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[Football] What is the best (and worst) line in football commentary you have ever witnessed?
- Thread starter Mustafa II
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Don’t know.
But I’ve often thought that famous Beckham free kick against Greece deserved a really poetic, and subsequently famous piece of commentary, and it didn’t get it at all.
I can’t remember the last time a modern commentator delivered a real cracker, they just aren’t as good. I’m not even sure it’s what they say, but it’s how they say it. I’m all for diversity and inclusion in literally every other industry, but in football commentary I need to hear an old, posh white man tell me what has just happened. And they don’t really get the gigs anymore.
But I’ve often thought that famous Beckham free kick against Greece deserved a really poetic, and subsequently famous piece of commentary, and it didn’t get it at all.
I can’t remember the last time a modern commentator delivered a real cracker, they just aren’t as good. I’m not even sure it’s what they say, but it’s how they say it. I’m all for diversity and inclusion in literally every other industry, but in football commentary I need to hear an old, posh white man tell me what has just happened. And they don’t really get the gigs anymore.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
- 21,823
The last modern cracker is Gary Neville making sex noises.
The worst: “Trent this, Trent that”
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Possibly because we drew at home, to Greece.
Add the fact that Backham had planted 34 previous sighters on Row Z.
The tension had gone, and we'd have walked though the play-offs.
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
“Here come the Germans. Kuntz"
Nicks
Well-known member
The woman commentator on the Portugal game saying" that's a tired pass from the player " and Danny Murphy having to correct her saying that players just come on !
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
"You know him better than anyone probably Kevin. Quickly, will he score ?"
"YES"
....DOOOHHH"
"YES"
....DOOOHHH"
Bryon Butler:
"Maradona, turns like a little eel, he comes away from trouble, little squat man comes inside Butcher, leaves him for dead, outside Fenwick, leaves him for dead, and puts the ball away, and that is why Maradona is the greatest player in the world! "
NSC viewer
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- Apr 26, 2022
- 24
When two players from the same team both go to head the ball and get in each other’s way and the commentator says “two players going for the same ball there”
I always think surely all 22 players are going for the same ball
I always think surely all 22 players are going for the same ball
Iggle Piggle
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- Sep 3, 2010
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Matterfaces "This time, more than any other time" at the last Euros should have seen him down the job centre.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
...and the best, of course:
"IT'S THE STUFF OF DREAMS! IT'S THE STUFF OF CHAMPIONS!"
"IT'S THE STUFF OF DREAMS! IT'S THE STUFF OF CHAMPIONS!"
They'll be dancing on the streets of Inter Cable Tel tonight!
Insel affe
HellBilly
Storer, Stuart Storerrrrrrrrrrr