I Hate English Football Commentators

[lemonchicken]

More than 1.5 billion people tuned into the opening match of the world cup and many more followed throughout the tournament. I am sure there are a fair few JCnetters whom also got into World Cup fever.

Anyway, on with the rant.

I hate English Football Commentators! Especially the supposed "most established commentator" in the country, John Motson and his partner in crime, Mark Lawrenson. Before the World Cup they are talking up England's chances of winning the trophy and how this year was a "now-or-never" tournament for them. When they lost to Portugal (in a match they were dominated), John Motson starts his long winded excuses such as Star Players weren't 110% fit and executed his "There is always next time" style approach. yada yada yada.

I've noticed how English Commentators - Motson being one of the most guilty - would add the most un-useful and uninteresting comments. One example would be in the England v Trinidad game:

"Theo only has his provisional driving licence and he's in the World Cup"

At this point, I proceeded to mute the sound and watch the match in silence.

Sometimes, I think they are the most Biased - or Patriotic if you prefer - people in Eng-er-land. They absolutely adore their country and national team. They eat, sleep and breathe in the likes of Rooney and Beckham. Even in the most inappropriate times, they would throw in an England related quote:

"He was once the star man of Man Utd" -about Trinidad Striker Dwight Yorke

"At least we have one world cup winner" when Fabio Grosso won the World Cup with Italy. So apparently Grosso is now an Englishman even though he lived there for a total of 5 minutes or so before he went back to Italy.

I just don't understand why the BBC and ITV - with all their money - hire people who know what they are talking about and who don't blab on until the cows come home.

End Rant.

[chineseguyjl]

very good point. i agree. i also hate the commentary in general. it should be just the sound of the audience and maybe some commentary when they score, but they never shut up about the judgement.i cant believe theres multiple shows dedicated to sports commentary, and all of them are on the same side. its not even a debate or anything, its more like they're trying to convince the nation to side with them and be more bias. good thing i found out how to sound out all of the commentary voices on my sound system, and just leave the audience noises then turn up my normal music.

[squirtle23]

The sport itself is 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000X Lame!!!! U got crazy people chanting god-knows-what in the background.. Add the monotonous commentary while the ball is still being kicked around midfield... When the score is tied or no one scored at all, u just wasted like about 2 hrs of your life!!! I forced mysef to watch a english premier league match once on TV... I fell asleep... I think people watch it because they placed bets on games and not for the love of the sport... other than that, the business of the sport is bigger than the game itself....

[iron]

Being English I've never noticed them being biased before (surprising? ;)). My non-English friends though keep saying how biased they are and I suppose it's true, but it's probably the same in other countries.

Mark Lawrenson is a moron. I hate him.

It's just being passionate about the country. People don't wanna hear their team being slagged off when they're battered in a pub watching the world cup. But probably could be toned down abit. :P

[gifted1]

haha, just listen to some Jay Chou and watch Football MUTED, it's good and it works. I hate when they say stuff like:

"Gary Coleman ate apple cherry mint pie for lunch, he is way ready for the game!"

(I made that name up, lol if he exists oh well.)

[cowboy]

The sport itself is 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000X Lame!!!! U got crazy people chanting god-knows-what in the background.. Add the monotonous commentary while the ball is still being kicked around midfield... When the score is tied or no one scored at all, u just wasted like about 2 hrs of your life!!! I forced mysef to watch a english premier league match once on TV... I fell asleep... I think people watch it because they placed bets on games and not for the love of the sport... other than that, the business of the sport is bigger than the game itself....

Here Here! Your problem is that you are expecting an exhillirating, on the edge of your seat commentary of a sport where for 97% of the game it is just people running around kicking the ball out of bounds. Then, when there is some action, like when a player is driving for the goal and takes a shot, 97% of the time they miss, or it gets blocked, or it goes out of bounds, or it gets stolen. Sorry mate, but your problem lies not with the commentators, but with your so called "football" itself.

You see, that's the reason why America took your little sport and made it better -- full contact. Then we took what used to be "football" and changed the name to something a little more menaingless and fitting -- soccer.