[jasecd]

I thought we were done with these after the Tour but no, they’re back for La Vuelta highlights

 

Does anybody else get annoyed with these?

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[BarryBianchi]

I think the watchfinder ads

I think the watchfinder ads are excellent.  Saves me going into Can’tphone Swearhouse to see what the sales staff are wearing.

[don simon fbpe]

jollygoodvelo wrote:

Yorkshire wallet wrote:

beezus fufoon wrote:

CygnusX1 wrote:

Watch the highlights on Eurosport, not ITV4 – problem solved

except that the eurosport adverts are almost all featuring imbeciles talking (or singing dodgy opera) about cars, car insurance, or selling cars!

Did you not know that Eurosport is an adverts channel that plays sport in the breaks?

Don’t forget the Jerusalem/Tel Aviv adverts.

Shir Elmaliach.

You’re welcome.

[Anonymous]

Yorkshire wallet wrote:

beezus fufoon wrote:

CygnusX1 wrote:

Watch the highlights on Eurosport, not ITV4 – problem solved

except that the eurosport adverts are almost all featuring imbeciles talking (or singing dodgy opera) about cars, car insurance, or selling cars!

Did you not know that Eurosport is an adverts channel that plays sport in the breaks?

Don’t forget the Jerusalem/Tel Aviv adverts.

[fenix]

NJA wrote:

NJA wrote:

I thought that they were terrible, but then I saw the Alpecin advert on Eurosport with the shouty guy on the team bus. 

Now that is an all time low.

I enjoy the alpecin advert !

The watch one is crap but if you were wearing a 10000 pound watch you’d probably be going easy too..
Also explains why he can’t afford a better bike.

They’ve thought about this.

[gonedownhill]

NJA wrote:

I thought that they were terrible, but then I saw the Alpecin advert on Eurosport with the shouty guy on the team bus. 

Now that is an all time low.

 

They really are focussing on their hair above all, that’s why they’ve got absolutely bobbins results this year!

[dottigirl]

NJA wrote:

NJA wrote:

I thought that they were terrible, but then I saw the Alpecin advert on Eurosport with the shouty guy on the team bus. 

Now that is an all time low.

Yep. That one makes me cringe, and scramble for the remote to FF asap.
I ignore the Watchfinder ads, they don’t bother me.

[NJA]

I thought that they were

I thought that they were terrible, but then I saw the Alpecin advert on Eurosport with the shouty guy on the team bus. 

Now that is an all time low.

[jasecd]

Simon E wrote:

Perhaps you could consciously try to see it for what it is and be a bit less annoyed by incredibly insignificant things like a telly advert. 

 

Well, it’s relative – I’m not screaming at TV, just surprised at how bad and cheaply made they are.

It seems like they have identified their target market has large numbers of cycling fans so all they need to do is spend a couple of hundred quid on some extremely poorly shot idents of a guy rolling around on an entry level bike. 

Also I would watch on Eurosport but I only subscribe during the classics and the giro, when I can’t get cycling anywhere else.

[Simon E]

Adverts are supposed to be

Adverts are supposed to be memorable, therefore they they are likely to be annoying. But they are a necessary part of bringing content to your screen.

Perhaps you could consciously try to see it for what it is and be a bit less annoyed by incredibly insignificant things like a telly advert. You could mute it or walk out of the room for 3 minutes. Or maybe ask yourself whether there is something else that is really bothering you. This happens to virtually everyone, I have found myself getting annoyed about something really trivial but what was really bothering me was something else entirely.

[Anonymous]

beezus fufoon wrote:

CygnusX1 wrote:

Watch the highlights on Eurosport, not ITV4 – problem solved

except that the eurosport adverts are almost all featuring imbeciles talking (or singing dodgy opera) about cars, car insurance, or selling cars!

Did you not know that Eurosport is an adverts channel that plays sport in the breaks?

[beezus fufoon]

CygnusX1 wrote:

CygnusX1 wrote:

Watch the highlights on Eurosport, not ITV4 – problem solved

except that the eurosport adverts are almost all featuring imbeciles talking (or singing dodgy opera) about cars, car insurance, or selling cars!

[psling]

The irony of an advertisement

The irony of an advertisement for something to measure time provoking a reaction from people who really do need to be reminded that life is too short…

[arckuk]

It’s cringeworthy. They

It’s cringeworthy. They managed to find the lowest-spec bike they could – it looks like Sora or Claris – nothing against those, but it’s an ad targeted at bike enthusiasts. Then they stuck middle-aged-non-action-man on top and got him to cycle at less than 5 mph on a terrible piece of tarmac. The equivalent would be to show someone with a fancy watch getting into their Nissan Micra and pulling out of a side road into a traffic jam before coverage of the F1!

[Jack Osbourne snr]

don simon wrote:

don simon wrote:

Which is the advert where they’re walking the bike wearing cleatless cycling shoes?

Ah… But if Heineken made cleats they’d be the… Oh hang on…

[don simon fbpe]

Which is the advert where

Which is the advert where they’re walking the bike wearing cleatless cycling shoes?

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