An interesting piece from Ian Danter's blog @ http://www.iandanter.co.uk/blogs/world-cup-13610-day-3
Quote:
“My first two commentaries are done and dusted for talkSPORT here - the less said about France 0-0 Uruguay the better, but today in Ellis Park it was a total delight to sit alongside Mickey Quinn, Adrian Durham and our producer Ant to call the Argentina/Nigeria game. Such an open match, and Messi was at his imperious best wriggling through challenges like a salmon trying to escape the grizzly bear's jaws as it leaps upstream. That said, Nigeria's goalkeeper had something of a worldy keeping him out several times with terrific saves. Can't see Argentina winning the whole thing - dodgy defending at times for me, but they have the win they needed.
We had such a great commentary spot too - right on halfway in a box just in front of BBC1's guys. talkSPORT once covered a World Cup 'unofficially' by commentating on games from hotel rooms as they didn't have rights to be in the stadiums or official broadcast centres. That was yonks ago, and yet there are some who think we STILL use hotel rooms. Well we do, but only to sleep in. It's great to have official coverage from South Africa and give the UK radio audience a real choice of listening for this tournament.”
“My first two commentaries are done and dusted for talkSPORT here - the less said about France 0-0 Uruguay the better, but today in Ellis Park it was a total delight to sit alongside Mickey Quinn, Adrian Durham and our producer Ant to call the Argentina/Nigeria game. Such an open match, and Messi was at his imperious best wriggling through challenges like a salmon trying to escape the grizzly bear's jaws as it leaps upstream. That said, Nigeria's goalkeeper had something of a worldy keeping him out several times with terrific saves. Can't see Argentina winning the whole thing - dodgy defending at times for me, but they have the win they needed.
We had such a great commentary spot too - right on halfway in a box just in front of BBC1's guys. talkSPORT once covered a World Cup 'unofficially' by commentating on games from hotel rooms as they didn't have rights to be in the stadiums or official broadcast centres. That was yonks ago, and yet there are some who think we STILL use hotel rooms. Well we do, but only to sleep in. It's great to have official coverage from South Africa and give the UK radio audience a real choice of listening for this tournament.”




), I'll find out though as I think all the comms will be on iPlayer (or replayed goals on 606 will give it away!). I'm going to listen to 606 on iPlayer in the morning, I can fast forward through the morons then!”
