BBC coverage of Euro 2008

SideWinder · 9 Jun 2008 at 17:57

Just watching the coverage on BBC and is anyone else really impressed with the anaylsis side? They all seem to know their stuff and use the video footage extremely effectively in showing how the match is progressing and who is performing. I find it much better than iTV with their constant adverts and it really isn't all that exciting during halftime.

Anyone else find this? Silly thread i know.

lemonkettaz · 9 Jun 2008 at 17:58

Yeh, especially this game now, france and romania...

Ribery, Malouda, Anelka all dog

Azza · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:03

Lads in the studio doing an awesome job.

weringo · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:03

Yup the BBC pundits have always been pretty good. Martin O'Neil is almost always spot on with what he says, plus Shearer and Hansen are both good at analysing the attacking and defensive side of the game respectively.

On the other side of the fence ITV are shocking, their flagship pundit is the clueless Andy Townsend, who seems more interested in talking as much as possible rather than trying to raise some valid points. They've also got David Pleat commentating :rolleyes:

Creature · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:03

Alan Hansen's comment was brilliant.

MikeHunt79 · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:05

Looks amazing in HD also... Really enjoying it.

Creature · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:06

The commentary on the website is also genius

1801: "Brainwave! Anelka is playing bad because he doesnt have his trusty No. 39 shirt!"
Henry, Surrey, via text

No, he's playing bad because at this moment in time, he's completely and utterly rubbish.

Azza · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:08

Some of the stuff that gets put on the live commentary is class.

BaZ87 · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:08

BBC's pundits are the best by a mile but unfortunately their commentators are shocking (still better than ITV's though).

Mad old tory · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:10

BaZ87 said:
BBC's pundits are the best by a mile but unfortunately their commentators are shocking (still better than ITV's though).

Mark Bright and Jonathan Pearce need shooting. Oddly enough though, I quite like Mark Lawrenson :confused:

Greenlizard0 · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:18

I think that Martin O Neill has been very good. Very softly spoken but makes good points too.

SideWinder · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:18

Anyone notice the witty comments they make? Gary mentioned yesterday about everyone knowing a Polish person as there are around 2m in England.

Also today, commenting about the whole France starsign thing.

Creature · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:19

I didn't get the starsign thing, am I being dense?

SideWinder · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:21

Creature said:
I didn't get the starsign thing, am I being dense?

There was an interview with a French mystic bloke saying the French manager should pick certain starsigns to play together to ensure they win.

Greenlizard0 · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:37

Mad old tory said:
I quite like Mark Lawrenson

I like his punditary (erm, does that word exist lol?), he makes some good points I suppose. His England game commentary is awful. If we don't score for 3.4 seconds I swear his bottom lip starts to tremble... :rolleyes:

NokkonWud · 9 Jun 2008 at 19:34

No, I think they're utter rubbish, however, being able to replace Motson with Five Live (who aren't afraid to say what we're all thinking) for comedy value.

Grassman · 10 Jun 2008 at 00:24

The BBC desperately need Ian Wright back.

NokkonWud · 10 Jun 2008 at 00:27

Grassman said:
The BBC desperately need Ian Wright back.

He won't go back to them, he hates Gary Lineker, he dislikes the BBC's attitude or the fact he was seen purely as comic relief, when in-fact, placed alongside a BBC Bod (Lineker), a Dane (Schmeichel), A Welshman (Lawrenson) and a Scot (Hansen) he was the only true English supporter watching an English match, yet they just ignored him.

Grassman · 10 Jun 2008 at 00:29

I know but the current set up is awful. Hansen and Shearer are the ultimate wooden tops and Lineker suffers from Kristina Grimes syndrome.

Haiku · 10 Jun 2008 at 00:47

Martin O'Neill - excellent. Always makes interesting observations and can be quite humorous too.

John Motson - awful. He can't even get player names right.

Has anyone else noticed that all the commentators and pundits seem to be referring to the Dutch team as "Holland"? I always thought to use it in that way was erroneous.