Is Andy Townsend The Most Biased Commentator In The World?
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Is Andy Townsend The Most Biased Commentator In The World?
I thought his bias was reserved for British clubs, but Arsenal could be playing a team managed by Hitler and he'd be throwing up Nazi salutes all night and getting the peroxide formula ready, so it's not that he's supporting his own. No, it seems he has a fondness for Liverpool
Tonight was a brilliant example
The more the night went on, the more the "neutral" facade dropped away. He was practically in tears when Markovic was sent off, frantically multi tasking between telling us a finger in the eye didn't warrant a straight sending off and tweeting UEFA's page to see if he couldn't get the red overturned. Every little nip and tug and tussle from a Basel player was met with incessant claims that that should be a 3 match ban and a hefty fine. He was openly HOPING that Liverpool would win and dump Basel out. When Gerrard scored that (beautiful) free kick, you've never heard a man so happy in your entire life. It's like he'd won the lottery, or a free kebab
I know most commentators support team(s) from their country when playing against foreigners, but surely there has to be some sort of professionalism in place?
Tonight was a brilliant example
The more the night went on, the more the "neutral" facade dropped away. He was practically in tears when Markovic was sent off, frantically multi tasking between telling us a finger in the eye didn't warrant a straight sending off and tweeting UEFA's page to see if he couldn't get the red overturned. Every little nip and tug and tussle from a Basel player was met with incessant claims that that should be a 3 match ban and a hefty fine. He was openly HOPING that Liverpool would win and dump Basel out. When Gerrard scored that (beautiful) free kick, you've never heard a man so happy in your entire life. It's like he'd won the lottery, or a free kebab
I know most commentators support team(s) from their country when playing against foreigners, but surely there has to be some sort of professionalism in place?
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Someone on another forum described it perfectly
"He stopped being a commentator at around the 60th minute mark and turned into a Sunday league soccer dad cheering on his kid, or one of your mates down the pub cheering on his favourite team"
"He stopped being a commentator at around the 60th minute mark and turned into a Sunday league soccer dad cheering on his kid, or one of your mates down the pub cheering on his favourite team"
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It was cringeworthy at times. He was like 'oh' when the Basel goal went in and did little to hide his utter devastation when Markovic got sent off, as you noted, and I think his missus will have a fair bit of scrubbing to do on wash day next to get all the splooge stains out of his trousers from that Gerrard freekick.
Embarrassing.
Embarrassing.
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ITVs entire team are cringe worthy as hell and quite frankly Sky are not much better.
Gonna be interesting when BTs coverage starts
Gonna be interesting when BTs coverage starts
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Martin Tyler made me want to kill someone with his disgustingly thinly veiled pro-British attitude all game so I feel deeply for anyone that had to endure something worse
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Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:ITVs entire team are cringe worthy as hell and quite frankly Sky are not much better.
Gonna be interesting when BTs coverage starts
Agreed with everything, except the bold.
As long as Martin Tyler is there, they are GOATS.
BT, cringe worthy to be hearing Owen on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
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Martin Tyler is great but the rest.....
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Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Martin Tyler is great but the rest.....
He makes up for all of them.
Him and Andy Gray....... The glory days.
Fck it:
The GOATS
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DAT Di Canio goal (excellent pundit now)
Was Martin Tyler the voice on Fifa 2000 ? I had it in English
Was Martin Tyler the voice on Fifa 2000 ? I had it in English
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"oh no"- Andy Gray
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Mr_Puyol wrote:"oh no"- Andy Gray
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Lol you think that's bad? Wouldn't want you to listen to Danish commentator when Danish team are playing international. Or when Liverpool is playing and Jan Mølby is commentating.
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"Get off the pitch" Andy Gray
"Would you smash it" Richard Keys
"Would you smash it" Richard Keys
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Marcel Reif.
He is so biased for Bayern that he will even argue against stats [that are unfavourable to Bayern] that are shown on screen. What's worse is his commentary consists of describing the most obvious things on the pitch and anytime a team puts up a fight against Bayern the game itself is a tactical master class.
He is so biased for Bayern that he will even argue against stats [that are unfavourable to Bayern] that are shown on screen. What's worse is his commentary consists of describing the most obvious things on the pitch and anytime a team puts up a fight against Bayern the game itself is a tactical master class.
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This is what we have to put up with in England.
Good Lord.
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One of the best pieces of commentary by legend Andy Gray
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Deep in your hearts you all know Clive Tyldesley is better than Tyler.
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He is a complete joke. Today's match he was far more biased than he was for City against Bayern. Full of "go on!" and "yesss", added with oohs and aahs everytime Liverpool mounted an attack or a semi decent chance on goal. They way he yelled when Gerrard scored was embarrassing. Sounded like he was about to cry when the full time whistle went.
He even had the audacity to say neutrals will be gutted that Liverpool have gone out. Yeah, I bet United and Everton fans are crying in their sleep tonight, or any other rival fans of Liverpool's for that matter. Buffoon
Last time I ever go against not muting this clown. In fact, the entire ITV panel of pundits, spearheaded by that utter buffoon Adrian Chiles, is awful.
He even had the audacity to say neutrals will be gutted that Liverpool have gone out. Yeah, I bet United and Everton fans are crying in their sleep tonight, or any other rival fans of Liverpool's for that matter. Buffoon
Last time I ever go against not muting this clown. In fact, the entire ITV panel of pundits, spearheaded by that utter buffoon Adrian Chiles, is awful.
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You guys need to watch this.
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I don't really mind at all tbf, more entertaining than complete neutrals. What exactly do people hate about it? In Denmark it's widely widely accepted and encouraged to cheer for a national club like it's your own internationally, and if even it wasn't, I still don't see a problem with it at all.
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It's ok in small doses, would be more acceptable if the commentators fangirling over a club didn't do so at the expense of the other one by downright shitting all over them
Fkn Sky could be watching a PL team getting beat 8-0 by a Russian team and all you'd hear is how shit their league is and how they'd never do it if they were in the BPL
Fkn Sky could be watching a PL team getting beat 8-0 by a Russian team and all you'd hear is how shit their league is and how they'd never do it if they were in the BPL
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You lot would rather have them be as horrible as possible, so you could post videos of them and mock them, than have commentators that fit the criteria you listed
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Not me some of their commentating infuriates me in the pre-game panel I haven't watched it properly in like 2 CLs
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Tomwin Lannister wrote:Not me some of their commentating infuriates me in the pre-game panel I haven't watched it properly in like 2 CLs
The Danish ones are usually pretty good and funny in pregame shows tbh.
Sadly this GOAT trio is no longer together
Would think it's hard for most English commentators to stay less passionate because it's such a big part of the English culture.
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