ThickAsThieves Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Hope no-one was listening to Jonathon Pearce there..... Unbelievable! I was actually raging at how dim he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Jonathan Pearce is a very stupid man. Also, If anyone says "park the bus" in a context other than the stationing of a Public Service Vehicle, I will recommend hanging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rid Skwerr Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 I quite liked Martin Keown as expert summariser. Knows his stuff, doesn't drivel on and on, and has a pleasant speaking voice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 How about Robbie Savage having a go at Honduras for "over physical" play? Not nearly as bad as Henry complaining about teams benefiting from handballs ... I was about to kick the telly in when Pearce was going on about the 'controversy' of the goal-line tech ... the heat has obviously made his brain go dry, like an old loaf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Kerr Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 ITV for the Japan vs Ivory Coast (sorry, Côte d'Ivoire) game had a solo commentator, Gary Bloom. He wasn't amazing but at least there was less awfulness than most co-commentators bring. Also shout out to Lee Dixon, but not sure if he just looks decent to comparison to everything else on ITV. I heard his constant comments about Ivory Coasts "official FIFA name" and suspect he was talking utter bollocks or had mis-understood some directive or other. Surely if he was under orders to say "Côte d'Ivoire", he should also have been saying Nihon as the other team's name. Let's reduce his argument to the absurd and inquire about Italia? Deutschland? Francais? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 I heard his constant comments about Ivory Coasts "official FIFA name" and suspect he was talking utter bollocks or had mis-understood some directive or other. Surely if he was under orders to say "Côte d'Ivoire", he should also have been saying Nihon as the other team's name. Let's reduce his argument to the absurd and inquire about Italia? Deutschland? Francais? I don't want to be pedantic, or defend Mr Bloom, but infact the "official FIFA names" for these countries is JAPAN, ITALY, GERMANY and FRANCE, which is why the TV feed has the 3 letter abreviation of JPN, ITA, GER and FRA in the top left corner. Ivory Coast has CIV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillresigned Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 In my opinion ion the best pundits by some distance have been Seedorf and Henry and the only "home" pundits to pass muster , again in my own opinion have been WGS and Neil Lennon. Although, I doubt the latter will find much favour down Govan way, for some reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Kerr Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 I don't want to be pedantic, or defend Mr Bloom, but infact the "official FIFA names" for these countries is JAPAN, ITALY, GERMANY and FRANCE, which is why the TV feed has the 3 letter abreviation of JPN, ITA, GER and FRA in the top left corner. Ivory Coast has CIV. Not pedantic at all, and thanks for the info. You learn something every day. So does that mean that a French commentator, working on a French game, has to call Les Blues France? Or Allemagne Germany? I suspect not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 FIFA is never, ever wrong, dontcherknow? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billko Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) In my opinion ion the best pundits by some distance have been Seedorf and Henry and the only "home" pundits to pass muster , again in my own opinion have been WGS and Neil Lennon. Although, I doubt the latter will find much favour down Govan way, for some reason! Nope i think Lennon has been excellent and glad he has found something he is good at. It would be great if he could get his pal Ally to join him. (FULL TIME TV CAREER) Ian Wright is awful. What do you think of Gerrard Ian asked Lee Dixon "He does what he does" was the reply WTF? Edited June 16, 2014 by billko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Quite like this photo.... http://www.thesportb...-savage-quality 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Worse than any commentator is that nauseating Stevie Wonder bollocks that the BBC keep playing. It is getting on my tits already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) Nope i think Lennon has been excellent and glad he has found something he is good at. It would be great if he could get his pal Ally to join him. (FULL TIME TV CAREER) Ian Wright is awful. What do you think of Gerrard Ian asked Lee Dixon "He does what he does" was the reply WTF? I don't know ... that's rather Cantona-esque in its philosophique intensity. (Try it in Joey Bartonesque mock-French accent and you'll see what I mean.) Edited June 16, 2014 by Mr Bunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 LEAVE ROBBIE SAVAGE ALONE *sob* *wail* I like him! And he's got more personality than all the other English commentators combined. Only the non-English commentators are worth (half)listening to - Henry, Lennon, Strachan, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 HAH HAH RONALDO, nae chance to pop yer top aff tonight, ya pouty-faced TUBE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 LEAVE ROBBIE SAVAGE ALONE *sob* *wail* I like him! And he's got more personality than all the other English commentators combined. Only the non-English commentators are worth (half)listening to - Henry, Lennon, Strachan, etc. I suspect this might be a "whoosh" moment, but... how exactly is Robbie Savage English? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 I suspect this might be a "whoosh" moment, but... how exactly is Robbie Savage English? Aye alright, fair enough. You got me there. Just reinforces my second point though! Could the ITV commentators suck any more lemons over Germany winning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags365 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Kevin Kilbane coming up on Iran vs Nigeria. Should be insightful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Didn't hear Phil Neville on Saturday, but he doesn't seem too bad, relatively speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Didn't hear Phil Neville on Saturday, but he doesn't seem too bad, relatively speaking. He did okay tonight, in fairness to him. On Saturday he sounded like Droopy on mogadon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I think all the matches are broadcast by the same team, for FIFA, and sold all around the world. This means that FIFA must employ someone at every game, to solely look at the crowd, and pick out pretty lassies for the cameraman to film. Because that's why I watch football, to have a crowd shot every five minutes of some random bint in a tight t-shirt. I'm actually surprised they don't right in tight on their chests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 The Jonathan Pearce-Mark Lawrenson "dream team" (sic)- what the mute button was invented for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 The Jonathan Pearce-Mark Lawrenson "dream team" (sic)- what the mute button was invented for So far, their boring-ass commentary is matching the boring-ass game ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillresigned Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Please tell me how these two twats can have the benefit of slow motion replays of fouls and still consistently get it wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rid Skwerr Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Apparently for Lawrenson the 0-0 game was "imminently" forgettable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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