Adrian Chiles Comments

[Bladesman]

Re: The commentary:

I don't mind the commentators taking the piss, but Chiles is just a bore-on (Carlise got the humour right as others have pointed out)... I am amused at how upset they get an 'how dare the game be boring when TV has actually turned up, don't you know who we are etc etc'...attitude...thats how a lot of live games are across the land...welcome to reality..

Most channels big up every match as if its the biggest game ever. Not sure they made any attempt at all to do that with our match.

Although Roy Keane did have a look on his face that suggested he would have happily punched Chiles in the face given the chance. I agree with others on here Keane enjoyed the match for what we were doing which was playing to our strengths and sticking to our game plan. It was down to Fulham with the stronger team on paper at least to try and break us down.

Chiles tried to be funny but he isn't and I do think we should all be trying to claim the fiver.

 

[bornablade]

I've just been reading on the BBC website Robbie Savage (who has tremendous respect for NC) waxing lyrical about Mourhino's tactics at Manchester City on Monday. 4-2-3-1.

NC talked on the radio about how they watched the game on the bus down to Fulham on Monday and were inspired by Chelsea's performance. On Tuesday night we had Chiles wishing he was anywhere else other than watching a struggling third tier outfit and Dixon who quite honestly never made one constructive remark throughout the whole analysis.

Now I'm not too concerned about a 'fiver' but what I would appreciate is these pundits who can't get enough of talking about the tactics of the likes of Chelsea to show us the same type of respect. NC, for the second time against Premiership opposition got his tactics spot on and deserved more credit than was given.

 

[Superblades]

He's a West Brom fan - enough said.

 

[Bladesway]

It was a bit of humour, or in our piss poor state have we all forgotten how to laugh?

Yes he is a bell end, yes I want Keane to rip his head off every time the opportunity arises but the biggest surprise for me is that anyone was listening to him flapping his gob off.

I wonder if we would win an oversensitive fans of the year award?

 

[Jehovah]

Im all for a bit of humour during commentary, but I cant believe he called us "the cunting blades"

 

[BusheyBlade]

Hang on, I think people have missed the point here. No one is annoyed that he's taking the piss out of United or Fulham (at least I don't see it that way). The point is, he said if you're still watching I'll send you a fiver, so he should be held to that by any one who wants to claim it.

I was on a train a few weeks back which broke down and I had to walk along the tracks. The company then said that anyone on that train could claim their travel back, so I did. I wasn't being over sensitive or anything of the like; I was merely claiming what I was told I was entitled to. Don't want your fiver, don't ask for it; but don't criticise those who do.

 

[Bladesway]

Hang on, I think people have missed the point here. No one is annoyed that he's taking the piss out of United or Fulham (at least I don't see it that way). The point is, he said if you're still watching I'll send you a fiver, so he should be held to that by any one who wants to claim it.

I was on a train a few weeks back which broke down and I had to walk along the tracks. The company then said that anyone on that train could claim their travel back, so I did. I wasn't being over sensitive or anything of the like; I was merely claiming what I was told I was entitled to. Don't want your fiver, don't ask for it; but don't criticise those who do.

I think it may be you who is missing the point and if you think a bloke making a quip on TV should shell out a fiver to everyone who writes in you need help.

 

[BusheyBlade]

I think it may be you who is missing the point and if you think a bloke making a quip on TV should shell out a fiver to everyone who writes in you need help.

Thanks for the constructive feedback, can you recommend someone I should go to for help?

 

[Bladesway]

Thanks for the constructive feedback, can you recommend someone I should go to for help?

I offer a service of my own but based on your previous comment you may not be totally prepared for the operation to undo your sense of humour bypass.

 

[Esablade]

Wonder how many/whether anyone has written to ITV4 to claim their fiver!?

Surely someone has?

 

[BusheyBlade]

I offer a service of my own but based on your previous comment you may not be totally prepared for the operation to undo your sense of humour bypass.

That's almost funny. I don't have a sense of humour bypass, I merely said it's not an issue with him taking the piss out of United. The fact is he offered people money so they're perfectly entitled to claim it seeing as he was stupid enough to make the promise. Look after the pennies and all...

 

[Pierre's PC]

I want my fiver!! n/m

 

[mattbianco1]

'However, Sheffield went on to win 1-0, and several viewers tweeted to request their cash. '

I'm sick of people calling us Sheffield. We are not Sheffield. We are Sheffield United. Can you imagine the uproar if one of Manchester clubs were called just Manchester?

I don't mind it at all. It just means people have forgotten about Wednesday. It pisses me off more when people refer to Man U as United on a live game against someone like Newcastle or West Ham

 

[JJ Sefton]

Adrian Chiles < Ballbag

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

Dixon dropped the 'Sheffield' bomb, very disappointing...

To be fair, he quickly adjusted & said United after.

The comment didn't bother me personally. It was a pretty shit game (for the neutral anyway). It does fill me with the joys of spring that people are taking him up on it though XD

 

[Dec]

Bloody hell, has this country gone on a complete humour bypass.

I assume that the people writing in are doing so in a humorous manner and aren't actually outraged and most likely aren't in desperate need of this fiver.

Well I found some of these example letters quite a bit funnier than Chiles' attempt - maybe that's just me!