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Getting all excited because a car starts is phony and silly. He acts like he's going to have a heart attack over nothing and his viewers can pick up on that. I have heard he started in radio where that is more acceptable. Somebody needs to tell him it's TV and he doesn't need to hype it up as we can see.
In addition to that the start is always terribly exciting to watch and there is no need to make it even more exciting by screaming. It's exciting enough, way too exciting mostly.
How can people not get annoyed with Croft? Every time he sees two cars side by side he acts like it's the battle of the century and he's gonna have a heart attack because of it. I mean, it's TV, we're all seeing what's happening, it's not like I'm gonna find the race more exciting just because I'm listening to a man shout on my ears.
you have always the option to Mute your TV if it bothers you so much
So you're alternative is to have no commentary.
Not much of alternative now is it?
He could easily be more professional. I think he was impressed by Murray Walker and is doing a very poor imitation.
Right down to making more mistakes.
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you have always the option to Mute your TV if it bothers you so much
So you're alternative is to have no commentary.
Not much of alternative now is it?
He could easily be more professional. I think he was impressed by Murray Walker and is doing a very poor imitation.
Right down to making more mistakes.
well if you can, you can try to listen to the german commentary ...... when you wanna take a nap they can help.
what i wanna say .... anyway you wanna put it every commetary has his own way, but the things you learn from Sky Sport F1 (if you are a casual watcher) is enormous because of the pundits they have there
you have always the option to Mute your TV if it bothers you so much
So you're alternative is to have no commentary.
Not much of alternative now is it?
He could easily be more professional. I think he was impressed by Murray Walker and is doing a very poor imitation.
Right down to making more mistakes.
well if you can, you can try to listen to the german commentary ...... when you wanna take a nap they can help.
The Greek commentators are the same. It's clear they're not at the track but in a TV studio in Athens. No excitement, no drama, and sometimes they even get their facts right!
Back when Hunt and Walker were commentating sometimes the BBC wouldn't send them to the track so they had someone (Joe Saward) trackside on the phone telling them what was going in in realtime.
The source of Hunt saying "I can't quite see what is happening from where I am sitting!"
In what seems to be the opposite of most on here, I infinitely prefer the SKY coverage to C4 in the UK. Coulthard seems a massive Red Bull fanboy (still on the payroll?) but I find him a terrible commentator so don't listen to him unless I absolutely have to. He's got a habit of stating the obvious at least 5 minutes after it became obvious to the viewers, and I find myself almost always pre-empting him if I'm watching with someone else.
I find Crofty entertaining, and that's half the game as a commentator, even if some of it is a bit frivelous. Clearly they need to try and appeal to the casual viewer. Also, let's not forget that the God and GOAT of commentary himself Murray Walker was famous for getting hugely excited, making bloopers, and getting things wrong and we all absolutely love him for that.
Only natural that UK broadcasters carry a bit of a British driver bias, but then again that's what (most) UK based fans want to see. Especially when one is a multiple world champion. They do a good job of featuring all the field throughout the course of a season. Sainz seems a favourite of SKY, and of course Ricciardo too, because he's really entertaining.
I enjoy English channel 4 team good banter and knowledge of f1, all the sky team are just annoying in my opinion. Even the English sky advert gets on my tits..
In what seems to be the opposite of most on here, I infinitely prefer the SKY coverage to C4 in the UK. Coulthard seems a massive Red Bull fanboy (still on the payroll?) but I find him a terrible commentator so don't listen to him unless I absolutely have to. He's got a habit of stating the obvious at least 5 minutes after it became obvious to the viewers, and I find myself almost always pre-empting him if I'm watching with someone else.
I find Crofty entertaining, and that's half the game as a commentator, even if some of it is a bit frivelous. Clearly they need to try and appeal to the casual viewer. Also, let's not forget that the God and GOAT of commentary himself Murray Walker was famous for getting hugely excited, making bloopers, and getting things wrong and we all absolutely love him for that.
Only natural that UK broadcasters carry a bit of a British driver bias, but then again that's what (most) UK based fans want to see. Especially when one is a multiple world champion. They do a good job of featuring all the field throughout the course of a season. Sainz seems a favourite of SKY, and of course Ricciardo too, because he's really entertaining.
This 100%
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