Ian Danter is getting annoying and pretentious nowadays bused to quite like him. Likewise Jonathan Pearce who decided unilaterally yesterday to pronounce “Posticoglu” different from everyone else including the man himself.
To be honest, they are mostly pretty irritating but then again I’m easily irritated.
The screeching is what gets me - it can be nothing short of painful. Females naturally have voices in the higher registers, so when it gets exciting we are sometimes treated to glass-shattering levels of squealing. Luckily, in cricket there is a certain level of decorum, which is generally maintained by all commentators, regardless of sex, so this does not happen. Also, the female commentators on TMS know their stuff and it shows, whereas when I get some token bint womansplaining the basics of football based on her vast experience of under 12-equivalent level football I just feel sorry for the other pundits who have to sit there and pretend to respect their professional input.
On the above note, Karen Carney has been roped in to Sky this season and she reminds me of the kind of footballer moron turned uninsightful pundit who used to be more common decades ago, even though we all thought that we had moved on from that. Carney makes Clinton 'token' Morrison look like a Nobel Prize winner and that is saying something, but quotas gotta be filled, I suppose. There are plenty of intelligent and knowledgeable women out there, why the hell does she keep getting the gig? It truly is mystifying.
Surely commentators are supposed to supply actual helpful information. I can't think what the purpose of a pundit is. I might be the only person who thinks they add nothing to the experience.
Surely commentators are supposed to supply actual helpful information. I can't think what the purpose of a pundit is. I might be the only person who thinks they add nothing to the experience.
Commentators are there to describe what's happening. Pundits are there to add variety, interest, insight and expert knowledge. That insight and expert knowledge might be a keen awareness of the rules of the game, of strategy and tactics or of the business of football. It might be that they know particular players well and can add insights as to their part in the match or it might be that they have some interesting anecdotes about the characters involved in the game. Alternatively, it might just be be that they can chat shit to fill dead air. In my experience, that last one is where our pundits really excel.
Has no-one mentioned Guy Mowbray, a man for whom 'Less is More' is anathema. He loves the sound of his own voice so much that he wants to take it out for a candlelit dinner and then fuck it again and again and again until it births a legion of Mowbray commentary voices that will chant his inane, kill me now, shit stats long after football has committed suicide. Guy fucking Mow bray like a syphilitic, dusty donkey: 'When More is Never Enough'
I have suffered enough. Not funny. Self deprecation used for narcissism, poor insight, doesn't read the game, basic vocabulary, adds nothing, voice grates. An absolute shyster.
My ears are fecking bleeding. An outstanding game of football absolutely ruined by the verbal nonsense coming from Peter Drury. Just commentary on the game ffs 😩😩😩🙄
My ears are fecking bleeding. An outstanding game of football absolutely ruined by the verbal nonsense coming from Peter Drury. Just commentary on the game ffs 😩😩😩🙄
Just hate it in general now when a Commentator screams the moment a shot gets attempted, just because they want to be first to announce a goal... Then their voice goes back to normal when nothing comes of it!!
My ears are fecking bleeding. An outstanding game of football absolutely ruined by the verbal nonsense coming from Peter Drury. Just commentary on the game ffs 😩😩😩🙄
Having to listen to Carragher does my head in. He never shuts up.
My ears are fecking bleeding. An outstanding game of football absolutely ruined by the verbal nonsense coming from Peter Drury. Just commentary on the game ffs 😩😩😩🙄
Having to listen to Carragher does my head in. He never shuts up.
Bloody Carragher tonight....
OhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHooooooo
OhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHooooooo
OhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHooooooo
Literally like he spends the entire game stroking his man piece then Peter Drury goes into Tennyson/Shakespeare mode and grabs him a bit too tightly...
My ears are fecking bleeding. An outstanding game of football absolutely ruined by the verbal nonsense coming from Peter Drury. Just commentary on the game ffs 😩😩😩🙄
Having to listen to Carragher does my head in. He never shuts up.
Carragher is a wanker. I detest the man. I hate everything about him. Not only his voice, but the way he uses it. I will never, ever leave the sound on when he's talking, I will watch the game in silence.
When I was at Sky I was in a meeting where we were all reminded that we had to behave when commuting. They told us that if we did anything wrong on the train to or from Sky, we would be treated as though we had done that thing at work. I think someone had got into an altercation or something at Brentford station. Either way, it was made clear to us that such instances would result in getting sacked. Six months later Carragher spat on a girl when driving home from work.
Before that we were doing a Christmas thing and we got some of the Sports presenters to talk about their favourite movies on camera. We even got Souness to sing. But Carragher bitched and moaned about giving us 30 minutes of his time all the way through. Even Souness told him to stop moaning.
When he pauses and looks into the middle distance like he's trying to think of something profound about someone over pressing I am reminded of just how pretentious modern punditry can be.
Those are all of the reasons I hate Carragher. I probably could have stopped at "Carragher is a wanker" but I feel better for sharing. I've been bottling this up for too long.
My ears are fecking bleeding. An outstanding game of football absolutely ruined by the verbal nonsense coming from Peter Drury. Just commentary on the game ffs 😩😩😩🙄
Having to listen to Carragher does my head in. He never shuts up.
Think he must get paid by the word. Lee Hendrie is another one, why use 5 words when he can use 50.
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No apologies, I am a dinosaur, child of the 60's, RIP of the XX's...
Doe's not sound legit to me.
Don't worry CL outrage support team we'll all be gone one day!
The screeching is what gets me - it can be nothing short of painful. Females naturally have voices in the higher registers, so when it gets exciting we are sometimes treated to glass-shattering levels of squealing. Luckily, in cricket there is a certain level of decorum, which is generally maintained by all commentators, regardless of sex, so this does not happen. Also, the female commentators on TMS know their stuff and it shows, whereas when I get some token bint womansplaining the basics of football based on her vast experience of under 12-equivalent level football I just feel sorry for the other pundits who have to sit there and pretend to respect their professional input.
On the above note, Karen Carney has been roped in to Sky this season and she reminds me of the kind of footballer moron turned uninsightful pundit who used to be more common decades ago, even though we all thought that we had moved on from that. Carney makes Clinton 'token' Morrison look like a Nobel Prize winner and that is saying something, but quotas gotta be filled, I suppose. There are plenty of intelligent and knowledgeable women out there, why the hell does she keep getting the gig? It truly is mystifying.
I can't think what the purpose of a pundit is. I might be the only person who thinks they add nothing to the experience.
He loves the sound of his own voice so much that he wants to take it out for a candlelit dinner and then fuck it again and again and again until it births a legion of Mowbray commentary voices that will chant his inane, kill me now, shit stats long after football has committed suicide.
Guy fucking Mow bray like a syphilitic, dusty donkey: 'When More is Never Enough'
Well informed without being smug. Intelligent without being alienating.
Err we've had the extra time board for quite a few years now.
I have suffered enough. Not funny. Self deprecation used for narcissism, poor insight, doesn't read the game, basic vocabulary, adds nothing, voice grates. An absolute shyster.
There; got that off my chest.
An outstanding game of football absolutely ruined by the verbal nonsense coming from Peter Drury.
Just commentary on the game ffs 😩😩😩🙄
"KIRRRRKKKKKKK... Throw in!!"
OhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHooooooo
OhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHooooooo
OhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHooooooo
Literally like he spends the entire game stroking his man piece then Peter Drury goes into Tennyson/Shakespeare mode and grabs him a bit too tightly...
When I was at Sky I was in a meeting where we were all reminded that we had to behave when commuting. They told us that if we did anything wrong on the train to or from Sky, we would be treated as though we had done that thing at work. I think someone had got into an altercation or something at Brentford station. Either way, it was made clear to us that such instances would result in getting sacked. Six months later Carragher spat on a girl when driving home from work.
Before that we were doing a Christmas thing and we got some of the Sports presenters to talk about their favourite movies on camera. We even got Souness to sing. But Carragher bitched and moaned about giving us 30 minutes of his time all the way through. Even Souness told him to stop moaning.
When he pauses and looks into the middle distance like he's trying to think of something profound about someone over pressing I am reminded of just how pretentious modern punditry can be.
Those are all of the reasons I hate Carragher. I probably could have stopped at "Carragher is a wanker" but I feel better for sharing. I've been bottling this up for too long.