Croft has to go

[thegreenhell]

There's a whole generation of viewers now who have only known Croft's voice for F1.

[DOCG]

911r said:

I think f1 you tube comments are fake .

After last years mess there’s was not one single comment about Massi for the last race highlights video .

Maybe not fake but they can easily filter out/automatically delete any comments that contain certain words.

[Teddy Lop]

That's it, I think I'm just about done.

Returned from an awesome weekend at the race and as per usual, stuck on the replay to prick up on the many nuances we'd have missed, I don't know if it's the juxtaposition of the weekend we'd had "topped" as it were by this useless oaf yelling his careless & incorrect nonsense all over the sport, or that while watching live/afresh you're picking up on countless mistakes in the moment but watching knowing what's happening his ineptness, cluelessness and error strewn hollering is too much.

Currently paying sky £54/mo because at the end of the day I just want to relax and watch my sport at the end of the week without all the uncertainty of "internet things" but no.

So the shopping list is:
Freesat PVR £2-300
Nord VPN £35/yr
F1 pro $80 canadian/yr
Discovery/Eurosport £60/yr (for bikes and snooker etc)

I think that gives me just about everything we used on sky except sky documentaries - might add Netflix as I'm sure most of that is cross platform. Looks like quite the saving.

[Adrian W]

What are you on, you really suggested that the Haas cars do a swap while in a drs train ,

[iandc]

Adrian W said:

What are you on, you really suggested that the Haas cars do a swap while in a drs train ,

Plus for at least 5 laps "And Hamilton is closer to MS this corner" followed by MS disappearing into the distance!! Then we had a "swapperoo" for good measure!!

[paulguitar]

iandc said:

Adrian W said:

What are you on, you really suggested that the Haas cars do a swap while in a drs train ,

Plus for at least 5 laps "And Hamilton is closer to MS this corner" followed by MS disappearing into the distance!! Then we had a "swapperoo" for good measure!!

His lack of understanding of the wheel-to-wheel stuff is unforgivable after so long in the job. You'd think he'd go and do a bit of karting or club racing just to familiarise himself with the basics.

[mw88]

|t's not just Crofty that needs to go, I think the entire Sky team could do with a refresh.

Might as well have my Nan on the Skypad. She'd probably be more useful than Herbert

I'm pretty sure Ted get's a brief each weekend to try and be more annoying than the last.

[paulguitar]

jsf said:

paulguitar said:

His lack of understanding of the wheel-to-wheel stuff is unforgivable after so long in the job. You'd think he'd go and do a bit of karting or club racing just to familiarise himself with the basics.

I doubt the Kart would break 5MPH.

[Fonzey]

"I thought for one second"


Think longer, Crofty

[2172cc]

'goes for the old switcharoo' that one really annoys me.

[Adrian W]

The marshals reacted quickly, No they fking didn’t, they would rather watch the Ferrari burn

[Muzzer79]

I’ve defended Croft on here

But if he says “the old switcheroo” one more time…….

[Nickp82]

Also came here to moan about “the old switcharoo” , cringe every time.

If he could just lose that phrase along with a “getting a bit squirrelly” that would be fine for me.

[iandc]

Just waiting for "Lights out and away we go with a switcheroo at the first corner" I swear he is getting worse! Max was definitely going to catch Charles until actually he wasn't! Surely they can employ somebody who has one iota of knowledge about F1!!

[2172cc]

Dear old Murray used to use " and it's go go go" for the start of a Grand Prix so I suppose he had to come up with a similar start catch phrase but I agreed with the general sentiment that it's time for Sky to change not only the commentator but the rest of the line up too.

[JonChalk]

Kravitz wasn't much help today either - both he and Crofty bemoaning Norris having to worry about a 5 second time penalty at the end of the race, when it was bloody obvious Norris had pitted well after receiving the penalty and well before either of the two morons started going on about it.

[rdjohn]

Adrian W said:

The marshals reacted quickly, No they fking didn’t, they would rather watch the Ferrari burn

The contrast between how Silverstone reacted to the huge Zhou crash last weekend and today’s fire was quite remarkable.

Especially the Marshal running towards the car, getting half way, putting down his extinguisher and then running back (hopefully for the correct type) followed by the guy who put a cylinder behind the front wheel of the Ferrari on a hill and not expecting it to roll down but to actually chock the wheel.

Keystone cops stuff!

[Dr Murdoch]

2172cc said:

Dear old Murray used to use " I agreed with the general sentiment that it's time for Sky to change not only the commentator but the rest of the line up too.

I pay for SkyF1 (so not biased) , but I've always held the view that the C4 team are so much better on balance. Coulthard and Webber are great, the main coms is ok, but a decent step up from Croft. The only one who really lets the team down is Steve Jones. Get rid of him, and get Jenson on board and thats it sorted? (or Sky nick all the names Ive suggest for C4, either way both could be better).

BTW my 9 year son questioned why the commentator was shouting during the last lap when nothing was happening. A 9 year old....

[J6542]

Dr Murdoch said:

2172cc said:

Dear old Murray used to use " I agreed with the general sentiment that it's time for Sky to change not only the commentator but the rest of the line up too.

I pay for SkyF1 (so not biased) , but I've always held the view that the C4 team are so much better on balance. Coulthard and Webber are great, the main coms is ok, but a decent step up from Croft. The only one who really lets the team down is Steve Jones. Get rid of him, and get Jenson on board and thats it sorted? (or Sky nick all the names Ive suggest for C4, either way both could be better).

BTW my 9 year son questioned why the commentator was shouting during the last lap when nothing was happening. A 9 year old....

It’s the opposite for me, I don’t mind the sky commentary but can’t listen to the channel 4 Redbull fan club

[LM240]

Nickp82 said:

Also came here to moan about “the old switcharoo” , cringe every time.

If he could just lose that phrase along with a “getting a bit squirrelly” that would be fine for me.

Glad I’m not the only one, for both of those.