BBC vs ITV Euro 2020

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It's a little thing, but the more diverse panel of pundits for European Championships and World Cups adds to the special, Christmas-like feel. Remember the BBC having Leonardo on there years ago.
 

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Seema Jaswal on itv is a fine host. Keane and Vieira in the same studio will be worth watching. Gary Neville will probably be the butt of some of Roy Keane's jokes.
 

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Jermaine Say What You See Jenas.

He wasn't even bad just literally repeating what was happening on the pitch. It was very odd.
 

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Jermaine Jenas is on BBCs coverage which means they automatically lose.
 

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BBC, for having the option to turn the match commentators off.

ITV might have added that option by now though.
 

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I hate watching adverts but I hate watching Jermaine Jenas more.
 

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Wtf was with the continued broadcasting of Eriksen. Absolutely vile.
 

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Wtf was with the continued broadcasting of Eriksen. Absolutely vile.
I said that in the match day thread. Yes they have no control over the images, we all get that but doesn't stop them from going back to the studio.
 

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I said that in the match day thread. Yes they have no control over the images, we all get that but doesn't stop them from going back to the studio.
Feel for everyone having to watch that let alone his family and friends.
 

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Peter Walton has the best agent in all of entertainment. He has a BT gig every week saying "Yeah, ref was right" and now he has the same gig on ITV for the Euros.
 

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Just one last rant about the BBC on last night, considering it was the start of the tournament Lineker looked disinterested, Shearer looked like he didn't want to be there, Fabregas was good though.

As for Rio when it's the Premier League he's fine but when it's European football he looks like a fish out of water, clearly doesn't watch any leagues outside of England.
 

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Jenas managed to outdo himself. Going on about his mate "Raheem" all game, gushing with praise about Phillips's fouling ability and Kane's diving ability. :lol:
 

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Jenas is the worst kind of person. The kind of stupid that has somehow convinced himself he’s smart. There are twenty or thirty banal and yet somehow infinitely wrong points in every match. I don’t get why he’s involved in any capacity.

Highlight of today was Sterling smashing it high and wide from 25 yards, on the bounce, with players closing him down. “You don’t realise what a big chance that is”. Swiftly followed by an identical situation at the other end “To be honest, you’re never scoring from there”.
 

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ITV has the better commentary and is why I prefer ITV over BBC. I can't stand Jenas.
 

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Except when he's being bitter about Spurs losing a game. Then it's TV gold.

Embarrassing. Down there with 'don't tell me how to play centre midfield' to Phil Neville, very bitter and shirty for no apparent reason.
 

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Good to see Roy and Gary on ITV. I really don’t like the main commentator on ITV, Matterface is it, he’s crap.
Ally McCoist is a good co commentator and I like John Hart son
 

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As much as I deride the other sing song accents across Scotland, the Glasgow accent really isn't suited to the telly either. Ally McCshortbread is really grating on me, complete cnut of an accent, that.