The Gardeners' World Blog

The essence of sports coverage is live action. Along with breaking news, it's the area where broadcasters like BBC Sport build their reputation. With that in mind, I was intrigued by a comment on the blog from David B:

Regarding "Live" football coverage online, I have to say this really is appalling. Listing every foul and throw in, but no sense of what is actually going on at all, I have no idea who thinks this is a good format. Compare with the ball-by-ball cricket updates which are fantastic, they really give you a feeling of what is going on. Why can't the football be more like this?

OK, let's deal with the good bit first... I'm delighted you enjoy our live cricket reports, David. Our cricket specialists put a huge amount of time and effort into these over-by-over reports and they are one of the most popular areas of the whole website. They aim to provide both a snapshot of the latest action as well as a flavour of the atmosphere and "colour" at the Test match - and while we're always looking to improve every aspect of our coverage, I think they do the job extremely well.

But now to the football...