Commentator on Match of the Day

[Exiled_red]

He's partially right but, it was an unfair reflection. There should have been a couple of reds too.

[Norbs]

Haha poor The Keown. They use him because he has a nice Home Counties accent and sounds, on the very surface, mildly impressive. In reality he's just like all the others, can't string a sentence together.

At least though he says "he did well", rather than "he done well" and adds the 'ly' bit on the end of words - eg "he did fantastically there", rather than "he done fantastic"

Get outta here, Shaggy. His accent sounds far more west country than home counties.

[Shaggy]

Hardly, he's from Oxford.

[Norbs]

Hardly, he's from Oxford.

Borderline west country then

[Mike]

ronnie whelan has the worst combination of football accent and football grammar ever.

No, Jon Motson is the worst.

Who is Drogbarrrr?
He says Dav-id Villa, not Dav-id Vee-ya (if you get my drift)
Same with "Cap-de-vil-la" instead of Cap-de-vee-ya

Also, there is a chip on the whitewash of penalty areas now; whenever the ball crosses that line to go into the box, it sends a signal to the voicebox of Jon Motson, causing his voice to get louder, higher-pitched and faster.

Cant stand him.

[Craig_H]

David Pleat is the best, he rules.

Yossi 'Benanoon' is an all time classic, but he produced my current favourite on radio yesterday, referring to Everton's number 28 as Victor Anchovy.

[badpiggy]

joe kinnear saying dez-champz always did my ****in head in.

[rudedog]

No one comes close to Ron Atkinson when it comes to commentating gaffs - heres a collection of his best ones ...

He can't speak Turks, but you can tell he's delighted."

"The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful."

"There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight."

"They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different. They are both called Steve."

"In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg. But leukemia is worse still. Probably."

"Despite his white boots, he has real pace and aggression."

"Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late 20s or 30s and sometimes not even then. Or so it would appear. To me anyway. Don't you think the same?"

"The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of the starting line-up today. There were others as well."

"The ref was vertically 15 yards away. He has a moustache."

"England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second to none."

"The tide is very much in our court now."

"It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up pops a yellow card. I'm talking metaphysically now of course."

"I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time. And not for the reasons that you're thinking of Clive."

"The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could win this match or lose it or draw it even."

"I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona. You seen the pictures as well Clive. Like an acorn I tells ya, just like an acorn."

"I know what is around the corner. I just don't know where the corner is."

"You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw."

"...using his strength. And that is his strength, his strength. You could say that that's his strong point."

"Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose. It's up to them, the tide is in their court now."

"I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different. The red light district is still the same mind you.

"Though it's a lot bigger. And more expensive. I prefer Hamburg, more variety. There are these ladies there with fully formed moustaches, know what I mean."

"Argentina are the second-best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that."

"A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off."

"The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game."

"That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong."

[Agger the Dagger]

Part of the problem is we don't have a Ruddock or Dicks to crack some legs - we're too easy to bully nowadays

[Reece]

Agree, how I long for a defender of their quality

[Exiled_red]

Part of the problem is we don't have a Ruddock or Dicks to crack some legs - we're too easy to bully nowadays

For me that isn't a problem

[Agger the Dagger]

Agree, how I long for a defender of their quality

Ruddock had a good left foot - he just preferred to use his left hook

[fah-q]

Hardly, he's from Oxford.

Borderline west country then

I bumped into him at the JR Hospital in Oxford the other day. He's the posh end of Oxford.