The curse of the absent announcer

[bigbirdblade]

I think he is great and his voice suits it. As others have said, you go to other grounds and it’s either dull or very contrived.

Gary can be a bit cheesy at times, but which DJ isn’t?

DJ or MC?

 

[Harry's Game]

Anyone who slags GS off is going to get a taste of what a real incompetent sounds like today when that stand in gets hold of the microphone, my dog could do a better job.

 

[Jon Bon II]

Please tell me they have at least hired a professional presenter for the day and not the deaf and blind bloke who usually steps in.

To give him his due, he sure plays a mean pinball.

 

[Pinchy]

He's off today cos he's Fu ked off to Oz to play golf! Fucking part timer. He posted a video on Facebook saying Richard would be standing in I think. Don't know if it's Batho (or if he still has anything to do with the club?)

It will be Richard Head.

 

[GrayBlade]

This is shocking! He’ll have to fit his main holiday breaks into the close season like the players do or when there’s a break between home games when I buy the club. We’ve just had a two and a half week break between home games and he pees off now!

I’d dock his wages if we lose! GERRRRCHA!

 

[super_pig]

To give him his due, he sure plays a mean pinball.

der der.. der. der. der der

 

[stringer]

If only I could play the violin

It’s never too late Cosmo

 

[GrayBlade]

The stand-in sounds like he’s got a gob full of marbles. We can’t here a word he’s saying. I hope it’s norhing important

 

[DifferentClass]

Curse postponed due to Storm Brian (I mean “Brian”? FFS)

 

[Houston_Blade]

That bloke at Liverpool drives me insane when I hear him on the tv, it’s like Ringo Starr having smoked too much weed before the game.

GS is decent and over the years has kept a lot of the tradition pre match and half time.

 

[Harry's Game]

Well he got the names of the teams correct and as far as I could tell the players names right which is about as much as we can hope for with that dozy get.

 

[raul]

Bloke today was excellent. All the Gary without the Oke.

 

[super_pig]

If only I could play the violin

didn't realise that you were in Slipknot

 

[super_pig]

That bloke at Liverpool drives me insane when I hear him on the tv, it’s like Ringo Starr having smoked too much weed before the game.

GS is decent and over the years has kept a lot of the tradition pre match and half time.

'the sea of holes'..

 

[Northyorksblade]

Definitely not the same stand in as previously, who pronounced Gillingham with a hard G. Obviously not a football fan. The stand in today at least sounded enthusiastic, got our Jack going

 

[jt64]

Bloke today was excellent. All the Gary without the Oke.

I thought it was just Gary with a Theresa-level cold

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

It won't be a popular view on here, with all the love for Gaz, but how good it was, today, to be able to spend prematch and HT actually talking to the people around us, the way we used to be able to, rather than passively listening to the sound of Himself drowning everything and everyone else out, with platitudes, and cliches, and His choice of shit music, all at ear splitting volume.

Sorry.