Davefevs Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Just incredibly irritating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie BCFC Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 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 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 3 hours ago, David Brent said: Don’t think Downsy picks the team tbh It might explain a lot if he did.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asfred Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Well, if you must.......just call him Dowsey. He hates it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_b Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 Can someone confirm if it was actually Downsy doing the sub announcement. It didn’t sound like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasSavage88 Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITW Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 Whoever was announcing did an abysmal job. Was actually quite embarrassing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) 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 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dredd Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_b Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellist Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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...! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 .. Also coming off, number 47 Phil Foden. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 Embarassing. Get someone on there who actually likes Football 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhhshauntaylor Posted February 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 He’s useless- not up to the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westred1 Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhhshauntaylor Posted February 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Bcfc Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Londoner Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_b Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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