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1500quidporsche posted:Here's my hot take: people older than me are bad and people younger than me are also bad.
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Fo3 posted:When I was at school I hated most people in my class/age group. Why did you give them a pass? I actually do as well but I don't think a light comedy thread about F1 is the place to start explaining my radical opinions on politics, economics and different generations.
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Pirate Radar posted:I'm bad. This thread is bad
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1500quidporsche posted:I actually do as well but I don't think a light comedy thread about F1 is the place to start explaining my radical opinions on politics, economics and different generations. I think you might be wrong.
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learnincurve posted:Not gonna fib, have watched the F1 on my phone. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks Crofty is a useless twat. He's got like a 50% hit rate on guessing which driver is which during the race and actively makes the commentary a hindrance to the entertainment. Ben Edwards on the other side is a loving dry lunch as well. We were spoiled in the days of are Murray.
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wicka posted:I think you might be wrong. This wouldn't be the first time.
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learnincurve posted:Commentary: Brundle as colour commentator, Coulthard in the second seat. Plus bring in a third who is rotated (no actual reason there only needs to be two) Ant, Jenson, Bruno and Karun. May be other ex-drivers with personality who could be added, have them do an audition with Boring Mc Dougle and if they are better than him then give them a FP live test. You know, like actual professionals would do.
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If I had to pick now I'd largely pick the Channel 4 team. I've completely written off Brundle as a commentator, Crofty's primary skill seems to be screaming at the start and Karin does a better job in the pitlane than Ted does. You could replace Ben Edwards but it wouldn't be the end of the world if he stayed.
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Theophany posted:... He's got like a 50% hit rate on guessing which driver is which during the race... Theophany posted:We were spoiled in the days of are Murray. 1500quidporsche posted:Crofty's primary skill seems to be screaming at the start Bless your Murray but he got it wrong at lot of the times after yelling a lot at the starts. Part of the entertainment was his attempt at recovery and working it all out. Crofty is OK. He makes mistakes and probably just isn't entertaining enough in comparison, but he's not your Payndz posted:BBC 2011 had the best team. Brundle and DC on commentary, Jake presenting, EJ punditing and being EJ, Lee and Ted in the pits. Them were't days. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Dec 12, 2016 |
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Murray was bad especially towards the back half of the 90s but even as early as '90 I thought ESPN's team was doing a better job. To act like Crofty is acceptable is having a laugh, he's just bad. EJ is a good lad though and I appreciate his insight.
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wicka posted:Millennials are bad, here's a pro wrestling reference.
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GramCracker posted:This thread is bad Gods bless the Worst Thread.
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Button for commentary plz
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Dec 12, 2016 16:54
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Nah, let Brundle commentate more so we can have some more nerd rage over his commentary efforts.
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Norns posted:Drunk Button for commentary plz FTFY
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Brundle is eventually going to realize how bad he looks with his grid walks and whining to see that he should quit before everyone hates him. Button would be awesome, and the guy that does the pit interviews for NBC(?) E: Buxton Then just get an impartial commentator for the fast race calls (Crofty is OK, but feel free to find someone better with equal or more energy), and a couple more pit reporters with good connections/sweet talking abliity
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simplefish posted:Fernandroid, please. 
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Fo3 posted:Does not compute. I can forgive his sins because he was supremely entertaining and worked so well with James Hunt's dry wit. Crofty's lame attempts at humour fall flat, he isn't particularly insightful and continues to flog the dead horse that is #askCrofty whereby you ask him questions which he answers with how good Lewis Hamilton is. I get the impression that most of the Sky F1 team tolerate him at best. There has to be a better commentator out there, but two former drivers as commentators, whilst interesting, would be pretty dry for the non-nerd viewers.
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Martin Brundle is motor racing's equivalent of like Phil Simms or Jamie Carragher. Inexplicably highly regarded by TV execs despite being truly awful at his job.
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Give Jack Nicholls a TV commentating gig. He did a good job with Formula E and then the BBC radio F1 coverage.
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Is Jon Legard even still alive?
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Brundle's fallen into that trap that catches a lot of long-time commentators out, where instead of commentating on the entertainment, they believe they ARE the entertainment. Somehow it also happened to Ted Kravitz. It'll be partly due to how much they're paid, money as a measure of worth etc.wicka posted:Is Jon Legard even still alive? He's back to reporting on football matches on the radio/Final Score, and I think occasionaly presenting BBC News' sport bulletin
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1500quidporsche posted:Murray was bad Ok it's time to rise up and put an end to your terrible opinions.
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Khablam posted:Ok it's time to rise up and put an end to your terrible opinions. He was great in the 80s but by the late 90s there was like a 1 in 3 chance every race that he was going to confuse a Minardi crashing out with a championship contender.
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Murray was always extremely biased towards the British drivers, if you didn't like Mansell or Hill, and we didn't in our house, he was unbearable at the time. If Murray were commentating on modern F1 he would have been yammering on about what Jollyon was up to every time Lewis was not on screen.
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Murray was decent but it was really Hunt that made their duo great
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1500quidporsche posted:He was great in the 80s but by the late 90s there was like a 1 in 3 chance every race that he was going to confuse a Minardi crashing out with a championship contender. He was also doing this in the 1980s.
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learnincurve posted:Murray was always extremely biased towards the British drivers, if you didn't like Mansell or Hill, and we didn't in our house, he was unbearable at the time. If Murray were commentating on modern F1 he would have been yammering on about what Jollyon was up to every time Lewis was not on screen. I think this is mainly because it was well before the days of info saturation, keeping the British public informed on how the British drivers were doing kinda makes sense in that context. He was always one for giving out basic information anyway - from bits I remember and clips I've watched if the camera was focused on a car by itself he'd always make sure to point out the position, driver, manufacturer, engine supplier, and heck probably colour too.
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hot take: all announcers suck.
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HJB posted:I think this is mainly because it was well before the days of info saturation, keeping the British public informed on how the British drivers were doing kinda makes sense in that context. He was always one for giving out basic information anyway - from bits I remember and clips I've watched if the camera was focused on a car by itself he'd always make sure to point out the position, driver, manufacturer, engine supplier, and heck probably colour too. 97 was peak Walker. Most brits who watched it at the time could tell you about Coulthard being in a McLaren, Herbert being on the podium in a Sauber, and Hill, Hill, Damon Hill, but not who actually won the championship.
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Trigger warning: Max Verstappen is a good driver - http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/31381/10693681/max-verstappen-sets-new-record-for-overtaking-in-2016
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iospace posted:hot take: all announcers suck. Counterpoint: James Hunt
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1500quidporsche posted:If I had to pick now I'd largely pick the Channel 4 team. I've completely written off Brundle as a commentator, Crofty's primary skill seems to be screaming at the start and Karin does a better job in the pitlane than Ted does. You could replace Ben Edwards but it wouldn't be the end of the world if he stayed. The problem with Brundle is that he seems to have crawled up his own arse. He used to be quite fun but now swans about like the king of broadcasting in the paddock.
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Khablam posted:Trigger warning: Max Verstappen is a good driver - http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/31381/10693681/max-verstappen-sets-new-record-for-overtaking-in-2016 DRS
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Norns posted:Counterpoint: James Hunt He's an announcer, therefore bad  Unrelated fun facts: there was a Milwaukee area sports news guy whose name was actually Mike Hunt. He moved out to Arizona, lost track of him there. Then again, I love Bob Uecker, so whatever
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Brainwrong posted:The problem with Brundle is that he seems to have crawled up his own arse. He used to be quite fun but now swans about like the king of broadcasting in the paddock. I liked when Alonso owned Brundle.
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iospace posted:He's an announcer, therefore bad You hate British announcers
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El Hefe posted:DRS Says the avatar of someone who tried overtaking by driving through the other driver.
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iospace posted:Says the avatar of someone who tried overtaking by driving through the other driver. That's how real men do it
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Norns posted:You hate British announcers Nah, I hate the CBS roster of announcers for football as well, and it always seems the Packers get Phil Simms for their games. Also gently caress Dicky V.
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