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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ConorMac77 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:17am
Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

Originally posted by ConorMac77 ConorMac77 wrote:

And he didn't start getting confused yesterday either - I still remember him commenting on Spain's goal against Ireland in that 2nd round match of the 2002 world cup 'it's Luis Enrique'. No it wasn't George, it was Fernando Morientes. EmbarrassedLOL
And the infamous Baggio brothers at USA94.
'Who, of course, are not related'. LOL
 
Despite those blunders, I still found myself switching over to RTE from BT Sport.  I just couldn't stick listening to Darren Fletcher's voice any longer. Dead
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The Baggio one is a classic. I always liked George, I do think an element of that is simply down to nostalgia. I think we all have a soft spot for the commentator who seemed to be always there in our childhood.
I also think the compulsory addition of a 'colour commentator', most of whom add nothing of value and the fact many commentators now skip radio entirely have damaged the craft.
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Originally posted by ConorMac77 ConorMac77 wrote:

Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

Originally posted by ConorMac77 ConorMac77 wrote:

And he didn't start getting confused yesterday either - I still remember him commenting on Spain's goal against Ireland in that 2nd round match of the 2002 world cup 'it's Luis Enrique'. No it wasn't George, it was Fernando Morientes. EmbarrassedLOL
And the infamous Baggio brothers at USA94.
'Who, of course, are not related'. LOL
Despite those blunders, I still found myself switching over to RTE from BT Sport.  I just couldn't stick listening to Darren Fletcher's voice any longer. Dead
At least you didn't have to look at him!
 
BT and their need for two 'colour commentators', an interjcting referee and a whole team of pundits in the studio, have a lot to answer for. I'm not sure if they still do this, maybe they've learned, but it was farcical.
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Wait...Dino and Roberto Baggio aren't related?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Roberto Baggio Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:33am
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Was out watching Liverpool v West Ham the other week in a boozer here : the channel they had it on had an issue with the commentary so for the first 20 minutes it was just the stadium noise and nothing else. It was glorious !
 
You'd be hard pushed finding a match with any stadium noise most weeks.
 
 
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You'd be hard pushed finding a match with any stadium noise most weeks.
You always bring City into the conversation !!!
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Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

Originally posted by Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio wrote:

You'd be hard pushed finding a match with any stadium noise most weeks.
You always bring City into the conversation !!!
 
Was thinking more about Liverpool fans last night, and their "famous atmosphere"
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Croftman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Sep 2018 at 12:54pm
Originally posted by Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio wrote:

Originally posted by Gary McKay Gary McKay wrote:

Originally posted by Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio wrote:

You'd be hard pushed finding a match with any stadium noise most weeks.
You always bring City into the conversation !!!
 
Was thinking more about Liverpool fans last night, and their "famous atmosphere"
The PSG fans made plenty of noise, so what? Added to the whole occasion and fair play to them. Doesn't mean the home support was any less vocal than usual. Those at the game said the atmosphere was electric so yeah, another great Anfield european night with the "famous atmosphere". Don't be jealous of it
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The Liverpool fans sounded very quiet on the TV. Could only hear the PSG fans for the vast majority. Maybe was different if being there in person.

 
 
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Fairness to the PSG fans, they were mental and created some noise.
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Originally posted by Carmody 10 Carmody 10 wrote:

Fairness to the PSG fans, they were mental and created some noise.

With three lads stood at the front with mega-phones and their backs to the match it's a lot easier to get the fans going collectively.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Terzino Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Sep 2018 at 9:20pm
Hamilton has had some awful commentary over the years. He got excited one time during a game and said "He's given a penalty!" when the ref had actually given a goal-kick.

But his worst moment had to be in Paris when he called the Henry double hand ball and Gallas goal as a Paul McShane OG!

Overall modern commentators all sound the same. And if they try to be different they are just annoyingly shouty or use obviously pre-prepared snippets, often based around matching players names with awful puns.
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The worst commentary is when they just name the player on the ball.   ''Keita to Salah and now Firmino, back to Salah''

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Terzino Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Oct 2018 at 3:40pm
A bit of a shock to see that Peter Brackley has passed away.

Did the commentary on Channel 4 when Serie A was at its height.
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The Titanic has sunk too did you hear?
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Originally posted by Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio wrote:

The Titanic has sunk too did you hear?
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I can't believe he was only 67, he sounded that old when he doing Football Italia.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote coyne Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Dec 2018 at 2:33pm
Martin Tyler in the Liverpool game just there LOL

Turned full Michael Owen nearly.

"Full time is 4-0. It wasn't deserved as 1 was offside and the other was an own goal"
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