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. 
 

 

[cheddarwedlocker]

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.

[Davefevs]

3 hours ago, Bristol Rob said:

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

On RTV it didn’t sound like him doing the announcements in the background to the comms.

[bearded_red]

Just incredibly irritating.

[Charlie BCFC]

23 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. 
 

 

In his defence the fourth official working the substitution board clearly didn’t know how to use it! Put Sykes going off and Tanner coming on when they were both waiting to come on the pitch 

[David Brent]

9 hours ago, redsocks said:

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 an idiot.

Don’t think Downsy picks the team tbh 

[Red-Robbo]

3 hours ago, David Brent said:

Don’t think Downsy picks the team tbh 

 

It might explain a lot if he did....

[asfred]

On 27/12/2022 at 00:48, The dastardly red said:

I thought he sounded suitably sombre when announcing the subs.

 

Said the same to my mate at the time. Why not put some excitement in your voice for any City subs, and leave the sombre tone for the away team?

[Oizys]

On 27/12/2022 at 00:21, Red-Robbo said:

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. 

Re the wifi, they have recently upgraded it and I now get wifi 6 signal in the ground.  It's not perfect, and you have to bear in mind that you've potentially got 10000+ trying to access it at the same time, but it is a massive improvement on what it was.  That said, half time scores were always a good time filler for half time, so I don't see why they're no longer read out.

[Red-Robbo]

6 minutes ago, Steve Watts said:

Re the wifi, they have recently upgraded it and I now get wifi 6 signal in the ground.  It's not perfect, and you have to bear in mind that you've potentially got 10000+ trying to access it at the same time, but it is a massive improvement on what it was.  That said, half time scores were always a good time filler for half time, so I don't see why they're no longer read out.

 

I get nada. Maybe it's EE that's the culprit?

That said, if Glastonbury Festival can provide working WiFi for 200,000 people wandering around, (as they do these days), City should be able to cater for 20,000.

[Oizys]

10 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

I get nada. Maybe it's EE that's the culprit?

That said, if Glastonbury Festival can provide working WiFi for 200,000 people wandering around, (as they do these days), City should be able to cater for 20,000.

Possibly - I'm with EE and the service is shaky at the ground.  Definitely noticed an improvement in the wifi though.

[Red_Alligator]

Well, if you must.......just call him Dowsey. He hates it. 

[t_b]

Shambles from him. Worst thing of the evening.
 

There are two numbers put up on the board. Match them to the sheet in your hand and read the names. If you’re not sure which team it is, wait until someone moves. 

[Merrick's Marvels]

5 minutes ago, tommy_b said:

Shambles from him. Worst thing of the evening.
 

There are two numbers put up on the board. Match them to the sheet in your hand and read the names. If you’re not sure which team it is, wait until someone moves. 

Not sure it was him.

But whoever it was needs to find something else to do. Absolute shambles. 

[Davefevs]

Can someone confirm if it was actually Downsy doing the sub announcement. It didn’t sound like him. 

[Bristol Oil Services]

3 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

Not sure it was him.

But whoever it was needs to find something else to do. Absolute shambles. 

How did you find it in the Boisterous Section - did you join in?

[exAtyeoMax]

18 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Can someone confirm if it was actually Downsy doing the sub announcement. It didn’t sound like him. 

It looked like him from where I was sat. They subbed the same player three times, that can’t be right!

[BasSavage88]

20 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Can someone confirm if it was actually Downsy doing the sub announcement. It didn’t sound like him. 

Sergio Gomez 

[BITW]

Whoever was announcing did an abysmal job. Was actually quite embarrassing. 

[TBW]

Can't believe he got two subs wrong at the same time.

Apparently Sergio Gomez* came on for both Nathan Ake and Phil Foden in the 83rd minute whilst Jay Dasilva** came on for both Cam Pring and Nahki Wells (which were five minutes apart!)

*The other sub was Cole Palmer.

**The other sub was Marlee Francois.

Edited February 28, 2023 by TBW

[Dredd]

Embarrassing. I'm sure he's very good at all the radio DJ stuff, playing higher or lower etc etc to the 1500 people who are in their seats half an hour before kick off, but his bread and butter should be the football announcements to 26000 the correct bloody substitutes. Gomez came on 3 times, Wells came off twice, the stadium was laughing at him. I'm sure we can get someone with some football knowledge who can shout 'this is Ashton Gate' before the game

[t_b]

31 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

Not sure it was him.

But whoever it was needs to find something else to do. Absolute shambles. 

yes it was

https://instagram.com/stories/downsyofficial/3048379589807840083

 

 

 

[cellist]

to be fair, itv told us that de bruyne had come off when he was very much still on the pitch - he scored a few minutes later. mistakes happen.

but they shouldn't happen quite so regularly.

seems amazing that we can't get somebody who likes football to have a crack at it...!

[bearded_red]

.. Also coming off, number 47 Phil Foden.

[2015]

Embarassing. Get someone on there who actually likes Football 

[ohhhshauntaylor]

He’s useless- not up to the job. 

[westred1]

It was a shame that Marlee Francois didn’t get the reception a young player playing for our club should have got coming on to the field.

Proper cock up.

[ohhhshauntaylor]

On 26/12/2022 at 20:33, 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)

 

 

 

As above. 
I could quite clearly see from my seat in the south stand the substitution- he is 10 yards away, armed with a team sheet, and with visibility of the player walking off/on. 
 

 

[Pezo]

6 minutes ago, 2015 said:

Embarassing. Get someone on there who actually likes Football 

I haven't listened to him at half time before, does he always do that "selling" the rugby and advertising is as drinking in your seat is a good idea.

[Aaron-Bcfc]

Unfortunately, to the club Downsy is viewed as unsackable. It doesn’t matter what he does wrong, he is here to stay.

Hopefully the Qatari’s will send him a big pay cheque to do some more DJ’ing out there. Despite what he might claim on social media, his morals will quickly all go out the window again.

[East Londoner]

He’s no worse than others I’ve seen/heard at away games 

However the minutes applause confused me, on the tv it seemed he was telling people to please applaud John Motson whilst they were already doing it and they then stopped once he said that 

[t_b]

1 minute ago, East Londoner said:

He’s no worse than others I’ve seen/heard at away games 

However the minutes applause confused me, on the tv it seemed he was telling people to please applaud John Motson whilst they were already doing it and they then stopped once he said that 

Nothing was announced in the stadium. Everyone just started to shhhh and boo people who were still making noise as the players and ref stood in the middle. 
 

Then when it was silent, he started the intro to it. Picture on the screens and clapping started. He stopped as clearly people clapping wasn’t in the script, got his composure and continued for more “amble”. Then said the moments applause would start and end on the referees whistle, despite applauding having been undertaken for maybe 30 seconds? 
Ref gave it maybe 2 seconds then continued with the formalities and got us going. 

[Dr Balls]

5 minutes ago, East Londoner said:

He’s no worse than others I’ve seen/heard at away games 

However the minutes applause confused me, on the tv it seemed he was telling people to please applaud John Motson whilst they were already doing it and they then stopped once he said that 

The clapping was spontaneous and about 30 seconds ahead of Downsy. No one wanted silence once we saw the picture of Motty, the clapping started, which Andre Marriner obviously realised so the only reason to blow his whistle was for it to stop and the game get started.

[StGeorge]

Downsy

 

F..ing useless dadadada

 

That is all

Edited February 28, 2023 by StGeorge
missed a da

[Merrick's Marvels]

1 hour ago, Bristol Oil Services said:

How did you find it in the Boisterous Section - did you join in?

You won't catch me in there. Although  once the 3rd went in, they were trying to get Lansdown to bounce around. Which would have been worth the ticket price alone.

Was in S22. 

[RedLionLad]

36 minutes ago, East Londoner said:

He’s no worse than others I’ve seen/heard at away games 

However the minutes applause confused me, on the tv it seemed he was telling people to please applaud John Motson whilst they were already doing it and they then stopped once he said that 

That’s happened before. Total confusion 

[Tomo]

Downsy had an horrendous night at the office.... Maybe he should consider a job back at a poor commercial radio station like Star 107. 2 fm?

Edited March 1, 2023 by Tomo

[ohhhshauntaylor]

7 hours ago, RedLionLad said:

That’s happened before. Total confusion 

It goes back to previously mentioned comments in this thread. 
 

He isn’t a football fan/follower- so there’s probably lots of things he simply doesn’t understand/know how to manage/communicate- things like the applause last night- a prime example

As others mentioned- the “bigging up” of away teams/calling them by their nicknames is very amateurish. 
 

in the nicest possible way- he’s not very good at what he does. 

[Super]

He's terrible. Luckily in the Dolman you can hardly hear him anyway.

[ralphindevon]

I can’t help but think he should be doing all the competition stuff with kids and half time draw results etc but leave all the football stuff to someone that knows what they’re talking about. 

[Charlie BCFC]

9 hours ago, BasSavage88 said:

Sergio Gomez 

That’s a name I haven’t heard for a while

[Charlie BCFC]

10 hours ago, tommy_b said:

Shambles from him. Worst thing of the evening.
 

There are two numbers put up on the board. Match them to the sheet in your hand and read the names. If you’re not sure which team it is, wait until someone moves. 

I’ve tried giving him a chance and seeing why he might still be in a job. I can just about take cringey stuff he does before the game and at half time but the fact of the matter is he’s got zero connection to the fans and this is not the first time he’s got subs/teams wrong. Time to move him on