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re: Thank You FOX
Posted on 5/24/14 at 11:14 pm to joey barton
Posted on 5/24/14 at 11:14 pm to joey barton
I wasn't able to watch this game today. I tried listening to it on SiriusXm, but the broadcast wasn't traditional radio commentary. It was just a broadcast of the commentary from the fox televised version.
So not only was I dealing with listening to Fox commentators. It also meant I didn't have a clue what was happening on the pitch. The broadcast mainly consisted commentator silence, background crowd noise, with intermittent shouts of players names with no commentating on what those players were doing, followed by mentioning that both teams playing were from the same city a million times.
I had to turn it off multiple times on my road trip. I'm not sure if I should blame siriusxm, the station, or fox.
So not only was I dealing with listening to Fox commentators. It also meant I didn't have a clue what was happening on the pitch. The broadcast mainly consisted commentator silence, background crowd noise, with intermittent shouts of players names with no commentating on what those players were doing, followed by mentioning that both teams playing were from the same city a million times.
I had to turn it off multiple times on my road trip. I'm not sure if I should blame siriusxm, the station, or fox.
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Posted on 5/24/14 at 11:25 pm to Puffoluffagus
Fox.
Posted on 5/25/14 at 12:05 am to cwil177
NBC BPL/ESPN coverage >>> Fox UCL coverage.
and it ain't close. Gus Johnson/Wynalda are borderline unbearable. Luckily it was an incredible game to overcame those 2 disasters.
and it ain't close. Gus Johnson/Wynalda are borderline unbearable. Luckily it was an incredible game to overcame those 2 disasters.
Posted on 5/25/14 at 12:13 am to mynamebowl
quote:
borderline
you´re very kind. PR major, maybe?
Posted on 5/25/14 at 12:24 am to Dandy Lion
I was being kind.
Posted on 5/25/14 at 1:22 am to mynamebowl
look, gus may get names wrong every now and then, but damn was that the perfect match for him. his exclamations have gotten much more in sync with the flow of the game. the pronunciations are really the only sticking point for me. such an easy thing to practice and get right though, you'd think.
wynalda is still an abomination. his bit about possession being worthless and it being all about aggression was pretty hilarious when real wore down a spent atletico because of their possession
wynalda is still an abomination. his bit about possession being worthless and it being all about aggression was pretty hilarious when real wore down a spent atletico because of their possession
Posted on 5/25/14 at 6:45 am to Friend of OBUDan
I had my volume way down, and I'm still having a hard time getting MAHDRIC out of my head
Most analysts spew platitudes, so I'm not really worried about Eric Wynalda
Most analysts spew platitudes, so I'm not really worried about Eric Wynalda
Posted on 5/25/14 at 6:55 am to Friend of OBUDan
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look, gus may get names wrong every now and then, but damn was that the perfect match for him. his exclamations have gotten much more in sync with the flow of the game.
Are you kidding? He still calls Atletico AtHletico and literally the only thing he knows how to do is say the player's name really, really loud when they get near the box.
Posted on 5/25/14 at 7:25 am to cwil177
I did enjoy Wynalda's assertion that they knew Costa could only go 10 but started him anyway just so he could be out there.....in the UCL final....when you only have 3 subs and have the potential to go 120 and PKs.
Posted on 5/25/14 at 7:35 am to Puffoluffagus
That is awful. Sounds like something that turtle Murdoch would do to save the $20/hour it takes to hire someone to ramble about the game
Posted on 5/25/14 at 7:40 am to mynamebowl
quote:It was god awful. About 12 of us watching at a buddies house and we almost turned off the volume.
Gus Johnson/Wynalda are borderline unbearable. Luckily it was an incredible game to overcame those 2 disasters.
Posted on 5/25/14 at 9:42 am to cwil177
I've always found that criticism hollow considering that's Martin Tyler (and others) too.
we all love Ray Hudson and he's just a screaming, sycophant thesaurus.
I'm not saying gus deserves the job FOX has given him, but other than pronunciations, I don't have a problem with how he calls games now.
wynalda is shitty. put Gus beside a decent commentator and I bet the questions he would "come up with" aka feed him, would be better.
we all love Ray Hudson and he's just a screaming, sycophant thesaurus.
I'm not saying gus deserves the job FOX has given him, but other than pronunciations, I don't have a problem with how he calls games now.
wynalda is shitty. put Gus beside a decent commentator and I bet the questions he would "come up with" aka feed him, would be better.
This post was edited on 5/25/14 at 9:43 am
Posted on 5/25/14 at 1:27 pm to Friend of OBUDan
quote:
I've always found that criticism hollow considering that's Martin Tyler (and others) too.
Yes, but he actually knows what he's talking about.
Legitimately shocked that there were two people on this board who like Gus enough to downvote that comment.
Posted on 5/25/14 at 3:23 pm to cwil177
Gus is horrid. Wynalda needs to stick to the studio also. What blows even more is Fox is getting WC after this year. One can only hope it won't be these two clowns in the booth
Posted on 5/25/14 at 3:27 pm to etm512
quote:
I did enjoy Wynalda's assertion that they knew Costa could only go 10 but started him anyway just so he could be out there.....in the UCL final....when you only have 3 subs and have the potential to go 120 and PKs.
I don't like him at all, but that's probably completely true. Why else would he be sprinting off after 10 minutes? It seems like some dumb motivational tactic from Simeone, who wasn't expecting 120 minutes.
As for the World Cup pairings for Russia, who knows? Gus has had about 10 different pairings for CL games this year.
Posted on 5/25/14 at 4:09 pm to Keys Open Doors
I think we are overlooking the fact that Gus Johnson, the man hired by Fox to be the voice of the CL final, didn't know how to pronounce the name of one of the teams in said final. What is this, 1995?
Posted on 5/25/14 at 4:12 pm to cwil177
My mom thought it was Real Madrid and Alternate Madrid.
She only saw the "REA" and "ATL" though.
She only saw the "REA" and "ATL" though.
Posted on 5/25/14 at 4:28 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
quote:
My mom thought it was Real Madrid and Alternate Madrid.
That's amazing
I've heard of people using Fake Madrid as an intramural team name before.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 7:06 am to cwil177
Sounds like shitty tv problems
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