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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 21:01 - Feb 22 by jack10qpr
Stunned to see no mention of Sam Matterface yet. He is an instant mute. Look at that Eze goal for England as an example. He is also desperate to try and crowbar in chelsea scum talk, no matter how strenuous the link.
Was that the ridiculous praise for the five yard pass from Foden and the minimising of Eze’s twenty yard tap in screamer? Farcical and embarrassing.
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 21:34 - Feb 22 with 1304 views
Mentioned earlier but the best was Kenneth Wolstenholme was superb.
Think the modern commentary is designed for the harder of thinkers.. just insne drivel
But us older lads were blessed with fantastic commentators of all sports really Bill McLaren doing the rugby, Peter Alliss the golf and the legend that was Ritchie Benaud
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 21:39 - Feb 22 with 1270 views
On the rare occasion there's a live match I want to watch on Amazon, they have the option to have just the ambient sound from the ground with no commentary. Bliss.
Some commentators are just about bearable, Conor McNamara is the best of a bad bunch. The hyperbole maniacs like Darren Fletcher, the narrative 'enhancers' like Guy Mowbray. Jonathan Pearce is insufferable, Vicky Sparks unlistenable, that hideous accent coupled with the most banal cliches has the same effect on me as nails down a blackboard. The aforementioned Drury. Most of them I watch with the sound off.
Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 21:02 - Feb 22 by colinallcars
This may not be true…..but when BBC radio started football broadcasts the commentator would say something like, “and Blenkinsop plays the ball into Preston's half, square 2” to give the listener an idea where the ball was. The origin of the phrase “back to square one”
I’m sure I’ve read that to accompany the first BBC radio football commentary (1930s?) the Radio Times had a page with a football pitch with numbered squares and alongside the commentary a separate voice would just say which number square the ball was in. The listener was advised to use a coin and move it according to the numbered square the ball was in. Didn’t know that’s where the phrase ‘back to square one originated’ great knowledge if so.
I don’t watch much telly anymore so am not really up with modern commentators but my least favourite is a woman - don’t know her name but she sounds like she’s doing a bad impersonation of Kathy Burke. I couldn’t resist watching the highlights on my phone of Arsenal bottling it at Wolves the other night and there she was - still employed. She sounds demented. Btw: I’d love to hear Kathty Burke commentate. I listen to more radio commentary but if i join a game and Robbie Savage is doing the ‘expert’ analysis I immediately change the station, listen to music instead, and follow the score by other means. His voice sounds like one of those squeaky toys people throw to dogs in the park.
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 21:44 - Feb 22 with 1258 views
Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 21:39 - Feb 22 by hubble
On the rare occasion there's a live match I want to watch on Amazon, they have the option to have just the ambient sound from the ground with no commentary. Bliss.
Some commentators are just about bearable, Conor McNamara is the best of a bad bunch. The hyperbole maniacs like Darren Fletcher, the narrative 'enhancers' like Guy Mowbray. Jonathan Pearce is insufferable, Vicky Sparks unlistenable, that hideous accent coupled with the most banal cliches has the same effect on me as nails down a blackboard. The aforementioned Drury. Most of them I watch with the sound off.
Peter Drury's schtick seems to be shouting out the name of the players very loudly until one of them scores, and which point he then starts whiffling on about the fall of Ancient Rome.
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 21:51 - Feb 22 with 1214 views
I think with the demise of Nick London we were lucky to get young Tyler Morris on the QPR commentary. He certainly does his research well and provides an excellent commentary alongside Andy Sinton. I know he is doing a few gigs for Sky now and I suspect that in the next few years he’ll be doing some PL or at worst Championship matches for them. Will be a shame in a way as it will mean we lose him but good luck to the lad.
Ray Houghton seems to believe that every player has the exact same view of the game as him. Eyes in the back of your head type stuff.
I was watching Brentford-Arsenal last week and the co-commentator was talking about how Arsenal keep trying to walk it into the net. I mean c'mon...
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"a diseased bunch of mofos if there ever was one, their beauty is so awesome that listening to them at their best is like being in some vast dream cathedral decorated with a thousand gleaming American pop culture icons."
- Lester Bangs on The Beach Boys
On a similar note. What on earth do people listen to on the radio for football content? On the drive home, post match, it is usually Sutton and Savage (Utterly unlistenable) or Cundy and O'Hara (somehow even more so).
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 23:01 - Feb 22 with 1061 views
I look forward to any English commentary to be honest. Living in Spain, it's just all GOOOOOOOOOOLLLLL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL, GOLAZO GOLAZO GOLAZO, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL GOL GOL GOL as Albacete take the lead at home to Cultural Leonesa in a 15th v 16th classic.
The Hull commentator on FAWANEWS was a hard listen. I assume it's for local radio but it sounded like one long continuous sentence for 90 minutes. He thought our first goal "might" have been scored by Dunne, even though he could see Jimmy wasn't celebrating it. Also, for some reason, he insisted on repeatedly telling us the ages of all our players.
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 23:24 - Feb 22 with 1017 views
Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 23:11 - Feb 22 by Loftgirl
The Hull commentator on FAWANEWS was a hard listen. I assume it's for local radio but it sounded like one long continuous sentence for 90 minutes. He thought our first goal "might" have been scored by Dunne, even though he could see Jimmy wasn't celebrating it. Also, for some reason, he insisted on repeatedly telling us the ages of all our players.
He also said Southampton paid 12 million for Ronnie Edwards!
"a diseased bunch of mofos if there ever was one, their beauty is so awesome that listening to them at their best is like being in some vast dream cathedral decorated with a thousand gleaming American pop culture icons."
- Lester Bangs on The Beach Boys
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 00:07 - Feb 23 with 961 views
Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 21:44 - Feb 22 by Northernr
Peter Drury's schtick seems to be shouting out the name of the players very loudly until one of them scores, and which point he then starts whiffling on about the fall of Ancient Rome.
Reminds me of Stuart Hall (sorry!) whose ‘thing’ was quoting Shakespeare or English Romantic poets like Percy Bysshe Shelley (‘Ozymandias, king of kings’ etc) while reporting on no-score draws between Accrington Stanley and Barrow.
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 03:05 - Feb 23 with 838 views
Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 19:08 - Feb 22 by Ned_Kennedys
Drury is an appalling commentator. He’s obviously trying not to shout out the name of the player taking a shot EVERY TIME but he’s struggling as that’s all he’s got. The current bunch are leagues behind Davies, Motson and Moore. In fact the best ones tend to do the minor Sky Plus matches.
I don't know about the latest crop, but I never really liked 'Mottie'. He reminded me of an overgrown Cub Scout, and rarely said anything interesting about the game. Barry Davies was far more intelligent and eloquent.
Always loved Alan Weeks, Huw Johns, and David Colman calling games. Go on fawanews and they’re truly awful; the recent African Nations, totally unwatchable due to excessive commentator noise! I've yet to hear a woman call a game of football that isn't as annoying as her male counterparts.
However, for cathartic purpises, I've ranted on here before about the football co-comms being utterly useless to a man and woman. Their only remit is to either state the bloody obvious; tell you what you can clearly see as if you hadn't seen it; or say something inane. Lee Dixon in otherwords. Always thought Chris Waddle was actually useful.
If you want a good anchor; excellent comms; and insightful co-comms, just look to athletics. Put Yorath/Balding, Cram, Lewis, Ennis, Ratcliff, and Jackson on the box, and everytime you can enjoy what's in front of you. Totally solid, totally about the event and athletes, and not themselves.
I also think the rugby commentary light years ahead of football.
'Always In Motion' by John Honney available on amazon.co.uk
Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 23:11 - Feb 22 by Loftgirl
The Hull commentator on FAWANEWS was a hard listen. I assume it's for local radio but it sounded like one long continuous sentence for 90 minutes. He thought our first goal "might" have been scored by Dunne, even though he could see Jimmy wasn't celebrating it. Also, for some reason, he insisted on repeatedly telling us the ages of all our players.
Ha ha, I liked their commentary team. Dour, northern, hadn't done much homework on us, and certainly no screeching.
Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 03:05 - Feb 23 by stainrods_elbow
I don't know about the latest crop, but I never really liked 'Mottie'. He reminded me of an overgrown Cub Scout, and rarely said anything interesting about the game. Barry Davies was far more intelligent and eloquent.
"Brolin, Dahlin, Brolin... brilliant!"….loved Barry Davies.
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 09:40 - Feb 23 with 643 views
Barry Davies: “Here’s Maradona again … he has Burrachaga to his left, and Valdano to his left … he doesn’t … he won’t need any of them … OH! … you have to say that’s magnificent.”
Gary weaver: “"Maradona again, driving forward, he's got options either side… but no! He's not using them! He's going it ALONE! OH WHAT A GOAL! He has STORMED the castle! He has planted his FLAG at the top of the citadel and said — THIS IS MINE! Diego Maradona has just CHANGED LIVES here in Mexico City! That is a moment that will live FOREVER — the walls have been breached, the gates have been torn down, and Maradona stands on top of it ALL!"
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 09:45 - Feb 23 with 634 views
Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 21:17 - Feb 22 by Paddyhoops
Hugh johns was the best commentator ever . For those of us old enough to remember. John Murray on BBC 5 live is right up there. For us Irish on here . Jimmy McGee was a bit of of legend back in the day.,
Thomas streaking away , Bowles is in the middle. has he seen him ? He has , he cant miss surely ? He didnt ....
Classic Hugh Johns
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 09:51 - Feb 23 with 620 views
I think every aspiring commentator should be force fed a la A Clockwork Orange ten thousand hours worth of Brian Moore commentary. He was as close to perfection as there ever was for me. Never over did it, just added a subtle soundtrack.
His commentary for Michael Owen's iconic goal vs Argentina at WC '98 is one of the finest pieces of commentary ever for me; "Here's another Owen run, he's going to worry them again... It's a great run by Michael Owen and he might finish it off... Oh it's a wonderful goal!"
Nothing patronising, nothing pompous, just the perfect description of events. It even makes the goal better somehow. Those were the days man.
These days they're all desperate to over-inform. Like they're communicating with people that have never seen a game of football before in their lives.
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 10:04 - Feb 23 with 585 views
Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 09:40 - Feb 23 by JamesB1979
Barry Davies: “Here’s Maradona again … he has Burrachaga to his left, and Valdano to his left … he doesn’t … he won’t need any of them … OH! … you have to say that’s magnificent.”
Gary weaver: “"Maradona again, driving forward, he's got options either side… but no! He's not using them! He's going it ALONE! OH WHAT A GOAL! He has STORMED the castle! He has planted his FLAG at the top of the citadel and said — THIS IS MINE! Diego Maradona has just CHANGED LIVES here in Mexico City! That is a moment that will live FOREVER — the walls have been breached, the gates have been torn down, and Maradona stands on top of it ALL!"
Was it Davies who used that line "you have to say that’s magnificent.". Always cracked me up. Gritted teeth!
Paddy mentioned Jimmy Magee. here's his superb commentary on the same goal.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Another sport but Nick Mullins on ITV rugby is absolutely intolerable. His tone is always a total mismatch for the flow of the game and just chats incessant drivel. I've started watching on mute
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Most irritating and mutable commentaror on 10:14 - Feb 23 with 552 views
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