Downsy- another moan thread

[ohhhshauntaylor]

Today he was once again useless. 
He displayed his clear lack of any football knowledge when announcing substitutions (he literally has a team sheet, and players in front of him with there names/numbers on their back)

 

Also at HT he made a pathetic attempted gag when announcing an engagement (which weirdly followed two announcements of fans who had passed- where his tone was almost comical and… “on a brighter note” type theme) to suggest he is available to be DJ @ the wedding. 
 

I don’t think he has any impact on results etc- but he hardly does anything to improve the atmosphere. 
 

 

[OliOTIB]

Bit ridiculous that we are not throwing frustration at the announcer ffs

[Malago]

Whilst we’re at those Rugby lines really annoy me.

[RedLionLad]

Is it just me that thinks the Higher or Lower game might be fixed?
 

[Silvio Dante]

I was sat in the Dolman and didn’t hear anything wrong.

 

[A Horse With No Name]

2 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I was sat in the Dolman and didn’t hear anything wrong.

 

Did you hear anything at all?

[RedLionLad]

3 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

I was sat in the Dolman and didn’t hear anything wrong.

 

Didn’t you hear @Robboredcomplaining about the tannoy?

[Nomad]

49 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

Didn’t you hear @Robboredcomplaining about the tannoy?

The Dolman had a whip round and upgraded @Robboredto the Lansdown.

[Ska Junkie]

1 hour ago, ohhhshauntaylor said:

Today he was once again useless. 
He displayed his clear lack of any football knowledge when announcing substitutions (he literally has a team sheet, and players in front of him with there names/numbers on their back)

 

Also at HT he made a pathetic attempted gag when announcing an engagement (which weirdly followed two announcements of fans who had passed- where his tone was almost comical and… “on a brighter note” type theme) to suggest he is available to be DJ @ the wedding. 
 

I don’t think he has any impact on results etc- but he hardly does anything to improve the atmosphere. 
 

 

He's crap at the rugby too.

[Tim S]

1 hour ago, ohhhshauntaylor said:

Today he was once again useless. 
He displayed his clear lack of any football knowledge when announcing substitutions (he literally has a team sheet, and players in front of him with there names/numbers on their back)

 

Also at HT he made a pathetic attempted gag when announcing an engagement (which weirdly followed two announcements of fans who had passed- where his tone was almost comical and… “on a brighter note” type theme) to suggest he is available to be DJ @ the wedding. 
 

I don’t think he has any impact on results etc- but he hardly does anything to improve the atmosphere. 
 

 

Regarding the subs announcement - that was the fourth official's fault from what I could see. Looked like City subs were due to go up first but when the board went up it was for the West Brom sub. But one of the sub numbers was the same as the City one so it seemed as if the City sub was happening. Its actually a mistake I made on more than one occasion when I was on the mic. I thought Downsy handled the mix up well.

And as someone else mentioned above - it seems strange to be calling out the stadium announcer when there are so many more things that could be moaned about right now. 

[Red-Robbo]

I realise that the stadium announcer, half-time fare, general acoustics, non-existent WiFi and poor choice of music is only a distraction from the paucity of coherence shown on the pitch, BUT the fact we get someone better suited to be a Butlin's Red Coat blethering on the mic, adds just more misery and embarassment to visits to AG for me.

He's probably a cracking bloke, but I don't think this is the right gig for him and I think the entire way HT's are handled needs to be rethought.  What happened to the latest scores?  As the only way you can get WiFi is to look at your phone during the match, they'd be informative, and we're getting to the stage in the season where it may be crucial to know what the rest of the strugglers are doing. 

[The dastardly red]

I thought he sounded suitably sombre when announcing the subs.

 

[JoeAman08]

Proper bothers me when he says substitution for the baggies or potters. it is west bromwich albion and stoke city. Never liked the bloke

[RedLionLad]

11 minutes ago, JoeAman08 said:

Proper bothers me when he says substitution for the baggies or potters. it is west bromwich albion and stoke city. Never liked the bloke

He prefers to say BS3 rather than Ashton Gate. That should be a sackable offence on its own.

[bpexile]

8 hours ago, CrackingCheeseGromit said:

Did you hear anything at all?

What ?

[Denbury Red]

There should be two simple criteria when employing an announcer for this job:

1. Does he have the voice that is clear and emotive (think Anfield)

2. Is he a City fan??

Downsey doesn’t have the voice and isn’t a City (of even a football) fan

Sorry - we need him out (but not quite as much as Pearson!)

[Lanterne Rouge]

3 hours ago, bpexile said:

What ?

A quarter to three.

[Bristol Rob]

I thought it was someone who isn't Downsy who announced the subs.

[Aipearcey]

8 hours ago, JoeAman08 said:

Proper bothers me when he says substitution for the baggies or potters. it is west bromwich albion and stoke city. Never liked the bloke

I said exactly the same thing at the time when they were making their substitutions. We’re far to welcoming to other teams both on and off the pitch

[exAtyeoMax]

1 minute ago, Aipearcey said:

I said exactly the same thing at the time when they were making their substitutions. We’re far to welcoming to other teams both on and off the pitch

That does bug me too. Don’t be so chummy! 

[myol'man]

Bring back Sam Mason

[Stanton_Red]

Probably not his fault but why oh why do we play The Liquidator just before the whistle when we play wba or wolves etc. it’s not a song we sing - it’s theirs. Ridiculous. Let’s play mull of kintyre next time we play forest!! OWN GOAL.

[bpexile]

2 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

A quarter to three.

White with one please !

[Cityboy1954]

14 hours ago, ohhhshauntaylor said:

Today he was once again useless. 
He displayed his clear lack of any football knowledge when announcing substitutions (he literally has a team sheet, and players in front of him with there names/numbers on their back)

 

Also at HT he made a pathetic attempted gag when announcing an engagement (which weirdly followed two announcements of fans who had passed- where his tone was almost comical and… “on a brighter note” type theme) to suggest he is available to be DJ @ the wedding. 
 

I don’t think he has any impact on results etc- but he hardly does anything to improve the atmosphere. 
 

 

Did you notice we actually played the WBA song Liquidatir just to welcome them to our stadium you couldnt make it up .

[redsquirrel]

that got me thinking,could someone have a word with  him for away subs, 'coming off for wba is no9 (reads name) being replaced with number 12 erm,um, who are you?'  

[Dredd]

The fact there's a thread on this bloke once every few months should be feedback enough for the club. The only thread I remember on David Lloyd was the Pete Boro incident!

[The Dolman Pragmatist]

Can’t see anything wrong with the bloke.  Seems to do a decent job to me.

[cidered abroad]

Compare our twerp with the guy at Liverpool who has been there for a very long time.

Information delivered clearly in the same tone for both sides.

[RedLionLad]

The Rovers guy is pretty good. Someone writes it down for him

[redsocks]

Needs to go along with pearson.again playing players out of position.not good enough.aw 20 plus goals last season right wing back this season,blokes a idiot.