OpenC Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) I listen to more football than I watch and while that's obviously a whole different art, I always like John Murray on R5 although he sometimes goes a little bit Tango Advert when he gets himself excited Edited December 14, 2022 by OpenC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Pilko said: Compare that with miserable boring wankers like Lawro, Guy Mowbray, Nasser Hussain when he used to do the cricket, the whinging Mark Bright etc and it's like a totally different art. Nasser is one of the best cricket commentators around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 13 hours ago, Rafalove said: What makes a good commentator? Knowledge, passion, humor, an understanding of the moment. Getting that they're there to accentuate the action, not dominate it. Someone who can feather context (tactical or dramatic) to the moment while also conveying the moment itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Beautifully put. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 4 hours ago, OpenC said: I listen to more football than I watch and while that's obviously a whole different art, I always like John Murray on R5 although he sometimes goes a little bit Tango Advert when he gets himself excited Agree with this. What happened to Alan Green btw? Was he binned or did he retire? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 1 hour ago, toon25 said: Agree with this. What happened to Alan Green btw? Was he binned or did he retire? I was hoping he died horribly Only joking Alan, sorry if you are dead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 2 hours ago, toon25 said: Agree with this. What happened to Alan Green btw? Was he binned or did he retire? BBC sacked him as he wouldn't change his name to Alan Brown as part of their woke agenda. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Ian Crocker is another great one. Drury says something stupid every five or so minutes. I can take him but you’re bound to groan listening to his commentary. Arlo White says something stupid every minute. Hate him with a passion. the American commentators are the worst. You get phrases like “it’s in the net”. The other day I heard a commentator refer to a player as “that guy”. That’s unacceptable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 6 hours ago, joeyt said: Nasser is one of the best cricket commentators around. I can't stand him, find him to be incredibly negative and miserable and rarely finds any joy in anything. Suppose it goes to show that a "good commentator" is quite hard to agree on, although seemingly this thread is in consensus about the shittest ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 20 hours ago, Rafalove said: What makes a good commentator? Knowing when to speak and when to shut up, not having an annoying voice and not needing to have a million pointleas stats at hand. I really like Matthew Raisbeck for our games, not sure what I'd think as a neutral. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Garry Birtles for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 2 hours ago, madras said: Knowing when to speak and when to shut up, not having an annoying voice and not needing to have a million pointleas stats at hand. I really like Matthew Raisbeck for our games, not sure what I'd think as a neutral. Razor is great. I think he's better than Mick Lowes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 He is. Justin whatsisface used to be decent on Metro as well tbf. I quite like Ando as well if I'm honest, better than Bob Moncur used to be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Slight deviating from the topic, but on the BBC Newcastle sports shows a few years ago they had a cricket reporter and he did my nut in. He obviously had a list of questions in front of him to ask his interviewee and he would just go through them, acknowledging the answer with a mere "uh huh", no follow up or conversational tone, and just moved to his next pre-prepared question. I'm not a massive cricket fan, but he did other sports too and was the same regardless of the subject. It sounded so dismissive and kind of ignorant and he was on for the years I used to listen without any improvement or development. I really can't remember his name though. Sorry, but reading these replies has awoken that irritation in me so wanted to vent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 One of the great Squires cartoons is the Peter Drury one. https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2018/may/01/david-squires-on-peter-drury-commentator-what-is-football-if-not-for-dreaming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, OpenC said: He is. Justin whatsisface used to be decent on Metro as well tbf. I quite like Ando as well if I'm honest, better than Bob Moncur used to be If i have to listen to the radio Justin Lockwood is awesome to hear....he's totally NUFC biased and its entertaining. Plus he did the best commentary ever after Cheick Tiote scored against Arsenal.....right up there with that Brazilian commenter who managed to make "Goooaaaallll" last a full 30 seconds From 1.01.... In my lifetime only this one is better.... Edited December 15, 2022 by gjohnson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 That's the chap, and Tiote's equaliser in the 4-4 is the one I always think of Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Its neither of those. Best one I remember is Shearers winning goal in the 4-3 against leicester - when the goal went in the commentry was "and shearer..." then a load of incomprehensibly loud gibberish Im sure there was a few more around that time where the commentator just completely loses it due to the excitement and emotion of it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Mick Lowes on O'Brien II at the mackems was good and Kelly at Grimsby great. something like "O'Brien with the bendooooohgh!, Liam O'Brien what a goal" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 14/12/2022 at 02:18, Mike said: Knowledge, passion, humor, an understanding of the moment. Getting that they're there to accentuate the action, not dominate it. Someone who can feather context (tactical or dramatic) to the moment while also conveying the moment itself. Jon Miller and Joe Morgan tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 14/12/2022 at 09:18, Mike said: Knowledge, passion, humor, an understanding of the moment. Getting that they're there to accentuate the action, not dominate it. Someone who can feather context (tactical or dramatic) to the moment while also conveying the moment itself. Exactly the same goes for a sex partner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapo Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Dennis Bergkamp Inter Milan. Dennis Bergkamp, Dennis Bergkamp! Dennis Bergkaaaamp!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Gerrard failed miserably at Villa, he had some success with a club in Scotland that will always have success despite where they were when he came in. Surely this should mean he should never be in the running for another PL job unless he has success at a lower level. However, if a PL manager is let go in 2023, will Gerrard stand a chance of getting it? I obviously think he shouldn’t be anywhere near one, and should go down to league one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Programme notes surely aren't actually written by managers and captains, are they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) I'm always willing to bring my thinking and knowledge up to speed so can anyone help me with understanding the current first 11 numbering and positioning? For example, a deeper midfielder was always a 4 but now it's a 6. Where can I find a good explanation of what number refers to where these days? EDIT: I mean generally in football, not our team specifically. Edited January 25, 2023 by Stal clarity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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