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Yeah same here. Always a bit too grandiose for the sake of it.I think Drury is a bit cringy, almost like he's trying a bit too hard to say something clever most of the time.
He gives almost no insight into what's happening. He's woeful.Robbie Savage as much as people want to call him a cnut he see’s it through a footballers eyes...
He’s the most pro United commentator but I don’t find him that insightful. Not that many of them are to be fair. Andy Gray and Martin Tyler was definitely good. Commentary turned up to 11 it suited watching matches in the pub.Robbie Savage as much as people want to call him a cnut he see’s it through a footballers eyes...
Yeah, he gets annoying to listen to, especially as he tries so hard to make football moments into epics. He and Jim Beglin are the absolute worst commentary combination around as Beglin also tries to go for the soundbites rather than offering insight.I think Drury is a bit cringy, almost like he's trying a bit too hard to say something clever most of the time.
If you’ve played the game you don’t need it spelt out to you..He gives almost no insight into what's happening. He's woeful.
Maybe doesn’t have the big dramatic moments in him, but I like the way he talks through a match like he’s also invested in it like a player...He’s the most pro United commentator but I don’t find him that insightful. Not that many of them are to be fair. Andy Gray and Martin Tyler was definitely good. Commentary turned up to 11 it suited watching matches in the pub.
He's the colour commentator; that's literally his job. But I suppose if someone telling you what you just saw after it was already described by the main commentator is your thing, then he's ace!If you’ve played the game you don’t need it spelt out to you..
If you don’t get him you don’t get him that’s okay, but I can see past the dramatics and understand him for what he’s saying..So what is he doing then?
No, seriously, he's the colour commentator. It's literally his job to go into stuff with greater depth, to apply his experience to examine and explain why things happen, to pick up off the ball movement, to highlight things that happen off screen. Repeating what the main commentator said during a replay, while we are watching said replay, doesn't add anything to the coverage. Being horribly irritating matters little when he can't do the basics of the job.If you don’t get him you don’t get him that’s okay, but I can see past the dramatics and understand him for what he’s saying..
Who the feck is the last commentator you heard picking up off the ball runs?No, seriously, he's the colour commentator. It's literally his job to go into stuff with greater depth, to apply his experience to examine and explain why things happen, to pick up off the ball movement, to highlight things that happen off screen. Repeating what the main commentator said during a replay, while we are watching said replay, doesn't add anything to the coverage. Being horribly irritating matters little when he can't do the basics of the job.
I actually agree. He's not very analytical or whatever, but he's genuine and invested. Can't fake that.Maybe doesn’t have the big dramatic moments in him, but I like the way he talks through a match like he’s also invested in it like a player...
I don't mind Robbie but he tends to be quite repetitive and is a bit of a captain hindsight.Robbie Savage as much as people want to call him a cnut he see’s it through a footballers eyes...
Had me in the first half not gonna lie.Who the feck is the last commentator you heard picking up off the ball runs?
You’re talking shite now,.
Savage gives very good midfield analysis and calls the game very evenly I suggest you actually listen to what he’s saying before jumping to conclusions.
He also has his own show on 606 for years very knowledgeable guy..
Gary Neville does it all the while, is did Gray.Who the feck is the last commentator you heard picking up off the ball runs?
You’re talking shite now,.
Savage gives very good midfield analysis and calls the game very evenly I suggest you actually listen to what he’s saying before jumping to conclusions.
He also has his own show on 606 for years very knowledgeable guy..
I agree with Bower, was not surprised when he got poached.Clive Tyldesley and I liked Steve Bower on MUTV back in the day. He did a great job of keeping Paddy Crerand in touch with reality.
I don’t think there are very many really insightful co commentators out there and he likes United so he gets a pass from me. I can’t stand jenas, he drives me mad.Maybe doesn’t have the big dramatic moments in him, but I like the way he talks through a match like he’s also invested in it like a player...
“Jay-Jay Okocha so good they named him twice”Jimmy Magee
100%The correct answer is Barry Davies.
Then Clive Tyldesly, Peter Brackley, and Martin Tyler.
John Motson is over hyped over the years, but he's still a good ol' classic.
The man could commentate on anything.“Jay-Jay Okocha so good they named him twice”
Ray Hudson? Yeah, he's something alright.Who’s the guy that does La Liga and nuts over everything Messi does and keeps calling it “magesterial”? That one.
Speed of light strikeI think my favourite ever commentary moment was Tyldesley and it was actually Batistuta's goal against United.
"What a fantastic hit" and he sounded genuinely scared by the power the ball had just been struck with.
So when you watch his best commentary moments in the video above you don’t think it’s pretty epic? Genuinely gives me goosebumps that video.Peter Drury is simply awful. That the PL went from Tyler and Gray to now him and someone, is a huge drop in quality.