dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Shearer has outdone himself there. Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Roberto Martinez always pops up on ESPN's coverage of major football events and he always seems knowledgable but that is compared to the American commentators who are absolute dross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 The one thing that always sticks with me for Martinez is that during an international tournament in the last few years (cant remember which, at a guess Id say the 2014 world cup - he was Wigan manager at the time though) he was adamant that teams would be using 3 at the back on a regular basis within a couple of years and the BBC studio team had no idea what to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 On 06/07/2016 at 22:49, mikeyp102 said: Not impressed by giggs as pundit at all.. Blander than a sand sandwich We all now know it wasn't his sparkling personality that caused his brothers wife to drop her knickers for him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2016 Nice little mench for @The_Rev on the latest Ramble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Oh. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2016 Gary Lineker @GaryLineker 10m10 minutes ago Of the 16.3 million that watched the @UEFAEURO final, 13.6 million of you chose to watch it on @BBCOne . Thanks all. Surely ITV need to take a look at themselves and realise what makes them so bad to watch? They really need to sack their main commentator. He's horrendous and full of cringe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2016 I'd love to somehow see what the figures would have been if Lawro had been commentating. Maybe it's just me, but my process flow last night was Turn on BBC | | | | V Is Lawro Commentating? --------Yes---------> Turn over to ITV -----------------------------------------No---------> Carry on watching BBC 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 33 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Gary Lineker @GaryLineker 10m10 minutes ago Of the 16.3 million that watched the @UEFAEURO final, 13.6 million of you chose to watch it on @BBCOne . Thanks all. Surely ITV need to take a look at themselves and realise what makes them so bad to watch? They really need to sack their main commentator. He's horrendous and full of cringe. Its purely got to be down to adverts? Who wants the celebrations at the end ruined by constant breaks? Always BBC for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted July 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2016 52 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Gary Lineker @GaryLineker 10m10 minutes ago Of the 16.3 million that watched the @UEFAEURO final, 13.6 million of you chose to watch it on @BBCOne . Thanks all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 1 hour ago, PieFacE said: Surely ITV need to take a look at themselves and realise what makes them so bad to watch? They really need to sack their main commentator. He's horrendous and full of cringe. It's adverts. There might be a few people who chose one channel over another because of the commentators or pundits, but people tend to hate adverts and if they can watch something without adverts then they generally will. Nothing ITV can do about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 I actually don't mind the adverts at half time, I don't really like watching analysis on a match for 10-15 minutes especially a game like yesterday, max of 5 is more than enough. Didn't think ITV were that bad for this tournament, good pundits and presenter and reports. They were still broadcasting the final celebrations long after the BBC aswell. I think the crux of it is for national events like major sporting ones people tend to stick with the BBC, it's just a long standing thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 as some people like watching it on here, it was John Giles last ever game on RTE last night, very sad they treated a football legend so shabbily 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 11, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2016 43 minutes ago, VillaChris said: I actually don't mind the adverts at half time, I don't really like watching analysis on a match for 10-15 minutes especially a game like yesterday, max of 5 is more than enough. Didn't think ITV were that bad for this tournament, good pundits and presenter and reports. They were still broadcasting the final celebrations long after the BBC aswell. I think the crux of it is for national events like major sporting ones people tend to stick with the BBC, it's just a long standing thing. The adverts at half time are ok. But the adverts at full time are really irritating as it often interrupts celebrations which, depending on the game, can be brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, The_Rev said: It's adverts. There might be a few people who chose one channel over another because of the commentators or pundits, but people tend to hate adverts and if they can watch something without adverts then they generally will. Nothing ITV can do about that. Given the ad-revenue ITV generate it's amazing how poor the production quality is. Tournament after tournament ITV have inferior production from everything from the intro (visuals + music) to the video packages they put together. Edited July 11, 2016 by Dr_Pangloss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 5 hours ago, Zatman said: as some people like watching it on here, it was John Giles last ever game on RTE last night, very sad they treated a football legend so shabbily I just assumed he was retiring given he is in his 70s now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 2 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Given the ad-revenue ITV generate it's amazing how poor the production quality is. Tournament after tournament ITV have inferior production from everything from the intro (visuals + music) to the video packages they put together. Really, the interview pieces Gabriel Clarke fronts are pretty good imo, he's a superior interviewer to anything on BBC imo. Last night as soon as Portugal lifted the cup BBC cut off celebrations and finished the programme. Went for a shower then went downstairs to eat, flicked on ITV and they still had post match analysis on so not sure it held true last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 25 minutes ago, VillaChris said: I just assumed he was retiring given he is in his 70s now. no he wanted to stay on but RTE didnt want to renew his contract. RTE is ran by rugby lovers that football is not as important to the station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 15 minutes ago, Zatman said: no he wanted to stay on but RTE didnt want to renew his contract. RTE is ran by rugby lovers that football is not as important to the station Ah a shame...let's hope he lasts longer in retirement than Bill O'Herilhy did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 8 hours ago, Xela said: Its purely got to be down to adverts? Who wants the celebrations at the end ruined by constant breaks? Always BBC for me That was it for me, the (lack of) adverts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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