Peter Drury

[Redder Lurtz]

3 hours ago, Strontium said:

It beggars belief that anyone prefers ths guy to Tyler. Yes they are both wankers, but at least Tyler doesn't have a voice that makes you want to shove a red hot poker in your ears.

 

100%. The drivel Drury comes out with is horrendous. Twice in 3 weeks he came out with "dare to look the champions in the eye" when building up to a citeh game, the fucking hysterical wanker. And that "foden mania" he spewed out today was different level cringe. Cunt. Tyler is a cunt too but I'd have him back tomorrow over Drury. 

[Red74]

Tyler had to go. He was spoiling the game. 
 

Drury needs McCoist next to him if he’s to be a success

[razor]

"He fair fizzed it in!"

 

I liked it today.

 

Peter Jones was the king, though, as somebody pointed out earlier.

[Barrington Womble]

On 25/11/2023 at 17:36, Tj hooker said:

I've said it before but I would love to have the option of just the crowd noise like Prime do  instead of the hysterical shrieking that most of them come out with , I suspect that they never will because they know that most people would use it , rendering the commentator redundant. 

The trouble is, the commentators aren't just commentators any more. They're there to build us up to this greatest show on earth bullshit. Sadly it's about selling a product rather than just doing some commentating. 

[lifetime fan]

Oh for the days of just, “Toshack, Keegan, one nil”. 

[Kevin D]

Fucking hell. 

[ZonkoVille77]

He was good until he went to Sky. They must specify in his contract that he has to chat like a cheese-stained bellend. 

[Mudface]

It seems screaming the full name of the player about to shoot is perfect for whatever passes for commentary these days. Same inflection every time as well.

[VladimirIlyich]

I don't watch with sound on so I'm not arsed as it's just hyperbole now more than the actual game.

[Tj hooker]

I like a bit of crowd noise but I've recently turned it down to virtually nothing but dear god he needs to take a lesson from the legend Richie Benaud and only speak when its required not go off and shriek like a fucking banshee , imo he's heading into Tyler country now 

[luxury_scruff]

I always watch the match with the sound down completely.

 

Today added a new twist. With Manchester United having won earlier and seeing that Neville was on co-comms, plus the unbearable sight of Arsenal fans, I resorted to having Classic FM on at the lowest setting on my amplifier, whilst I watched the game.

 

It's sometimes like experiencing an Akira Kurosawa palette.

 

 

[Mook]

What was that, "On the streets of London, they dare to dream." pish he was shouting about after one of their goals?

 

Highly embarrassing.

[Josef Svejk]

He does the most scripted commentary on live sport imaginable.

[Peter Cormack]

Bring back Tyler for all his many faults at least he knew something about football apart from trivial statistics. 

[manwiththestick]

I was watching on a stream, I had Drury and Neville but that went down so i found another that I think was German, crowd noise and commentators that I couldn't under stand was the preferable option.

[gkmacca]

12 hours ago, Tj hooker said:

I like a bit of crowd noise but I've recently turned it down to virtually nothing but dear god he needs to take a lesson from the legend Richie Benaud and only speak when its required not go off and shriek like a fucking banshee , imo he's heading into Tyler country now 

 

Most of them are pretty odd coves. The BBC's Steve Wilson, for example: LFCTV keep using him, for some odd reason (I think the only connection he has is he went to the local university), and he insists on being filmed via Zoom with a different set of album covers on his wall every time he's on - he actually goes to the trouble of rearranging all of the ones he has framed. What is he - 17? 

 

Anyone who moves to Sky quickly acts as though they've just been put through some brain-washing religious experience. Suddenly absolutely everything is so thrilling they can hardly stop screaming, and even the dullest individual is suddenly a charismatic 'character'. 

 

I agree about Drury - perfectly fine until Sky 'improved' him. 

[Mudface]

1 hour ago, Peter Cormack said:

Bring back Tyler for all his many faults at least he knew something about football apart from trivial statistics. 

 

God no. He was just as capable of smugly reciting inane stats and observations and was a miserable, sour old bastard too.

[Chris]

Glad to have him gone from the NBC Sports coverage. That constant emoting was just too much. The theatrics are just about manageable when we're the subject of them, but when you concede a goal or lose a game and he's coming out with that insufferable pompous shite it just makes things way worse. Makes you want to throttle him. 

 

Plus that thing he does when a team is building up an attack... AND Mo Salah, AND Darwin Nunez, AND Cody Gakpo, AND DIOGO JOTA... 

 

Fuck off, Pete.

[3 Stacks]

3 minutes ago, Chris said:

Glad to have him gone from the NBC Sports coverage. That constant emoting was just too much. The theatrics are just about manageable when we're the subject of them, but when you concede a goal or lose a game and he's coming out with that insufferable pompous shite it just makes things way worse. Makes you want to throttle him. 

 

Plus that thing he does when a team is building up an attack... AND Mo Salah, AND Darwin Nunez, AND Cody Gakpo, AND DIOGO JOTA... 

 

Fuck off, Pete.

Yeah, I think people are finding out what people in North America already knew. The guy is a complete clown.

[gkmacca]

Motty was even weirder than he sounded:

 

Back in the days when John Motson was king, they never had to worry about what the talent was up to. It was only junior employees who did.

Such as the younger female colleague who accompanied Motty to lunch one time. Most of the meal passed without incident, but shortly before dessert he retrieved a blue pill from his pocket. He showed it to her and asked if she knew what it was. She did. It was Viagra.

He then swallowed it, with the charming line: "You have 20 minutes to make your decision."

[Ronnie Whelan]

One thing in defence of Drury - he's annoying as fuck but he seems equally excited by different teams scoring, whereas Tyler evidently liked the Red Mancs more than every other team. 

 

I never really rated Motson btw. Moore and Davies were far superior. I always thought Motson was a bit of a gobshite.

[Harry Squatter]

Brian Moore was the best. Davies was good too. I just associate them.woth our great teams. Apart from "it's up for grabs now"

[Chris]

3 hours ago, gkmacca said:

Motty was even weirder than he sounded:

 

Back in the days when John Motson was king, they never had to worry about what the talent was up to. It was only junior employees who did.

Such as the younger female colleague who accompanied Motty to lunch one time. Most of the meal passed without incident, but shortly before dessert he retrieved a blue pill from his pocket. He showed it to her and asked if she knew what it was. She did. It was Viagra.

He then swallowed it, with the charming line: "You have 20 minutes to make your decision."

 

The fuck is that from?

[aws]

What did she decide? 

[etho]

3 hours ago, gkmacca said:

Motty was even weirder than he sounded:

 

Back in the days when John Motson was king, they never had to worry about what the talent was up to. It was only junior employees who did.

Such as the younger female colleague who accompanied Motty to lunch one time. Most of the meal passed without incident, but shortly before dessert he retrieved a blue pill from his pocket. He showed it to her and asked if she knew what it was. She did. It was Viagra.

He then swallowed it, with the charming line: "You have 20 minutes to make your decision."

 

I worked in a fairly shit hotel at uni in Bournemouth and he was known for bringing down various mistresses to this same hotel each year