radio devon commentaries

[Gullscorer]

You're right Matt, verbosity is not an attribute to be welcomed in a commentator.. But not all listeners are die-hard fans of the team. There may well be others tuned in who don't have the background information we supporters possess, and, even for us, the commentator's duty is to do his job properly.. :~D

[Glostergull]

Actually MAtt In this case your wrong. It is possible and if you listened to some of the radio commentators a few years ago in many areas around the country on the old radio two and certainly on Radio 5 when I used to listen to it. They did a very good job of painting a mental picture of where who and what was happening on the pitch. They even found some time to let us know some of the other funnies in the stands. Although he is at the moment under investigation. Stuart Hall was a past master with our language and I learned a lot from him. (although I understand some others may have learned a few other less legal things from him. Time will tell whether he will be found guilty of not and whether we get the chance to hear his voice again ). I am sure there are still some commo's who are equally good at painting mental pictures. I wish I could see better. if my eyesight was a little better I could actually see who was who out on the pitch for us. I would enjoy commentating on our matches on radio if I could see better.

[goodluckgull]

Breedy is brilliant on the radio and by far the best. He is a true Torquay fan and paints an excellent minds eye picture of what is happening in the game just by the emotion in his voice. Some of the others actually sound excited/happy when the opposition score and I really hate that.

[Colorado Gull]

Dave Thomas and Steve Breed, that's the preferred commentators for a match day for me!

[diamondgirl]

I wish that, some,of the commentators (Not Breedy. He' s my no. 1) would just stay focused on the match. There is nothing worse than not being at the game(Not that I miss many). You have to rely on the commentary to paint a picture of what's going on. I don't need to know that Arsenal, are 1 down in their champions league game. I don't care about Arsenal (No, I REALLY don't care about Arsenal). So, that's my complaint. Stay focused on OUR game and keep me updated.

[Southampton Gull]

morning people no bad news today i hope apart from some rotten person smacked my wing mirror this morning. ime just wandering what people genuinly think of torquay united game commentaries and if people think they could be improved or do people just cant stand listening. I am genuinly interested in what people think

Absolute crap and that wa**er Breed should stick to what he does best.........washing dishes :~D

[ferrarilover]

You're right Matt, verbosity is not an attribute to be welcomed in a commentator.. But not all listeners are die-hard fans of the team. There may well be others tuned in who don't have the background information we supporters possess, and, even for us, the commentator's duty is to do his job properly.. :~D

I suppose this is true, and I may have credited the listeners with being regular supporters who couldn't attend the game in question for a specific reason, rather than just someone tuning in to listen to a spot of local football. That said, my example commentary was, of course, an exaggeration, but I still think the listener should do some of the work himself in terms of picking and choosing which was we're playing, for example. Oftentimes, for a laugh, I like to imagine a team of Mr Blobbys playing against a team of Daleks. TUFC are, obviously, the Blobbys.

Matt.

[Dave]

Really none plussed about commentaries, do not like listening to Julian Guant purely because he can not talk, any more than 3 words together and his voice exits stage door left apart from that have no problems with it.

Love passion and honesty in the commentary, thats why I enjoy it when your on.