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I won't miss him.
Dreadful commentator.
Oh come on! He's a legend. Bit dated now but there are many worse..
My three bottom commentatorsQuote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86
Clive Tyldesley
John Motson
Alan Green
Motson is a "legend" because he is easily parodied. I've heard he's quite full of himself too.
Jon champion? Michael Owen?
Michael Owen is a co-commentator. John Champion is crap, but Motson is over-ratedQuote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86
Can’t stand Motson.
Love the interview with Clough ripping him a new one.
In his day, the best commentstor around. Spoke to him once. The day Alston almost scored from kick off. Name the opposition
Motson has always been like an overgrown schoolboy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqAZsoF-ghwQuote:
Originally Posted by The Bob Banker Spanker
a bit harsh regarding motto
an institution to the older MOTD viewers
thought he was ok nothing more
Whist others have come and gone he has been doing the job for almost 50 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by Badly Ironed Shirt
His style is unique and undoubtedly dated.
To describe him as a “dreadful commentator” shows a lack of respect and a lack of understanding of what the guy has achieved.
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86
What's he achieved?Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY
Really? He gets players names wrong, he doesn't describe the game, he tries to be funny "Breakfast with Beckham". His commentary of the game is barely technical, "ohhh, did you see that?" He is shit, and only a public broadcaster like the BBC would have kept him on all that time. Am I showing a lack of respect? Of course I am, since when should I be respectful to an overpaid bloke who is crap at his job? The guy has achieved a lot, and most of that is down to the incompetent recruitment of the BBC.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY
Best commentator, and crazily left in Motson's shadow for a long time, Barry Davies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
Also, Hugh Johns was good - but he was beaten by that Wolstenholme line. Unfortunately, a lot of commentators try to recreate the "There's people on the pitch", and you can hear them desperately trying to scrape out a line that will live on in people's memories. Motson is just one such commentator.
Good riddance. Dreadful and mind numbingly dull commentator. Barry Davies was so much better.
He’s crap. I don’t care if he has lasted fifty years. It doesn’t mean he is any good.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY
I went to the funeral of Hugh Johns in Radyr some years ago ( I was in school with his son and knew the family well). The great and the good of football commentating and journalism were there. Motson cropped up in their conversation quite quickly and none of them had a good word to say about him either personally or professionally. I was quite surprised at the depth of animosity but quite happy as my low opinion of him appeared to be borne out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Badly Ironed Shirt
Also he’s one of those “he had every right to go down there” type of commentators, clueless.
I have fond memories of Motson's commentary, but it's probably a nostalgia thing.
Whether he had some kind of personality disorder or not, along with Barry Davies he was synonymous with football on the BBC.
He had a unique style of commentary and doubtless he will have had some influence on others in his field, even if it is how not to do it.
Personally I liked David Coleman's commentary to both Motson and Davies but he also presented his own show "Sportsnight" midweek, which was a higher position again.
Was it Brighton ,remeber it was on MOTDQuote:
Originally Posted by Louth
I’m pretty sure it was Brighton and it was on Match of the day and we lost 1-0Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
I can’t stand Lawro or Andy Townsend.... absolute garbage
It'd be kinder to have him put down. Hearing him ramble on in his recent MotD commentaries is tragic, though pure nostalgia will bring me fondish memories of him.
ITV commentators annoy the shit out of me, Brian Moore was the best for me, and some of the Sky commentators are good (maybe not Tyler) and I have a guilty pleasure for Alan Green. He's a bastard and just says it like it is, and he's responsible for one of my favourite lines of commentary ever during WC 2006 when a player was rolling around on the floor and the stretcher party came on: "Here come the palbearers!".
I like him. Reminds me of many great games growing up.
How odd. I like him as well and have found him to be a football institution right thru my life.
Football commentary is incredibly difficult. Have a go at it sometime at home. On your own. Nigh on impossible to do without repeating yourself and making yourself sound unbelievably stupid.
Then criticise
He is part and parcel of my footballing childhood. Therefore I have found memories of him but there is an element of Wenger in that his best days are gone. The style of commentary has changed over the decades but if pushed I would prefer his style to the shouty Jonathan Pearce method that seems more prevalent these days.
Martin Tyker is one I like as well.
That ‘Ageeeeeeeeuuuurrrrrrrooooo’ moment is legendary 😃😃😃
Good riddance to the gibbering idiot. When is he quitting the tv commentary ?. I remember a World Cup when he was commentating on a Turkey game and suddenly decided to start using the players alternate family names, so no one knew who he was talking about, presumably to show how clever he was. A well known defender called Bulent (who had Bulent on his shirt) suddenly became Metrizoglu or something similar. I turned off in disgust and have been waiting patiently for him to pack it in ever since.
Me neither - miserable sod.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spearsy
Saying that mind, so would I be if someone shit in my kitbag. :hehe:
Mine are:Quote:
Originally Posted by Badly Ironed Shirt
Alan Green
Alan Green
Alan Green
Motson has always been over rated in my opinion and I won't be sad to see him go - he was something of a boring statto in his first existence, but then made a seemingly calculated change to a more excitable fan type commentator in his second which came about around the time the Premier League statto - either way, he was crap as far as I was concerned.