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| Seeing that Footie Ref Howard Webb got one,then why not Ray,,Congratulations Ray,well deserved..
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| He has a great knowledge and love for the sport let us all congratulate him and not mock, as a sport we dont get enough recognition , Mike Catt why? what has he done, achieved? we would all like to be payed for playing a sport, for me you have to go beyond that with charitable or voluntary work to deserve an award. Johnny Whiteley i believe got a MBE, should have been Sir Johnny Whiteley with the work he has put in over many a decade.
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| Quote: Spongolium "Why do people think he is such a bad commentator? I actually enjoy listening to him.'"
Me too. In my opinion he's up there with the legends of sports commentary - Murray Walker, Bill McLaren, Ted Lowe, Peter O'Sullevan, etc.
Hearing his voice reminds me of watching Grandstand back in the 80's and 90's. Happy days!
And how typical of some rugby league fans on here to take the negative approach and seek to rubbish everything connected with the game.
Well done, Ray.
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| Quote: Walter Neff "Seeing that Footie Ref Howard Webb got one,then why not Ray,,Congratulations Ray,well deserved..'"
rlSo he wasrl
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| I'm not a fan of his commenting but no one can doubt his knowledge and enthusiasm for the game. His journalism is also high quality. He occasionally veers into too much nostalgia but generally has progressive views about the game.
Its hard not to like the guy!
The 6'2" 73 year old from thatto heath moves to first reciever..he's a big lump of a lad.....he's going for the line..but no....kneels under the queens swinging arm....ooooo was that sword just a bit high...Jonathon
Ray...it was on the shoulder..its OK
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| Should have been a KBE. Much deserved!
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| Quote: gary-hfc "Johnny Whiteley i believe got a MBE, should have been Sir Johnny Whiteley with the work he has put in over many a decade.'"
Given that a great many nominations for these awards come from memebers of the general public, via an application form downloadable from the Cabinet Office, perhaps we should disallow posts to the effect of 'they should have got one etc.' unless you've actually bothered to send a nomination form in ?
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| Ray French is one of the reasons the game can't get out of Yorkshire and Lancashire. An absolute dinosaur of a human, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the game. That he is allowed, highlights why the game is largely irrelevant.
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| Quote: r a n c i d "Ray French is one of the reasons the game can't get out of Yorkshire and Lancashire. An absolute dinosaur of a human, shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the game. That he is allowed, highlights why the game is largely irrelevant.'"
Wow!!!
Such original thinking and in only 5 posts!!!!
You could go a long way!!!!
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| Quote: Leaguefan "Wow!!!
Such original thinking and in only 5 posts!!!!
You could go a long way!!!!'"
An arguments originality has absolutely nothing to do with its merit!!!
That's a logical fallacy!!!
You'd expect someone with over 8000 posts to do more than mock conflicting views!!!
Grow up!!!
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| Quote: r a n c i d "Ray French is one of the reasons the game can't get out of Yorkshire and Lancashire. '"
In that case you should have no difficulty in naming a few commentators who'd be sucessful in transforming us into a national sport.
Name away.
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| Quote: Clearwing "In that case you should have no difficulty in naming a few commentators who'd be sucessful in transforming us into a national sport.
Name away.'"
There's no need to be asinine. We both know a commentator, no matter how great, couldn't ever make the game a national one.
For arguments sake I could name thousands of commentators who'd improve the image of the game. But I won't, because there'd be no point. If you have an argument it can be made regardless.
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| Quote: Clearwing "In that case you should have no difficulty in naming a few commentators who'd be sucessful in transforming us into a national sport.
Name away.'"
How about Jon Champion, who did a few games for the BBC when Dave Woods wasn't available, including IIRC a Challenge Cup Semi Final.
No stupid comments
Up-to-date on current rules
Coherent, with you could even say a middle-England RP accent
And none of this 'Fourteen stone former Blackbrook amatuer' routine
Sadly, it was shortly after these games that Champion left the BBC for ITV and I think currently is earning his corn on something like ESPN ....
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| Quote: r a n c i d "There's no need to be asinine. We both know a commentator, no matter how great, couldn't ever make the game a national one. '"
Fair point although it's equally unlikely that French's commentaries have contributed in any significant way to the game's failure to spread much beyond Yorks & Lancs.
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| Quote: AdmiralHanson "How about Jon Champion, who did a few games for the BBC when Dave Woods wasn't available, including IIRC a Challenge Cup Semi Final. '"
I'd have no problem with Champion as a commentator, nor do I have a problem with Dave Woods (other than his raging, pro-wigan bias. In fact it's always a surprise when he doesn't leave the commentary box 15 mins from the end when they're losing ).
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