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[lovejoy]

1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

I'll admit that I thought Drury was a good appointment to that role because he's the antithesis of later-years Tyler in terms of energy and enthusiasm. I can't knock his love for the game because that's exactly what you need in that position. But yeah, the flowery word salad is horrendous, just so unnecessary. 

That doesn't annoy me tbh, it's the 'ALEJANDRO GARNACHO!!!!!!!' when he has a shot (same with every player).

 

It's totally unbearable. 

[buzza]

It looks like Rashford has completely lost interest in Football. Maybe he has fallen into the "C" celebrity category where the sycophants massage his ego instead of the football giving him the same dopamine burst/feelgood factor.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Drury is probably alongside Pearce as the most unbearable commentator on TV right now. Horrific to listen to. 
 

Sky being fully staffed by Man Utd and Liverpool players and fans is really odd, it’s like they think nobody else watches games. 
 

And you should be sacked if you pay more attention to the narrative than what’s actually happening in the game.  

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by AyeDubbleYoo

[Lush Vlad]

4 minutes ago, lovejoy said:

That doesn't annoy me tbh, it's the 'ALEJANDRO GARNACHO!!!!!!!' when he has a shot (same with every player).

 

It's totally unbearable. 

It all annoys me. The ramblings of a madman at the start of the game and when someone scores. The shouting like a FIFA commentator whenever someone shoots like you’ve referenced. Even when it’s clearly not going in. 
 

Probably his worst offence is his ‘and Nunez and Diaz and Robertson AAAAND Salah’ when players are passing it about. So annoying. 

[Kid Icarus]

2 hours ago, Froggy said:

Watching that game yesterday by the way...

 

I don't see eye to eye with KI very often in terms of footballing opinions, but by fuck was he right about Drury. Jesus Christ.

Nature is healing 

[Kid Icarus]

Just remembered when he somehow managed to still sound like a hysterical weirdo while commentating on Messi, which really takes some doing.

 

"Hahaha only him....only him.....the guy's not human."

 

After Messi scored a pen.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Kid Icarus

[Joe1984]

6 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Just remembered when he somehow managed to still sound like a hysterical weirdo while commentating on Messi, which really takes some doing.

 

"Hahaha only him....only him.....the guy's not human."

 

After Messi scored a pen.

 

 

 

Well was it a regular scoring of a pen?

 

Or did it hit both posts, the crossbar then trickle over the line via deflection of the GK's ass?

 

Because one of those is much harder for a human to pull off, so...

[Kid Icarus]

2 minutes ago, Joe1984 said:

Well was it a regular scoring of a pen?

 

Or did it hit both posts, the crossbar then trickle over the line via deflection of the GK's ass?

 

Because one of those is much harder for a human to pull off, so...

It was a panenka, but still. You'd think he'd break-danced it in. 

[Erikse]

18 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Just remembered when he somehow managed to still sound like a hysterical weirdo while commentating on Messi, which really takes some doing.

 

"Hahaha only him....only him.....the guy's not human."

 

After Messi scored a pen.

 

 

 

 

 

And some more highlights if you can take it (wouldn't be shown as embedded for some reason)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwJ8kvM9TKA&ab_channel=BarcaGravity

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Erikse

[54]

I still don't know why Guy Mowbray doesn't get more work, he always seems to get the balance right whenever i've heard him. Same with Adam Summerton on TNT, as with the dude who does the EFL coverage on Sky (I can't remember his name) he's always decent.

[Yorkie]

Mowbray is number one for BBC (FA Cup finals/England games).

 

The BBC's suite of comms is generally spot on. Mowbray, Steve Wilson, Steve Bower, Simon Brotherton, Conor McNamara, John Roder, Alistair Mann - all excellent. Can understand why people might not like Jonathan Pearce but his is still a pretty iconic voice. I'd have every single one in a heartbeat ahead of Matterface and Drury.

[Kanji]

I like that Alan Smith who does TNT. He was doing some comms during the Euros for Fox here and he was the most enthused and knowledgeable. Also huge fan of his during Paris (h) and other stuff I hear from him. 

[Pixelphish]

1 hour ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Drury is probably alongside Pearce as the most unbearable commentator on TV right now. Horrific to listen to. 
 

Sky being fully staffed by Man Utd and Liverpool players and fans is really odd, it’s like they think nobody else watches games. 
 

And you should be sacked if you pay more attention to the narrative than what’s actually happening in the game.  

 

 

 

It's absolutely brutal. I don't know if its recency bias or im just paying more attention to football in general since we got rid of the slug. But it's absolutely nauseating.

 

You just know the build up to our game later is going to be centered around Amorim and Slot.

[Joe1984]

49 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Mowbray is number one for BBC (FA Cup finals/England games).

 

The BBC's suite of comms is generally spot on. Mowbray, Steve Wilson, Steve Bower, Simon Brotherton, Conor McNamara, John Roder, Alistair Mann - all excellent. Can understand why people might not like Jonathan Pearce but his is still a pretty iconic voice. I'd have every single one in a heartbeat ahead of Matterface and Drury.

Yeah but they have Shearer... 😄

[AyeDubbleYoo]

8 minutes ago, Pixelphish said:

It's absolutely brutal. I don't know if its recency bias or im just paying more attention to football in general since we got rid of the slug. But it's absolutely nauseating.

 

You just know the build up to our game later is going to be centered around Amorim and Slot.

I think it’s because I don’t watch many games on TV now as well. When I do I really notice how grim it is. Last night was Ipswich v Man Utd and it sounded like WWE.