Quote Originally Posted by Driver View Post
Darryl Eastlake is so bad that listening to his commentaries has become an alternative form of entertainment all on its own. His weight-lifting commentaries at the Commonwealth Games were hilarious. He got so carried away with his own sense of humour that he actually became incoherent. I mean, the most basic part of the job is to provide information to the audience! You can't do that if you have collapsed into a wheezing, choking mess. How does he keep his job? (Maybe the producers have cottoned on to the alternative entertainment aspect!?!)

Bruce McAvaney is a smarmy no-hoper. Listening to him sucking up to the visiting American sports celebs (eg, John McEnroe at the Australian Open) is excruciating. Gawd knows what McEnroe makes of it. I keep hoping that Brucie will annoy the prick so much that McEnroe will belt him. McAvaney has managed to con some of his listeners into believing he is an expert statistician who can just reel off a bunch of facts that he has accessed from the capacious stretches of his enormous brain. Bollocks! There's a team of researchers backing him up! Why does he think he needs to impress us with his vast knowledge of every aspect of every sport? (Sorry. Daft question. It's because he's an insecure, smarmy no-hoper).

At least most of the cricket commentators are former Test cricketers and have a record of achievement. Actually, I reckon Tubby Taylor's quite good. Have you heard Geoffrey Boycott? :eek:
So well put I couldn't add to it.