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  • September 5, 2012 at 8:56 pm #16745
    Cooks

    Does anybody else find the commentators IMMENSELY annoying? Anthony McCrossen has a voice that is like an icepick in my ear, and the Scottish fella is almost as bad. Todays constantly repeated words and phrases: Penultimate, bit between his teeth.

    Painful, painful watching.

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  • September 8, 2012 at 6:14 pm #698747
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    pjay

    cat1commuter wrote:There are

    ”cat1commuter” wrote:
    There are worse commentators. eg: Carlton Kirby

    I’d hesitate to call Carlton Kirby a commentator. He’s more the bloke that Eurosport call when no-one else is available (for any sport). Still, at least Liggett and Sherwen weren’t available for this Vuelta. We have to be thankful for that.

    September 8, 2012 at 3:21 pm #698745
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Brian Smith of course also
    Brian Smith of course also general manager of Endura Racing.

    Rode alongside some Texan bloke at Motorola in 1994, too 😉

    September 8, 2012 at 2:19 pm #698743
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    cat1commuter

    There are worse commentators.
    There are worse commentators. eg: Carlton Kirby

    September 8, 2012 at 7:32 am #698741
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    bikecellar

    Gkam84 wrote:I watched
    [quote=Gkam84]I watched yesterday’s stage on ITV player. I like Ant. He’s got knowledge, I just don’t like ITV

    https://twitter.com/antmccrossan

    The Scottish fella you are talking about is Brian Smith the former national road race champion 91 and 94

    He is a regular guy on Eurosport’s coverage. I think he’s a great commentator

    https://twitter.com/BriSmithy%5B/quote%5D
    +1

    September 7, 2012 at 5:59 pm #698739
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    Cooks

    The coverage has been good,
    The coverage has been good, the pre race and post race analysis has been good, everything has been good, except I don’t think Anthony McCrossen is a good commentator.

    September 7, 2012 at 5:50 pm #698737
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    Adey

    I for one think the coverage
    I for one think the coverage has been good

    September 7, 2012 at 4:37 pm #698735
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    Cooks

    Yeah, when I get paid to
    Yeah, when I get paid to commentate on it, I will.

    September 7, 2012 at 1:11 pm #698733
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    russyparkin

    hows your version coming
    hows your version coming along @Cooks? i get to catch the coverage on eurosport and itv4.

    people need to realise we are lucky to have the coverage at all.

    everyones an armchair expert and can do a better job it seems.

    i personally find the coverage perfectly acceptable its not going to win an oscar but take what you can get.

    September 6, 2012 at 8:54 pm #698731
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    paulfg42

    AM doesn’t have a very
    AM doesn’t have a very exciting tone to his voice which means even the most exciting events in the race he makes sound uninteresting. Shame.

    September 6, 2012 at 7:05 pm #698729
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    pjay

    Anthony McCrossan has a very
    Anthony McCrossan has a very annoying voice is a pretty useless commentator. Brian Smith is knowledgeable but not a natural broadcaster.

    Roger Hammond, on the other hand, is excellent: intelligent, articulate and insightful. Dodgy shirts though.

    September 6, 2012 at 6:00 pm #698727
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    Gkam84

    I watched yesterday’s stage
    I watched yesterday’s stage on ITV player. I like Ant. He’s got knowledge, I just don’t like ITV

    https://twitter.com/antmccrossan

    The Scottish fella you are talking about is Brian Smith the former national road race champion 91 and 94

    He is a regular guy on Eurosport’s coverage. I think he’s a great commentator

    https://twitter.com/BriSmithy

    September 6, 2012 at 5:14 pm #698725
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    Organon

    Are Phil Liggett and Paul
    Are Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen not available? Do they get 49 weeks off a year?

    September 6, 2012 at 6:53 am #698723
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    phax71

    Doesn’t really bother me, the
    Doesn’t really bother me, the picture quality is much better than the Eurosports stream I “acquire” via my Apple TV box .. 🙂

    Have to say though, at times when listening, it feels kinda strange to have Frankie Boyle commentating .. 🙂

    I think it would be great to have ITV4 cover all three Grand Tours and TOB, I have emailed them in the past regarding this …

    All in all though, this years VUELTA has been very enjoyable, I’ve found it a little dull in the past TBH, much preferring the GIRO, but 2012 has been all good.

    September 5, 2012 at 10:05 pm #698721
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    djb123

    They are very annoying, have
    They are very annoying, have they stopped pronouncing movistar “movie-star” yet?

    September 5, 2012 at 9:36 pm #698719
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    russyparkin

    you give it a crack for the
    you give it a crack for the next stage, record it, put it on youtube and i will give it a watch and let you know what i think.

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