Ray Wilkins

[DaveT]

He wanted Spurs to beat Milan last year because they were English.

 

And kept referring to Spurs as 'we'. The man's a bit of a knob, but harmless enough.

[King Emlyn]

I don't know why Reds complain about him, he always seems to be positive about us unlike most of the other 2nd men.

 

You can't expect pundits on tv to be as biased as we are.

Unfortunately many do. I think most football fans are the same tbh. There's a lot of hatred around that's for sure.

[JohnnyH]

He's harmless. Hating Ray Wilkins is like hating a retarded child with a silly grin and one big tooth. It may be funny, but it's wrong.

[Torvald Utne]

couldn't give a fuck whether a commentator likes us I just prefer not to listen to mongs talking on tv, he's a bit simple.

[viking]

You're all been too nice...ex chav ex manc!!! Seriously, he's not bad considering some of "the experts" sky have.....Rat Boy!!!

[John101]

Im going to come out and say it. I wish Wilkins had been my dad as a child and read me to sleep every night. His charming tones are a joy to behold on the telebox.

[Trumo]

Sometimes he's OK, but occasionally, especially when commentating on the Mancs, he lays on the platitudes to a ridiculous extent (a 50-yard ball out of play becomes "wonderful vision", for example. That and his constant referring to English players by their first name or nickname (step forward Wayne and JT), even if he knows them personally.

 

Back when he co-commentated on Football Italia, he had a habit of adding "I've got to say" before anything he was about to say. You could devise a drinking game based around it! Recently, there's been an awful lot of "My word!" or "Goodness Me!".

 

Given how the game is broadcast these days, he's yet another who talks too much during games. I've not listened to Radio Five Live in ages, but the best in that co-commentary role is Jimmy Armfield. He never laboured the point, something all the others are adept at.

[Magic Sponge]

Im going to come out and say it. I wish Wilkins had been my dad as a child and read me to sleep every night. His charming tones are a joy to behold on the telebox.

 

You want to bum him, don't you.

[John101]

You want to bum him, don't you.

 

I cant believe you took a charming father/son moment and debased it with buggery. Shame on you

[Iceman]

[nickjt]

Tonight me and my mates were going on about how good co commentator he is. Seems a genuine and knowledgeable bloke to me.

[Liquid football]

His commentary has been just splendid this season and if i may be quite humbly honest with you, a terribly charming young man for his age.

[Kopite Pete]

My Word.

[Mr T]

He seems like a well-mannered and decent fella. Thirty years ago, he'd be the norm. These days, the youth are stunned when he commentates because he stands out like a sore thumb. By TLW standards, he therefore qualifies as a 'cunt'.

 

In fact I'm going to declare a TLW law, I'll call it The Law of Cunts:

 

The probability of any non-LFC man, woman or child being called a 'cunt' approaches 1 as the thread length reaches infinity (although a couple of pages will usually suffice).

[Welsh]

Some of you chat some proper shit. People don't dislike Wilkins because he doesn't support us, they dislike him because he's a fucking idiot who keeps spouting the same useless bollocks for 90mins.

My word this, young lad that, when I was at Chelsea...Wonderful advertisement for the premier league etc etc.

 

Fuck him and fuck you too.

[Rorschach08]

He knows his football, but he's just unbearably dull which makes him annoying as a co-commentator.

 

Bit like David Pleat really.

[TheHitman]

He's no Barry Davies, but then again who is.

 

Anyway have some classic Barry Davies

 

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"Interesting....VERY INTERESTING. Look at face, just look at his face.

 

 

Also hear the City fans bellowing out YNWA, quite a few teams back then used to give it a good airing.

 

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Where were the Germans but frankly who cares.

[Red Dawn]

Dead sounding' date=' you mean?

 

As well as the absolute drivel he spouts, his dreary monotonous voice really grates.[/quote']

 

The way he speaks I half expect him to be standing by a log fire in a silk robe and slippers sipping some port and puffing away on a cigar as he peers at the ruffians through his stained glass window playing football on his manicured lawn.

 

Oh and he would be standing on a bear sking rug too and the whole scene would be in black and white with crackly audio from a 1930's movie.

 

Having said that I think he could be a decent bloke.

[gkmacca]

He has a ridiculously mannered way of speaking, which, combined with his Brookingesque fence-sitting, really niggles.'What do you think about Hitler, Ray?' 'A rather mercurial gentleman, and probably not to everyone's taste, although I dare say he has his followers'.

[goatboy59]

 

 

I concur.

[Liquid football]

something that seems to have gone under the radar with many is just a how bizarre and nonsensical some of his comments are. He is the weirdest commentator in years in my opinion.

[JaminKibbler]

I like him, never said a bad word about us (to my knowledge) and always compliments players who deserve it.

 

Seems a nice person also.

[col06]

He knows his football, but he's just unbearably dull which makes him annoying as a co-commentator.

 

Bit like David Pleat really.

 

He's better than Alan Smith my word he's boring

[zigackly]

I have lost track of all the commentators and journalists we aren't allowed to like

 

Safest just to hate all of them, then someone will always agree with you.

[caracaracara]

He has a ridiculously mannered way of speaking, which, combined with his Brookingesque fence-sitting, really niggles.'What do you think about Hitler, Ray?' 'A rather mercurial gentleman, and probably not to everyone's taste, although I dare say he has his followers'.

 

That sounded like something you would hear from Hodgson. Cut from the same cloth.