Radio Sheffield annoyances

[Trigger Blade]

I don't listen to it, I prefer having the shoutbox open and waiting for a dozen 'YES!' and 'GET IN', or 'ffs' and 'bollox' messages to appear.

RS doesn’t have dickhead reporters who claim a goal when there isn’t one, as the shoutbox has been known to do.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

What really annoys you when listening to Radio Sheffield? Be it in the commentary, football heaven, interviews or just the presenters in general?

Should get us through the international break...

For me it's when they start off the commentary with "kicking right to left" - who the f**king hell cares what way they're kicking? We don't care where you're sitting in the ground and from what direction the players are kicking in correlation to that - it doesn't paint me a picture or enhance my listening experience whatsoever.

The only time I tend to listen nowadays is on the way to and from matches.
For Evening matches they've always finished talking about United by the time I reach the car.
They choose 21:45 on a Tuesday night to start playing back taped interviews with Basketball or Rugby League coaches.
I presume they do the same if one of the other local sides has been playing at home? I don't know for sure as I don't listen then.

The vast majority of their audience (90%?) will be Blades/football fans driving home from the match.
Why can't they keep Edwards or Gage in the studio for just an extra 15 minutes to talk about football or maybe take a few calls?
That's the main thing that annoys me about Radio Sheffield.

 

[ChemEngBlade]

I would disagree.
When listening to radio commentary I like to have a mental picture of the game.
It annoy me when they don't say which way we are kicking.

I agree with this totally. I like to know which way we're going so can build the picture in my mind

 

[super_pig]

What really annoys you when listening to Radio Sheffield? Be it in the commentary, football heaven, interviews or just the presenters in general?

Should get us through the international break...

For me it's when they start off the commentary with "kicking right to left" - who the f**king hell cares what way they're kicking? We don't care where you're sitting in the ground and from what direction the players are kicking in correlation to that - it doesn't paint me a picture or enhance my listening experience whatsoever.

what really annoys me is that it exists!

 

[Hamburg Blade]

what really annoys me is that it exists!

Radio?

 

[super_pig]

When they're away from home and we're kicking 'left to right' or 'right to left' what on earth is that doing to paint a mental picture?

The weather I understand. The colours of the kits. Colour fucking boots, fine. But what direction we're kicking in correlation to where they're sitting?!

they usually say ‘kicking towards the blah street end for away games

 

[Muttley]

The only time I tend to listen nowadays is on the way to and from matches.
For Evening matches they've always finished talking about United by the time I reach the car.
They choose 21:45 on a Tuesday night to start playing back taped interviews with Basketball or Rugby League coaches.
I presume they do the same if one of the other local sides has been playing at home? I don't know for sure as I don't listen then.

The vast majority of their audience (90%?) will be Blades/football fans driving home from the match.
Why can't they keep Edwards or Gage in the studio for just an extra 15 minutes to talk about football or maybe take a few calls?
That's the main thing that annoys me about Radio Sheffield.

THIS.

Really pisses me off.

 

[Sean Thornton]

THIS.

Really pisses me off.

Sothall's post?

 

[Not_a_Cheat]

Commentaries are nearly always at away games, so unless you know the ground, and where the commentators sit, "kicking left to right" is meaningless. I'm ok if they say "kicking towards the xxxxx stand" or pointing out where the Blades fans are sitting, however. I had this conversation with Andy Giddings about 5 years ago, but it had little effect. Story of my life ... nobody ever listens to me.

On a completely different note, in 1985 Jimmy Hagan paid a visit to Sheffield from his home in Portugal and attended a social evening at the Lane in the Executive Suite. JH was in demand but after some time I was able to corner him and started a conversation with my lifelong hero. Hagan was modest and really cooperative and things were just getting interesting when Bob Jackson, the self-styled 'voice of football' at Radio Sheffield, rudely barged in and virtually dragged Jimmy away to talk to one of Bob's mates. Bob Jackson had already spent some time with Hagan hosting a phone-in for Radio Sheffield listeners, so he'd already had more than his fair share of Jimmy's time. I didn't like Bob Jackson before this happened and - 33 years on - I'm still bitter!

From your viewpoint, was JH sat to the left or right?

 

[Muttley]

Sothall's post?

No. I totally agree with Sothall. Coming out of an evening match and they insist on talking rugby/snooker/darts etc. Anything but reactions to the game you have just watched.

 

[WhiteHawk]

They should only go "round the grounds" when a goal has been scored and ht/ft.

They shouldn't go round the grounds at all. When I'm listening to United I don't give a fuck what's happening in the other local games. All they need to do is tell us the score, absolutely no need to go there for an update. There's been numerous occasions where we've missed a goal because they've done this.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

They shouldn't go round the grounds at all. When I'm listening to United I don't give a fuck what's happening in the other local games. All they need to do is tell us the score, absolutely no need to go there for an update. There's been numerous occasions where we've missed a goal because they've done this.

I can’t agree with this to be honest.
It’s not fair on fans of Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield.

Bad enough for them that they don’t get Live commentary most weeks. Even when they were above us and/or Wednesday in the league (as they all were at some point).

It’s not like they have the option of tuning in to BBC Radio Doncaster for updates instead. We all pay the same license fee.

 

[Sean Thornton]

No. I totally agree with Sothall. Coming out of an evening match and they insist on talking rugby/snooker/darts etc. Anything but reactions to the game you have just watched.

I wasn't being serious.....

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I can’t agree with this to be honest.
It’s not fair on fans of Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield.

Bad enough for them that they don’t get Live commentary most weeks. Even when they were above us and/or Wednesday in the league (as they all were at some point).

It’s not like they have the option of tuning in to BBC Radio Doncaster for updates instead. We all pay the same license fee.

Yes but these people are of the peasant culture. It's only recently that they have had fresh running water and electricity. I'm all for equality, but sometimes you can give people, who have never been used to having much, too much, too soon. I don't think they should have access to live radio commentaries. I don't think they should have access to radio, full-stop. Instead, we should keep them happy by telling them fabricated stories and giving them little trinkets to play with.

 

[diode_blade]

I think it was Luke Wileman? that pissed off to Canada I always thought Gareth Hampshire was the best of the lot mind.

Yer right was Luke that went to Canada.

 

[grafikhaus]

I think some of those presenters, like Foster, Robinson and (Paulette) Edwards, would never get a job on Radio anywhere else in the country.

You mean Toby, Rony, Everard? (It's as if having a stupid fucking first name is a requirement to get a job on RS). And they would get another job on radio. Hospital radio.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

You mean Toby, Rony, Everard? (It's as if having a stupid fucking first name is a requirement to get a job on RS). And they would get another job on radio. Hospital radio.

Yes well...but I wasn't actually commenting on how good they were, or not. What I was meaning is that their "appeal", if we can describe it as that, is that they are very representative of the local population. Very "local". I think that's quite important actually for "local" radio. People feel more comfortable and are better engaged if the voice on the radio sounds like them. These three are "culturally" right for around here. But I can't imagine any of them cutting it outside of Yorkshire, maybe not even outside of South Yorkshire. Still, I expect they've no desire to in any case.

I occasionally hear Toby Foster - I think he's at his best when he's being serious actually! I'm not keen on his humour, but I think he makes a very good and tough interviewer when there's stuff to be got to the bottom of. I like the fact he's not afraid to ask folks very uncomfortable questions.

I occasionally hear Rony. I'm really not very keen tbh. There always seems to be some innuendo flying around and then punctuated with a dirty grizzly laugh, like he smokes 40 a day or summat.

The Queen of innuendo though is Paulette Edwards isn't she? A sexual innuendo is never far from her mind. It also seems to me she that she loves to act as if she's slightly thick, maybe she is slightly thick?

If someone was judging the folks of South Yorkshire by the kind of presenters that broadcast on our local radio station, they'd probably come to the conclusion that we're all thick.

 

[Ferenc Blade]

I was annoyed a few years back when they cut off a guy who began his praise or grumble call with:

"Bryan Robson is a fucking wanker."
I thought he was raising a very valid point.

I did try lots of times after that..but think they banned me...

 

[Hamburg Blade]

I can’t agree with this to be honest.
It’s not fair on fans of Rotherham, Barnsley, Doncaster and Chesterfield.

Bad enough for them that they don’t get Live commentary most weeks. Even when they were above us and/or Wednesday in the league (as they all were at some point).

It’s not like they have the option of tuning in to BBC Radio Doncaster for updates instead. We all pay the same license fee.

Do their fans really listen to 90 minutes of Blades commentry just for the few seconds "going round the grounds"? I can't imagine that would be more than a dozen people, who are probably interested in us anyway. Especially today, when there are so many ways of getting some sort of regular update.

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

What really annoys you when listening to Radio Sheffield? Be it in the commentary, football heaven, interviews or just the presenters in general?

Should get us through the international break...

For me it's when they start off the commentary with "kicking right to left" - who the f**king hell cares what way they're kicking? We don't care where you're sitting in the ground and from what direction the players are kicking in correlation to that - it doesn't paint me a picture or enhance my listening experience whatsoever.

Rony Robinson’s voice annoys the fuck out of me.

I tend to put a face to a voice and then until I see them properly, that’s what they look like (Nick Grimshaw sounded like he looks like a cunt. I was bang on, for example).

But Rony?? No idea. How old is he? About 80?? He needs booting off. Just now in the car (yeah I know, he was on and I had it on) he was reading out some list of ‘hidden gems’. Some bloke has text in saying ‘the gents bogs at the hare and hounds in Barlow. Floor is so clean you could eat your dinner off it and not get disentry.’ Crikey Geoff. Here’s Wham”

Complete tool that bloke.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Rony Robinson’s voice annoys the fuck out of me.

I tend to put a face to a voice and then until I see them properly, that’s what they look like (Nick Grimshaw sounded like he looks like a cunt. I was bang on, for example).

But Rony?? No idea. How old is he? About 80?? He needs booting off. Just now in the car (yeah I know, he was on and I had it on) he was reading out some list of ‘hidden gems’. Some bloke has text in saying ‘the gents bogs at the hare and hounds in Barlow. Floor is so clean you could eat your dinner off it and not get disentry.’ Crikey Geoff. Here’s Wham”

Complete tool that bloke.

The like is for your Nick Grimshaw comment.

 

[WhiteHawk]

Rony Robinson’s voice annoys the fuck out of me.

I tend to put a face to a voice and then until I see them properly, that’s what they look like (Nick Grimshaw sounded like he looks like a cunt. I was bang on, for example).

But Rony?? No idea. How old is he? About 80?? He needs booting off. Just now in the car (yeah I know, he was on and I had it on) he was reading out some list of ‘hidden gems’. Some bloke has text in saying ‘the gents bogs at the hare and hounds in Barlow. Floor is so clean you could eat your dinner off it and not get disentry.’ Crikey Geoff. Here’s Wham”

Complete tool that bloke.

Liking that for the Nick Grimshaw comment.

 

[8lade]

I don't listen to RS too often usually for a 10-20 minute stint when in the car but I was unfortunate to hear Brian the Blade today and he is everything that everybody says about him, I don't honestly believe he hung up at the end of his call, I think he disappeared up his own arse.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Rony Robinson’s voice annoys the fuck out of me.

I tend to put a face to a voice and then until I see them properly, that’s what they look like (Nick Grimshaw sounded like he looks like a cunt. I was bang on, for example).

But Rony?? No idea. How old is he? About 80?? He needs booting off. Just now in the car (yeah I know, he was on and I had it on) he was reading out some list of ‘hidden gems’. Some bloke has text in saying ‘the gents bogs at the hare and hounds in Barlow. Floor is so clean you could eat your dinner off it and not get disentry.’ Crikey Geoff. Here’s Wham”

Complete tool that bloke.

It’s a bit “rustic”.

Actually it’s an interesting little boozer. Old style. They put free food on the bar and have horse racing on the telly. It’s a sort of death’s waiting room for some locals.

Nice place to pop into in summer for a pint of Barlow Brewery ale. But last time I went the little garden was full of diidycoys. Nothing against them btw. But they aren’t very tidy.

 

[Lower Drop Blade]

Commentaries are nearly always at away games, so unless you know the ground, and where the commentators sit, "kicking left to right" is meaningless. I'm ok if they say "kicking towards the xxxxx stand" or pointing out where the Blades fans are sitting, however. I had this conversation with Andy Giddings about 5 years ago, but it had little effect. Story of my life ... nobody ever listens to me.

On a completely different note, in 1985 Jimmy Hagan paid a visit to Sheffield from his home in Portugal and attended a social evening at the Lane in the Executive Suite. JH was in demand but after some time I was able to corner him and started a conversation with my lifelong hero. Hagan was modest and really cooperative and things were just getting interesting when Bob Jackson, the self-styled 'voice of football' at Radio Sheffield, rudely barged in and virtually dragged Jimmy away to talk to one of Bob's mates. Bob Jackson had already spent some time with Hagan hosting a phone-in for Radio Sheffield listeners, so he'd already had more than his fair share of Jimmy's time. I didn't like Bob Jackson before this happened and - 33 years on - I'm still bitter!

Bob Jackson is a knob

 

[ekke287]

Two words.

Toby.
Foster.

Unfunny, rude, loves his own voice, talks over everyone, annoying.

 

[broomhillblade]

If I may be permitted to widen the scope of this thread to national level, does anyone think Richard Madeley has any talent as a presenter, other than being a smug know-it-all who talks down to his guests and listeners, and sometimes even answers his own questions as if to prove how smart he is?

 

[Lower Drop Blade]

If I may be permitted to widen the scope of this thread to national level, does anyone think Richard Madeley has any talent as a presenter, other than being a smug know-it-all who talks down to his guests and listeners, and sometimes even answers his own questions as if to prove how smart he is?

Rather you didn't

 

[grafikhaus]

Two words.

Toby.
Foster.

Unfunny, rude, loves his own voice, talks over everyone, annoying.

Make that three.

Cunt.

If I may be permitted to widen the scope of this thread to national level, does anyone think Richard Madeley has any talent as a presenter, other than being a smug know-it-all who talks down to his guests and listeners, and sometimes even answers his own questions as if to prove how smart he is?

And Holly Willoughby's 'talents' are:

Her tits and

er, that's it.

 

[Hamburg Blade]

And Holly Willoughby's 'talents' are:

Her tits and

er, that's it.

What's wrong with that?