Does anyone else find him irritating, he seems uninterested and even turned away to look at the track when Michael Johnson was answering a question Inverdale asked him. I think he is an arse.
Did you see him choking back the tears with the light weight rowers who came 2nd? He cares.
I [i]know[/i] he is an arse.
Did you see him choking back the tears with the light weight
Nah must of been his makeup running into his eyes.
Less of an arse than Colin Jackson, so that's something.
I'm glad i'm not the only one. I assume he's continues to get work because he knows loads of people in sport and broadcasting. Give me Humphrey and Balding over him any day. Hell, even Linekar.
Cant stand him and he is worse when it comes to rugby than the Olympics
I always used to chuckle when some sweaty meat head pushed him into a pool every xmas on the worlds strongest man.
He looks like a bi-product of experimental plastic surgery in the 70s
there was some **** on bbc a couple of mins ago imparting some gems of wisdom about the olympic 100m final, such as 'its not the type of race where you just run as fast as possible' and 'its not about trying to win gold'
really?
i obviously have completely the wrong idea about racing.
Not as irritating as Nick Knowles, I ****ing hate that man.
I quite like him.
yes, he's an arrogant arse, but he's not got a rod up his arse, he's confident, he's polished with a few scratches and he's funny.
For some reason, I look at Inverdale and can't help that think he could ultimately become the next David Icke. No idea why I think that though!
My wife thinks that he's always pissed! She's a big tennis fan and said that some of his comments during Wimbledon were very random!
rapidly morphing into Mark Lawrenson
I think Inverdale is fine ,I have no problem with his presenting at all
Forget Inverdale, Colin Jackson is where the TV venom needs to be directed. He's terrible.
He reminds me of that "royal commentator" on the Armstrong and Millar show coming out with speculation constantly. He sounds like he's reading from a script of cliches.
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I know he is an arse.
Wow, that's, like, really impressive.
Humphrey and balding? Do one!
I like him and have always liked the stuff he does with rugby. He seems to have a sense of humour. I'd happily never see Balding present anything on tv ever again though.
I have an irrational dislike of him. Can't quite put my finger on why though.
[doesalittleclap]Colin Jackson on the other hand, I love his camp enthusiasm. [/doesalittleclap]
I hope you're not all slagging off Balding just because he's got a bit of a girly voice.
Taxi.
At least Jackson is enthusiastic and has a bit of subject knowledge. Inverdale and the crisp-eater just make noise to fill space.
Invardale has been super arrogant in the past, think he's been better recently.
But pundit saying something alone the lines of ...."I'm lost for words"... Grrr.... No that's not the right answer, Say something/anything... that's what we're are paying you for!! Lazy gets.
Oh... and why do we have to see the pundits "unedited" reaction to the what's happening infront of them? I'd prefer ordinary punters in the crowd smiling, cheering, crying with pride.
(Thankyou STW for allowing me to get that off my chest... while I'm at it.... Asymmetric bars, ASYMMETRIC bars 👿 )
Having seen Inverdale interviewing the rowing crews a matter of seconds after having competed, I feel that the athletes should be given a bit of time after the events to recompose themselves before offering their profound insights into what happened during the race. Cav has the "I'm not ready to be interviewed yet" attitude down to a T.
Invers might be an arse, but he's not helped by circumstance.
I like him, and Balding too.
Jackson is there as expert viewpoint and to add a bit of flounce.
The Olympic live commentary though has been somewhat lacking, watching hockey has been painful - absolutely clueless and full of inane comments.
As a devout disliker of Alan Green, I did find him rather good during his sessions, not his usual PITA negative comments when we are subjected to 24/7 Wendyball on R5 for 9 months of the year.
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Jackson was on top form last night
"Look at wotsizname coming through!!!"
He did guess the time of the 100m though.
Wow, that's, like, really impressive.
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Inverdale is rank.. he makes up stuff and sticks to a point even when pointed out hes wrong.. last night he insisted that carl lewis wasnt in the modern era and that he'd been beaten fairly by drug cheat johnson.
get back to the radio and take your jkts with you ..
in a similar vein why do we have to put up with denise chip on my shoulder lewis. if its not women getting enough SPY time its black athletes getting a bad deal in uk.. TOWIE clothing world owes me a living attitude .. dont need it.
inverdale is a bell end fact
he wears blazers ffs!
John Inver****
or words to that effect halftime England v Wales Twickenham 2008I think the floodgates will open in the second hald and England will run away with this
Having said that he's better than Gary **** I'm bored Lineker, at least Inverdale is into it. That bloke from Countryfile has been the best, he almost made me intrested in Gymnastics.
Inverdale I still can't warm too, I think he's slowly loosing his neck, on occasion I've heard inspiration fall from his lips but on the whole.. he's a bit dull, but then he's done well in his Rugby career so has depth of knowledge and all that.
Was in the Balding Haterz camp for some time until she got on a bike and toured around the Dales, which I thought was a most excellent programme. Now she is most insightful and fits the BBC rather well and I like her Horsy attitude.
Gary Linakers accent is going more "Burminum" by the day and I'm getting irritated the more I see his face.
Shirley Robinson I like, but I know her.
That Guy in the rib, the one trying desperately to get Ben to bite needs one of his lungs deflating to calm him down a bit, or come off the helium.
The bloke who commentated on the rowing.. another fella that needs to calm down a bit and lay off the helium.
I all very few of the commentators I’ve had the privilege to watch have actually been encouraging when someone has won Silver rather than Gold, which I find irritating like having sand in your shorts.
Inverdale's clash with Michael Johnson over Carl Lewis last night summed him up nicely. What a total pillock.
But the prize knob is Colin Jackson who seems to have been hired purely to irritate everyone watching. His "commentary" on the opening ceremony was excruciating. Calling St. Kitts "St. Nitts" was a classic as well as not knowing who the lead singer in the The Who was can calling the song "A Message to You" by the Specials "Two Tone". And the rest of the time it was say what you see or read from 'schoolboy geography for dummies'.
The BBC's choice of pundits is incredibly poor. I cite John Mcenroe being asked his insight on the Mens Road Race is a prime example. Even he looks a bit confused as to why he's there..
BBC 1 coverage has been dire, too much chat, same point made over and over.... I want to watch sport, not presenters....
The BBC's choice of pundits is incredibly poor
Surely Michael Johnson is the glorious exception to this.
The most irritating presenting in all the Olympic coverage is the dappy woman on 5 live, no idea what her name is but I don't think she has any actual interest in sport. My god she is annoying. Stupid question after stupid question.
Gabby Logan is really good on the highlights prog IMO.
Michael Johnson is, as ever, brilliant as a pundit. I think we are lucky to have him on British TV, I wonder why he doesn't work for one of the big American sports networks?
Ian Thorpe a big coup for the bbc as well, I thought he was really good on the swimming, knowledgeable, self-deprecating and funny. He's also genuinely been there and done it.
I'm a balding fan, haven't always been but a few turns on comedy show like hignfy where she was genuinely funny and I've warmed to her. She does her research too.
Colin Jackson is a prat but he's there as light relief.
Inverdale is good on the rugby and I liked him when be was comforting those rowers and got all choked up himself. He's not been great on the Olympics but not so bad as to wind me up as he obviously has some of you.
The BBC's choice of pundits is incredibly poor. I cite John Mcenroe being asked his insight on the Mens Road Race is a prime example. Even he looks a bit confused as to why he's there..
Johnson and Thorpe aside, I've been quite confused too. Wheel McEnroe out for any Tennis insight absolutely, but having him there for pretty much everything else? Why?
Michael Johnson is as has been pointed out already, an absolute legend. That he works for the BBC rather than a big US Network is awesome. His subject knowledge is quite rightly 2nd to none, but he's also a natural presenter and commentator. Ian Thorpe is superb too IMO.
Hugh Porter has been a nightmare, and to be honest, needs putting down to do him a favour! Or at least pensioning off...
But here's a question for you... Why have Jake Humphreys and Gary Lineker featured so heavily on so many sports, but we've hardly seen any of Sue Barker outside the Tennis? Sue may not be to everyone's tastes, but she's vastly more knowledgable about a whole array of different sports than these two (don't get me wrong, I think Jake is brilliant with F1, but his knowledge of other sports leaves a lot to be desired), so why does she feature so lightly?
Impressed by Gabby Logan in the evenings too. Used to dislike her, simply cos she was essentially the female face of Football, but she knows her stuff about pretty much any sport these days it would seem.
As for Colin Jackson? He's only ever been in there for the same reason he always has been... Comedy value. He's harmless enough (as long as they don't let him talk when you NEED to be PC, like in the opening ceremony), his enthusiasm works for lots of people less involved though as he is bonkers mad.
Balding? Usually very good, personally I think she's been off form this Olympics, maybe cos she's spent so much time at the pool when she's been wanting to cover the Horses? Certainly she's shown gaps in her knowledge about swimming on live TV...
EDIT: Oh, and as for Inverdale... He's got worse as he's got older hasn't he! I remember when he started covering Rugby ages ago, and he was like a breath of fresh air, he knew his stuff but didn't come across as arrogant or annoying. These days it's like he's not bothered by anything, just wants to take his big pay cheque home, and do as little work as possible. And Lineker... Needs to do more homework too on sports he's less familiar with!
The guy who commentates on the pommel horse stuff* sounds like he should be a character on the Fast Show.
*Which is pretty astonishing
The quality of coverage has been outstanding, IMO. The slow motion HD replays of the cycling are just stunning. I love it. The pundits are always a mixed bag, but don't confuse pundits with presenters - you can't have discipline experts anchoring the prime time coverage, which is why they use (I guess) tried and tested BBC presenters who know the mechanics of presenting sport for the channel (such as Lineker and Humphreys).
Having nominated Jackson, how could I forget about the missing Chuckle Brother triplet, Rob Walker. Over enthusiastic to the point he's permanently reaching a crescendo. Thankfully the rest of that team has been really good.
I'd also add my (positive) support for the Country file guy doing the gymnastics, and the Aussie guy doing the hockey. The difference is that they comment on the sport they see before them, not what they imagine is unravelling emotionally.
Likewise I think Logan's doing a good job holding the highlights show together. I kept wondering why their evening show sofa was over run with Americans at the start of the games, but it's because they actually have an opinion, and are prepared to voice it rather than sit on the fence of banality.
Plus 1 for the gymnastics commentators and pundits. They are excellent.
A few years ago Inverdale (or rather BBC lawyers acting on his behalf) threatened libel action against a website owner for comments made about him on an internet forum. So be careful what you say!
Michael Johnson and Ian Thorpe have been the BBC stars so far. Really pleased that Johnson has continued to stick with British TV as i thought after the disaster of channel 4s coverage of the world championships!
Hugh Porter was a disaster for the mens road race but he has been better on the track....not great but alot better. To be fair to him I think some the cycling events have quite difficult to commentate on because of the lack of informations - like time checks in the RR and also the lack of suitable replays available for key decisions like the Chinese DQ in the womens team sprint etc...its been very murky at times what exactly has been happening.
. Asymmetric bars, ASYMMETRIC bars )
This gets me as well uneven bars my arse .Did they just change the name because thickos didnt know what asymmetric meant ?
I agree with Omars comments about Hugh Porter, he talks alot of bull and his use of cliche after cliche is quite amusing but inforamtion for the road races has been v poor, felt a bit for chris boardman!. I think we're all in agreement that Micheal Johnson is a legend and i think it was nice to see the footage of them all jumping around when Mo was finishing cos i was doing same thing.
I'd also add my (positive) support for the Country file guy doing the gymnastics
I think he was actually a gymnast so at least he has an insight into the sport itself.
See they've stopped asking Amir Khan for any quotes before they showed any boxing as he was giving away all the results before they'd shown the fights!
This gets me as well uneven bars my arse .Did they just change the name because thickos didnt know what asymmetric meant?
[pedant]Maybe they changed the name because they aren't asymmetric, there are plenty of symmetries. Bars of different heights above the mat sounds a bit long winded so uneven seems a perfectly good description.[/pedant]
And as for all the BBC whinging. Despite the little niggles (and Hugh Porter) I think they are doing fantastically well considering how stretched they are covering every sport as well as all the stories that develop around the action.
And be thankful we don't have NBC from the USA. They didn't even show the 100m final live. They chose to time delay it until primetime despite it being a 5pm on a Sunday anyway and everyone obviously finding out the result on Twitter and Facebook. Cretins.
I always think anchor person is not an 'easy' job. Regarding Michael Johnson, as said above, the best of the lot by far. Has been for years, annoyed a few of the sprinters in the past I recall.
As to why he is on the BBC rather than NBC etc it might be due to full coverage we give. I heard the 100m final was not shown live in USA and I ws in the USA for part of the 2000 and 2008 Olympics. 2000 in particular was dire coverage, only showing American success. it would say an American had a bronze medal and not mention gold or silver! WHatever the reason, unlikely to be just cash, we are fortunate.
Get Rob Warner in............ 😈
Despite Inverdale I think that the BBC coverage has been pretty good including the red button service and website.
Despite Inverdale I think that the BBC coverage has been pretty good including the red button service and website.
Agreed. The web "catch up" service, with the indexing to jump to your chosen part, has been superb. Very impressed overall.
I do wonder what Warner would have made of Justin Gatlin.
"He's done more for doping than <insert offensive but amusing comparison here> ............."
Nothing will beat the tremendous trio - Thorpe, Foster and Balding. Pure comedy genius. Thorpy fluttering his eyes at Foster, Foster having nothing of it (?)' but sharing secret smiles and winks at Balding when Thorp wasn't watching. Every time Thorpy made a comment he turned wide eyed to Foster like a little child looking for parent's approval. It was so sweet! Did he break Foster down or was he just playing hard to get. What was Balding making of it all!
on the whole, I think Auntie has done a pretty good job with anchors succeeding to varying degrees. Surprised that Linekar has looked so much out of his depth though. Where have they hidden Hazel Hyperbole?
Jake Humphrey did a post on his F1 blog a while back with a video where they played the feed that he heard in his ear while he was discussing the race with DC and Eddie, introducing VTs and interviewing team principles etc.I always think anchor person is not an 'easy' job.
It is beyond me how he could concentrate on anything, let alone ask inteligent questions, look interested and think what he was going to say next while all that was going on.
I can't even watch TV and listen to my wife at the same time! 🙄
Having listened to 5Live this morning i'd happily listen to Inverdale over Victoria Derbyshire.
Whos the guy who does the post athletics race trackside interviews? I think hes a really well informed, decent bloke.
That's Phil. The athletes always respond well to him, on a first name basis, so he obviously does it a lot. I only know he's called Phil though.
Phil Jones I think
wondered if this was going to be a thread on him looking p*ssed. every time ive seen him so far his eyes just look either p*ssed or really tired. or is it just me.......
Not just you!
Richie Woodhall is very good on the boxing, although I wonder what non-British fans would make of him - he's massively pro-Brit. Good technical analysis though and a West Midlands accent that's easy on the ear.
The guy calling the rowing is a dreadful commentator (although a good fan - He sounds like he really loves rowing). He just cannot call a race without dishing out bogus Corinthian cliches left and right, delivered in a shrill, wee-man's voice.
Overall coverage has been spot on though.