[MonkeyKnuckle]

After watching the F.A. cup football over the weekend i was wondering who people think the most annoying football commentators/summarizers are?

based on the stupid things they say, when they are wrong, they know they are wrong but wont say so, say someone is offside when they are obviously not, etc...

[KevD]

Had to go with other on this one, I actually enjoy listening to all of those guys with the exception of Le Saux. Where is Lawrenson, Alan Smith these guys are truely awful.
I have to say I think the Tyler/Gray team is a great one and Kamara is just plain funny

[MonkeyKnuckle]

yeah forgot about them......just did it with the ones i thought about at the time.


c'mon people where is the John Motson hate? or is it just me?

[Dubster]

Not overly fond of motty so he gets my vote.

[LFCRules]

Originally Posted by KevD

and Kamara is just plain funny

Sorry but Kammy really gets on my nerves. God only knows how he was a manager, I can't see any players having respect for the guy with his demena, then again, he wasn't exactly the most successful of managers (but was a good player)

I actually think, even though he isn't technically a commentator, or summeriser, Rob McCaffrey stands out as a good 'un. He's great on "Your On Sky Sports", and moved into some of the Soccer Extra sessions midweek instead of Jeff Stelling. Talks sense and a good attitude to the game.

[MonkeyKnuckle]

i like the way Kamara seems to know what each player on the pitch is thinking at all times, it makes me laugh

[hillster]

Motty always says overtime, it's not bl**dy American Football. Injury time for gods sake!

[dc007]

Kamara makes my laugh - and he has such enthusiasm

Martin Tyler walks all over Ian Darke, IMHO.

Mark Lawrenson is a biased ****, but Alan Smith gets my vote as a complete waste of space.

[JohnG]

I've gone for John Motson as I find him the most annoying of those mentioned. But the person who get on my nerves just as much is Garth Crooks, he's the most useless excuse for a presenter there has ever been. His questions he asks during "interviews" are unbelievably bad and he seems to have no idea at all

[Decadence]

Graham Le Saux is just offensive to listen to and look at...useless.

[lee789]

Another Vote for Garth Crooks. He winds me up something rotten.

[pingu]

Most annoying 'pundit' for me is Ian Wright. He is just so inarticulate.

My vote for best commentator sidekick would be Trevor Brooking - always impartial and quite incisive.

[po_man]

For me, it has to be Mark Lawrenson - Total Gonad if ever there was one, although i do find Graham Le Saux equally annoying! Decadence is right - even to look at, you feel you want to land one on his nose .... gosh where has all this aggresion come from??

[shane515]

Hello All

Graham Le Saux must have contacts in higher BBC places because he is either on the radio or the tv talking rubbish, but the man who got my vote was Andy Gray....I will turn the radio commentary on rather than listen to him (as long as Le Saux aint waffling on about 'he reads the game well ' ) or even opt for Fanzone.

Shane

[2010]

Originally Posted by hillster

Motty always says overtime, it's not bl**dy American Football. Injury time for gods sake!

What REALLY annoys me is when commentators use the term "yellow carded" instead of booked or shown the yellow card, it all started from the USA world cup & its just WRONG

Are there actually any decent pundits/commentators apart from Hansen & Gray?

[DJT75]

Oooohh with out a shadow of a doubt & I can't believe no-one has mentioned him:

TREVOR FRANCIS!!

Utterly useless, knows absolutely nothing about the modern game & can't even identify individual players, their positions or basic tactics being used...

ps. Digger Barnes is crap as a presenter but that's not his fault, he should be the one summarizing.....

[JohnG]

My vote for best commentator sidekick would be Trevor Brooking

Trevor Brooking is OK ..... apart from the fact that he can't say Nottingham or Birmingham properly, they come out as Nottinum and Birminum !

[lee789]

At least he gets Totenum right (unlike Osvaldes Ardiles )

[pingu]

Originally Posted by JohnG

Trevor Brooking is OK ..... apart from the fact that he can't say Nottingham or Birmingham properly, they come out as Nottinum and Birminum !

He sounds like that old Tunes advert: "Redurn du Nottinum pleaz" !

[la gran siete]

Martin Tyler has to be the worst commentator ever- rambles on inanely about issues completely unconnected with the match in question, I have to switch off he annoys me so much. Andy Gray I can just about stomach but lets face it the Sky lot do devote far too much time on analysis- 20 mins will do max.
The best? Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson for me although I always thought highly of Barry Davies

[la gran siete]

And the worst footy programme just has to be that pile of pooh shown on Saturday mornings on Sky. Bunch of kids who dont know sod all about football trying to be funny-----not!What are they about??????

i forgot to mention Gary Pierce who I think is very good!

[Steven]

Any commentator who says "soccer"

Really does peev me off. Shouldn't, but does

Lawro's whiny biased voice is a put off. Le Saux...words fail me. Why? No one would mind paying the license fee if the Beeb got rid of him!

Hansen is class though

[DJT75]

Don't worry about useless commentators, what about useless channels?

ITV just had tonight's Real Madrid starting 11 up on the screen with Luis Figo on the right wing, HE PLAYS FOR INTER MILAN NOW YOU NUMPTYS!!

Geeezus!!!

[Holowlegs]

Originally Posted by DJT75

Oooohh with out a shadow of a doubt & I can't believe no-one has mentioned him:

TREVOR FRANCIS!!

Utterly useless, knows absolutely nothing about the modern game & can't even identify individual players, their positions or basic tactics being used...

ps. Digger Barnes is crap as a presenter but that's not his fault, he should be the one summarizing.....

Francis gets my vote, and what is Barnes doing presenting.

The one that us to make me laugh was Jack Charlton and now and again he would talk some sense.

Cheers Holo

[KevD]

Originally Posted by DJT75

Don't worry about useless commentators, what about useless channels?

ITV just had tonight's Real Madrid starting 11 up on the screen with Luis Figo on the right wing, HE PLAYS FOR INTER MILAN NOW YOU NUMPTYS!!

Geeezus!!!

What else would you expect from the channel whos team compromises Gabby Logan, Andy Townsend and Ally Mcoist

[scrapbook]

Originally Posted by la gran siete

Martin Tyler has to be the worst commentator ever- rambles on inanely about issues completely unconnected with the match in question, I have to switch off he annoys me so much. Andy Gray I can just about stomach but lets face it the Sky lot do devote far too much time on

I agree totally with LGS....help me someone

[Woodywizz]

Lawrenson - biased, no intuition, whining.....yes, you may have made a good defensive partner to Hansen, but he is streets ahead of you in commentating terms. Also agree about Trevor Francis..waste of time - go and pass comment on some obscure midlands radio sports phone-in

[MonkeyKnuckle]

did anyone have to listen the rubbish that came out of David Pleats mouth on ITV? why is he summarizing.....

[LFCRules]

Originally Posted by KevD

What else would you expect from the channel whos team compromises Gabby Logan........

Gabby is the only reason to watch ITV footie

[overkill]

Motty. The biggest NW 'giants' **** kisser of all time. Worst sidekick? Le Saux is a toady, as is Gray, Lawrenson and Pleats bias gets on your pecs', but Fat Ron used to wind me up with his moronic comments. How that idiot managed three clubs (WBA, Man Utd & Villa) successfully is beyond me............ I used to laugh at his stupid lines, but after a few years it wore off - fast.