Best football commentator?

[jonesie]

Match of the Day will have its first woman commentator tomorrow, which I think is fantastic. Women have just as much rights as men and deserve equal status. She's quite fit too.

But who's the best commentator? The BBC should have pensioned off Motty when his sheepskin coat went out of fashion. Tyler on Sky has always been number 1, but is he getting too old? His commentary on the goals from our win in Barcelona are a bit strange.

Personally, I think Rob Palmer is one of the best, he should be allowed to go to actual games more often instead of just sitting in front the telly watching Spanish games.

This was good from midweek: BOOM! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2HLJPPpe2A

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Whats her name? Should be different i will look forward to it

[Gray]

Match of the Day will have its first woman commentator tomorrow, which I think is fantastic. Women have just as much rights as men and deserve equal status. She's quite fit too.

But who's the best commentator? The BBC should have pensioned off Motty when his sheepskin coat went out of fashion. Tyler on Sky has always been number 1, but is he getting too old? His commentary on the goals from our win in Barcelona are a bit strange.

Personally, I think Rob Palmer is one of the best, he should be allowed to go to actual games more often instead of just sitting in front the telly watching Spanish games.

This was good from midweek: BOOM! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2HLJPPpe2A

Just as long as she doesn't get distracted by a butterfly or a fluffy kitten.

[jonesie]

Whats her name? Should be different i will look forward to it

Jacqui Oatley. I think she's doing the Fulham-Blackburn game.

[Shaggy]

Match of the Day will have its first woman commentator tomorrow, which I think is fantastic. Women have just as much rights as men and deserve equal status. She's quite fit too.

But who's the best commentator? The BBC should have pensioned off Motty when his sheepskin coat went out of fashion. Tyler on Sky has always been number 1, but is he getting too old? His commentary on the goals from our win in Barcelona are a bit strange.

Personally, I think Rob Palmer is one of the best, he should be allowed to go to actual games more often instead of just sitting in front the telly watching Spanish games.

This was good from midweek: BOOM! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2HLJPPpe2A

Tyler's wank. I used to like him, but he's such a.....such a.....er.....crap commentator.

He always goes "YES!", allowing himself to get carried away by the occasion. Then he spoils it all by going "YES! Yes for England!".....just to make sure he doesn't upset anybody.

I love Alan Green, but I suppose if he was a Manc (and as biased as he is towards us) I'd probably hate him.

There aren't many commentators that appeal to me, in fairness.

[jonesie]

He always goes "YES!", allowing himself to get carried away by the occasion.

Check out my sig for the ultimate example of that.

[Nic83]

My favs would still be the usual, Tyles and Gray. i quite like the Palmer - Armstrong duo myself aswell. on RTE, I enjoy Daragh Moloney's commentary, he seems very into it "Heeereees a chance oooooooooooooooooo!!!!"

Can't really think of too many that stick out off hand.

I used to like, was it Moore? on ITV.

[Shaggy]

Yep, I loved Brian Moore too.

"Rush now...........AND IT'S IN THERE!"

[jonesie]

The Welsh commentator on Match of the Day always gets excited whenever a Welsh player gets the ball.

'Gerrard, Alonso, BELLAMYYYY!!!!'

'Anelka, Diouf, and now GARY SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!'

[johnp]

My favs would still be the usual, Tyles and Gray. i quite like the Palmer - Armstrong duo myself aswell. on RTE, I enjoy Daragh Moloney's commentary, he seems very into it "Heeereees a chance oooooooooooooooooo!!!!"

Can't really think of too many that stick out off hand.

I used to like, was it Moore? on ITV.

I think George Hamilton does a great job.
Jimmy Magee, but thats only for the comic value.
Also Toshack has done some on TV3 (I think). It's great listening to him. I remember one Real Madrid game where the commentator was talking away about the game and Toshack was in the background whispering to himself:
"Now there's Zidane on the ball, whats he gonna do this time......... ohhhh lovely, that was great.... ahhhh sublime". He just kept going.

[Shaggy]

The Welsh commentator on Match of the Day always gets excited whenever a Welsh player gets the ball.

'Gerrard, Alonso, BELLAMYYYY!!!!'

'Anelka, Diouf, and now GARY SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!'

Haha, very true.

The worst on MOTD is currently Alistair Mann. He was at Granada until quite recently but he's now commentating on games in the north for MOTD. He is absolutely abysmal.

[Gray]

Always liked Barry Davis. Brought a bit class to the proceedings.

[Shaggy]

I don't think a commo ever split opinion like Barry Davies.

I liked him - he got genuinely excited and it always came across - but a lot of people loathed him....my old man really detested the bloke.

I'll never forget his commentary on a goal by Beardsley in a derby in the late 80s at Anfield...think it was a 2-0 win.

"Barnes......oh that's a lovely backheel....McMahon....Aldridge....BEARDSLEYYYYYYY YYYYYY! OH THAT'S A LOVELY GOAL! THAT'S A LOVELY GOAL! HE REALLY CRASHED AT THAT! OH AND HE EVEN GETS A KISS FOR IT, FROM A MAN INCIDENTALLY WEARING A BLUE AND WHITE SHIRT!"

[Slim]

Motty used to be the best but I agree he has lost it a bit. He seems confused half the time as to what is happening these days.

I loved his commentary on the France v Portugal Euro 84 semi final though. Tigana went down the right IIRC and crossed to Platini in the box who held it up with his first touch, spun and smacked it into the roof of the net with his second......cue Motty..............
"Tigana.............PLATINI...........PLATINI..... ........GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The Parc de Prince went bonkers.

[zimbo]

I don't think a commo ever split opinion like Barry Davies.

I liked him - he got genuinely excited and it always came across - but a lot of people loathed him....my old man really detested the bloke.

I'll never forget his commentary on a goal by Beardsley in a derby in the late 80s at Anfield...think it was a 2-0 win.

"Barnes......oh that's a lovely backheel....McMahon....Aldridge....BEARDSLEYYYYYYY YYYYYY! OH THAT'S A LOVELY GOAL! THAT'S A LOVELY GOAL! HE REALLY CRASHED AT THAT! OH AND HE EVEN GETS A KISS FOR IT, FROM A MAN INCIDENTALLY WEARING A BLUE AND WHITE SHIRT!"

I was one of the haters, I’m afraid.
Despised the moralising pillock. He was always there with an ill-conceived or misinformed opinion, usually along the lines of “Oh, we really don’t want to see that sort of thing on a football pitch. Disgraceful!...”, when in reality it was exactly what everyone watching had been waiting for, i.e. a mass brawl, a two-footed, airborne tackle, or a buxom yet strangely athletic streaker.

Often he’d just say nothing for about 10 minutes at a time, only to come back in with a single, high-pitched yelp of a player’s name, before lapsing once more into silence. It was like he had an electrical sensor attached to his scrotum which was wired to jolt him back to life whenever his heart rate fell below 10 beats per minute.

Here’s some of the wrong-faced duffer’s finest Partridge moments:

'History is all about todays and not yesterdays.'

'When you speak to Barry Fry, it's like completing a 1000-piece jigsaw.'

'The familiar sight of Liverpool lifting the League Cup for the first time...'

'Mark Hughes : Sparky by name, Sparky by nature. The same can be said of Brian McClair.'

'I wonder if Manchester United are missing the absence of Bruce.'

'Pearce with the kick...the last throw for England.'

'...and it's just a sea of voices here at the moment.'

'And sitting on the Watford bench is Ernie Whalley's brother Tom. Both Welshmen.'

'They've flown in from all over the world, have the rest of the world team.'

'120,000 Barcelona fans go to their home games, and they're all here tonight.'

'To get three points out of your first game - that's a wonderful start.'

'Manchester United have never beaten an Italian side on two legs in European competition.'

'The winners [of the Champion's League] stand to make £10 million in prize money - that's before any money they can make on programme sales, hot dogs and the like.'

'He [Zinedine Zidane] has the body of a bear, the mind of a fox and, er, terrific skills.'

'That's the 34th time he's played for his country here tonight.'

'There are those who've had his critics...'

'He has the brain of a refrigerator.'

'Bryan Robson wears his shirt on his sleeve.'

'The whole team stopped as one man, but Arkwright in particular.'

'And now we have the formalities over, we'll have the national anthems.'

'Nicky Butt, he's another aptly named player. He joins things, brings one sentence to an end and starts another.'

'A peep, peep, peep, another peep, and that's it.' - BARRY DAVIES greets a final whistle.

'Cantona's expression saying the whole French dictionary without saying a word.'

'The Dutch look like a huge jar of marmalade.'

'The crowd think that Todd handled the ball.... they must have seen something that nobody else did.'