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| Quote: Smiffy27 "I have watched a few games without any commentary and that doesn't work. The fact that we can't really agree that we actually like a single person tells us a lot about us. We get fed up of anyone pretty soon and I bet we'd get tired of "Vossy" if we had him on a regular basis. I reckon it is a difficult job & it must be very difficult not to become repetitive.'"
Good post guess we would get fed up of Voss after a while, not many liked Hemmings but right now I would rather we still had him instead of what we got now because for me they were rubbish from the off.
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| Commentators should be like good referees and blend into the spectacle at hand, sadly our sport is afflicted by poor efforts on both. The commentary teams are taking over as the main event and spoiling the viewing for many fans.
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| The now retired Aussie commentator Ray Warren was always my favourite. Of the current British crop, I would say that Dave Woods is the best. Stuart Pyke, however, should be banished to the Toffo mines, never to be heard from again.
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| I think the general presentation on C4 is very good and Adam Hills is a good ambassador. I can forgive Helen Skelton a lot given she had to put up with Myler but her voice borders on the irritating.
I enjoy Carney as the front man on SKY and I appreciate Wells breaking down plays as it shows the level of thought that goes into tactics and individual plays, a match player coming in to explain post match is also a worthwhile feature.
Unfortunately an individual’s voice is such an important part of a commentator/pundits role that no matter how insightful the message it can get lost. if the voice is a hard listen. For me JJB falls into that category, I concentrate on the individual words rather than the message. I also find Wilkin’s voice in the whiny range.
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| Really speaking, broadcast sport just tends to provide unnecessary jobs for ex players whether they bring anything to the commentary or not.
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| Switch on at 8 take dog to corner come back fill up my whisky glass at ht switch off bang on the ft hooter..not listened to any punditry for years..last one was when we beat saints here and all they banged on about was golden boy and what a class act he was...
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| I don't mind Amor too much. Unlike Wilkin he doesn't spend most of his commentary talking about his time at Saints.
Woods is probably top of a very short list. I used to like Jon Champion when he did the RL for the BBC. Sounded like a proper professional sports commentator that would be allocated to a sport that the beeb takes seriously. Hence why he got the football gig after not very long on us.
Sky have done a lot for RL but their attitude regarding pundits and commentators is basically 'Cheesy Peas' and aimed at what they see as stereotypical 'Northern' types. Whether that's right or wrong, I don't know. I don't like it personally. I want it to sound professional and a sort of 'generic' commentary. I can't imagine a sports channel getting away with hiring Delia Smith to front Women's football, because she fits the 1970s British female stereotype.
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Not sure if it would help or change things but you could consider emailing Sky.
viewerR@sky.uk
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Not sure if it would help or change things but you could consider emailing Sky.
viewerR@sky.uk
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| Quote: Dita's Slot Meter "Spot on.
I get it in a slow, meandering sport like Test cricket, but in football and rugby, the constant analysis from the co-commentators seems totally pointless & distracting to me.
I'd love a return to the old days where we watched a match with a simple commentary and the analysis was left to half time and full time.
As for the best RL commentary?.. in my time watching, the best for me was Clive Tyldesley during the short spell in the late 80's/early 90's when ITV did live Saturday afternoon games - a class act and still miles ahead of anyone doing football commentaries today, especially the criminally awful Sam Matterface.'"
Clive Tyldesley was head and shoulders above any other British RL commentator, before, then or since.
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| It went down hill after Eddie Waring.
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| Quote: karetaker "It went down hill after Eddie Waring.'"
Yep none of the current crew can quite do the damage to our game that that clown did.
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| I think Bill Arthur is the worst play-by-play commentator I've heard in any sport. Adds nothing, never knows what's going on. Pyke isn't much better.
As many have said many times, it feels like Sky gave up on RL years ago. Been drifting for a while.
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| Quote: karetaker "Good post guess we would get fed up of Voss after a while, not many liked Hemmings but right now I would rather we still had him instead of what we got now because for me they were rubbish from the off.'"
I’m not going to complain about any commentary ever again after listening to the monatomic drone of Stuart Cummins for years.
I’d rather have Jedwood summarise!
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| Quote: rubber duckie "I’m not going to complain about any commentary ever again after listening to the monatomic drone of Stuart Cummins for years.
I’d rather have Jedwood summarise!'"
I never thought I'd see "monatomic" used on a Rugby League forum. I trust that it's a bit of 'predictivetexterese' rather than suggesting that Cummings used Helium to spice things up a bit?
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| Quote: Uncle Rico "I never thought I'd see "monatomic" used on a Rugby League forum. I trust that it's a bit of 'predictivetexterese' rather than suggesting that Cummings used Helium to spice things up a bit?'"
I’m getting a 4 Weddings Rowan Atkinson speech vibe here.
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