Warnock on commentary

[PokerBlade]

I like actually like Warnock, but he's not a commentator. Stick him on Soccer Saturday where he can joke around with Jeff and the boys and I'm sure he's fine, but rambling on in the middle of a game about the first time you met Adel Taarabt is not really analysis. It's not an after dinner speech and we'd really rather not hear about the time you "nearly signed" so-and-so, or you and Lee Hendrie bantering about Paddy Kenny.

Hendrie is shite too, but he's presumably a sympathy hire.

My ideal choice would be if commentators offered some interesting tactical insight into the game that I might not have noticed myself, but since that basically never happens I kind of preferred some funny Taarabt anecdotes. Better than the likes of Hendrie repeating what you've just seen and pretending to know something.

A tackle happens. Commentator: "That's what this guy's all about! Putting in tackles like that". A freekick goes a bit wide. "Well, that's the kind of quality you get from a right foot like [whatever player it happened to be today] has". If you're just going to repeat whatever happened then I might as well hear some old football stories.

 

[Booker4]

Found it funny when people on here are saying he doesn't half love himself! We've known that for 20 years or so! Still like him though, he isn't as big a Blade as he made out at the time, but still thankful for what he did with little money it has to be said.

 

[Rodley]

Hendrie is worse IMHO, but with NW it was compounded into arguably the worse commentary combo ever.

My favourite last night was his contribution of “No one realises how important goalkeepers are”.

Utter fuckwit.

 

[Pollingtonblade]

Hendrie is worse IMHO, but with NW it was compounded into arguably the worse commentary combo ever.

My favourite last night was his contribution of “No one realises how important goalkeepers are”.

Utter fuckwit.

Neither did Warnock at Burnley in 2003.

 

[Tickhill Blade]

Hendrie is worse IMHO, but with NW it was compounded into arguably the worse commentary combo ever.

My favourite last night was his contribution of “No one realises how important goalkeepers are”.

Utter fuckwit.

The best bit was where a graphic showed that 55% of our attacks came down the right, 25% down the left and 20% middle. Hendrie said something like he'd expect 55% down the left and the right

 

[Rodley]

The best bit was where a graphic showed that 55% of our attacks came down the right, 25% down the left and 20% middle. Hendrie said something like he'd expect 55% down the left and the right

Forgot about that one, I had my head in my hands!!

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

I liked him. Not the conventional pundit with all the usual trite same old same old rubbish expressions and comments. Boycott equivalent with cricket. Broke the mold.

This. It was unusual and he’s no natural but that’s good - the naturals are just clones of the previous. Lee “he really has” Hendrie being the prime example.

 

[bramptonblade]

Am I the only one who enjoys him being on the commentary?!

No!

 

[United Aren't Back.]

My ideal choice would be if commentators offered some interesting tactical insight into the game that I might not have noticed myself, but since that basically never happens I kind of preferred some funny Taarabt anecdotes. Better than the likes of Hendrie repeating what you've just seen and pretending to know something.

A tackle happens. Commentator: "That's what this guy's all about! Putting in tackles like that". A freekick goes a bit wide. "Well, that's the kind of quality you get from a right foot like [whatever player it happened to be today] has". If you're just going to repeat whatever happened then I might as well hear some old football stories.

At least we didn't have Lineker wanking about his hero, Messi.

 

[Gimli]

My ideal choice would be if commentators offered some interesting tactical insight into the game that I might not have noticed myself, but since that basically never happens I kind of preferred some funny Taarabt anecdotes. Better than the likes of Hendrie repeating what you've just seen and pretending to know something.

A tackle happens. Commentator: "That's what this guy's all about! Putting in tackles like that". A freekick goes a bit wide. "Well, that's the kind of quality you get from a right foot like [whatever player it happened to be today] has". If you're just going to repeat whatever happened then I might as well hear some old football stories.

I think Neville definitely offered a lot of tactical insight when he first started, I seem to remember a few occasions where he made a point that I hadn’t noticed (or more likely didn’t have the footballing knowledge to spot it) and thinking it made the game much more watchable for a neutral - that insight seems to have been frowned upon by someone as he’s become much more like the rest of the Roy Walker commentary brigade (say what you see, if you see it, say it!) sadly. Still think he’s one of the best ones, McCoist is another one who keeps things interesting. Hendrie is useless.

 

[PokerBlade]

I think Neville definitely offered a lot of tactical insight when he first started, I seem to remember a few occasions where he made a point that I hadn’t noticed (or more likely didn’t have the footballing knowledge to spot it) and thinking it made the game much more watchable for a neutral - that insight seems to have been frowned upon by someone as he’s become much more like the rest of the Roy Walker commentary brigade (say what you see, if you see it, say it!) sadly. Still think he’s one of the best ones, McCoist is another one who keeps things interesting. Hendrie is useless.

I remember when him and Carragher started on Sky Sports together and I expected to dislike them but found them really good together. Then...yeah, seems they're all encourage to just build up the excitement and keep it simple. Which is why every commentator tries to talk in this tortured effort to sound Churchillian. And also drop factoids about nothing, or stupid stats like "possession in the last five minutes".

I'm guessing it's from the same production team that thinks I want to lose 10 minutes a game being shown close ups of the managers or famous people in the crowd while there's football happening on the pitch.