I had given up on Player. There is nothing more soul destroying than Emma Jones "commentary" as we lose. So I was only vaguely aware of the changes. I got a free voucher offer, so I used it to re subscribe.
After last night, I have to tell you , this is so much better than what went before. And it is all the more remarkable, because it seems to break the rules of broadcasting. With all due respect to Pete and Terry, they are not as far as I am aware BBC trained pros. Yet they are far better commentators than Emma Jones or Jamie Reid. I'm a BBC fan, but the BBC need to take a long hard look, or listen, at themselves.
But that's only the half of it. The guys manage to commentate and summaries effectively but from our point of view. They Re gently biased. And of course when that goal went in last night they went absolutely mental, and I was with them. It really was like being there, celebrating with fellow Charlton fans.
Of course it is logical. If we are paying for a Charlton service, of course it should be biased towards the interests of those customers. It just never seemed to occur to anybody until now, that Charlton focus trumps - alleged - broadcast professionalism all day long.
I guess that if I know the Beeb are using the A team - Phil Parry and James Scowcroft, the choice becomes more difficult, but even then Matchday live has an ace card. Charlton focused chat at half time, and then after full time, straight to the press conferences.
I cannot praise these guys too highly for this new concept. I urge everyone else to back them by re subscribing, as presumably the figures will register and help to justify the decision
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I liked it. Well done fellas
Quality and generous work.
Keep up the good work chaps and hopefully more positive results to come from the Mighty Addicks!
shitnot very good.It did get a little messy at some parts (finchy constantly tripping over his tongue during the more heated moments), but I'm sure he will improve as time goes on. Certainly makes for a more entertaining listen.
Pete/ Terry, if you're reading this, did you get to the bottom of how to pronounce Diegos last name (Po)yet? ;-)
Top notch chaps, keep it going and be as biased as you can!
Pete how important is it that you see a subscriber increase? Does the revenue directly go back to the service, do you get a regular report on how subscriptions are doing?