PM: I.O. Brandon.
Re: John Motson.
Agreed. His abilities have clearly diminished in recent years.
Thought his commentary of Palace v Man City yesterday was awful. It seems he's lost the ability to call the action quick enough and just decends into endless exclamations of "Oohh and Oooooooohhhh!" Then he'll let out one of his cackling laughs which tries to mask his lack of descriptive vocabulary to sum up a passage of play in the heat of the moment. Also failing to identify players eg Gayle's miss near the end... the player was just referred to as "He" during the action, only name checking him in the action replay.
Motty certainly is a pale shadow of the man who used to be able to command a commentary.
Posted By: Jim Nasium on September 13th 2015 at 14:00:38
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- PM: I.O. Brandon. (Other Football) - Jim Nasium, Sep 13, 14:00:38
- R5 Live Monday Night Club (Other Football) - KentonCanary, Sep 13, 19:08:35
- yep, shame (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Sep 13, 15:01:58
- The other good thing about ll about John Motson is he isn't Alan Green (n/m) (Other Football) - Bravo win or die, Sep 13, 14:28:03
- Yes, there is that. (Other Football) - Jim Nasium, Sep 13, 14:44:24
- The worst bit was when he said 'the lad who's just come on' (Other Football) - King, Sep 13, 14:23:47
- When you lose the ability to keep up when calling the action it's time to go. (Other Football) - Jim Nasium, Sep 13, 14:41:53
- Ageist (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 13, 14:44:11
- You're not 28 any more you decrepit dribbly old fart. (Other Football) - Jim Nasium, Sep 13, 14:46:39
- Ageist (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 13, 14:44:11
- When you lose the ability to keep up when calling the action it's time to go. (Other Football) - Jim Nasium, Sep 13, 14:41:53
- Not exactly fair to judge on heavily edited highlights though (Other Football) - roedtonowhere, Sep 13, 14:08:40
- he basically couldn't call any of the key action (Other Football) - Brandonio, Sep 13, 14:11:32
- Shown up by who? Jonathan Pearse is far more embarrassing (Other Football) - roedtonowhere, Sep 13, 14:14:35
- by basically anybody who isn't Jonathan Pearce (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Sep 13, 14:22:49
- Shown up by who? Jonathan Pearse is far more embarrassing (Other Football) - roedtonowhere, Sep 13, 14:14:35
- He retired from live commentary years ago (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 13, 14:11:29
- he basically couldn't call any of the key action (Other Football) - Brandonio, Sep 13, 14:11:32
- But he said 'This is fantasy football!' so I will always have a soft spot for him (n/m) (Other Football) - Bravo win or die, Sep 13, 14:06:32
- think there was an "almost" in there (Other Football) - Brandonio, Sep 13, 14:10:12
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