When you lose the ability to keep up when calling the action it's time to go.
Peter Allis is also one that the Beeb have clung on to for too long. Spends too much time now mumbling on about how great golf was 50 years ago, and talking about Sam Snead and other golfers the majority of the Beeb's audience would be too young to have ever seen play.
And gawd bless 'im, but Henry Blofeld is another. He's used rather more sparingly now, but when you rely on him to be your eyes and ears on the radio... it's not much good when his don't work as well as they did. There's only so much buses, cranes, planes and pigeons I can put up with.
I've loved all the above commentators in my time. I've grown up with them. But their deficencies now are only exacerbated by the new breed of commentators coming through.
Posted By: Jim Nasium on September 13th 2015 at 14:41:53
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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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