Match Day Thread Chelsea v Liverpool

[Solid Air]

well you need someone on but I agree adding the second voice has morphed form a brief and sometimes insightful input to being a banter session and whinger.

once one is at it like neville its i suppose inevitable the commentator falls into it.

the difference between an old school commentator that used to exist is night and day.

I think they add something personally if only to improve on the flacid atmospheres at some grounds. Shouting goal and getting a bit excited is ok but i would in general agree on calling the game and getting rid of all the pundits.

Like why the **** was haaselbaink brought along. He is the most biased guy going in terms of chelsea (not that the club give two ****s about him) why do we need souness, carragher, hasselbaink and neville all there to call one ****ing game.

he was there precisely because he is ex chelsea plus he is a current L1 manager so should at least have knowledge of present day football unlike most of the dinosaurs they wheel out .

 

[moreinjuredthanowen]

he was there precisely because he is ex chelsea plus he is a current L1 manager so should at least have knowledge of present day football unlike most of the dinosaurs they wheel out .

he doesn't act like it though..... he might as well do a john terry and get his chelsea kit out.

I'd rather they either get the usual suspect in every time (max two) or just go full on and get in some fans. I'm not tuning in for silly banter. I'd rather get the hot chicks (they apparently have to be on now) and micah richards and do a fan zone at HT. It'd at least be a bit of fun.

get a few fans out of the stands to come on and have some bantz.

 

[InBiscanWeTrust]

Strangely enough, I find GNev one of the least annoying, most of the time.
I'll now disinfect my keyboard...

Used to find him very good but since the ESL thing he’s got very annoying thinking he speak for all football fans. Was also stupidly hypocritical over the whole Ole situation at United, just looking out for his mate while the club he owns sacked its own manager

 

[SIR_KENNY_KLOPP_KING]

he doesn't act like it though..... he might as well do a john terry and get his chelsea kit out.

I'd rather they either get the usual suspect in every time (max two) or just go full on and get in some fans. I'm not tuning in for silly banter. I'd rather get the hot chicks (they apparently have to be on now) and micah richards and do a fan zone at HT. It'd at least be a bit of fun.

get a few fans out of the stands to come on and have some bantz.

and Carra and Neville haven’t done the same? I have no issues with any of them but Neville was being a massive twat in commentary imo. That should remain neutral.

 

[saintanton]

Used to find him very good but since the ESL thing he’s got very annoying thinking he speak for all football fans. Was also stupidly hypocritical over the whole Ole situation at United, just looking out for his mate while the club he owns sacked its own manager

I have to say I haven't listened to him that much recently so I'll take your word for it.
I usually find myself having to endure the likes of Macca, and my tinnitus is preferable to him.

 

[moreinjuredthanowen]

and Carra and Neville haven’t done the same? I have no issues with any of them but Neville was being a massive twat in commentary imo. That should remain neutral.

I never tune in when carragher is on at HT either. Cant' abide the guy.

Neville was an absolute **** on commentary and celebrated both goals for chelsea. He shouldn't be allowed wihtin 100 miles of an LFc game but neither should carragher.

As bad as mcmanaman is on Bt at least you can tune his whinge out.

 

[Germlands Nozzer]

I gave up on commentators a long time ago - I don't enjoy listening to any of them. Many of them are just ignorant fools who can spout statistics but seemingly don't understand the game and are far too busy having conversations with the co-commentators than actually giving an account of the play.
As for the co-commentators -sometimes it's hard to believe they were players themselves, given the stuff they come out with.
They're a waste of money, imo - nobody needs them. You don't have them at a live game so why on the telly? They don't improve the experience as far as I'm concerned, and I'd rather they just named the player in possession and kept their opinions to themselves.
I'd watch with the sound off if it weren't for the loss of atmosphere.

German games on TV are normally without co-commentators. As bad as co-commentators can sometimes be, they're generally preferable than listening to one person talk to themselves for 90 minutes.

 

[moreinjuredthanowen]

German games on TV are normally without co-commentators. As bad as co-commentators can sometimes be, they're generally preferable than listening to one person talk to themselves for 90 minutes.

I dunno. They are talking to us not themselves in theory. Just stay quite more and let the game do the talking.

 

[saintanton]

German games on TV are normally without co-commentators. As bad as co-commentators can sometimes be, they're generally preferable than listening to one person talk to themselves for 90 minutes.

Hmm... I remember times before co-commentary was a thing in Britain, when TV companies weren't throwing money about unnecessarily on sport. I don't recall it being any worse, tbh.

 

[Zanjinho]

I gave up on commentators a long time ago - I don't enjoy listening to any of them. Many of them are just ignorant fools who can spout statistics but seemingly don't understand the game and are far too busy having conversations with the co-commentators than actually giving an account of the play.
As for the co-commentators -sometimes it's hard to believe they were players themselves, given the stuff they come out with.
They're a waste of money, imo - nobody needs them. You don't have them at a live game so why on the telly? They don't improve the experience as far as I'm concerned, and I'd rather they just named the player in possession and kept their opinions to themselves.
I'd watch with the sound off if it weren't for the loss of atmosphere.

I don't mind Ally Mccoist commentating but struggling to think of another. Plenty I can't stand doing it though

 

[Zanjinho]

and Carra and Neville haven’t done the same? I have no issues with any of them but Neville was being a massive twat in commentary imo. That should remain neutral.

I don't really mind the bias, it's too be expected. Yes, it's annoying at the time but only like it would be watching it in the stadium or pub with opposition fans. What annoys me is when they try and hide it.

 

[Germlands Nozzer]

I dunno. They are talking to us not themselves in theory. Just stay quite more and let the game do the talking.

In theory. Or just waffle on to fill the silence.

 

[Germlands Nozzer]

Hmm... I remember times before co-commentary was a thing in Britain, when TV companies weren't throwing money about unnecessarily on sport. I don't recall it being any worse, tbh.

Yeah, but everything was better in the olden days

Could be an English/German thing as well.

 

[SIR_KENNY_KLOPP_KING]

I don't really mind the bias, it's too be expected. Yes, it's annoying at the time but only like it would be watching it in the stadium or pub with opposition fans. What annoys me is when they try and hide it.

I don’t mind Neville normally but he just wound me up at the weekend. If he can’t keep a lid on it, he should stick to neutral games.

 

[Zanjinho]

I don’t mind Neville normally but he just wound me up at the weekend. If he can’t keep a lid on it, he should stick to neutral games.

I did notice, was annoying at the time but didn't really bother me once the dust had settled.

I do agree though. A lot of his comments were meant to be fair assessments but you can hear the hatred in his voice.

 

[saintanton]

Yeah, but everything was better in the olden days

Could be an English/German thing as well.

True.
Apart from most things.

 

[Bumps]

Strangely enough, I find GNev one of the least annoying, most of the time.
I'll now disinfect my keyboard...

Don’t get how anyone can say that
He is the lowest of the low for us
He is a stealth WUM imho
He will pretend to call things down the line so he can spout utter bolloxs whenever he chooses - and people fall for it (we have a poster who does that on here - I believe lol)
Worst still many think his opinion is unbiased and valid
Neither he nor Carragher should be on the screen after the Old Trafford Invasion imho - they both condoned the actions - Neville was onscreen telling them to fight for the club and then shook the hands of those who found their way into the ground.
Shocking to me

 

[Bumps]

I never tune in when carragher is on at HT either. Cant' abide the guy.

Neville was an absolute **** on commentary and celebrated both goals for chelsea. He shouldn't be allowed wihtin 100 miles of an LFc game but neither should carragher.

As bad as mcmanaman is on Bt at least you can tune his whinge out.

^this

 

[saintanton]

Don’t get how anyone can say that
He is the lowest of the low for us
He is a stealth WUM imho
He will pretend to call things down the line so he can spout utter bolloxs whenever he chooses - and people fall for it (we have a poster who does that on here - I believe lol)
Worst still many think his opinion is unbiased and valid
Neither he nor Carragher should be on the screen after the Old Trafford Invasion imho - they both condoned the actions - Neville was onscreen telling them to fight for the club and then shook the hands of those who found their way into the ground.
Shocking to me

I only said I find him less annoying - I didn't say I agreed with him.

 

[Bumps]

I only said I find him less annoying - I didn't say I agreed with him.