How excruciatingly annoying is Brian Kerr's commentary?

ArtSmart

Well now the dust has settled, it's time.

Omackeral

The man is a demi-god and I am one of his minions. You and your ilk shall be smited.

''Look at the way Mr Ishimoto works the shaving foam there Stephen, little bit of a flicker with the wrist action at the end. Very straight lines. Fair play to him.''

A national treasure.

Macavity.

His commentary made me want to kill myself.

Lucifer MorningStar

Best commentator in the world imo

TimeToShine

"Them Greeks have been chasing bouncing Czechs all night" - Brian Kerr, Euro 2012.

Best line I've ever heard from a commentator.

fleet_admiral

he sounds like an oul drunk in the chipper on the walkinstown roundabout on a saturday night

thelad95

"Antonio Valentia, Manuel Nooor, Jimmy Rodriguez, Romelu lecuckoo"

Badly Drunk Boy

The only time I looked at any of ITV's World Cup coverage was when Kerr was on RTÉ. That's how bad he is!

Actually, I think it's the combination of his voice and his accent that kills me. I don't even get to hear what he says...

thelad95

fleet_admiral wrote: »

he sounds like an oul drunk in the chipper on the walkinstown roundabout on a saturday night

To be fair, this could be said about every single member of RTE's WC coverage.

FearDark

He's bad but he's no Trevor Welsh.

*shudder*

Amirani

He knows his stuff for sure, but his voice is a bit of an acquired taste.

Smithwicks Man

Nowhere near as bad as Lawro or Townsend. They actually make the games unwatchable they irritate me so much.

Rothko

TimeToShine wrote: »

"Them Greeks have been chasing bouncing Czechs all night" - Brian Kerr, Euro 2010.

Best line I've ever heard from a commentator.

There was no Euro 2010

Rothko

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Nowhere near as bad as Lawro or Townsend. They actually make the games unwatchable they irritate me so much.

Mark Lawrenson always seems to be in a foul or snarky mood.

Insect Overlord

Can't decide who's worse, himself or Lou Macari. Awful voices.

ArtSmart

Diego Simeone wrote: »

He knows his stuff for sure, but his voice is a bit of an acquired taste.

Acquired Taste?

That you Bill?

which reminds me, there should be a Goodbye Bill Thread.

tippspur

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

The only time I looked at any of ITV's World Cup coverage was when Kerr was on RTÉ. That's how bad he is!

Actually, I think it's the combination of his voice and his accent that kills me. I don't even get to hear what he says...

Same here,I have to switch channels if he's on cos the wife can't stand his voice,bad enough having soccer on all the time she sez but having to listen to him is chronic,I turn over to ITV just to keep her happy.

Smithwicks Man

Suas11 wrote: »

Mark Lawrenson always seems to be in a foul or snarky mood.

He's a joke, can't tolerate him at all and I refused to watch a WC game on BBC when he was commentating.

Townsend is equally as bad but in a different way.

Turtwig

Best co commentator at the tourney (or commenting on it anyway!) by a mile.

Nailz

It's his accent that is the unbearable aspect of his commentary, it's just so fecking thick, but to be fair to him he generally knows what he's talking about and I respect his opinion so it doesn't bother me that much really.

osarusan

Paddy Crerand. Worst ever. Too pro-Man united for even the Man United TV channel.

ArtSmart

I wuda have him come en from the lef,

shud have kept him righ back stead a center forward...

I'd a brought on xxxxxx, and gave xxxxxx the hike


It's that type of stuff which annoys me.

It's over Brian. you had your turn. Fair Play.

But it's over.

smellmepower

Kerr's my favorite RTE commentator.He obviously knows his stuff,has a nice dry sense of humor and doesn't have the bland middle class Dublin or slightly bogger-ish accent that is usually a prerequisite for employment in by our glorious state broadcaster.

TimeToShine

Suas11 wrote: »

There was no Euro 2010

This is true. Amended as per your correction.

ArtSmart

smellmepower wrote: »

Kerr's my favorite RTE commentator.He obviously knows his stuff,has a nice dry sense of humor and doesn't have the bland middle class Dublin or slightly bogger-ish accent that is usually a prerequisite for employment in by our glorious state broadcaster.

I'm quite sure I've no idea as to what you mean by bogger, or indeed middle-class.

It's D4 or nothing, darrhling.

Elmer Blooker

smellmepower wrote: »

Kerr's my favorite RTE commentator.He obviously knows his stuff,has a nice dry sense of humor and doesn't have the bland middle class Dublin or slightly bogger-ish accent that is usually a prerequisite for employment in by our glorious state broadcaster.

Love Brian Kerr! During the Brazil v Netherlands match when a player called Maxwell committed a bad foul he said "at least he didn't use a silver hammer!":D

P_1

I have no problem with it. You tend to hear quite a lot of regional accents in GAA coverage and there's no mass gnashing of teeth over it. Perhaps people are just so accustomed to hearing BBCD4 English with their football commentary that hearing an inner city Dublin accent just throws them slightly?

Agricola

I think he's great as a 2nd choice co-commentator. But if he got the high profile job sitting beside George Hamilton for every big game..... no that would a bit too much.:D

ArtSmart

P_1 wrote: »

I have no problem with it. You tend to hear quite a lot of regional accents in GAA coverage and there's no mass gnashing of teeth over it. Perhaps people are just so accustomed to hearing BBCD4 English with their football commentary that hearing an inner city Dublin accent just throws them slightly?

Well for me it's not actually the accent.

It's the shuda, wuda, cudda.

A commentator's job is to clarify and enlighten. Not a platform for 'what i wudda dun'.

(yes, I'm also mocking his accent, I know. sigh. sorry?)

AllGunsBlazing

I thought his rambling style made some of the less action packed games that bit more watchable. And be under no illusion the man knows the game well, and is more than qualified in venturing his opinion.

P_1

ArtSmart wrote: »

Well for me it's not actually the accent.

It's the shuda, wuda, cudda.

A commentator's job is to clarify and enlighten. Not a platform for 'what i wudda dun'.

(yes, I'm also mocking his accent, I know. sigh. sorry?)

Ah I think it makes him come across quite similarly to the average punter watching the match. Perhaps that's part of the charm. The dry humour doesn't hurt either

upandcumming

I loved him! Really added to the games especially the ****e one!

Some of the one liners were brilliant!

4zn76tysfajdxp

He should have coaching to remove any trace of a disgusting regional accent. Sickening.

Say Your Number

If I hear you badmouth Kerr again, I'll give you a good hoosh in the ribs.

Macavity.

smellmepower wrote: »

Kerr's my favorite RTE commentator.He obviously knows his stuff,has a nice dry sense of humor and doesn't have the bland middle class Dublin or slightly bogger-ish accent that is usually a prerequisite for employment in by our glorious state broadcaster.

Please tell me you are joking and that all those thanks are just people being ironic. :pac:

galah

Had to switch over to BBC, it was too painful. But on a different note, all these license fees and they couldn't even send someone over to Brazil? :pac:

Makaveli

He's class. Best commentator at RTE, knows his stuff and genuinely enjoys watching football unlike Ray Houghton, one of the worst commentators to have to listen to.

Santa Cruz

You can take the man out of the League of Ireland but you can't take the League of Ireland out of the man.

ThunbergsAreGo

Kerr is hands down the best co-commentator and vastly vastly superior to Ray Houghton (cannot stand this man)

cletus van damme

Kerr is brilliant. Anybody bad mouthing him needs a kick in the hole.

Frank Lee Midere

naughtb4 wrote: »

Kerr is hands down the best co-commentator and vastly vastly superior to Ray Houghton (cannot stand this man)

How soon we forget who put the ball in the English net.

ThunbergsAreGo

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

How soon we forget who put the ball in the English net.

Shoudl have clarified on commentary, I know nothing of him as a man

osarusan

I like his sense of humour, and even though don't really like the accent much, it suits the jokes he makes.

More importantly though, he is a very good and knowledgeable analyst who is far more familiar with the teams and players he's watching than the old stalwarts of Giles or Dunphy.

iamanengine

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

Love Brian Kerr! During the Brazil v Netherlands match when a player called Maxwell committed a bad foul he said "at least he didn't use a silver hammer!":D

Bahaha, that's actually brilliant :P

That said I still opted for the I want to hurt someone option.

Earthhorse

Kerr is terrible. His grating accent might be bearable if he would STFU for five seconds. He doesn't relent; even as the action heats up on screen he won't pause to comment on it, if he's started an anecdote about his footballing days well, come hell or high water, he's going to finish it.

He fumbles over players names (yes, it is his job as commentator to know how to pronounce them) and doesn't seem to know whether Stephen Alkin is agreeing with him or not half the time. It's like he's baffled by the whole thing.

I'm quite sure he has a decent footballing mind but his footballing mouth needs a bit of work.

floggg

There are times he seems quite knowledgeable, other times he talks the most absurd nonsense.

It took my a good 30 minutes of the 3rd place playoff match before I was absolutely certain it was him commentating and not the après match crowd doing a parody.

Larbre34

Lot of snobbery about in here. Kerr is the REAL football people that Dunphy's alter ego speaks about! In all seriousness he knows a lot more about tactical organisation than some of the washed up sh1tehawks on UK telly analysis.

I quite enjoyed him.

geeksauce

Reminds me of Sid Waddell, most normal people find him unbearable to listen too, however the chances of him being sacked are ruined by a few of the less normal people thinking he is wonderful and hilarious.

I may be able to tolerate Brian if he changed his accent whilst commentating but alas I believe I may never find out if he is tolerable as the accent doesn't seem to bother him. (just 99% of the rest of the worlds population)

seaniemammy

Can't stick him. Think there's a touch of inverted snobbery hede when you can't criticise a "regional" accent. His voice is horrible and grating and imo not suited to broadcasting. He should make a decent effort to know the players' names. It's so irritating when he gets nearly all of them wrong

smilerf

"He got an aul box in the snot there"
Gas, the man is a legend

daUbiq

He is certainly better than Ray Houghton or Trevor Stevens.