[Football] female commentator?

[Tyrone Biggums]

Please can you name the good female commentators for me. I haven't experienced a good football one yet.
Please don't get my comment confused with sexism as i believe that female football presenters, reporters and pundits are as good as the men doing the same job.

I'm not necessarily talking about one sport. I've heard some really good female commentators on US and Aussie sports coverages.

Depends on what you require to consider them good?

 

[Taybha]

Load of old Shyte how is a bloke supposed to even understand what she’s banging on about with her well informed player analysis, stick to bloody ironing love and let the jibbering clowns like Lawrenson do the men’s stuff , ffs it’s getting ridiculous next thing you know these educated type women will be calculating orbital re entry algorithms for NASA

 

[BBassic]

It's awful isn't it?!

I mean it's not like they can go to school and college and university and study this stuff (just like men can) so they can apply for jobs (just like men can) in the hope of doing something they love for a living (just like men can) is it?!

This country, eh? Back in my day you'd have to walk 40,000 miles in the snow, uphill both ways, before you even saw a woman. Ridiculous.

 

[Easy 10]

I don't think that anyone is (seriously) saying that women are not capable of commentating on football. They clearly are, and are just as qualified to do so as their male counterparts. For me its just an honest preference. I don't like the 'shrillness' of the voice when there's some action on the pitch. Thats not to say I like ALL the male commentators either - Jonathan Pearce absolutely does my swede in. But I just prefer a MAN in the commentary box.

 

[LlcoolJ]

If a female football commentator challenges your masculinity so much (as it appears to with the OP) then you obviously already have "issues" regarding the subject.

I didn't particularly enjoy her commentary but she was no worse then some other rubbish male commentators that we have to endure (Keown was good btw). Importantly, it didn't make me scared to be a man though.

 

[Napper]

Bloody awful. Had to watch with the sound off.

PC move to do it but she doesn't have the skills.

Wrong very very wrong

 

[Hungry Joe]

Fackin' hell - (general comment on this thread)

(more specific comment on this thread) - I'd rather listen to her any day than listen to the gibbering nonsense of good old Motty or the hubris of that egomaniac JP.

 

[southstandandy]

Red button and put on the five live commentary


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I have to say that's what I did. Nothing against women, but she was awful. Sounded like she was in a bar screaching to her mates her commentary. Five live commentary was much better.

 

[Hungry Joe]

Five live commentary was much better.

Now that bit I can't argue with.

 

[northernseagull]

I thought she was a decent commentator and was pleasantly surprised when I recognised. It really shouldn't be that bigger deal in this day and age but some will hang onto stereotypes... Happy to have diversity in our media and its a nice change from the some the awful male commentators on the go (Michael Owen....)

 

[GM98]

I’d not even noticed until my lad pointed it out.


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I noticed it, but when my 16 year old daughter said to me why was she on the BBC as she is so bad I didn't really know what to say, apart from I agree.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Red button and put on the five live commentary


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Problem with that is the red button only broadcasts sd.

 

[SAC]

It's health and safety gawn mad.

If you press the red button, is the radio coverage in time with the TV? I remember doing this with the radio but it was a couple of seconds faster than the TV.

 

[DavePage]

She is awful. Unreal - England has had all the masculinity knocked out of it.....men are now pussy whipped limp-wristed slaves to their bosses and wives......scared to say anything to anyone. Currently being trained to love trannys.

So glad I don't live there.

Female commentator on the world cup? lol....it has to be a joke.

Spent most of my youth listening to trannys.
Radio Luxembourg mainly

 

[symyjym]

She needs a bit more sarcasm and to slow down a bit, but other than that she had all the facts and did her homework on the teams.

 

[Monkey Man]

Haven't heard this particular one myself yet but it does seem that people get unnecessarily worked up about commentators, and especially co-commentators/summarisers. Very few of them strike me as being particularly good or particularly bad and they do a job that's a lot trickier than it seems.

The pundits in the studio can be woeful though. Lee Dixon and Ian Wright are rubbish.

 

[KZNSeagull]

After having to listen to John Motson talking tosh for umpteen years, I thought that she was a pleasant change.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Alex Scott is one of the best pundits at the World Cup.

I found it quite amusing the other day when she gave detailed accounts of some overseas players and their own particular strengths and weaknesses - her two co-panelists sat back, looking at her in awe and astonishment at the amount of work she must have put in to make sure she did the job properly. Shame they hadn’t!

 

[crookie]

I found it quite amusing the other day when she gave detailed accounts of some overseas players and their own particular strengths and weaknesses - her two co-panelists sat back, looking at her in awe and astonishment at the amount of work she must have put in to make sure she did the job properly. Shame they hadn’t!

Reminded me of Euro 2016, Shearer saying "We don't know too much about Slovenia". Surely to god you should be expected to do some basic research on the subject of your 'expert' anlysis/pundetry ? Alex Scott was certainly a breath of fresh air, albeit only doing what should be expected of a pundit.

 

[Blue3]

Nothing wrong with female commentators they as Gary Liniker just need a few games to grow into the role