is that, as Tommo is hardly ever on, we don’t get to hear him referring to himself as "Tommo" when going through the charity bets, as in: "Tommo’s gone for number three…, Franks has gone for number five…"
Meanwhile, coming up after the break ….Could she be the one who thinks that Matt Dawson can add something to a TV programme about horse racing, or anythng else for that matter, I wonder?
Absolutely right Pendil, she hasn’t got a clue.
All I want is a programme that actually previews each of the races that Channel 4 are showing that day. All of this dressing down and quiz stuff is ridiculous. They should make it something like "Mark Your Card" that Racing UK does every Saturday
I think Mark Your Card doing the job might be the reason The Morning Line isn’t.
Racing UK provide Channel 4 with their pictures don’t they?
Racing UK provide Channel 4 with their pictures don’t they?
Highfligher is the production company behind Channel 4 and RUK, but I think Racing UK have already or soon will be changing to a different company
I note from the Racing Post’s birthdays list that it is the Queen of the Bedding Ring, Tanya Stevenson’s 41st birthday today.
Let’s hope she marks her special day with plenty of good bedding opportunities tonight. And if she does, we can only pray that the bedding itself is freshly laundered, folded and well-aired.
I look forward to hearing about her birthday bedding activities on the Morning Line.Happy birthday Tans
You can leave a "crusty patch" on my "bedding" anytime.
There, you’ve made me say it!
Could she be the one who thinks that Matt Dawson can add something to a TV programme about horse racing, or anythng else for that matter, I wonder?
Absolutely right Pendil, she hasn’t got a clue.
All I want is a programme that actually previews each of the races that Channel 4 are showing that day. All of this dressing down and quiz stuff is ridiculous. They should make it something like "Mark Your Card" that Racing UK does every Saturday
I think Mark Your Card doing the job might be the reason The Morning Line isn’t.
Racing UK provide Channel 4 with their pictures don’t they?
I rarely watch the Morning Line now (partly due to my two young children watching Nick Jr!) but it is now an irrevalence.
I think Channel 4 should axe the Morning Line and put the money saved into the Afternoon coverage.Prestbury, you’ve made my day with that riposte. Crusty patch on the bedding indeed! Let’s hope you really are staying on strongly at the end if you get your chance with "Tarns" in her very own "bedding arena".
I sincerely hope she’s not wearing one of her flowerpot-men-style hats when she surfaces. I’d rate your chances of making it through to the Morning Line as "one hundred der thirdy" at the moment.
I’ll get my coat. Start the car.I’m sure Tarns — or "T" as Mike Cattermole calls her — has been up with the cock since early this morning (preparing her "bedding" for the Morning Line).
I expect great things of her this morning. Crisp, warm, lemon-fresh bedding, that’s what I want.
And will Nick Luck have squeezed himself in to those unfeasibly tight jeans again?
Still to come on the Morning Line ….Credit where credit is due. Well done and thank you to Tanya Stevenson. On today’s Morning Line, she did not, to my knowledge, say "bedding" once.
After being prompted by Nick Luck, who pointedly said "betting" to her when introducing her, she quickly said "betting", and not "bedding", no fewer than three times in quick succession during her opening sentences.
Later, when moving to the "bedding ring" itself, she again said "betting" and not "bedding". It can’t be just coincidence because I have just been watching videoed programmes from Doncaster and lost count of the number of times she said "bedding".
Admittedly, she did seem to be even more tongue-tied and stuttering than usual today but that’s a minor matter by comparison. Rome, or even Essex, wasn’t built in a day.
If that’s not a victory for the power of the Racing Forum, I don’t know what is. I can hardly believe it. I wait with trepidation to see if the transformation is continued on this afternoon’s programme.
There was no sound for the first few minutes of the Morning Line today so I can’t be completely sure it was a "bedding-free" show but, from what I heard, it was an impressive turnaround.
In another apparently stunning U-turn, John Francome was back to his smart best, wearing a tie. Admittedly, it looked like it had been put on in haste. It was so skewiff, it looked like the woman I gather from other contributors is now in charge of the Morning Line had unsuccessfully tried to wrestle it from him with seconds to spare before the programme went on air.
Considering he had a very casual polo shirt-style top on during a recent programme from Doncaster, it was quite a transformation.
Predictably, Nick Luck let the side down by AGAIN sporting the same pair of unconvincing jeans and sitting so awkwardly that it gave the definite impression they seemed to be causing him some measure of discomfortiture. What’s the point of wearing jeans if you are going to wear a formal jacket? Surely a pair of black trousers would be more appropriate than jeans if being worn with a jacket. Either be smart or casual, but not a mixture of both.
But Tanya, thanks for apparently taking note of the "bedding" issues. Perhaps I won’t have to fast forward you or put the mute on now.
Thanks to the other forum members who have contributed to this admittedly nit-picking but completely tongue-in-cheek discussion.
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