| Much worse than the performance on the pitch 10:19 - Jun 17 with 4199 views | Dyland |
Mowbray and Shearer made a good fist of making Matterface, Tyldesley et al seem competent. A worse pairing I cannot imagine. They were absolutely awful. Mowbray seems to have turned into Alan Partidge and Shearer is so biased and blinkered it's untrue. I don't mind Shearer as a pundit, though he's not great, but as a commentator he is unequivocally rubbish. |  |
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| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 10:26 - Jun 17 with 4104 views | Herbivore |
Yeah, Shearer was awful. Every time it was mentioned that Kane hadn't touched the ball his response was "it doesn't matter, he only needs that one touch", which is primary school level football insight and shut down any discussion of how unsuccessful we were in bringing him into the game. His insistence we needed to take the sting out of the game was irritating as well, we needed to up our tempo and get some control, not be even more passive. |  |
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| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 13:39 - Jun 17 with 3719 views | Gogs |
It was ever thus though. The vast majority of commentators and sidekicks are rubbish. I shuddered when on Saturday on itv they announced a pairing of Tyldesley and Townsend. Andros, whilst a little dull was fortunately not quite as hackneyed as Andy, who used to make my blood boil. Shearer is crap but no worse than, for example, Lawrenson ever was or Jenas is. They all deal in the same tired old clichés. Football just doesn’t have good commentators in the way that, say, cricket does, mind you without the likes of Benaud, Holding, Bumble etc, it’s not what it was either |  | | |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 13:48 - Jun 17 with 3668 views | chicoazul |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 13:39 - Jun 17 by Gogs |
It was ever thus though. The vast majority of commentators and sidekicks are rubbish. I shuddered when on Saturday on itv they announced a pairing of Tyldesley and Townsend. Andros, whilst a little dull was fortunately not quite as hackneyed as Andy, who used to make my blood boil. Shearer is crap but no worse than, for example, Lawrenson ever was or Jenas is. They all deal in the same tired old clichés. Football just doesn’t have good commentators in the way that, say, cricket does, mind you without the likes of Benaud, Holding, Bumble etc, it’s not what it was either |
McCoist is absolutely brilliant and can make any old dross seem interesting and exciting. |  |
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| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 13:55 - Jun 17 with 3626 views | Gogs |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 13:48 - Jun 17 by chicoazul |
McCoist is absolutely brilliant and can make any old dross seem interesting and exciting. |
I did mean to add that Ally McCoist is the only exception currently. He’s entertaining and pretty insightful | | | |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 14:06 - Jun 17 with 3575 views | NthQldITFC |
Add to that the fella who was doing the main commentary (that's Mowbray I guess) somehow couldn't see that the keeper pushed Kane's header onto the bar, or that a foul was given for high feet/studs up rather than handball in the middle. He corrected himself for both after replays, but you'd think any competent observer/commentator should instinctively be able to see those things at first glance.
I know none of that is particularly important but I've bruised myself in an inconvenient location* this morning and I'm not in a particularly good mood.
* I don't mean Orford Ness. |  |
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| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 15:19 - Jun 17 with 3402 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 14:06 - Jun 17 by NthQldITFC |
Add to that the fella who was doing the main commentary (that's Mowbray I guess) somehow couldn't see that the keeper pushed Kane's header onto the bar, or that a foul was given for high feet/studs up rather than handball in the middle. He corrected himself for both after replays, but you'd think any competent observer/commentator should instinctively be able to see those things at first glance.
I know none of that is particularly important but I've bruised myself in an inconvenient location* this morning and I'm not in a particularly good mood.
* I don't mean Orford Ness. |
To be fair, I didn't see it was a save by the 'keeper from Kane's header at first viewing, I thought he just got under it slightly as it was moving pretty fast. |  |
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| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 15:34 - Jun 17 with 3361 views | hadleighboyblue |
Matterface is awful , as bad as Jonathan Pearce . Fabregas was good in the studio last night though .
Once again Rugby coverage knocks spots off football commentating - they know what they are talking about , they don't sensationalise it and have excellent back up from their co-commentators . Austin Healey is great . |  | | |
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| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 16:53 - Jun 17 with 3237 views | farkenhell |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 14:06 - Jun 17 by NthQldITFC |
Add to that the fella who was doing the main commentary (that's Mowbray I guess) somehow couldn't see that the keeper pushed Kane's header onto the bar, or that a foul was given for high feet/studs up rather than handball in the middle. He corrected himself for both after replays, but you'd think any competent observer/commentator should instinctively be able to see those things at first glance.
I know none of that is particularly important but I've bruised myself in an inconvenient location* this morning and I'm not in a particularly good mood.
* I don't mean Orford Ness. |
Your wallet? | | | |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 17:08 - Jun 17 with 3196 views | Exiled2Surrey |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 15:34 - Jun 17 by hadleighboyblue |
Matterface is awful , as bad as Jonathan Pearce . Fabregas was good in the studio last night though .
Once again Rugby coverage knocks spots off football commentating - they know what they are talking about , they don't sensationalise it and have excellent back up from their co-commentators . Austin Healey is great . |
If we are broadening this to other sports....
I like Chris Jones on 5 Live as a pundit, and really enjoy the bbc rugby podcast, but his radio commentary is awful - generally you have no idea what is going on if you just listen to him - he just goes on about the implications of the game, not what is actually happening. He is often saved by the co-comms.
Golf commentators are universally super annoying - I never got the Peter Allis love in, and dont get me started on their clubby version of our language
The commentators I think really earn their corn are those that commentate on tennis on the radio - now they are amazing, and they go on for hours! | | | |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 17:56 - Jun 17 with 3114 views | Battersea_Blue |
The problem with all of the co-commentators are they’re all ex players. The problem with that is they still have relationships with clubs, ex-players and current players, therefore they won’t say what’s on their minds, they’ll protect those relationships and be both pc and careful not to pee those friends and contacts off.
That’s the same with studio pundits.
For me, Rio isn’t too bad and Keane at least says it how he sees it, even though he’s controversial at times.
Shearer never really says anything different or of interest, same with Micha Richard’s.
I’d put Alan Hansen up there with the best pundits, God bless him and hope he can pull through whatever his health issue is. | | | |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 19:05 - Jun 17 with 3025 views | NthQldITFC |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 16:53 - Jun 17 by farkenhell |
Your wallet? |
My Crown Dependencies. | |
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| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 19:11 - Jun 17 with 3007 views | woodbridge_blue |
Best thing to do is watch it in a crowded pub, where it's so noisy you can never hear the commentators. | | | |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 22:45 - Jun 17 with 2749 views | monty_radio |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 15:34 - Jun 17 by hadleighboyblue |
Matterface is awful , as bad as Jonathan Pearce . Fabregas was good in the studio last night though .
Once again Rugby coverage knocks spots off football commentating - they know what they are talking about , they don't sensationalise it and have excellent back up from their co-commentators . Austin Healey is great . |
Personally, I like Jonathan Pearce for his enthusiasm and in-depth knowledge. He was very shouty when he first transferred from radio to TV but obviously took advice on that. | |
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| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 09:10 - Jun 18 with 2504 views | Dubai_Blue |
| Much worse than the performance on the pitch on 15:34 - Jun 17 by hadleighboyblue |
Matterface is awful , as bad as Jonathan Pearce . Fabregas was good in the studio last night though .
Once again Rugby coverage knocks spots off football commentating - they know what they are talking about , they don't sensationalise it and have excellent back up from their co-commentators . Austin Healey is great . |
There is nobody worse than Jonathan Pearce |  | | |
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