Mick is an excellent commentator no doubt. The praise for him is totally justified.

I would just comment a little on the words about Pete Dutton & Mark Hobson though.
I don't know the two well, but I know them a little. And first and foremost they are Bradford Bulls through and through. They absolutely love this club just as much, if not more, than most of you on here. (Mick does too by the way)

I haven't heard the commentary much this season, as I'm usually at the game. I haven't heard the last two games with Pete doing it for example, apart from a bit of the pre-match stuff. I can't say how good a commentator they are because of that. But I do know that they are essentially fans providing a service to other fans, and I think some of the criticiscm is a little harsh. They're not professionals, they're not paid the Sky Money (if they're paid at all) so to expect them to be up there with pro commentators is ridiculous. They're doing their best to talk about the club they love to other fans who feel the same. So maybe give them a break while they hone their craft a little?

By all means shout for the return of Michael, as he's excellent at the job But maybe the criticism of those others doing the job is a little too much.

I do agree with this. But even if they aren't great. Get the basics right for god sake. Oldham game the commentator called Davies Magrin. For god sake, Davies is white and Magrin is black. Not hard to distinguish. I could understand mistaking Magrin for Peltier (due to distance) or Davies for Kirk etc.

Not understanding the rules too. If Lilley kicks the ball from his own half and it bounces out in the opposition 20 and we get the ball back. It's not hard to realise it is a 40/20. Even at first glance I can appreciate getting it wrong but even after the ref gave a Bradford scrum the commentator kept saying "I'm not sure what happened there!".

I appreciate voluntary work a lot and I understand they are doing a service which benefits us who can't always make games. But

Has Pete had any other commentating roles before this? Didn't Mick do commentaries for the hospital radio as a lead in, which meant he hit the ground running at BCB. I can imagine him inspiring plaster-encased BRI bodies to react with a jump in the air when we scored a critical try

Like a word in the referee's ear

He definitely did the hospital radio, and there was specific service for blind listeners too, I remember they made an appeal for the equipment, I don't remember Mick having anything to do with it, though I could be wrong.

He started out by doing that for them (including for the blind). He was a porter at the BRI (unsure if he still is) so presume its stemmed from that

Thanks, Pete.

YorkshireRider

Are you Pete's dad?

Nope I'm his mum you muppet. I'm not really Why are the comments on your site people moaning about everything. If you can do better then do it. Life is full of throwers and catchers. I hope Dutton And Hobbo do the game this Sunday and if they do then you lot will be happy because you will have something else to moan about

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Calm down dear

The grass is always greener (no pun intended, fellow sufferers!!!) etc. Remember before Mick?! Their partnership improved Hobbo too And that is acknowledged by a number of posters, mostly I guess those who do not use t'witter. And Dutton gave Mick an acknowledgement in his first commentary when he paraphrased Mick's "is he a trapeze artist" phrase immortalised by BCB as part of the lead in to the broadcast, which I thought was a good touch.

What pedestrian commentary on BCB! #bringbackmick

Agreed. Absolute dire.