***Official Commentary Complaints Thread***

[Tangles]

Knuckleball is a baseball term. Ball has minimal spin and can move erratically due to the seams.

Weak side defender is more puzzling for me. Just say near post or far post if you describing defending in the box. That's a Basketball term.

According to nba.com weak side is the side away from the ball. Whatever. Just say far post then.

 

[Furball]

Haha, whenever I hear American commentators like that I always think of those vids from the 2014 WC with WWE commentary dubbed over them.

Love this one in particular, links up so perfectly:

Still one of the most amazing games of football I've seen. I got into the house and put the TV on 20 minutes in so the following 10 mins was surreal.

Love the 'stop the damn match', think that's the best one.

 

[MW1304]

For some reason Rio got really stern and irritable at half time of Italy v Belgium and it was just weirdly great.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Shittiest commentary stint so far has been Scaly in the England thread.

 

[Johnners]

That insane guy who does co-comms on the American coverage is pretty hilarious tbf. Caught him on a dodgy stream this season and he described a Barca goal as 'absolute TUMBLE DRYER FOOTBALL' and a header as 'as CLEAN as a BUCKET OF CRABS'.

Ray Hudson?

https://youtu.be/QRBUO4cU5MM

 

[Uppercut]

Ray Hudson?

https://youtu.be/QRBUO4cU5MM

Hahaha yeah this guy.

 

[Johnners]

I'm a little excited we get a full season of Ray in the La liga this season, though i suspect he'll become unbearable as the season goes on.

 

[Redbacks]

Bein sports has been good. But maybe just because its different voices to fox. Ruud Gullit is not bad.

 

[Pothas]

Bilic is amazing.

Think the studio punditry has actually been pretty good, the commentary is still fairly annoying.

 

[Pothas]

I don't really get what Hoddle is doing on TV after what he said about disabled people. Not because his comment was so horrifically offensive (although it is), but how can he have any credibility after something like that? Why would anyone value his opinion on anything? Dogshit pundit too of course, but that's secondary.

Even stranger are the amount of people that still think he should have some kind of major role in English football. I just read 50 years of Hurt, which is mostly pretty good, but time and time again Winter and those he interviews go on about how great he was as manager and how he should still play a role. I know he was one of the technically best players England had ever had but I find it really bizarre.

 

[sledger]

Yeah, agree completely.

 

[Uppercut]

Lawro is such an arsehole, not even going to bother watching the second half because I can't handle any more of him. Hopefully he doesn't get any good games.

 

[sledger]

I've red-buttoned it and am listening to the 5 Live comms. He is just so bad. There are lots of dreadful commentators out there, but he surely has to rank amongst the worst. Odd really, as I've never really minded him as a pundit.

 

[Uppercut]

I reckon he gambled away all the money he made as a pro and now this is the only way he can pay the bills, but he hates every minute of it.

 

[Pothas]

Unlikely that he will, he has been so obviously determined not to enjoy this one, feel bad for Guy Mowbray for having to work with him, does well not to punch him.

 

[sledger]

Unlikely that he will, he has been so obviously determined not to enjoy this one, feel bad for Guy Mowbray for having to work with him, does well not to punch him.

Haha, this sounds like a Daily Mash headline.

 

[sledger]

Odd how as a player I always thought Craig Bellamy was a horrible **** of the highest order. But as a pundit he comes across very reasonable. Says sensible things and isn't an oik about it.

 

[sledger]

Haha Pothas is right, Bilic is fantastic.

 

[Furball]

ITV commentator on Friday: France have won 9 out of their last 10 games. The only game they didn't win was at Wembley against England.
ITV commentator tonight: France have won 10 out of their last 11 games. The only game they didn't win was at Wembley against England.

This is going to end up being a ****ing meme isn't it?

 

[sledger]

It's pretty much what happens every tournament though isn't it? Anything to big up "the boys".

Today, an old lady found an abandoned lottery ticket, and a four leaf clover, and her dog went to be groomed, and Joe Bloggs from Milton Keynes bought a banana. Guess the last time all that happened? That's right, 1966.