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Woman commentator.......

  • 23-11-2008 12:16am
    #1
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭


    I just can't get into it, watching the Stoke v WBA highlights on MOTD, it's like listening to Barry White while having sex (so I hear), there's just something wrong about it.

    Am I alone on this? Am I a bad bad man?


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  • #2
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    I Literally just came on here to make the exact same comment. It's on in the background, but every time something happens, her voice gets shrill and I get that panic in my chest, and question quickly whether I've left the toilet seat up, or left dirty dishes in the sink.

    THIS IS ALL WE HAVE, why take it on us women, why?

    Also, she sounded like she was trying way to hard.


  • #3
    OPENROAD
    Registered Users Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    I wouldn't say no

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1549052/Match-of-the-Day's-first-female-commentator.html


  • #4
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    OPENROAD wrote: »
    I wouldn't say no

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1549052/Match-of-the-Day's-first-female-commentator.html
    I see....

    Why can't she learn sign language and stand at the bottom right hand corner of the screen? Much more effective IMO.


  • #5
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    knowyourlimits.jpg

    Mike


  • #6
    JPA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,792 ✭✭✭✭JPA


    18 months ago called......


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  • #7
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    JPA wrote: »
    18 months ago called......

    Link, or we didn't pick up


  • #8
    JPA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,792 ✭✭✭✭JPA


    davyjose wrote: »
    Link, or we didn't pick up

    Check the link above and the date.


  • #9
    The Bollox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭The Bollox


    JPA wrote: »
    18 months ago called......

    do they want their joke back?


  • #10
    Chardee MacDennis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    its like listening to mcbride/hahnemann/friedel, somewhere deep down you're thinking: you sound like you dont know what you're talking about!


  • #11
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    no problem with female commentators, but your womans voice would cut through glass


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  • #12
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,965 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    Me and my mates were watching it and I ended up hitting the mute button.:D


  • #13
    ziggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ziggy


    This post has been deleted.


  • #14
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,518 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    It was WBA v Stoke. Leonard Cohen couldn't have made a go of it.


  • #15
    monkey9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,337 ✭✭✭✭monkey9


    She's sh!te. Whether its because she's a woman or not, i dont know. But she sounds fake. When there's a chance, she gets excited and it doesn't sound natural. Its like she's putting it on because she thinks thats the way she's meant to sound.


  • #16
    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    RTE have a woman commentator for the football I think so it must just be an annoying voice on the BBC one.


  • #17
    Pigman II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,921 ✭✭✭✭Pigman II


    Nearly all commentators don't know what they're talking about. This one just happens to be a woman. If they wanted people who knew what they were talking about they'd hire exclusively from the pool of ex-pros (and even most of them don't seem to sharp on the subject come to think of it.)


  • #18
    Galvasean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    I was just about to ask how is she for statistics?

    - football statistics, not vital statistics...


  • #19
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    eirebhoy wrote: »
    RTE have a woman commentator for the football I think so it must just be an annoying voice on the BBC one.
    Two, iirc. Joanne Cantwell and Jacqui Hurley.

    Nothing wrong with female commentators in my books.


  • #20
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,316 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Nothing wrong with female commentators, except that the ones they pick tend to have the same problem as male commentators, constant slip-ups and annoying mannerisms/voices.


  • #21
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    HalloweenJack wrote: »
    Joanne Cantwell
    Don't get me started on that bint. That female commentator on MOTD was equally as bad.


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