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Post by mermaidsal on Mar 30, 2008 18:16:19 GMT
Like BooBoo says... I'm not rushing to defend her just because she's a woman either because she really isn't great. But, if she was a male I do think people might cut her a bit more slack while she settles into the job, I'm agreeing with anarchical and saying give her the rest of the season. She's been ok on Radio 5 doing reports for a while so maybe she'll get there...
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Post by Big J on Mar 31, 2008 12:06:30 GMT
Her voice was wayyy to squeaky.
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Mar 31, 2008 12:19:38 GMT
Leave her alone! She's a pretty little thing and just doing her bestest! ;D
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Post by vestanpance on Mar 31, 2008 12:37:40 GMT
Sal,
I have to disagree with you there i'm afraid. She is a poor commentator and has obtained her position because of her gender, not her ability. She's also a Wolves fan, so automatically knows fuck all about football.
I'm not anti-women within sport. Clare Balding makes a knowledgeable effort on Horsey-related incidents and i think Gabby Logan is an excellent presenter for Inside Sport; her all-round knowledge is excellent, and the same can be argued for Eleanor Oldroyd (sic?). But this woman is shit, and should be removed.
It doesn't do women in sport any favours, moreover it denegrates the efforts of those female preenters who have achieved their status because of their ability, not their womanhood.
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Post by sovietonion on Mar 31, 2008 12:52:25 GMT
From a neutral's perspective, my Mrs is all for female emancipation but also calls it how she sees it. She has zero interest in football but walked in while that commentator was speaking during the match the other night. Mrs Onion stopped dead, listened and said 'this is just wrong'. Male tradition or was the Motsoness just crap? ;D
I personally thought she was crap!
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Post by vestanpance on Mar 31, 2008 13:00:46 GMT
It's endemic of modern television. 95% of telly is now made for women. The good-time brigade at the major networks aren't happy unless we are seeing something from the female perspective.
Which is why, coincidentally, 95% of modern television is a steaming pile of Camel's wank.
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Post by beagriestache on Mar 31, 2008 13:27:35 GMT
She was rubbish, which makes her marginally better than Peter Drury who is able to ruin the most entertaining games with his cliche ridden drivel. Complete twat.
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Post by tampon on Mar 31, 2008 13:38:22 GMT
There was a girl in my primary school football team that had trouble kicking the ball, she scored an own-goal in try-outs and was picked over half decent lads just because she was a girl. The BBC have pretty much done the exact same thing.
I cringe when she is on, the same type of cringe I get when I watch Bruce Forsyth... the action and the commentary seem like 2 seperate things, some kind of annoying screech ruining the coverage, it is best just to mute.
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Post by mark71 on Mar 31, 2008 14:03:10 GMT
There's only one thing worse than a woman offering an opinion about football, it's a woman commenting on it.
I can't understand it when I see blokes taking their wives/girlfriends to football matches. I dunno about you but I go to stoke to get away from my missus.
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Post by Fantom69 on Mar 31, 2008 14:40:04 GMT
think she's off of radio 1. Cant remember her name though.
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Post by mermaidsal on Mar 31, 2008 14:42:58 GMT
Thanks mark I realise what I'm leaving myself open to here.. but do I talk bollocks about football? Does surreystokie, does f, and quite a few more on here? Ok the average female may be less interested and have less well informed opinions, but (not biased here, really) the women who post on here talk a lot of sense imho.
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Post by mark71 on Mar 31, 2008 14:58:07 GMT
Sal there is an exception to every rule
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Post by mermaidsal on Mar 31, 2008 15:00:29 GMT
What a charmer
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Post by Olgrligm on Mar 31, 2008 15:08:41 GMT
It's endemic of modern television. 95% of telly is now made for women. The good-time brigade at the major networks aren't happy unless we are seeing something from the female perspective. Which is why, coincidentally, 95% of modern television is a steaming pile of Camel's wank. Which must also be why they insist on putting on wank like Eastenders and Coronation Street every other bloody minute. If it's not on, then they're telling you to watch it with some shitty adverts. Bah. But yeah, awful commentator.
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Post by sheikh al dubai bin stokie on Mar 31, 2008 17:30:33 GMT
would you though ;D i have thats a very flattering picture of her.. she looks nothing like that up close
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Post by sheikh al dubai bin stokie on Mar 31, 2008 17:31:07 GMT
oh and shes a dingle
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Post by Irish Stokie on Mar 31, 2008 17:36:49 GMT
She really was bad and thats not her 1st time on MoTD either shes just rubbish but we have to learn to live with women commentating on sports now. Sure look at the racing on channel 4, its full of women who wouldnt know a good horse if it slapped its cock in their mouth!!!
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Post by Cityfullergoals on Mar 31, 2008 17:48:59 GMT
Not wishing to be picky but should that be:
WOMAN commentator
OR
WOMEN COMMENTATORS
??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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Post by Jamo on the wing on Mar 31, 2008 18:03:43 GMT
As has been mentioned on an earlier reply I also think that she doesn't commentate "live" and I think she is sitting in a studio watching the highlights and having the opportunity to do more than one take at it. When somebody said it doesn't sound right they were correct in more ways than one, the production is completely different than when say Motson et al are actually at the ground.
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Post by LDE76 on Mar 31, 2008 18:30:15 GMT
She is toss, isn't she? She's like the bastard offspring of an Olympic hockey commentator and a cliche-spewing machine. The number of X chromosomes involved is irrelevant.
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Post by 10 Pint Potter on Mar 31, 2008 18:50:40 GMT
hey voice being so high makes her sound well too excited even when a team is jsut passing a ball around
i'm all for equality and political correctness but u cant deny that a woman's voice does NOT suit commentary of that nature
5 live updates she soudns good and fine but not live commentary
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Post by robin1302 on Mar 31, 2008 20:58:40 GMT
it's the loud squeels when the ball is in the area that do my head in!
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Post by GrandStokie on Mar 31, 2008 21:06:04 GMT
I must admit it doesnt sound quite right!!
I cant get used to it, nice try but not for me!!
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Post by clactonpotter on Mar 31, 2008 21:14:00 GMT
A woman screaming at MOTD in my living room .....too stressful!
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Post by scfctilidie on Apr 2, 2008 11:09:16 GMT
Very annoyin lol i was in stitches when she said bout the warm knife thru butter or wateva it was ;D hav sum karma for beatin me to post this kidsgrove ;D
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