Children in Need

[Poulton-le-Claret]

I am watching Children in Need on BBC1 and there was a young Welsh Burnley fan just on called Ethan, he was dancing with performers from the Greatest Showman.

Brilliant to watch the lad and hoping they will raise a lot of money tonight.

[hoosier-daddy]

I have it on. There have been some terrible presenters over the years but actually looks like a decent group this time.

[Vincent'sCap]

The best reason to have a night listening to music and a few bottles of wine Children in need.

[Vincent'sCap]

Saw McGuinness on the news.no way in a month of Sundays has that bellend cycled 300 miles on that Chopper

[hoosier-daddy]

Saw McGuinness on the news.no way in a month of Sundays has that bellend cycled 300 miles on that Chopper

Don't get me started on that twohat. He was 'relieved of his duties' on presenting, so what does he do - he cycles and pretends he's doing it for charity. He's doing it for nobody but himself to be in the news. Plain and simple.

[Vincent'sCap]

Don't get me started on that twohat. He was 'relieved of his duties' on presenting, so what does he do - he cycles and pretends he's doing it for charity. He's doing it for nobody but himself to be in the news. Plain and simple.

I prefer McGuinness to his wife or ex wife what ever she is the most talentless couple in marital history

[hoosier-daddy]

I prefer McGuinness to his wife or ex wife what ever she is the most talentless couple in marital history

You watch too much Loose Women

Peter Kay needed surgery on his back for carrying him for so long. Since then everything he touched he destroyed. Remember the days when Top Gear and A Question of Sport were superb programmes?

[Burnley1989]

Don't get me started on that twohat. He was 'relieved of his duties' on presenting, so what does he do - he cycles and pretends he's doing it for charity. He's doing it for nobody but himself to be in the news. Plain and simple.

Guys just helped raise over 7m, I'd give him a day off ffs

[hoosier-daddy]

Guys just helped raise over 7m, I'd give him a day off ffs

24 hours rest

[beddie]

Saw McGuinness on the news.no way in a month of Sundays has that bellend cycled 300 miles on that Chopper

That “Bellend” you’ve referred to has raised over £8 million for Children in need. I’ve shared his emotion this week. I know a lot on here for whatever reason don’t like him, I’m probably in the minority I’ve always enjoyed listening to him. What he’s done this week will make a difference to young children and for that he should feel very proud. A wonderful achievement.

[Stonehouse]

Find Paddy a bit of a plonker but how people on this forum can knock him is an embarrassment to Up The Clarets Forum ,next they’ll be saying Sir Chris Hoy is doing it for publicity.Hang your heads in shame and tell us what you’ve done for the less well off.

[hoosier-daddy]

Find Paddy a bit of a plonker but how people on this forum can knock him is an embarrassment to Up The Clarets Forum ,next they’ll be saying Sir Chris Hoy is doing it for publicity.Hang your heads in shame and tell us what you’ve done for the less well off.

Come on now. You have enough braincells to know that the only thing this has is in common is cycling.

[Casper2]

That “Bellend” you’ve referred to has raised over £8 million for Children in need. I’ve shared his emotion this week. I know a lot on here for whatever reason don’t like him, I’m probably in the minority I’ve always enjoyed listening to him. What he’s done this week will make a difference to young children and for that he should feel very proud. A wonderful achievement.

This messageboard is rapidly turning into a cesspit

[BurnleyFC]

You might not find Paddy McGuinness funny, but he’s always come across as a decent, down to earth bloke, so I can’t understand some of the hatred at all.

The amount he’s raised for Children in Need this week is quite remarkable.

[Bosscat]

Don't get me started on that twohat. He was 'relieved of his duties' on presenting, so what does he do - he cycles and pretends he's doing it for charity. He's doing it for nobody but himself to be in the news. Plain and simple.

Tbf I can't do with him but ... £7+ million raised for charity ..............

[AlargeClaret]

Always found him mildly amusing in a low level way . Can’t knock him for raising £8m ! insane . Though this is all about the sheer power of tv , social media etc . It’s hardly Beefy Botham’s walk or Walliams swimming the Thames as Charidee challenges go , but superb total .

[hoosier-daddy]

Tbf I can't do with him but ... £7+ million raised for charity ..............

I don't think you get my point. Raising 6-7 million is a massive amount. I love how any charity can raise that much money for children because I know how much it helps them. He's doing this for himself. He could raise a billion and it would be superb - but it's what he gets from it. I do not believe he's doing this to raise money for kids, I think he's doing it to raise his profile. Sorry, but that's how he comes across.

[karatekid]

Well done Paddy. 300 miles and 8 million quid for the youngsters. Good man. I went to see him pass by on his cycle ride near Blackpool and he gave high fives and said thanks to everyone for turning out to support him. Fantastic effort.

[Wile E Coyote]

I have contributed, so that my get out of jail card, but the inane slop served up is sickening.
rejuvenating flaccid careers seems to be the order of the day. Last time i saw vernon kay he was presenting some dross about diving pools. the link to his missus fronting a popular show and his re-emergence must be purely coincidental.
If you feel compelled to donate, wonderful, but avoid the dog**** of these celebs looking good when their combined salaries are stratospheric.

[Rileybobs]

I have contributed, so that my get out of jail card, but the inane slop served up is sickening.
rejuvenating flaccid careers seems to be the order of the day. Last time i saw vernon kay he was presenting some dross about diving pools. the link to his missus fronting a popular show and his re-emergence must be purely coincidental.
If you feel compelled to donate, wonderful, but avoid the dog**** of these celebs looking good when their combined salaries are stratospheric.

He does host the most listened-to radio show in the UK, so I wouldn’t really describe this as his re-emergence.

[Wile E Coyote]

I would, why was he chucked aside previously , and regarded as a nonentity. suddenly he is highly thought of. i doubt it. Its a farce.

[fidelcastro]

This messageboard is rapidly turning into a cesspit

With Muchacho Frank still allowed to post on here, what do you expect?

[bfcmik]

I don't think you get my point. Raising 6-7 million is a massive amount. I love how any charity can raise that much money for children because I know how much it helps them. He's doing this for himself. He could raise a billion and it would be superb - but it's what he gets from it. I do not believe he's doing this to raise money for kids, I think he's doing it to raise his profile. Sorry, but that's how he comes across.

Maybe he is, but what he has done is worthy of praise all the same. To raise that sort of money for charities is incredible. Without the high profile there is no way that amount would have been pledged, so it works both ways.

At West Brom last week they paraded a Colonel guy that had cycled down the whole western coast of France to raise money for the British Legion, I think, but he 'only' raised £81k. A chap in front of us at the game said he had ridden from Gloucester to Arnhem in commemoration of Operation Market Garden and to raise money for a charity, forget which, and he 'only' made £8k.

[pushpinpussy]

If people cannot show a bit of respect for someone who has raised all this money for charity then I’m assuming you have some major issues in your life.

[taio]

Some pathetic comments on here. I wonder what they have achieved in life to be so critical and judgemental. It's for charity after all, presumably motivated by him having three children who each have a disability.

[fidelcastro]

Some pathetic comments on here. I wonder what they have achieved in life to be so critical and judgemental. It's for charity after all, presumably motivated by him having three children who each have a disability.

Indeed. He's a top bloke.

[MrTopTier]

Wonderful achievement on a Chopper.

300 miles and nearly 8 million raised.

Fantastic effort. Well done Paddy.

[martin_p]

I don't think you get my point. Raising 6-7 million is a massive amount. I love how any charity can raise that much money for children because I know how much it helps them. He's doing this for himself. He could raise a billion and it would be superb - but it's what he gets from it. I do not believe he's doing this to raise money for kids, I think he's doing it to raise his profile. Sorry, but that's how he comes across.

Maybe you need to be more worried about how you’re coming across!

[mikeS]

Well done to Paddy on his Chopper. £7 million quid raised for a good cause. Marvellous.

[Bosscat]

I don't think you get my point. Raising 6-7 million is a massive amount. I love how any charity can raise that much money for children because I know how much it helps them. He's doing this for himself. He could raise a billion and it would be superb - but it's what he gets from it. I do not believe he's doing this to raise money for kids, I think he's doing it to raise his profile. Sorry, but that's how he comes across.

Oh I get your point Muchacho ... as shown in your peevious posts above ...

[midsummersday]

Watched paddy cycle past my house,on his way up beattock summit in scotland...one hell of a pull even on a proper bike..he was doing great
and i got a high five and a huge smile....the guy done good like him or not he has completed a huge task for children in need,and raised a huge
ammount of money,so come on clarets give him some credit.

[Sheedyclaret]

Wonderful achievement on a Chopper.

300 miles and nearly 8 million raised.

Fantastic effort. Well done Paddy.

Yep some achievement that should go to paying most of the wage bill which is staggering for a charity

[Casper2]

Having met the bloke about 10 years ago in Portugal he came across as decent great sense of humour and joined in the banter , certainly not up his own backside.

[Jakubclaret]

Yep some achievement that should go to paying most of the wage bill which is staggering for a charity

Celebrities shouldn't be paid for doing charitable work even if it is promoting the exposure. It's contradicting the essence of the cause in my view.

[fatboy47]

Being a talentless bellend and raising money for charity aren't mutually exclusive.

Examples are many fold.

[Bigbopper]

Charity needs a name change, how about "People needing a great salary by pretending their real objective is to raise money for needy children"

[AmbleClaret]

Children shouldn't really be "in need" in our country. Maybe if the King sold his gold carriage, or Michelle Mone paid back her stolen loot, just a thought.

[durhamclaret]

Don't get me started on that twohat. He was 'relieved of his duties' on presenting, so what does he do - he cycles and pretends he's doing it for charity. He's doing it for nobody but himself to be in the news. Plain and simple.

Spot on

[martin_p]

Children shouldn't really be "in need" in our country. Maybe if the King sold his gold carriage, or Michelle Mone paid back her stolen loot, just a thought.

Wouldn’t even come close to what’s needed.

[Row x]

Spot on

It's not though, is it?
The millions he has raised doesn't go to him, so who's he doing it for? ( I know the answer by the way, just interested how you twist the answer)

There are lots of people who I have no time for, but when they raise money for good causes they have my deepest respect.

[Row x]

Yep some achievement that should go to paying most of the wage bill which is staggering for a charity

Which wage bill?

[Vincent'sCap]

Bob Geldof and Bono raised millions of dollars for famine relief and other causes through their work with Live Aid, Band Aid, and Live 8
They are still both bellends though.

[Stonehouse]

Doesn’t really matter if he’s been paid or not how many on this forum would do that ride if someone gave them £5000? & it’s not just the actual ride it’s the months before getting fit enough to do it.Remember Walliams swimming the channel and what a plonker he is,some of you lot will be comparing PM with Jimmy Saville next.

[AmbleClaret]

Wouldn’t even come close to what’s needed.

Be a good start though.

[Ric_C]

There's a weird obsession with hating Paddy on this forum.

[Bosscat]

There's a weird obsession with hating Paddy on this forum.

I admit I can't do with him ... never have, but his efforts this week are superb. To ride that heap of **** for 300 miles is incredible.

I had a mate back in the early 70's who had a Chopper bike and it was bloody unrideable style over function. OK for riding round the village, but nowt like a decent bike with proper derailleur gears, instead of the old Sturmey Archer 3 speed.

He (Paddy McG not my mate) is still a bellend though

[RMutt]

I admit I can't do with him ... never have, but his efforts this week are superb. To ride that heap of **** for 300 miles is incredible.

I had a mate back in the early 70's who had a Chopper bike and it was bloody unrideable style over function. OK for riding round the village, but nowt like a decent bike with proper derailleur gears, instead of the old Sturmey Archer 3 speed.

He (Paddy McG not my mate) is still a bellend though

Not talking anything away from his achievement but I don’t think his Chopper was like your mate’s. It certainly had a seat post added and a proper saddle. Not sure about the gearing but if he got up Shap you have to suspect some adjustments.

[fidelcastro]

There's a weird obsession with hating Paddy on this forum.

It's how Muchacho Frank gives himself away.

[Bosscat]

Not talking anything away from his achievement but I don’t think his Chopper was like your mate’s. It certainly had a seat post added and a proper saddle. Not sure about the gearing but if he got up Shap you have to suspect some adjustments.

No doubt about it not just Shap but Beattock Summit on the old road

[Foreverly Claret]

If people cannot show a bit of respect for someone who has raised all this money for charity then I’m assuming you have some major issues in your life.

Exactly ! I'm sure that the OP wasn't expecting some of the crap that's turned up on this thread...the guy raised £ 9million for God's sake and that was some ride on a bike like that .