it became a joke.
Same callers making the same points, with the same responses given. Horseshite was clueless and often in denial about sunderland's mediocrity and Macdonald would offer an opinion that was the polar opposite of 99% of Newcastle fans. No-one gave a s**** about Burra and ffs it was usually "Bert", an absolute heedthabaal from Hartlepool, who would spend 15 mins talking s****, usually more to do with bumping into Bernie in WH Smith's.
Also doesn't help that they lost the rights to live commentary.
Total Sport is way better. Ando is a bit boring, but usually offers a reasoned viewpoint, as does Marco. They also get local hacks on too to freshen things up a bit.