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  • September 10, 2012 at 6:46 pm #16794
    pjay

    Is anyone else having their coverage ruined by Hugh Porter and Rob Hayles’ “commentary”?
    Surely being to identify the riders is a basic requirement of a commentator? Hugh knows nothing about road cycling, Rob does but is unable to string a lucid sentence together.

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  • September 16, 2012 at 8:37 am #699887
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    handlebarcam

    One thing is for sure: I’m
    One thing is for sure: I’m going to humming that glorious little ditty they play over the Tour of Britain graphics before and after each ad break for months to come. Its artistry is in the great tradition of Western classic music, picking up where the Romantic composers of the 18th and 19th centuries left off. I mean, just marvel at its structure and tonal range:

    Der-der der-der der-der der-derrrr

    Sublime!

    I am of, course, being sarcastic. I am not mental. What it is is the answer to the question, posed to a sound engineer the night before the coverage started, “What tune can we use that won’t cost us anything in rights payments?”

    P.S. I agree completely with the above comments about Hugh Porter. Dreadful. Simply dreadful. Rob Hayles, however, is getting better.

    P.P.S. To the positivity police, like issacforce, this is clearly a thread for complaints. What harm is that doing you? Sure, give your counter opinion, but don’t accuse people who fail to share your rose-tinted view of the world of having no life. If more people complained, or rather more people listened to the dissenting opinions already being voiced, the world would be in a lot less of a sorry state than it currently is.

    September 15, 2012 at 11:29 pm #699885
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    didds

    No matter how bad they are
    No matter how bad they are they CANNOT be as cringingly awful as Dan Atherton on the Cycle Show thing the other week… after his 728th “well, err, yeah, well, you know” I just gave up. I know these guys are amazing bike riders 1st and not journos, but if they can’t string a sentence together on the phone when the producer is setting up the program, don’t bloody interview them. Its just… ARGGHHH!

    didds

    September 15, 2012 at 6:23 pm #699883
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    Gkam84

    Pretty sure they are. BBC are
    Pretty sure they are. BBC are ok, but if they have pulled Porter from the ToB to start the worlds…..I shall NOT be watching it on the beeb

    September 15, 2012 at 6:12 pm #699881
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    pjay

    Please tell me the World’s
    Please tell me the World’s are on Eurosport…

    September 15, 2012 at 3:37 pm #699879
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    technojim

    Don’t feel too guilty, no
    Don’t feel too guilty, no doubt he’ll be back for the worlds. They were on BBC last year, I presume it’s the same again. Better stock up on the beers, because everyone’s in different kit and there’s loads of randoms riding it’s going to be even more difficult to tell who’s who.

    September 15, 2012 at 3:16 pm #699877
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    pjay

    Feeling slightly guilty
    Feeling slightly guilty now… but not too guilty. Hugh has gone and the new Irish guy is excellent.

    September 15, 2012 at 2:26 pm #699875
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    Gkam84

    I was forced to watch ITV
    I was forced to watch ITV today after my Eurosport feed went dead.

    SO happy I didn’t have to put up with Hugh Porter….Has he been pulled from the show?

    September 15, 2012 at 1:29 pm #699873
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    samg123

    Who’s the new Irish guy
    Who’s the new Irish guy today? I quite like him- less of the unbearable excitement of Porter!

    September 15, 2012 at 12:56 pm #699871
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    issacforce

    soory to disapointdarth but
    soory to disapointdarth but never watched x factor anmd never will

    September 14, 2012 at 9:39 pm #699869
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    technojim

    That’s a good one, I’ll put
    That’s a good one, I’ll put it on the list. He usually wheels that out whenever there’s a shot of someone pedaling…..

    September 14, 2012 at 8:02 pm #699867
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    Adey

    Back to the drinking
    Back to the drinking game…….
    Have a drink everytime Hugh says “tapping out the rhythm”
    Guarenteed blottoed by the end of the show!
    Bless him

    September 14, 2012 at 7:58 pm #699865
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    pjay

    Yes, sorry, the sprint behind
    Yes, sorry, the sprint behind JTL and Koenig

    September 14, 2012 at 7:12 pm #699863
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    Gkam84

    I hope you mean the battle
    I hope you mean the battle for 4th and 5th 😉

    If they didn’t know who JTL was then it should be off air right now

    September 14, 2012 at 6:58 pm #699861
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    pjay

    It looks like they are
    It looks like they are re-recording parts of the commentary for the highlights programme. They didn’t know who had finished second during the live coverage today, was distinctly embarrassing. Lo and behold, in the highlights they did!

    September 14, 2012 at 1:50 pm #699859
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    Gkam84

    There you go Techno, couple
    There you go Techno, couple of drinks for you.

    I have ITV on the TV and Eurosport on the computer. I just heard

    Oozkatel Oozkadie and Paplo Oortasun being called out 👿

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