Match Of The Day - Your Questions Answered

The Ask Me Anything squad person been going done your questions - and respective were astir Match of nan Day.

To thief springiness you answers, we've been speaking to those astatine nan bosom of nan world's astir celebrated shot show.

Pundits are expected to beryllium balanced and objective, but not needfully neutral.

Everyone knows, for example, that Alan Shearer supports Newcastle and that passion is portion of what makes him specified a celebrated pundit.

This play he watched nan Magpies triumph nan Carabao Cup, but he's besides shown connected countless occasions that he's prepared to criticise his erstwhile club.

Similarly, astatine past summer's Euros each English pundit wanted England to triumph - but didn't clasp backmost erstwhile they thought nan squad were under-performing successful nan group stage.

The BBC Editorial Guidelines telephone for a breadth and diverseness of sentiment successful coverage, but wrong that model location is scope for individual expression.

Balance tin besides travel from nan wide operation of voices and not needfully nan individual pundit.

Football is an affectional crippled and MOTD are comfortable pinch commentary being a operation of analysis, sentiment and excitement.

'Goal of nan Season' is simply a long-established Match of nan Day characteristic stretching backmost much than 50 years to nan 1970-71 season.

The grant has evolved done various TV authorities cycles, but is embedded successful nan history and contented of MOTD.

'Goal of nan Month' provides nan contenders for nan 'Goal of nan Season' vote, and is an enduring and celebrated portion of nan programme.

The summation of nan Premier League Golden Glove successful 2004 has prompted an accrued focused connected goalkeepers, but location is simply a emotion 'Save of nan Month' would not transportation nan aforesaid entreaty arsenic 'Goal of nan Month'.

There is besides a applicable rumor of timings.

The 'Goal of nan Month' characteristic typically runs to 4 minutes and location wouldn't beryllium clip successful nan programme to give different 4 minutes to 'Save of nan Month'.

Pundits specified arsenic Joe Hart and Shay Given would astir apt disagree but, arsenic things stand, MOTD is happy to observe goals, not nan prevention of them!

There is simply a pecking order, but nan programme makers effort to operation it up complete nan play truthful they person different voices connected different teams.

Geography is besides a factor. Those making nan decisions do their champion to support recreation down to a sensible region wherever possible, pinch sustainability a factor.

All of nan Premier League grounds are pre-cabled, truthful MOTD unit tin simply move up and plug in.

However, erstwhile nan lucifer is complete they unplug each nan kit and move connected to nan adjacent venue.

Thanks to David successful South Yorkshire, Angela successful Dorset and Louise successful Manchester for nan questions!

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