Croft has to go
Discussion
Adrian W said:
It must be time for shouty mc shouty to go, if anyone from Sky is reading this, he is spoiling your coverage,
Couldn't stand him when he first came but don't mind him now. Probably because F1 is so dull these days, and hence I don't watch it that much, his clownishness seems as a welcome injection of enthusiasm.That being said, he is massively biased against Ferrari - always points out team orders but never brings it up when McLaren or Mercedes do the same.
ash73 said:
c6erb said:
For me, all the great commentators (there have ever been) they know when to say precisely NOTHING ..
I'd broaden that to all good communicators.
Croft seems to abhor a silence and think it needs filling with anything. Even when the groundworkers were fixing the broken drain he was dribbling on trying to describe what they were doing and as someone in the building game game he clearly knows less about construction than he does about motor racing - probably the kind of guy who has to get a man in to hang a picture - doesn't stop the constant verbal diarrhea spewing out though does it?
Brundle needs to wind him up by seeing how far he can lead him down technical routes far from his pitifully small knowledge, just to see if he EVER stops f
king talking. Or if his brain will just crash, freeze up like a crap computer running too many tasks. At least that could be amusing during a races duller moments?
jsf said:
vulture1 said:
bring in Julien Ryder and Keith Huewan
Huewan is bloody awful. I mentioned him earlier in this thread as the MotoGP equivalent of Croft (albeit Huewen speaks/shouts from a position of experience, unlike Croft).
Edited by PorkInsider on Sunday 25th October 13:42
2014 f1 race on utube today. Same sky commentary team was doing the honours and it was easier on the ear without the mind numbing irrelevance track limits corfty send it on now.
I would put it down to boredom and not actually liking the job much whatever he says.
Also due to social media it seems that engineering conflict and chatter is the way to go.
In the long run thats unhelpful as given the chance all people do is complain. (like this)
To pay so much for a sport then encourage running it down is idiotic.
I dont know if its still meant to be the way but motormouths that wont shut up were from radio when any silence may cause the listener to feel abandoned. But on TV its just irritating after a while. Sometimes you can only really see whats going on without the nonstop blabbering every second of a race.
I would put it down to boredom and not actually liking the job much whatever he says.
Also due to social media it seems that engineering conflict and chatter is the way to go.
In the long run thats unhelpful as given the chance all people do is complain. (like this)
To pay so much for a sport then encourage running it down is idiotic.
I dont know if its still meant to be the way but motormouths that wont shut up were from radio when any silence may cause the listener to feel abandoned. But on TV its just irritating after a while. Sometimes you can only really see whats going on without the nonstop blabbering every second of a race.
I have noted he has adopted a horse racing commentary style which he has been deploying recently. I noticed it at qualifying last week where he just spewed out 100 words a minute during the final laps of Q3.
Then was at it again today after the safety car restart. Just throws out as many words without a single pause as he can. In his little mind he probably thinks it sounds good.
Then was at it again today after the safety car restart. Just throws out as many words without a single pause as he can. In his little mind he probably thinks it sounds good.
Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff