International Commentary 'errors' and downright f*ck ups

Le Snake · Post by **Le Snake** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:35 pm

The standard of commentary in Spain has left me shell-shocked. My favourite last night was the man screaming Ronaldinho's name for several seconds after he'd lost the ball. Other than that, there's been a healthy strand of racism towards the African teams, especially those playing against Spanish-speaking nations.

Milky_Joe · Post by **Milky_Joe** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:28 pm

Drury: It'll be difficult to pick a man of the match today. Spain must be one of the best teams we've seen. Ivory Coast, Argentina and most of all the Czech's are the other teams that have impressed so far, but I wonder, even if they're not quite as good as the Czech team, might Spain be the best European team we've seen?

Le Snake · Post by **Le Snake** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:23 pm

Quite liked Southgate near the end of today's game, talking about Trinidad and Tobago - 'their island will be very proud tonight'. Perhaps he thought the Tobagans had done well, but the Trinidadians let the side down a bit?

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:59 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Batman wrote:I have only just noticed Colin Todd is having a sly drink
I think you'll find that it's Bruce, with a half bottle of......................... oh, never mind.

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:01 pm

Dwight Yorke was felled by a football straight in the 'nads.

He's on floor rolling about with his right hand down his shorts checking out that everything is still where it should be when ITV says...No prizes or guessing where Dwight was injured.

D'you reckon!

Little Green Man · Post by **Little Green Man** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:05 pm

David Pleat tonight, on about Henrik Larsson:

'He's ageless - about 34, 35.'

Leyther_Matt · Post by **Leyther_Matt** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:10 pm

Little Green Man wrote:David Pleat tonight, on about Henrik Larsson:

'He's ageless - about 34, 35.'

Spotted a Big Ron-esque Lawro gem earlier in the week..."he hit the ball too well". Which is why it cleared the third tier, Lawro.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:21 pm

Pleat - "Ibrahimovic went off rubbing his groin"

chris · Post by **chris** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:44 pm

ITV seemed to mention tonight that it would be hard to tell apart the Sweden players, as they were wearing the same colour shirts as the fans.

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:53 am

chris wrote:ITV seemed to mention tonight that it would be hard to tell apart the Sweden players, as they were wearing the same colour shirts as the fans.

pleat's a tithead an all

i didn't think there was more sweden fans than there had been dutch fans in their game

Winter Hill White · Post by **Winter Hill White** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:47 am

As England were huffing and puffing their way to a one-nil (at the time) victory, Southgate went off on some long ramble which concluded with him stating that winning by a small margin was better than winning by a big margin. That's right - one-nil is far better than five-nil everytime.
Cock.

Winter Hill White · Post by **Winter Hill White** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:50 am

And another thing.

Alan Green - we all know he's a tool of the highest order. But here's more proof.
On 6-0-6, the following two quotes came out of his oversized gob within minutes of each other:-
- My role is simply to provide an objective viewpoint.
- I thought England played badly. That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it.

Cock.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:56 am

Winter Hill White wrote:- My role is simply to provide an objective viewpoint.

God, this winds me up. No it isn't, it's to let the listener know what's going on on the pitch. It's the objective viewpoint of players and managers that we want, not some prick from Ulster whose opinion is no more valid or relevant than that of the rest of us.

Cock!

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:29 am

I'm not sure I'm getting this loud and clear...Can someone please clarify...

Is Alan Green a cock or not?

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:52 am

Indubitably!

Winter Hill White · Post by **Winter Hill White** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:53 am

is a

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:12 am

CrazyHorse wrote:I'm not sure I'm getting this loud and clear...Can someone please clarify...

Is Alan Green a cock or not?

An enormous one, yes.

This is him with his cowboy pal.

trotter58 · Post by **trotter58** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:07 am

ITV seem to have cornered the market in shit commentators but what is it with Motson and WW2?! He's OBSESSED!!! Never misses an opportunity to drag the subject up!

Bench · Post by **Bench** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:42 pm

This may have already been pointed out (if so then I offer my apologies), but apparently Jon Champion's recent assertions that Jaidi was the first Bolton player to score in the World Cup Finals was not all that......

http://wc2006a.telegraph.co.uk/Document ... 024CB371D0

chris · Post by **chris** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:47 pm

After tonight's match, Ian Wright when talking about the African teams seemed to think Saudi Arabia was in Africa.

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