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Football Commentators Thread (Part 18)
SteveMartin
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its great to hear champion again
I hope he is used on live european games and replace Darren fletcher as 2nd choice commentator
Fletcher is a better presenter
A BT line up containing Darke, Drury, Champion & Rae would be really impressive, it only leaves Fletcher as the weak link. Although I do think Fletcher could improve by talking less.
Continuation of: Football Commentators Thread (Part 17)
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If they follow Sky's lead and have one commentator per English team in the CL a quad of Darke, Fletcher, Champion and (presumably) Drury is 3/4 of the way to being a decent lineup. Rae might also be in the mix if Celtic don't qualify.
Yes he has his regular Saturday gig, and seemingly his regular Sunday world feed gig, but it would be fantastic to hear him on the CL/EL coverage.
Video at https://mobile.twitter.com/btsportfootball/status/585121767628247040
JC has commentated on a few foreign league games too for BT
That being the case, it may *well* be the case that this was an error tonight. My thinking is that the channel playout operation deals with the channel bugs (because there are different ones for the SD and HD channels), whilst every other graphic comes from the match OB. The Europa League graphics are usually all on the top (when it's within the UEFA phase of the competition, that is mandated) - thus I expect that playout were not told that this particular match was a BT graphics operation and thus the channel bug should be at the bottom. Them seeing 'Europa League' meant that the channel bug was placed at the top as per usual.
I bet that's what it was.
Although that is presuming SNF is sticking with the same format for its final season.
http://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/07/30/si-media-podcast-ian-darke
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...ky-Sports.html
2. Bundesliga
VfL Bochum v MSV Duisburg - Dan Mason
It's an apt way for me to make my first post in the new thread by posting the details of the first live game on BT Sport's new channel at the start of a new season. For those wondering, there was no mention of BT Sport winning rights to La Liga at the start of the broadcast if anyone was expecting a midday announcement.
matt smith begins on bt sport for german super cup final tonight
Premier Sports HD - Alan Fountain
Great news, it would be good if Matt was a regular presenter of the European leagues on a weekend
Live Scottish Premiership: Celtic v Ross County
David Tanner presenting from pitchside at Celtic Park alongside Charlie Mulgrew and Neil McCann
Commentators: Ian Crocker and Andy Walker
Reporter: Luke Shanley
Chelsea v Notts County
Presented by Jacqui Oatley from Wembley with Kelly Smith and Lucy Bronze
Commentary by Steve Bower and Sue Smith
On a side note, it is good to have started a part to the thread, good timing with the season about to get underway
Eilidh Barbour doing interviews
I dont think anything yet, i would predict that he may show up on Final Score around at the grounds or maybe acting as an interviewer for live BBC men's matches
He was on Five Live regularly for a while.
Live DFL-Supercup: VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munchen
Matt Smith presenting alongside Owen Hargreaves and Raphael Honigstein
Commentators: Adam Summerton and Kevin Davies
It's Matt Smith's BT Sport debut tonight - I wonder if hosting their coverage of Saturday evening European football could become a regular gig for him? Personally I don't see him being used on their Sunday afternoon European Football Show, Lynsey Hipgrave (afternoons) and James Richardson (evenings) are well ensconced in those roles and recently Matt has been hosting talkSPORT's Sunday 6-8pm show The Press Pass on a consistent basis (he's scheduled to do so tomorrow as well, so it's starting to look increasingly likely that this could become a regular gig for him). BT Sport's Saturday night European football host Paul Dempsey has started getting commentary work, so perhaps he might look to concentrate on commentating at the weekend - especially with the increase in games should they secure La Liga rights - opening up a regular position for Matt.
Callum Williams and Stewart Robson for Eurosport 2 International.
This is definitely a word feed, er, feed, as there was total silence from the time the MLS 'sting' began right until kick off, with no mention of the channel at all.