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***Official Commentary Complaints Thread***

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I like Tyler and Barry Davies, most of the rest aren't very noticeable and only a few are properly annoying. OTOH it's pretty rare for a colour commentator to be anything other than absolutely terrible. I really hope the BBC don't bring Savage back.
 

sledger

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Barry Davies a very good shout yes.

Can't think of a good colour commentator really. Very easy to think of terrible ones though. Not a lot in it, but I would say Lawrenson is just about the worst. Murphy runs him very close though. And then yeah obviously Savage is awful.
 

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There are guys like Carragher and Neville who have plenty of terrible moments but are also genuinely interesting at times. Then there are ones like Alan Smith who aren’t very interesting but aren’t too annoying either. But outside of Sky it’s pure, unadulterated direness all the way down.
 

sledger

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There are guys like Carragher and Neville who have plenty of terrible moments but are also genuinely interesting at times. Then there are ones like Alan Smith who aren’t very interesting but aren’t too annoying either. But outside of Sky it’s pure, unadulterated direness all the way down.
Yeah, agree.
 

Burgey

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He should have learned to take them first.

Heard Roy and HG previewing tonight’s game and they got the right idea for Australia’s pre-game talk to get into the heads of Le Frogs.

Remind them they’ve just built a memorial and a museum to John Monash at Villiers Bretenoux, and that when they fell in a heap we had to bail them out. Tell them that’s a reflection of their national character and that when things get tough they fold up. Every time a Frenchman goes near the ball, a cry of “Monash” from the Australians will see them lose the ball and our blokes win in a canter.
 

vcs

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Mark Lawrenson and some other guy.

Alex Scott and Drogba were quite good in the half-time break.
 

sledger

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Yeah just dreadful. But he had been for... pretty much ever, so I guess there's no reason for the BBC to finally shunt him
 

dontcloseyoureyes

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Genuinely think Peter Drury is awful. Don't get the praise.

His commentary can be summed up by this short video:


All you gotta do is add needlessly long words and a **** accent.
 

Tangles

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US coverage so far is using Americans for game commentary not the English ones they use for PL. Have to listen to their stupid phrases like "go ahead goal", "post up" and "end line".
 

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I don’t understand what’s keeping him employed. Other bell ends like Savage generate heat by loudly stating bad opinions, so you can see the commercial reason for them. Lawrenson just acts like a teenager at a family holiday he didn’t want to go on.
 

sledger

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"Mario Gomez went down there like...Super Mario...when a bad computer game player...is playing it."

wtf
 

OverratedSanity

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Haha was about to mention evra. He lookd completely uninterested. And had a couple of very uncomfortable moments with Larsson too.
 

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