World Cup 2014 - as seen on TV (commentary, pundits, adverts, the whole shebang)

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efb wrote: »

Neil Lennon is with ITV

Neil Lennon was with BBC tv, he did the game on five live the other day too I thought he was still with bbc

SarahBM

Collins and Houghton have to be the worst commentary pair ever!!

Zico

Neeson wrote: »

Kenny was right though. Thought that was strange from Richie who usually tells it as it is. Think he just wanted to have a go a Kenny.

If I didn't know better I'd say it was a deliberate attempt to create a kind of odd couple double act.

They do look like a pair of weird twins, one's awkward but manly the other is charming but camp. Throw in the karma believing scouse-german gambler Didi Hamann and you've got a hell of a sit-com.

Swap Darragh Maloney with a TG4 weather girl and you're in business.:)

brandon_flowers

First time hearing him tonight and I can safely say Phil Neville is terrible. I'd prefer to listen to two goats ****ting into a frying pan.

Kerrydude1981

Zico wrote: »

If I didn't know better I'd say it was a deliberate attempt to create a kind of odd couple double act.

They do look like a pair of weird twins, one's awkward but manly the other is charming but camp. Throw in the karma believing scouse-german gambler Didi Hamann and you've got a hell of a sit-com.

Swap Darragh Maloney with a TG4 weather girl and you're in business.:)

Or Evanne Ni Chuilinn.

Pdoghue

Zico wrote: »

If I didn't know better I'd say it was a deliberate attempt to create a kind of odd couple double act.

They do look like a pair of weird twins, one's awkward but manly the other is charming but camp. Throw in the karma believing scouse-german gambler Didi Hamann and you've got a hell of a sit-com.

Swap Darragh Maloney with a TG4 weather girl and you're in business.:)

Brilliant post!

curioser

France 0 Equador 0 and I can hear the wife laughing at Benidorm in the next room. Methinks I'm watching the wrong channel!

Deco99

curioser wrote: »

France 0 Equador 0 and I can hear the wife laughing at Benidorm in the next room. Methinks I'm watching the wrong channel!

Ya throw on 912 while shes in the other room...

curioser

Deco99 wrote: »

Ya throw on 912 while shes in the other room...

It's surprising how acute the hearing gets when those channels are switched on!

Lovely Bloke

Giles has a look about him, as if he just knows he's been getting away with it for twenty years.

delaad

And if you're really hungry, you WILL kill your granny, and........

SarahBM

Janny mack, does Houghton ever have anything positive to say! what a miserable yoke. Collins is so boring to listen to!!! I wish Brian Kerr had been doing this match!

and what is with all the player's hair?!?! is there a competition to see who can get their hair to most resemble a taco? mother of gawd!

Boom__Boom

After Alkin's performance in the earlier match, Collins has battled back in RTE's commentator relegation battle.

Collins's tactic of telling us exactly what is happening on the pitch as if he were commentating for a radio audience is a great way of filling the time. Unfortunately it adds zero insight unless you are watching the match with your eyes closed.

GreNoLi

At least I'm able to tune Collins out, not the case with Alkin unfortunately.

Hidalgo

SarahBM wrote: »

Collins and Houghton have to be the worst commentary pair ever!!

Keep the bad ones together and then they could match the good ones.
Brian Kerr or Jim Beglin with George would be great

curioser

Starting to sound like the Sunday Game - "we all know Valencia isn't a dirty player".

razorblunt

Boom__Boom wrote: »

After Alkin's performance in the earlier match, Collins has battled back in RTE's commentator relegation battle.

Collins's tactic of telling us exactly what is happening on the pitch as if he were commentating for a radio audience is a great way of filling the time. Unfortunately it adds zero insight unless you are watching the match with your eyes closed.

In fairness that is his job, it's the co/colour commentator who fleshes out the details. If they only employ one then that's where there's trouble.

razorblunt

Second paragraph - it's good to see him doing well for himself:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27905743

Diabhal Beag

Did Igor Akinfeev ride Jim Beglin's significant other? He's getting an absolute slating. A bad tournament but Jim is sticking the boot in.

Kerrydude1981

Great montage by RTE there looking back over the group stages

GreNoLi

Who's singing?

marno21

GreNoLi wrote: »

Who's singing?

On the montage? Daughter - Youth

GreNoLi

Cheers.

Tinie

What is the song that RTE uses over that video they play at the start and end of the program, with the cartoon CGI people around brazil.

keith16

I have to say, Brazil have done a great job of promoting the country. They have taken full advantage to show off the country.

There has been some stunning panoramic shots outside the stadia during play. The one last night during the France game of Rio, Christ the Redeemer and the Maracana was breath-taking.

Mr.Prodston

It really was a cracking montage and piece of music put together by RTE there. It's something they do really well often so credit where it's due!

gormdubhgorm

I just want to echo what the majority of other posters said about Brian Kerr. He is having a great world cup. Plenty of smart comments, great knowledge of players and wonderful mispronunciation of players names!
Kerr always reminds me of this guy "Columbo" from the TV series:
http://hypesrus.com/blog/2011/06/24/columbo-ist-tot-peter-falk-verstorben/

He always looks disheveled sounds half asleep. Then he lets on he knows nothing but surprises the viewers with "Just one more thing".:cool:

SantryRed

Kerr was cracking me up yday, constantly calling DeMarcus Beasley, Marcus DeBeasley :pac:

but he has been very knowledgable, and his insight has been fantastic.

Call Me Jimmy

I think he may even be messing around with peoples names for his own amusement. Not to gush about him but he is infectious and a breath of fresh of air

Skid X

It's all about the Jizz ...

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/irish-commentator-confuses-americans-with-unusual-word-choice-634703.html

comongethappy

The 1994 world cup was featured on the BBC this morning.

The 90s looked so dated compared to our HD present, it might as well have been the 70s.

Omackeral

comongethappy wrote: »

The 1984 world cup was featured on the BBBC this morning.

Was that held in North Korea? They've kept that one under wraps!

comongethappy

Omackeral wrote: »

Was that held in North Korea? They've kept that one under wraps!

Typos everywhere!

I meant '94.

Cantstandsya

Is this cut to Trevor and Peter in the stadium just a way for RTE to prove that they actually have a few commentators out in Brazil (as opposed to just having them locked in the basement in RTE)?

hufpc8w3adnk65

Cantstandsya wrote: »

Is this cut to Trevor and Peter in the stadium just a way for RTE to prove that they actually have a few commentators out in Brazil (as opposed to just having them locked in the basement in RTE)?

Was thinking that

Cantstandsya

Also, nice hair transplant Trev

Diabhal Beag

Peter Collins is fantastic. Neymar wins the ball halfway inside the Chile half and Peter sequels like it was a one on one inside the box.

Pdoghue

comongethappy wrote: »

The 1994 world cup was featured on the BBC this morning.

The 90s looked so dated compared to our HD present, it might as well have been the 70s.

I watched that. The US narrator wasn't the best - at one point he claimed that Holland got revenge on us for eliminating them in 1990!

Diabhal Beag

Aul Peter is losing his mind

NyOmnishambles

Collins is shocking

Someone makes a tackle in midfield and squeals like it is a goal scoring opportunity

Lightbulb Sun

Rio Ferdinand just said the game is on in the Maracana, numpty.

Skid X

NyOmnishambles wrote: »

Collins is shocking

Someone makes a tackle in midfield and squeals like it is a goal scoring opportunity

Yeah, he commentates like he still doing Formula 1, getting over excited at any sign of something unusual occurring.

Lightbulb Sun

Webb blamed again for a decision he didn't make, this time on rte.

hmmm

I'm finding the RTE commentary/punditry really annoyingly negative. It's a sport, it's meant to be enjoyed. Today's match was great, but then we get the guys in the studio with their big unhappy faces talking about how bad both teams are. Tonight we'll probably get sourpuss Dunphy and Giles doing their "let's hang my head and talk intently about how terrible something is". No wonder the country is so miserable half the time.

Ulysses Gaze

Jaysis, Apres Match is well past its sell by date....

BobbyPropane

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Jaysis, Apres Match is well past its sell by date....

Thought it was funny

Kerrydude1981

hmmm wrote: »

I'm finding the RTE commentary/punditry really annoyingly negative. It's a sport, it's meant to be enjoyed. Today's match was great, but then we get the guys in the studio with their big unhappy faces talking about how bad both teams are. Tonight we'll probably get sourpuss Dunphy and Giles doing their "let's hang my head and talk intently about how terrible something is". No wonder the country is so miserable half the time.

First words from Dunphy tonight when asked about the Brazil game,

"It was a terrible game"

Cantstandsya

I wish RTE would quit with these awful montages, they were bad enough during the Premiership, the world cup ones are even worse. Tonight takes the biscuit, the first for Brazil was just a pressure gauge with various words scrawled on the screen and the second was for Suarez which was exactly the same as the first but with the pressure gauge replaced by a clock. What is the point of these things and how much does the hack that comes up with them earn? It's a waste of time and money, get rid of them.

Pdoghue

So predictable that Dunphy would agree with Brady's opinion that it wasn't a penalty. I thought Hulk clearly handled the ball.

Lucifer MorningStar

According to Eamon Dunphy, Diego Forlan is a veteran still playing at Man Utd