*Official* Commentary Complaints Thread

[burr]

My complaint is on radio (ABC and TMS) the Australian journalist has to interview the Australian cricketer at plays end and the England journalist has to interview the England cricket. Why? You're supposed to be professionals. Mix things up, get a more objective viewpoint - it would be welcomed.

On the plus side, I enjoy Simon Mann very much. And Pigeon.

 

[Spark]

My complaint is on radio (ABC and TMS) the Australian journalist has to interview the Australian cricketer at plays end and the England journalist has to interview the England cricket. Why? You're supposed to be professionals. Mix things up, get a more objective viewpoint - it would be welcomed.

On the plus side, I enjoy Simon Mann very much. And Pigeon.

The reason is because ABC and TMS run their own post-stumps shows, and it's just easier to have them do their own thing and sharing rather than both having to do both.

 

[Spikey]

What did he end up blaming, helmets or the short-form of the game?

surely it's political correctness

 

[vitalogy83]

I reckon Taylor would be so much better if he wasn't surrounded by these idiots.

Slats needs to be put out to pasture. The constant giggling after every joke he makes is awful

I can't remember who wrote the article, but you see a lot of these guys just trying to mention themselves as much as possible. A reminder that they too once upon a time played and it's just cringeworthy

Geoff Lemon?

 

[Gnske]

Geoff Lemon?

Aye, the only good piece he will ever write at this rate.

 

[vitalogy83]

I'd love to hear KP's logic behind saying that winning the game tonight would be good for Australia because it gives their bowlers an extra day off, given that they've already bowled both innings

I heard this and had a chuckle. He's such a muppet. Can't stand him. What's up with those blue pants? ME ME ME.

 

[morgieb]

Has anybody mentioned the Triple M radio comms yet? **** me it takes the cake for all new levels of awful. Seriously impressive line-up on paper, but it's absolutely ****ing terrible in practice.

Yesterday Brayshaw was rambling on about Joe DiMaggio, today he did the whole "In 40 years my dad and I saw one concussion in cricket, how have we had 15 in the past two years?" thing. Then this afternoon he rambled on about mullets with Waugh and Gillespie for the better part of half an hour.

Throw in the really forced double entendres and the even more forced advertisements about four times an over (apparently it took 35 minutes for us to get a "Gillette Close Moment, because close matters" today), and it's terrible. Absolute waste of the likes of Gilchrist and Guha in that box.

The fact that Brad McNamara ended up there was enough to turn me off.

At least with TV you have to watch 9's coverage as there's generally no competition (well up until 2016/17 anyway). With radio you can easily listen to ABC or 2UE/Macquarie, the former is clearly better and I imagine the latter is better too (despite the presence of Dean Jones and Greg Matthews).

 

[Spikey]

Aye, the only good piece he will ever write at this rate.

the Ajit Agarkar of writing

need to update my sig

 

[quincywagstaff]

It's funny with Warne how he still has doubts about Starc (with some justification admittedly); had a go at him over his batting dismissal and clearly his patchy bowling stints seem to irritate him highly.

As for Michael Clarke, he knows his stuff but he comes across as such a sycophantic phony he's one of my least favourite commentators to listen to.

Ian Chappell defending Alistair Cook because he played a hook shot dismissal and didn't do the ultimate Steve Waugh sin of - gasp! - not hooking the ball was pretty funny to hear.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Has anybody mentioned the Triple M radio comms yet? **** me it takes the cake for all new levels of awful. Seriously impressive line-up on paper, but it's absolutely ****ing terrible in practice.

Yesterday Brayshaw was rambling on about Joe DiMaggio, today he did the whole "In 40 years my dad and I saw one concussion in cricket, how have we had 15 in the past two years?" thing. Then this afternoon he rambled on about mullets with Waugh and Gillespie for the better part of half an hour.

Throw in the really forced double entendres and the even more forced advertisements about four times an over (apparently it took 35 minutes for us to get a "Gillette Close Moment, because close matters" today), and it's terrible. Absolute waste of the likes of Gilchrist and Guha in that box.

I haven't listened to their cricket commentary but from what I've heard of their AFL commentary (mercifully little) I'm not surprised. Full of smug, self-satisfied egotists who think they're more interesting than the game itself and mixed in with some lame low-brow 'blokey' humour.

 

[S.Kennedy]

I do not understand some of the weird lingo to be honest.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Haha, Travis Birt on Twitter observed how much better BT's commentary was than Ch 9 (basically calling it s**t) and Michael Clarke actually responded with a 'Cheers mate'

 

[Spark]

I haven't listened to their cricket commentary but from what I've heard of their AFL commentary (mercifully little) I'm not surprised. Full of smug, self-satisfied egotists who think they're more interesting than the game itself and mixed in with some lame low-brow 'blokey' humour.

Triple M is basically the ur-C9 culture wise tbh.

 

[Dan]

The fact that Brad McNamara ended up there was enough to turn me off.

At least with TV you have to watch 9's coverage as there's generally no competition (well up until 2016/17 anyway). With radio you can easily listen to ABC or 2UE/Macquarie, the former is clearly better and I imagine the latter is better too (despite the presence of Dean Jones and Greg Matthews).

Yeah, my car's AM radio is shot, unfortunately.

 

[Dan]

What did he end up blaming, helmets or the short-form of the game?

Helmets.

Gilchrist gently tried to push him towards the whole awareness-and-diagnosis thing but Brayshaw was having none of it.

 

[Spark]

Yeah, my car's AM radio is shot, unfortunately.

wtf is with this forum and car AM radio

 

[morgieb]

I don't condone murder, but if anyone can find a way of stopping KP from commentating, the cheque's in the mail.

Seems to be a pretty clear gap of who's decent on 9 (Taylor, Nicholas, Chappell, Clarke) and who's crap (Healy, KP, Warne, Slater).

 

[Starfighter]

Even then, there's a clear gulf between Healy and Slats who are simply irritating and KP and Warne who are insufferable.

 

[Furball]

Have to say the BT comms seemed to grow into their roles as the Test went on. The brief bits I caught from day 2 onwards they seemed to be on top of the 'talk constantly' problem from day 1.

Boycott is still an arsehole, mind.

 

[Furball]

Even then, there's a clear gulf between Healy and Slats who are simply irritating and KP and Warne who are insufferable.

I'm convinced the guys on 9 are paid to be arseholes.

Even Healy, who's always been a prat on commentary, was immense on Sky on the Ashes Masterclass.