Originally Posted by Gazza1982:
“This is one of the reasons i have to press the mute button when i hear that he is the commentator. He is constantly repeating the same things, the one you mention above is one of his favourites then we have the rules of a tie break, every time a set goes to one. And ever since the roof has been installed he goes on about how many tonnes it weighs and how long it takes to shut etc. Explaining hawk-eye was another one that he seemed to mention either before every match or every time a player made a challenge.
For anyone of you who are listening to him, can i ask, when the camera pans over 'Henman Hill' does he still try to talk to the crowd as if they can hear him? As this is another thing that has annoyed me in the past.”
“This is one of the reasons i have to press the mute button when i hear that he is the commentator. He is constantly repeating the same things, the one you mention above is one of his favourites then we have the rules of a tie break, every time a set goes to one. And ever since the roof has been installed he goes on about how many tonnes it weighs and how long it takes to shut etc. Explaining hawk-eye was another one that he seemed to mention either before every match or every time a player made a challenge.
For anyone of you who are listening to him, can i ask, when the camera pans over 'Henman Hill' does he still try to talk to the crowd as if they can hear him? As this is another thing that has annoyed me in the past.”
This actually made me laugh out loud. You're absolutely right about all of the examples given.
He's such a pain, yet no doubt he'll be heading up the final on Sunday
Was told when he started at STV, after a successful interview, his first assignment was to go to Hearts, and he didn't have a big clue about football, which they were gobsmacked about! 
