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With John Motson soon to retire, the age of distinctive commentators’ voices has ended. In their place are a group of estate agentesque safe choices
6 September ~ Having ...
Best Alan Green’s incessant moaning reminds me of watching games with my Dad. Anthony Hobbs Worst Keegan, as always. Cris Freddi Perhaps I’m alone but I think Clive Tyldesley’s a big improvement on ...
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In the same way that political commentators thrive during governmental mayhem, those documenting the history ...
... on doesn’t appear to notice, the commentators don’t consider it unusual enough to mention it and the game just carries on. Broadcaster Jacqui Oatley shared the clip on Twitter a few days later asking, understandab ...
... excellent and exhaustive corrective to this mode of thinking. Believe it or not, countries across the globe have their own, singular set of vivid terms for all aspects of the game, coined by commentators, ...
... I just wanted to double-check that my eyes hadn’t been deceiving me for the previous two hours.
You could tell all season long that pundits and commentators alike were rather stunned by little Oldha ...
... going to get it by hanging around in his own penalty area.
So he started going up for corners. Commentators would gasp as he got a head to the ball, maybe claimed an assist. Eventually, he nodded one ...
... to overpower PA systems blasting music samples and bellowing the scorer’s name, commentators screaming their bons mots, or someone watching the same telly as you emitting an inconsiderate ooh, aah or ooft. ...
... the looks of pre-game commentary on social and other forms of media, he was successful.
An overwhelming majority of fans and commentators agreed that adopting a controlled approach to the game, and prioritising ...
... ith statistical data. And while Neveling has gained access to sundry commentators and ex-colleagues, Klopp himself doesn’t contribute to the book. All of which makes it long on facts and short on revelation. ...
... North Korea at Goodison. The game is seen from four points-of-view: a father and son watching on TV in Portugal, Eusébio’s family in Mozambique, two Portuguese TV commentators and, unfortunately, two North ...
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23 February ~ Another weekend of FA Cup action has passed by, with coverage packed with platitudes from pundits, commentators, managers and players towards the world’s oldest football ...
... big four commentators, but his defection to the ill-fated Setanta to become their top dog lasted just one season.
How does Crocker feel after his chance to take priority at a channel was so brief? No ...
... field. The penalties and red cards are questioned rhetorically by the commentators, impeded by their lack of playing experience to make an outright accusation of diving. In the studio, the ex-professional ...
... n (ironically, that's a typically American idea). With each marvellous Tim Howard save, I heard a warning gong in my head.
Something else about these finals has me feeling old. Commentators here bur ...
... there are some serious questions being posed about the tactical set-up of this Germany team. Many commentators have questioned whether Löw is certain of his strongest defence and some of the performances ...
... Brazilian commentators point out that Scolari changed his team at the same stage in the 2002 World Cup, with the introduction of Kleberson in place of Juninho Paulista bolstering the defensive qualities o ...
... o make the step up.
Plenty of commentators have complained that there's a problem with the system, beyond a simple reboot, with an unequal share of money, too many foreign imports and lack of decent infrastructure. W ...
... ayer. Among the former Honduras players working as TV commentators will be Carlos Pavon, a widely travelled (14 clubs) striker who played at the 2010 World Cup and now works for the US-based Hispanic n ...
... eason. On international nights, TF1 employ Bixente Lizarazu and Arsène Wenger as their main co-commentators. Lizarazu had a highly publicised spat with fellow left-back Patrice Evra earlier this year so ...