Peter Drury

[Ronnie Whelan]

3 hours ago, Harry Squatter said:

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"

They were like the pundits back then. Able to capture the moments well without going overboard.

 

I mean if we had beaten Arsenal on Sunday, the likes of Neville would be coming out with shite like it's Liverpool to lose. Now, we might as well be 20 points behind. Carra is very exciteable as well. Don't get me started on the likes of Micah Richards.

[Remmie]

On 06/02/2024 at 18:20, 3 Stacks said:

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

Stacksy acting like he's discovered Peter Drury over here! Hate to break this to you but this guy has been around since you were nothing but a glint in your old man's eye

[3 Stacks]

12 minutes ago, Remmie said:

Stacksy acting like he's discovered Peter Drury over here! Hate to break this to you but this guy has been around since you were nothing but a glint in your old man's eye

I know he was broadcast in other countries, but I think he wasn't commonly on the call in the UK before this season when he became the main Sky guy, correct?

[gkmacca]

2 hours ago, aws said:

What did she decide? 

 

My guess: she preferred the Culture Club to the Crazy Gang, and it served him right.

[Remmie]

1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

I know he was broadcast in other countries, but I think he wasn't commonly on the call in the UK before this season when he became the main Sky guy, correct?

Incorrect 

[suzy]

8 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."

Ugh, creepy!

[3 Stacks]

36 minutes ago, Remmie said:

Incorrect 

OK, well anyway, he sucks ass. 

[Dr Nowt]

5 hours ago, etho said:

 

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

Was it The Ocean View, by any chance? Or the Bay View next door. Can’t remember which, but I went out with a lass who worked for them two and the other one owned by the same family and he was always in the bar of one of them being a tedious bellend.

[Trumo]

Drury has fallen into the same trap as many modern commentators, talking too much and spouting clearly rehearsed lines in the hope they will become folklore. These commentators don't understand that the most memorable bits of commentary came from spontaneity. Kenneth Wolstenholme was simply describing the game's dying moments when he noticed a mini pitch invasion at the exact moment Geoff Hurst carried the ball into the area and shot.

[etho]

9 hours ago, Dr Nowt said:

Was it The Ocean View, by any chance? Or the Bay View next door. Can’t remember which, but I went out with a lass who worked for them two and the other one owned by the same family and he was always in the bar of one of them being a tedious bellend.

Know the ones you mean but no think it was called the burley court hotel

[VladimirIlyich]

2 hours ago, Trumo said:

Drury has fallen into the same trap as many modern commentators, talking too much and spouting clearly rehearsed lines in the hope they will become folklore. These commentators don't understand that the most memorable bits of commentary came from spontaneity. Kenneth Wolstenholme was simply describing the game's dying moments when he noticed a mini pitch invasion at the exact moment Geoff Hurst carried the ball into the area and shot.

The better commentary came from Hugh Johns but almost never gets used. His commentary was ace and Wolstenholme was generally crap. Have a listen to those old The Big Match commentaries on YouTube and make your judgement.

[sir roger]

He has barely made an impression on me, whereas Tyler could affect my blood pressure for days.

[Total Longo]

Coleman was the best. Literally just said it as it was. Look at his 73 UEFA Cup final commentary.

 

"Toshack...Keegan...1-0!!"

 

"Toshack...Keegan...2-0!!"

 

"Floated high....Lloyd...3-0!!" 

 

Boss.

[Skidfingers McGonical]

All I know is that he’s better than Sam Twatterface, and that’ll do for me.

[Frank Dacey]

I quite like Bill Leslie and Rob Hawthorne and wonder why, when they were already at Sky, they got passed over and an outsider brought in. If it was me I'd be most unhappy.

[Redder Lurtz]

Who made the "and that is the action of a cheat" comment about Suarez' goal against Mansfield in the cup?  Someone said on here it wasn't Drury but I was certain it was. 

[kemskem]

Alan Parry was taken off our games because he admitted he was a Liverpool fan. I just wish they could have got Tyler to admit he was anti-Liverpool.

[Smell The Glove]

52 minutes ago, Redder Lurtz said:

Who made the "and that is the action of a cheat" comment about Suarez' goal against Mansfield in the cup?  Someone said on here it wasn't Drury but I was certain it was. 

Jon Champion. This is the main problem with commentating and punditry in this country. It's lazy following of narratives that they think gets them brownie points with the public. I've seen it with Jonathan Pearce who used to claim dive everytime Mo hit the deck. They call this prick JP,  he must be 70.

 

Talking of shite commentators, surprised nobody has mentioned Darren 'you can't take your eyes of this' Fletcher. He has a serious hard on for City and over the top praise. European games especially have to be muted.

 

TNT or BT had a chance to go down the opposite route to Sky but instead actually doubled down on the tabloid Talkshite style. Amazing that you could present somethig far, far worse than Sky with z list pundits. It's the same with women pundits they have on. You would have hoped they would bring different styles and viewpoints but they just follow the same lazy narratives as the rest. The whole lot is a pile of shite that I've long stopped watching.

 

It's annoying really as Sky does some brilliant sports coverage in cricket etc so why their football coverage is so shit is obviously a choice. Anger sells.

[KMD7]

9 hours ago, Total Longo said:

Coleman was the best. Literally just said it as it was. Look at his 73 UEFA Cup final commentary.

 

"Toshack...Keegan...1-0!!"

 

"Toshack...Keegan...2-0!!"

 

"Floated high....Lloyd...3-0!!" 

 

Boss.

Yep Coleman was the King of commentary for me. 

[Code]

Why on earth are people wasting time on a fuckin pundit?

 

Jesus Christ!!!!!

[VladimirIlyich]

3 hours ago, Code said:

Why on earth are people wasting time on a fuckin pundit?

 

Jesus Christ!!!!!

Because its either muting the sound,my own choice,or having to listen to such inane shite if you want to listen to some of the atmosphere. There was a choice once just to have crowd noise but it was taken away.

[Smell The Glove]

4 hours ago, Code said:

Why on earth are people wasting time on a fuckin pundit?

 

Jesus Christ!!!!!

Because like a knob head I actually pay for this shit. The least you could hope for is something approaching decent discussion.

[A Red]

19 hours ago, Total Longo said:

Coleman was the best. Literally just said it as it was. Look at his 73 UEFA Cup final commentary.

 

"Toshack...Keegan...1-0!!"

 

"Toshack...Keegan...2-0!!"

 

"Floated high....Lloyd...3-0!!" 

 

Boss.

Keegan 2 Heighway 1, Liverpool 3 Newcastle none.

 

 

[VladimirIlyich]

2 hours ago, A Red said:

Keegan 2 Heighway 1, Liverpool 3 Newcastle none.

 

 

One sentence and brilliantly summed up.

[Mook]

8 hours ago, Code said:

Why on earth are people wasting time on a fuckin pundit?

 

Jesus Christ!!!!!

 

He's not a pundit, he's a commentator.