Warnock on commentary

[United Aren't Back.]

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

Yeah.

 

[Rochdaleblade]

Very glad he isn't still managing us. Constantly bigging up Dykes and telling us we needed to get it forrad more.

 

[Bladey_blade]

Very glad he isn't still managing us. Constantly bigging up Dykes and telling us we needed to get it forrad more.

Take dykes over the spectre that is Sharp

 

[Houston_Blade]

Sky having a ‘Colin appreciation day’ won’t have dampened his ego much

 

[Dark muffy]

Old Colin gave lyndon dykes 9/10 for basically running about a bit! It was nauseating listening to the crazy old bastard trying to tell everyone what a player he was, I bet even lyndon dykes is embarrassed listening to that drivel. Colin nearly creamed his pants when his mate lyndon closed down our defence in the last few mins, his workmate all got a bit too much for the warlock

 

[SE1Blade]

I thought he was a breath of fresh air myself, not giving all the usual cliches and sound bites and told it as he sees it, particularly with the ‘foul’ on the keeper which was ridiculous.

He also couldn’t help saying ‘we’ when referring to the Blades!

 

[Colombia Blade]

He gave Dykes 9/10 man of the match...

 

[BettingBlade]

I thought he was a breath of fresh air myself, not giving all the usual cliches and sound bites and told it as he sees it, particularly with the ‘foul’ on the keeper which was ridiculous.

He also couldn’t help saying ‘we’ when referring to the Blades!

He was too busy talking about himself to get any cliches in.

 

[Hillsboro Blade]

Lee Hendrie,

To be fair he does look like a fat old lebian so is it any wonder hes obsessed with Dykes.

Fuckin hell British, that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in ages. Fucking brilliant!!!

 

[KoppedOff]

I enjoyed the bits when he forgot there was a game going on and started reading chapters from his autobiography like he was at WH Smiths doing a Thursday morning book signing.

And he’s made a killing off that deal with Adel Taraabts agent where he gets £50 every time he mentions his name on air.

 

[BritishSteel]

Lee Hendrie,

Fuckin hell British, that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in ages. Fucking brilliant!!!

It`s almost like I do it for a living.

 

[raimond]

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.

Boycott was/is an arsehole but knows cricket inside out and was pretty much always right, picking out things no others would. Warnock just states the bleedin obvious. And what's so fucking funny Neil? Pisses himself laughing every time he speaks.

 

[gordoncharles]

I like Warnock but jeeze, even I've switched over to watch it on DAZN, just to get away from him and Hendrie. Fuck's sake, what a bore fest. The match is bad enough without them chiming up every two minutes.

I did exactly the same as you Jon Bon II for exactly the same reason. I stuck that combination for 20 minutes before it was too much to take. Hendrie is bad enough on his own. And I like Warnock in general but that was excruciating. At least DAZN just had the one bloke and he wasn't editoralising or reminiscing about black boots every two minutes

In the short time I had Sky on I actually heard Warnock say "I like Sander Berge, me". Given the way said player drifts in and out of games I can't think of a player less likely to get many minutes in any side Warnock ever managed.

And he said Rush and Dalglish played for Liverpool when he was "a kid". So I'm not even sure the old fella's memory is up to much either.

 

[Silent Blade]

Glad I cannot hear him blowing his own trumpet but wasnt surprised after reading this thread. I was surprised that Dykes was named MOTM and then realised it was Warnock's choice and how much he loved Wayne Allison

 

[Dkc]

So Uncle Neil's getting a percentage of the MOTM award?

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Don’t really see the issue, would rather listen to someone who has “been there , done that” than someone on the comms who just repeats soundbites.

Thought he called the game fair, including giving praise where it was due.

Just listened to him wrap up the post-match, summed up well - “QPR use the result as springboard and United look at 4 points from 2 below-par performances” tips us for promotion and says both teams can play lovely football at times.

Don’t get the hate really. People should relax.

Called it fair all the game , rather listen to him that some fkg dumb bimbo because it ticks the PC box . Really don’t understand all the hate towards him

 

[Northyorksblade]

Can't pronounce Ndiaye correctly and wouldn't attempt Anel Ahmedhodvic.

 

[Harry's Game]

Surprised Warnock didn’t give himself man of the match

Underrated Comment

 

[Rusty]

LBH he's always had hard ons for centre forwards....

 

[Weasel]

First game I've ever watched in full on the box with the TV mute button on. I didn't miss Statler and Waldorf cackling on spouting shite for 95 minutes either. Might do it more often tbh.

In keeping with the theme, United did play like Muppets for the first hour of the game tonight (but they dug in to get a half decent result so fair play to them).

 

[paulhinchliffe]

Think the bloke has proper gone to seed

 

[dynamoblade]

Never understood the pathology of Warnock haters. I used to think it was cos he had a farm in Cornwall and people resented him for being a "Sheffielder who thinks he's better than us" or summat like that. But based on these comments here, I just don't get it.

He sounded like any other 74 year old bloke from Sheff who's into football. He was self-deprecating and funny, accurately described the match's dynamics, was clearly rooting for us from the first minute (while initially trying to be neutral like a commentator should be) and full of knowledge about both sets of players (presumably why he'd been asked on).

I can't imagine being so warped and negative as to have disliked having one of our own commentating instead of the usual tripe suited soft lads from sky sports serve up.

 

[The Crab]

He was more entertaining than Lee Hendrie.

I'd find falling down some stairs would be more entertaining than Lee Hendrie....

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

Loved his tactical insights (there weren't any) - makes you wonder how he managed so many games on motivation alone.

Called us Sheffield

Mind you the main commentator told us on 60 minutes "Well that's the 60 minute mark, and that's 2/3rds of the game gone"......

It was commentary and punditry of the lowest order, add in the "Technical difficulties" and the whole thing was a very hard watch.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Sky having a ‘Colin appreciation day’ won’t have dampened his ego much

Embarrassing how they treated him like a nouthy, unpredictable, outspoken relative, with frequent references to his antipathy towards referses, the fact that Sky were so desperate that they gawhim two gamss yesterday.
How many times did Colin say, 'aaahhll be dooin t studiaw, cleenin laateh I think?' while the studio clowns just indulge the old, mouthy, unpredictable uncle with demeaning giggling and inane grins.

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Can't pronounce Ndiaye correctly and wouldn't attempt Anel Ahmedhodvic.

He also called Norwood 'Ooriann' early on.

 

[Champagneblade]

Just the sort of forward Neil likes; puts himself about a bit, let’s the centre half know he’s been in a game, rarely looks like scoring.

What’s his thing with Prutton. Does he promise to sit him on his knee and give him a Werther’s Original every week. They’re inseparable!

 

[United Aren't Back.]

I did exactly the same as you Jon Bon II for exactly the same reason. I stuck that combination for 20 minutes before it was too much to take. Hendrie is bad enough on his own. And I like Warnock in general but that was excruciating. At least DAZN just had the one bloke and he wasn't editoralising or reminiscing about black boots every two minutes

In the short time I had Sky on I actually heard Warnock say "I like Sander Berge, me". Given the way said player drifts in and out of games I can't think of a player less likely to get many minutes in any side Warnock ever managed.

And he said Rush and Dalglish played for Liverpool when he was "a kid". So I'm not even sure the old fella's memory is up to much either.

He was a kid until about 1963 so he's 15 to twenty years out, at least.

 

[Le Cynique]

Warnock could say that about any player from that time, what he never says is why they didn't sign..

Because of him..

To be fair to Colin - and I dislike him as much as most do - he did say that the reason Dykes didn't sign for him when he was playing in Scotland was because 'he wanted to go to a team that played football'. I thought that was quite self-aware and witty.

 

[brownblade]

Jesus Christ he loves himself, also think he might have a fetish for Lyndon dikes as well

Yeah we're trying to enjoy a serious match. We just need a commentator and possibly one (actual) expert summariser to make a few remarks.