Eye_Of_Da_Tiger
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This guy makes me sick. I had to find the mute button on more than one occasion. Reckons he knows every rule and every interpretation but only when it suited him. Imagine him as a video ref!
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@Sabre said:He might not be as good as he once was but he is still a lot better than anyone who comes close to being able to challenge him for the job.
@Sabre said:He might not be as good as he once was but he is still a lot better than anyone who comes close to being able to challenge him for the job.
@barra said:I usually enjoy his commentary but he annoyed the hell out of me last night. **Seems to be anti-tigers at the moment, and pro-whoever we are playing!**
@Flippedy said:@barra said:I usually enjoy his commentary but he annoyed the hell out of me last night. **Seems to be anti-tigers at the moment, and pro-whoever we are playing!**
What makes you think that, Barra? I've never found him to be anti-Tigers, he is always banging on about how good Tedesco, Woods and Taupau are and singing the praises of our up and comers etc. Sure he talked up a lot of the players in Manly last night also, but I wouldn't say his commentary showed any particular favouritism. All commentators will focus more on players from the team that is winning throughout a match and unfortunately Manly was winning.
He is just more annoying these days than anything, and bangs on about irrelevant things during the commentary, but I certainly wouldn't say he is anti any particular team, unless he has a wager on as some have suggested.
@TIGER said:He called willy mason tom symonds at one stage. I remember turning to my wife and saying 'symonds has red hair, how the hell can you get him confused with mason?'
@Goose said:worse than normal.
I have been getting progressively more annoyed with him.
I think he has always been overated, now I think he is very poor.
He is worse on the deadset legends.
@underdog said:Every 2nd player he gets wrong - and you can clearly tell the players he doesn't give a stuff about - he gets them wrong the most.
Tom Symonds was about 4 different blokes on Friday night.
@hobbo2803 said:He's a dead set jibberer , he should collect his winnings and his super and retire !!!
@LCA said:@hobbo2803 said:He's a dead set jibberer , he should collect his winnings and his super and retire !!!
Out of fairness I can't comment. I have refused to listen to the old fool for about 4 years now.
To me, HE (and Hadley et al) is typical of the mess that NRL finds itself in.
I turn the TV to mute when on Ch 9 games and listen to ABC Grandstand or even Triple M. If I can't do that, I turn it off.
I look forward to the day when he announces his retirement …. and then let all the tributes and testimonial crap get out of the way....before trying Ch 9 commentary again.
Or, even better, a new free-to-air provider. Now, that would be a step forward!!
@Flippedy said:@barra said:I usually enjoy his commentary but he annoyed the hell out of me last night. **Seems to be anti-tigers at the moment, and pro-whoever we are playing!**
What makes you think that, Barra? I've never found him to be anti-Tigers, he is always banging on about how good Tedesco, Woods and Taupau are and singing the praises of our up and comers etc. Sure he talked up a lot of the players in Manly last night also, but I wouldn't say his commentary showed any particular favouritism. All commentators will focus more on players from the team that is winning throughout a match and unfortunately Manly was winning.
He is just more annoying these days than anything, and bangs on about irrelevant things during the commentary, but I certainly wouldn't say he is anti any particular team, unless he has a wager on as some have suggested.