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...
Choppy Chop Chop Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 11 minutes ago, Stal said: 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. Old School 1 Goalkeeper 2 Right Back 3 Left Back 4,5,6 Midfield: Right Half Centre Half Left Half 7 Right Winger 8 Inside Right 9 Centre Forward 10 Inside left 11 Left Winger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 23 minutes ago, Choppy Chop Chop said: Old School 1 Goalkeeper 2 Right Back 3 Left Back 4,5,6 Midfield: Right Half Centre Half Left Half 7 Right Winger 8 Inside Right 9 Centre Forward 10 Inside left 11 Left Winger Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 What would happen if PIF, since they can't just pump money into the club, instead bought 10 million Nufc-shirts from the club shop? That would give us like £750M and PIF could just donate the shirts to people around the world who need clothes ? (If PIF aren't allowed to buy them directly I'm sure they could find a company in SA to do it for them ??♂️) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 13 hours ago, Peppe said: What would happen if PIF, since they can't just pump money into the club, instead bought 10 million Nufc-shirts from the club shop? That would give us like £750M and PIF could just donate the shirts to people around the world who need clothes ? (If PIF aren't allowed to buy them directly I'm sure they could find a company in SA to do it for them ??♂️) What would happen is seven dozen threads would appear on RTG about sportswashing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, Peppe said: What would happen if PIF, since they can't just pump money into the club, instead bought 10 million Nufc-shirts from the club shop? That would give us like £750M and PIF could just donate the shirts to people around the world who need clothes ? (If PIF aren't allowed to buy them directly I'm sure they could find a company in SA to do it for them ??♂️) Often thought this myself, you'd get them purchased internationally too to avoid easy scrutiny, e.g. sell a few million in Saudi, a few million around other countries. It's basically money laundering, PIF sends a shady business in a shady country £20m, then that shady business buys £15m of Newcastle shirts from 'overseas suppliers', I mean they don't even have to get shipped, who's gonna check if it's somewhere like Somalia? Then for the cost of £20m, we get £15m to 'spend'. Edited February 7, 2023 by HawK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Clubs make barely anything from actual shirt sales. Unless Silverstone manages to strike a deal like the one Liverpool has with Nike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 30 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: Clubs make barely anything from actual shirt sales. Unless Silverstone manages to strike a deal like the one Liverpool has with Nike. Watched the Tifo video on that a few days ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 32 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: Clubs make barely anything from actual shirt sales. Unless Silverstone manages to strike a deal like the one Liverpool has with Nike. Sure, but it's just an example item. It could be 'membership packs', 'subscriptions', 'virtual turf', I mean it could be anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 (edited) Was looking for that thread where we discuss players and how highly we rate them but couldn’t find it. What type of player was Aguero? I know he was an absolute terror inside the box but I could never pin his game down like you could do an Henry or a Drogba. If I’m doing a best PL 11 in my head or something I usually forget him tbh and that’s weird for a player who was prolific for pretty much his entire career. Was he that? A player you got the ball to around the box and let work his magic. I recently discovered that it was Aguero who retrieved the ball on the halfway line and set off the the move that saw him scoring the Championship winning goal so he was probably doing stuff like that but I never noticed for some reason. if i’m thinking of a trademark Aguero goal, it’d be the one against Man U where he zipped past a couple players around the six yard box and then lashed home the ball near post with De Gea standing there dumbfounded. Of course he’s a Premier League legend and probably the best striker of the last decade but there are far more players I enjoyed watching. Edited February 8, 2023 by Astroblack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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