E.G.Red Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Listening to Geoff Twentyman tonight I hear John Motson is at Ashton Gate on 30th June for an event organised by Bristol rotary and will be auctioning his original sheepskin coat. Should be an interesting evening .www.rotarybristol.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Interesting? His original sheepskin coat must be nearly 50 years old. Mouldy more like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 love Motty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Didn't Motty sponsor Albert when he was at Barnet? Proper football man is Motty, even if ever so slightly deranged.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Motty could talk about football for an eternity and then some. I remember talking to him at an APSCIL (Association of provincial supporters clubs in London) Annual Dinner in the 80's, during my time in the London Branch. Absolutely fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi the Robin Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Love Motty Should be knighted, services to football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abraham Romanovich Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 11 hours ago, Super said: Legend. About 40 years ago he use to play football on a regular basis for East Barnet Old Grammarians 7th or 8th eleven- lets just say not the most talented bunch. Motty use to "play" in midfield and would spend the whole game with his fist close up to his mouth and give literally a running commentary into an imaginery microphone for the duration of the match. Lovely bloke and lives and breathes football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Motty is probably the best football commentator i have ever heard. He has genuine knowledge of the game and always did his research at AG before covering a City match and probably everywhere else too. Even when he was covering a boring game he was interesting to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Thought Motty had a banning order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityironman Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 John Motson is a National institution, end of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Am I the only one that doesn't think much of him (as a commentator)? He is knowledgeable but it's like listening to an over enthusiastic teenager who believes everything he's read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelton Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Should have retired 30 years ago and he wasn't the best then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 I like Martin Tyler too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 37 minutes ago, Leveller said: Am I the only one that doesn't think much of him (as a commentator)? He is knowledgeable but it's like listening to an over enthusiastic teenager who believes everything he's read. I think the enthusiasm makes him likeable. Different sport, but IMO one of the very best commentators to listen to was Murray Walker. He often got things wrong and tripped himself up, but it was just pure passion. Sometimes you would ve able to visualise things very clearly from his radio commentary (yes, I know that is the point) but then a few seconds later you had no idea, but would probably be having a chuckle at his mistake. It's not perfect commentary and there are others who could commentate just as clearly with less mistakes, but it simply wasn't as good to listen to. Edit- here is just some of the nonsense Walker would come out with. And I'd still rather have him commentating on races than any of the current lot. http://www.azquotes.com/author/15207-Murray_Walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 9 hours ago, JamesBCFC said: I think the enthusiasm makes him likeable. Different sport, but IMO one of the very best commentators to listen to was Murray Walker. He often got things wrong and tripped himself up, but it was just pure passion. Sometimes you would ve able to visualise things very clearly from his radio commentary (yes, I know that is the point) but then a few seconds later you had no idea, but would probably be having a chuckle at his mistake. It's not perfect commentary and there are others who could commentate just as clearly with less mistakes, but it simply wasn't as good to listen to. Edit- here is just some of the nonsense Walker would come out with. And I'd still rather have him commentating on races than any of the current lot. http://www.azquotes.com/author/15207-Murray_Walker I don't feel swayed by enthusiasm - but Murray Walker is very likeable. I could never understand David Coleman's big reputation either. He covered a lot of sports but stumbled a lot and was often embarrassingly bad - hence the "Colemanballs" column in Private Eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 9 hours ago, JamesBCFC said: I think the enthusiasm makes him likeable. Different sport, but IMO one of the very best commentators to listen to was Murray Walker. He often got things wrong and tripped himself up, but it was just pure passion. Sometimes you would ve able to visualise things very clearly from his radio commentary (yes, I know that is the point) but then a few seconds later you had no idea, but would probably be having a chuckle at his mistake. It's not perfect commentary and there are others who could commentate just as clearly with less mistakes, but it simply wasn't as good to listen to. Edit- here is just some of the nonsense Walker would come out with. And I'd still rather have him commentating on races than any of the current lot. http://www.azquotes.com/author/15207-Murray_Walker A bit like the commentators on the rowing and cycling at the Olympics. The rowing guy sounds like he is about to burst… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Hmm, He's not a patch on the silver tongued Andy Townsend though, could listen to AT all day long, now that's what I call a pundit.. can't wait for him to take up full commentaries .. ( N T! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 2 hours ago, WhistleHappy said: Hmm, He's not a patch on the silver tongued Andy Townsend though, could listen to AT all day long, now that's what I call a pundit.. can't wait for him to take up full commentaries .. ( N T! ) was he the highlights of the World Cup, one year? (Baddiel & Skinner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 14 hours ago, JamesBCFC said: I think the enthusiasm makes him likeable. Different sport, but IMO one of the very best commentators to listen to was Murray Walker. He often got things wrong and tripped himself up, but it was just pure passion. Sometimes you would ve able to visualise things very clearly from his radio commentary (yes, I know that is the point) but then a few seconds later you had no idea, but would probably be having a chuckle at his mistake. It's not perfect commentary and there are others who could commentate just as clearly with less mistakes, but it simply wasn't as good to listen to. Edit- here is just some of the nonsense Walker would come out with. And I'd still rather have him commentating on races than any of the current lot. http://www.azquotes.com/author/15207-Murray_Walker The list of his mistakes is fantastic. I think he made so many slips is because of the spreed at which he spoke. His brain couldn't keep up with his thoughts. Also, the number of words spoken per minute was much faster than a standard commentator, so the ratio of mistakes to words spoken is probably similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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