| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) 15:59 - Dec 14 with 1491 views | jasondozzell |
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| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 16:04 - Dec 14 with 1463 views | Illinoisblue |
Big fan of John Champion. Doesn’t say too much. But alongside him today (for Sunderland game) was the awful Lee Dixon. |  |
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| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 16:10 - Dec 14 with 1437 views | jasondozzell |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 16:04 - Dec 14 by Illinoisblue |
Big fan of John Champion. Doesn’t say too much. But alongside him today (for Sunderland game) was the awful Lee Dixon. |
Yes. The art of knowing when not to talk has been lost by most.
The ridiculous hyperbole and pre planned metaphors that Drury deals in are nauseating.
It's also totally patronising. It's a huge win for Sunderland today. But they have beaten Newcastle before you know! And indeed had the upper hand at the beginning of the 2010s. Sky keep trying to tell fans that what they are watching is without compare and has never ever been seen and won't be seen again.... Nonsense! [Post edited 14 Dec 16:11]
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| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 17:28 - Dec 14 with 1302 views | ITFC_Forever |
He’s awful, every sentence has to be the most profound line of commentary in the history of the game. |  |
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| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 19:49 - Dec 14 with 1140 views | BasingstokeBlue |
Who? Some context, please. [Post edited 14 Dec 19:50]
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| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 23:24 - Dec 14 with 992 views | jasondozzell |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 19:49 - Dec 14 by BasingstokeBlue |
Who? Some context, please. [Post edited 14 Dec 19:50]
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Sky commentator. Was with ITV for years.
When was the last time you heard a commentator just say 'Excellent goal' or 'what a goal'.
Drury now leads them all saying things like 'A goal hewn out of the very rock this city is built on, a monolith that will stand the test of time, a last minute winner to close the history books for eternity and deliver divine retribution for a lifetime of derby misery '. Etc etc.
It's like a schoolboy discovering metaphor for the first time. | | | |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 06:31 - Dec 15 with 884 views | iamatractorboy |
To take this in a positive direction, what's the best bit of commentary people have heard?
To be a little different, I'll nominate the time that Barry Davies was commentating and the BBC lost the visuals, but you could still hear everything. Quick as a flash, Davies switched from a TV style to radio style commentary, completely seamlessly, fully drescribing where the ball was, what the players were doing etc, was so impressive. Wish I could remember the particular match. |  | | |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 09:47 - Dec 15 with 744 views | KingsCrossBlue |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 06:31 - Dec 15 by iamatractorboy |
To take this in a positive direction, what's the best bit of commentary people have heard?
To be a little different, I'll nominate the time that Barry Davies was commentating and the BBC lost the visuals, but you could still hear everything. Quick as a flash, Davies switched from a TV style to radio style commentary, completely seamlessly, fully drescribing where the ball was, what the players were doing etc, was so impressive. Wish I could remember the particular match. |
Jonathan Pearce, “and here is Shearer, surrounded by defenders…. marked for death, which coincidently follows the football here on Channel 5. Featuring the excellent Steven Segal” | | | |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 09:53 - Dec 15 with 725 views | Zx1988 |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 16:10 - Dec 14 by jasondozzell |
Yes. The art of knowing when not to talk has been lost by most.
The ridiculous hyperbole and pre planned metaphors that Drury deals in are nauseating.
It's also totally patronising. It's a huge win for Sunderland today. But they have beaten Newcastle before you know! And indeed had the upper hand at the beginning of the 2010s. Sky keep trying to tell fans that what they are watching is without compare and has never ever been seen and won't be seen again.... Nonsense! [Post edited 14 Dec 16:11]
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Just Sky in general, isn't it?
I tuned in yesterday and they mentioned that the Tyne & Wear derby was back after a nine-year absence.
Conveniently forgetting the fact that the teams met in the FA Cup less than two years ago. | |
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| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 12:00 - Dec 15 with 620 views | Radlett_blue |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 23:24 - Dec 14 by jasondozzell |
Sky commentator. Was with ITV for years.
When was the last time you heard a commentator just say 'Excellent goal' or 'what a goal'.
Drury now leads them all saying things like 'A goal hewn out of the very rock this city is built on, a monolith that will stand the test of time, a last minute winner to close the history books for eternity and deliver divine retribution for a lifetime of derby misery '. Etc etc.
It's like a schoolboy discovering metaphor for the first time. |
Motson's pre-planned metaphors were insufferable as well e.g. "Zico - a player who has sold more dummies than Mothercare". It's not just modern, colour commentary that is awful. He was bad too, often not having a clue which player had scored & over-dramatising everything. |  |
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| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 12:28 - Dec 15 with 574 views | jasondozzell |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 12:00 - Dec 15 by Radlett_blue |
Motson's pre-planned metaphors were insufferable as well e.g. "Zico - a player who has sold more dummies than Mothercare". It's not just modern, colour commentary that is awful. He was bad too, often not having a clue which player had scored & over-dramatising everything. |
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That Mothercare line is dreadful!
Agree that anything contrived just sounds ridiculous. The best commentators respond naturally to what is unfolding. | | | |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 12:39 - Dec 15 with 542 views | hadleighboyblue |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 09:47 - Dec 15 by KingsCrossBlue |
Jonathan Pearce, “and here is Shearer, surrounded by defenders…. marked for death, which coincidently follows the football here on Channel 5. Featuring the excellent Steven Segal” |
Jonathan Pearce has been awful for years , with constant chatter about things nothing to do with what's going on in the match. Sadly modern day commentators are doing the same . | | | |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 12:55 - Dec 15 with 504 views | BluePG |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 06:31 - Dec 15 by iamatractorboy |
To take this in a positive direction, what's the best bit of commentary people have heard?
To be a little different, I'll nominate the time that Barry Davies was commentating and the BBC lost the visuals, but you could still hear everything. Quick as a flash, Davies switched from a TV style to radio style commentary, completely seamlessly, fully drescribing where the ball was, what the players were doing etc, was so impressive. Wish I could remember the particular match. |
In answer to your question about the best piece of commentary that anyone has heard…
Also Barry Davies. The Olympics in 1988, if I remember correctly, where Great Britain beat Germany in the hockey final. His line of “And where were the Germans? Frankly, who cares?” as Sean Kerry got the winning goal. Priceless. | |
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| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 13:20 - Dec 15 with 459 views | BrightonBlue |
Brian Moore was the pinnacle, his commentary was sublime. Wish he was still with us on ITV. [Post edited 15 Dec 13:21]
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| Brian Moore was.... on 13:25 - Dec 15 with 434 views | Bloots |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 13:20 - Dec 15 by BrightonBlue |
Brian Moore was the pinnacle, his commentary was sublime. Wish he was still with us on ITV. [Post edited 15 Dec 13:21]
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....a bang average commentator.
Commentators often just added a voice to recorded highlights in those days, or at best they could edit what they were saying before it was broadcast.
They rarely commentated on live matches, and that's the only way you can really judge them. Moore for instance just relentlessly shouted "....and it's in there!!!" whenever anyone scored.
Historical commentators are held in high regard mainly due to misty eyed nostalgia for the good old days of football. |  |
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| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 13:31 - Dec 15 with 392 views | MedwayTractor |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 13:20 - Dec 15 by BrightonBlue |
Brian Moore was the pinnacle, his commentary was sublime. Wish he was still with us on ITV. [Post edited 15 Dec 13:21]
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Can't agree with you about Brian Moore. His favourite phrase was " a good deep cross", when the winger had overhit the ball and it sailed over everybody for a throw-in on the other side.
I know it was said in a cricket context, but all commentators should always work on the basis of Richie Benaud's dictum - "If you've got nothing to say (about the action), say nothing." |  |
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| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 13:31 - Dec 15 with 392 views | stonojnr |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 17:28 - Dec 14 by ITFC_Forever |
He’s awful, every sentence has to be the most profound line of commentary in the history of the game. |
Alot of it is encouraged by the production team, because theyre trying to get a package ad for social media or promos, because they want that Martin Tyler "Agueerrrrroooooooo" moment again to repeat endlessly
But you cant plan for it to happen its spontaneous, based on whats happening on the pitch, track, oche wherever, so the commentators continually lob these profound lines almost as a if we do it enough times, one of them will hit and they'll have got their moment. | | | |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 13:31 - Dec 15 with 390 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 06:31 - Dec 15 by iamatractorboy |
To take this in a positive direction, what's the best bit of commentary people have heard?
To be a little different, I'll nominate the time that Barry Davies was commentating and the BBC lost the visuals, but you could still hear everything. Quick as a flash, Davies switched from a TV style to radio style commentary, completely seamlessly, fully drescribing where the ball was, what the players were doing etc, was so impressive. Wish I could remember the particular match. |
Davis plays the ball to Omari on the corner of the Hull box - "they didn't learn the lesson....THEY DID NOT LEARN THE LESSON" | | | |
| Brian Moore was.... on 13:38 - Dec 15 with 374 views | BrightonBlue |
| Brian Moore was.... on 13:25 - Dec 15 by Bloots |
....a bang average commentator.
Commentators often just added a voice to recorded highlights in those days, or at best they could edit what they were saying before it was broadcast.
They rarely commentated on live matches, and that's the only way you can really judge them. Moore for instance just relentlessly shouted "....and it's in there!!!" whenever anyone scored.
Historical commentators are held in high regard mainly due to misty eyed nostalgia for the good old days of football. |
Disagree. Two quick examples: Mitchell Thomas commentary at Anfield that won Arsenal the title in 1989 "It's up for grabs now!" is iconic
Or that Koeman goal in 1993:
"He's gonna flick one now, he's gonna flick one, he's gonna flick one.
He was often live commentator. Go and have a sherry and relax. | | | |
| Peter Drury and modern day commentary style is insufferable (n/t) on 15:43 - Dec 15 with 256 views | carlo88 |
Bill Leslie is quite good on SKY, far less hyperbole and chat than most of the others. Gerry Harrison, Brian Moore and Barry Davies were the best, Motson started out OK then seemed to end up 30 seconds behind the match. Martin Tyler was unbearable, chatted non-stop throughout the match. Also a shout out for Pien Muelenstein, the best female commentator by a mile and better than most male ones. Doesn't talk incessantly just commentates. |  | | |
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