Worst Commentators at the Euros

[az city]

Ok so I am forced to watch it on Fox so some of these aren't UK mainstays.

I'm sure some of you have come across the folks who are really annoying me:

Derek Rae (yes, Derek we know you speak German, you constantly overzealously pronounce German names)
Rob Green (always out of breath when speaking)
Mark Clattenberg (there is something wrong with his accent - "attacka" WTF)
Warren Barton (why have a guy on who can't conjugate verbs?)

Rant over.

Anyone any good in the UK?

[Der Kaiser]

Re: Worst Commentators at the Euros

Andros Townsend has been pretty good on ITV, doesn't seem to feel the need to fill every possible gap with total verbiage.

[bobh]

Re: Worst Commentators at the Euros

Ok so I am forced to watch it on Fox so some of these aren't UK mainstays.

I'm sure some of you have come across the folks who are really annoying me:

Derek Rae (yes, Derek we know you speak German, you constantly overzealously pronounce German names)
Rob Green (always out of breath when speaking)
Mark Clattenberg (there is something wrong with his accent - "attacka" WTF)
Warren Barton (why have a guy on who can't conjugate verbs?)

Rant over.

Anyone any good in the UK?

Not really. There's an annoying trend of having shrieking women commentating on the men's game these days.

[Armitage Shanks]

Re: Worst Commentators at the Euros

I'll trade you those three for Eni Aluko and Karen Carney

[WJ99mobile]

Re: Worst Commentators at the Euros

I'll trade you those three for Eni Aluko and Karen Carney

Aluko is beyond bad.

Not sure how she keeps getting these jobs

[Rjk]

Re: Worst Commentators at the Euros

oh god you've set them off again

[BLUETIT]

Re: Worst Commentators at the Euros

Bloody hate that tart from Arsenal

[jimmyscoular]

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I'm always delighted when Ian Darke takes the mic.

Who is that annoying woman? Please, no more screeching.

And who is that guy who sounds like Sean Connery? Interesting for a while but ultimately tedious.

That's my view from the USA.

[Robin Friday's Ghost]

Re: Worst Commentators at the Euros

Whenever I hear someone I think is a crap commentator I think back to Alan Green and I realise they're not so bad.

[bobh]

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Whenever I hear someone I think is a crap commentator I think back to Alan Green and I realise they're not so bad.

:hehe:
Good point.

[the other bob wilson]

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So true about Alan Green. I tend to find that all modern day commentators, including the woman ones, tend to to merge into one when I'm watching a game these days, there's no one I can think of who makes me think "great it's ................ commentating, this'll be good.".

As far as the summarisers are concerned, there have been a couple of occasions in this tournament where I've been watching a game and I've thought "who's that summariser, he's good" and, to echo what was said above by someone, on both occasions it turned out to be Andros Townsend.

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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I find all the TV commentators pretty useless nowadays with most of them far too busy trying to squeeze in some pre-prepared research or "clever" comment while adding nothing to what is on the screen. Fortunately it is not too difficult to just ignore them although the fake excitement "shriekers" really get on my nerves, the worst offenders being Derek Rae, Jonathan Pearce and Vicki Sparks.
The co-commentators are not so bad generally apart from Jermaine Jenas and Danny Murphy.
The studio pundits don't bother me at all as I make sure I miss all their contributions of (mostly) ridiculous dribble.

[Elwood Blues]

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Not really. There's an annoying trend of having shrieking women commentating on the men's game these days.

You male chauvinist Bob!

[bobh]

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You male chauvinist Bob!

Guilty as chared!
:hehe:

[Swiss Peter]

Re: Worst Commentators at the Euros

I find all the TV commentators pretty useless nowadays with most of them far too busy trying to squeeze in some pre-prepared research or "clever" comment while adding nothing to what is on the screen. Fortunately it is not too difficult to just ignore them although the fake excitement "shriekers" really get on my nerves, the worst offenders being Derek Rae, Jonathan Pearce and Vicki Sparks.
The co-commentators are not so bad generally apart from Jermaine Jenas and Danny Murphy.
The studio pundits don't bother me at all as I make sure I miss all their contributions of (mostly) ridiculous dribble.

I think Thomas Frank has been a good addition.