On that one issue I have to politely disagree. I think Matt Young does a really good job. Because he’s commentating to the same audience each week he doesn’t get lost in all the tired tropes that get rolled out about us. I find him clear and knowledgeable. And he’s commentating off the telly home and away. Respect for that.
Is that the SUTV commentator?
No harm with disagreeing, I just don't find him or the platform particularly exciting or interesting. It was more to highlight how good the BBC comms were rather than slate ours too much....
The difference i found last night with the much experienced fella on BBC Leeds / West Yorks was that he was extremely well informed. Yes he should be informed on a side a few miles down the road but i thought that whilst there was the obvious biase to the side he was covering, Huddersfield, there was also a respect for the opposition, which you rarely find nowadays. His honesty and opinions were not controversial, they were quite blunt, but polite.
His comments about how, for an automaticly promoted side we've lost so many games (and he reeled them off, whilst also expressing his knowledge of the division generally) were not tinged with a dig that we were an average side, but how competitive the division is.
He genuinely seemed to love football and his comments about Baldocks runs were also good to hear.
Through listening to him and also the Boro commentators as well as many others through the season, it is clear that not many commentators and co commentators watch or take interest in the opposition.