Croft has to go

Croft has to go

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Neutralting

8 posts

44 months

Tuesday 15th September 2020
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markcoznottz said:
Daston said:
The guy cannot shut up for 5 seconds which does my head in. If nothing is going on it's ok to not speak. Wonder if he gets paid per word.

Ironically I find the Indycar commentary much better and less shouty (and their american!). Sure they get excited but only when there is a need to
Ironically Ben Edwards used to do champ cars for Eurosport in the Montoya era, and was highly technical and not shouty.
He used to do F1 for Eurosport too.

Coming back to Croft, "IT'S THE D. N. F. for the M. A. X." almost made me vomit

anonymous-user

55 months

Friday 25th September 2020
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Another bad week end for rent a mouth.

And what’s with Herbert?

“.....and here he comes onto the, sort of, start/finish straight, the DRS is, sort of, open; he, sort of, missed the apex, sort of, sort of, sort of............

FFS Johnny, shut up!

iandc

3,718 posts

207 months

Friday 25th September 2020
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REALIST123 said:
Another bad week end for rent a mouth.

And what’s with Herbert?

“.....and here he comes onto the, sort of, start/finish straight, the DRS is, sort of, open; he, sort of, missed the apex, sort of, sort of, sort of............

FFS Johnny, shut up!
They all managed to share the "joke" about dusty track for a good 5 minutes of air time. Great commentating (not!)

c6erb

650 posts

235 months

Friday 25th September 2020
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REALIST123 said:
Another bad week end for rent a mouth.

And what’s with Herbert?

“.....and here he comes onto the, sort of, start/finish straight, the DRS is, sort of, open; he, sort of, missed the apex, sort of, sort of, sort of............

FFS Johnny, shut up!
They all talk like that in Essex ;-)

Adrian W

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13,876 posts

229 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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Chandhok being just as bad, you’re not allowed to turn the engines up any more you tosser

Adrian W

Original Poster:

13,876 posts

229 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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And Croft getting everything wrong again, Hamilton easily has enough time for an out lap, Chandhok keeps correcting him so must be hating pissed off with him

HustleRussell

24,718 posts

161 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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Q2 Sochi another case for binning Croft

zsdom

792 posts

121 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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Croft: Lewis isnt setting good sector times compared to his team mate, it’s not looking good for the world champion

Lewis: P4

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,259 posts

236 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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Adrian W said:
Hamilton easily has enough time for an out lap,
Yep, 1 1/4 seconds is masses of leeway hehe

Adrian W

Original Poster:

13,876 posts

229 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Yep, 1 1/4 seconds is masses of leeway hehe
When Mouthy said it he had a fortnight biggrin

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,259 posts

236 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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Adrian W said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Yep, 1 1/4 seconds is masses of leeway hehe
When Mouthy said it he had a fortnight biggrin
I'm with Chandok...I'm amazed t'other teams didn't block Hamilton out.

Jasandjules

69,922 posts

230 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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What we need to Karun to do the main chat with Martin to do the secondary. That would be Perfect.......

Gary C

12,482 posts

180 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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Jasandjules said:
What we need to Karun to do the main chat with Martin to do the secondary. That would be Perfect.......
Prefer Croft to Chandhok personally.

Croft becomes white noise, easily ignored. Karun is more invasive and still as bad.

ChocolateFrog

25,442 posts

174 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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When Hamilton was setting his lap in Q2 he wouldn't shut up about how much trouble Hamilton was in despite him only being a couple of 10ths down.

Sandpit Steve

10,084 posts

75 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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For all those moaning about Croft, the commentator I was listening to was sure that the replay of Bottas crossing the line at the end of Q2 was a replay of Hamilton being timed out - even when a few seconds before, we’d seen a replay of Lewis beating the clock by about a second and the timing screens showed he made his lap. It took him three whole minutes before he acknowledged that LH had indeed made it into Q3.

Last time out in Mugello, it was well after the safety car had been deployed on the first lap, that he realised that the two Mercedes were not in the same order as they started the race, he’d spent half a lap commenting on how LH was in front when VB had got ahead from the start.

Jasandjules

69,922 posts

230 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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Gary C said:
Prefer Croft to Chandhok personally.

Croft becomes white noise, easily ignored. Karun is more invasive and still as bad.
You jest surely? Karun knows what he is talking about, is measured, intelligent....

Dolf Stoppard

1,323 posts

123 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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Gary C said:
Jasandjules said:
What we need to Karun to do the main chat with Martin to do the secondary. That would be Perfect.......
Prefer Croft to Chandhok personally.

Croft becomes white noise, easily ignored. Karun is more invasive and still as bad.
I'm with you. There is something about Chandhok's voice I just find incredibly annoying. If he became a permanent fixture I'd have to consider watching replays on C4. That's how much I struggle to listen to him...

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,259 posts

236 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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Well, I think they all do a reasonable job. Things happen pretty fast in F1 and it must be a hard job.

People of a certain age will remember that Murray Walker was forever calling things incorrectly, but is now regarded as a legend.

paulguitar

23,483 posts

114 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
People of a certain age will remember that Murray Walker was forever calling things incorrectly, but is now regarded as a legend.
Yes, but Murray was charming, a great communicator, very well informed, and genuinely respected in the F1 community. Croft is clueless, annoying, shouty, and just generally intolerable.

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

30,259 posts

236 months

Saturday 26th September 2020
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paulguitar said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
People of a certain age will remember that Murray Walker was forever calling things incorrectly, but is now regarded as a legend.
Yes, but Murray was charming, a great communicator, very well informed, and genuinely respected in the F1 community. Croft is clueless, annoying, shouty, and just generally intolerable.
But, people didn't necessarily think that at the time. I've watched more than one race where he even had the wrong drivers in it hehe