The Carlton K Whinge Binge...dedicated thread **spoilers**

greenspurs

"Taking a quick toot from his bidon"

What ?!
He is getting worse, and Quigley and Hatch are improving.

retalivity

greenspurs wrote: »

"Taking a quick toot from his bidon"

What ?!
He is getting worse, and Quigley and Hatch are improving.

Engage.
Disengage.
Repeat ad nauseum.

neris

Shut up Carlton no one needs a vivid in depth description of Brian Smith's knees

greenspurs

hes actually worse now that he was ever before....


‘Up toward the pointy end’

Chips Lovell

Full off coffee, giddy from laughing at his own jokes, furiously mixing metaphors.... No idea what's going on.

greenspurs

"Hiatus in hostilities" .........................

Eamonnator

Dear Jesus. He's talking about the size of his suitcase.

Was hoping they'd have Matt Stevens here, even if he's on with Kirby he'll cut him off if something is happening. The others seem content to let Kirby ramble.

Actually the commentary during the Tour Of Yorkshire on ITV was much better than Eurosport and that was line to flag too.

velo.2010

'Sean Bennett'!

Having 2 teams of commentators has given Carlton and the rest extra vigour in their broadcasting. They're not lacking for energy now at the end of a long stage.

tigerboon

Carlton any day over that Rob Hatch with his perfect regional pronunciations and talking about the food, the drink and the cloth the gear is made from. Most booooring man on telly

Lumen

tigerboon wrote: »

Carlton any day over that Rob Hatch with his perfect regional pronunciations and talking about the food, the drink and the cloth the gear is made from. Most booooring man on telly

It's quite nice hearing about what's happening in the race though.

neris

Deleted User wrote: »

Actually the commentary during the Tour Of Yorkshire on ITV was much better than Eurosport and that was line to flag too.

Neds good. If it wasn't for all the ads on itv4 during the tdf could watch em all day.

MPFGLB

KIrby " Chris Froome is being hounded" , obsessed with Pierre Roger LA Tour and Si Clarke ..he is given to talking rubbish all day long and laughing at it . "Sean he is being bullied Sean" , I'll wager ...count the hornings on the way in ...

I have through dedicated meditation and prescription drugs been able to block him out in the most part(as he would say)

But every now and then I find myself having to bite down heavily on my arm so i dont return to my days of wanting to break my TV ...but I digress (as he would say)...CK as a lead comms...a mystery to all sane cycling fans out there

NeedMoreGears

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

Full off coffee, giddy from laughing at his own jokes, furiously mixing metaphors.... No idea what's going on.

Steady. That could describe most of us on a good day.

greenspurs

...And the frequency of ads now on Eurosport , and the length of them !!!
that's why I record it, and watch it later......
Skip the ads that tell me to come to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv , for 2 cities 1 break ...... Yeh, right.

I need a quick toot from my bidon of coffee !

ben.schlomo

Never really got the hate for him until the last few months/year, he really is an awful cycling commentator. The constant Froome/Sky love in, the fact he doesn't know one lad on a bike from another and as said the bad jokes. Much prefer the rest of the Eurosport commentary options. Hopefully he'll shuffle off soon.

Melodeon

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This exactly!

I used to think he was perfectly fine and also didn't get the antipathy towards him.

But, the tag-team commentary of recent full/long Grand Tour stages has opened my eyes
The contrast between CK and the others is very jarring when it's presented as starkly as it is when they're covering the same race.


Also, and Off Topic for this thread, but Jonathan and/or Brian REALLY need to introduce Sean to their tailor for the live-to-camera Giro Extra segments!

greenspurs

Melodeon wrote: »

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This exactly!

I used to think he was perfectly fine and also didn't get the antipathy towards him.

But, the tag-team commentary of recent full/long Grand Tour stages has opened my eyes
The contrast between CK and the others is very jarring when it's presented as starkly as it is when they're covering the same race.


Also, and Off Topic for this thread, but Jonathan and/or Brian REALLY need to introduce Sean to their tailor for the live-to-camera Giro Extra segments!

No way !!... he will wear his SK Onda gear no matter what the weather !!

Chips Lovell

For sartorial chops, nobody came near Ashley and Juan Antonio. You wouldn't see Brian Smith wearing pink trousers.

neris

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

For sartorial chops, nobody came near Ashley and Juan Antonio. You wouldn't see Brian Smith wearing pink trousers.

ashleys cut out the bright trousers, think he was getting a good amount of grief about his dress style. flecha just reminds me of bumblebee man off the simpsons

greenspurs

Unwatchable yesterday ....... well, more like unlistenable !!!

I think he had multiple orgasms over Yates , "I'll be Bound" ...... He more or less said he has the Giro won now !! "Climax of hostilities"

neris

I like rob hatch but ffs does he have to over exaggerate his pronunciation of Ben Hermans

Dr. Bre

Who was the English lad who commentated for Eurosport around the time Wiggins was winning the tour ? He was better than Kirby

Dr. Bre

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Who was the English lad who commentated for Eurosport around the time Wiggins was winning the tour ? He was better than Kirby

Mmmmm David Harmon no?

Lumen

Awkward silence.

retalivity

Lumen wrote: »

Awkward silence.

"Looks like hes disengaged from the conversation there"

CramCycle

Lumen wrote: »

Awkward silence.

It was a weird story that seemed to have a few references on british forums but i never seen anything in the actual news. Happy for it to be put here if someone can put up a source but otherwise, in case it is not true, it should be left there.

Dr. Bre

Deleted User wrote: »

Mmmmm David Harmon no?

Yep Harmon it was

1bryan

CramCycle wrote: »

It was a weird story that seemed to have a few references on british forums but i never seen anything in the actual news. Happy for it to be put here if someone can put up a source but otherwise, in case it is not true, it should be left there.

suffice to say, if the allegations are true, may we never see his likes again.

greenspurs

CramCycle wrote: »

It was a weird story that seemed to have a few references on british forums but i never seen anything in the actual news. Happy for it to be put here if someone can put up a source but otherwise, in case it is not true, it should be left there.

What did I miss ??
About Harmon or about Kirby ?

neris

greenspurs wrote: »

What did I miss ??
About Harmon or about Kirby ?

google

CramCycle

MOD VOICE: Referring to David Harmon, I cannot find anything except one allegation on a british forum. This could be true or it could be just someone looking to start a rumour. It was a few years now and no news stories have been published. Until such a time as a verifiable source says yay or nay to the alleged accusation, I would ask all posters to leave it there.

Dr. Bre

David duffield use to talk about loads of diff stuff when the cycling was on

greenspurs

Dr. Bre wrote: »

David duffield use to talk about loads of diff stuff when the cycling was on

He was excellent. He could tell you all about the wine and food of the region, very entertaining without turning into waffling buffoonery .....

Lumen

greenspurs wrote: »

He was excellent. He could tell you all about the wine and food of the region, very entertaining without turning into waffling buffoonery .....

Yeah. He was great. Had an encyclopaedic knowledge of all sorts of things.

CramCycle

So long as you speak Irish, the TG4 lads are great.

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CramCycle wrote: »

So long as you speak Irish, the TG4 lads are great.

The way they nickname people is also hilarious.
ETA they don't seem to be showing the giro this year. They do the tdf and the vuelta normally though.

irishrover99

I can't believe he just had the cheek to say, Team Sky, marginal gains after everything that's happened recently.

NeedMoreGears

Actually they're all beginning to annoy me at this stage

Over-pronouncing peoples in names in some form of native accent - for me its Tommy Vokkler not "tommay vokclaaaire-uh".

Shouting for at least the last 50km - now it could be I've the telly up too loud

Every day is epic, spectacular, the greatest ever, what a stage etc etc - they're starting to sound like Sky Sports about the premiership.

Fanboy approach to Yates, Sky etc (maybe not all of the commentators) - and I confess to a soft spot for all Carlton's other idiosyncrasies

My preference would be Kelly by himself, possibly with a bit of help from Matt Stephens, provided they only spoke when they felt like it rather than all the time.

I'm getting old

neris

Brian Smith had his Sky pills this morning.

greenspurs

NeedMoreGears wrote: »

Shouting for at least the last 50km - now it could be I've the telly up too loud

Every day is epic, spectacular, the greatest ever, what a stage etc etc - they're starting to sound like Sky Sports about the premiership.

Yes... Kirbys tendancy to shout at random times, is a bit baffling, and quite annoying....

Even they couldn't pretend the final 'stage' was epic...
Bennetts sprint was though

Chips Lovell

The shouting is an attempt to create drama. And it also masks that he doesn't have a clue what's going on.

At least we won't have to suffer him telling us that if Chris Froome win's the Dauphiné he usually wins the tour this year as Froome's not at it.

velo.2010

Tag teaming the guys in and out during the stage has given each pairing more energy, even for the boring bits.

I can see Kirby eventually getting the squeeze and they bring someone like Matt Stephens - another ex pro and TV visual friendly guy who can nip and talk with Edwards when the stage is over. Hatch will be the only non pro cyclist on the commentary team.

The BBC have done the same over the years with their athletics, snooker coverage etc.

greenspurs

velo.2010 wrote: »

Tag teaming the guys in and out during the stage has given each pairing more energy, even for the boring bits.

I can see Kirby eventually getting the squeeze and they bring someone like Matt Stephens - another ex pro and TV visual friendly guy who can nip and talk with Edwards when the stage is over. Hatch will be the only non pro cyclist on the commentary team.

The BBC have done the same over the years with their athletics, snooker coverage etc.

I hope they hurry, I cant take much more of him, I'll be bound.....

buffalo

greenspurs wrote: »

I hope they hurry, I cant take much more of him, I'll be bound.....

Are there no scenaria where you would listen to him?

Chips Lovell

"Chris Froome has written a new page in history. How many more pages can he ride?"

Think about that.

How many more pages can he ride?

How does one ride a page.

terrydel

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

"Chris Froome has written a new page in history. How many more pages can he ride?"

Think about that.

How many more pages can he ride?

How does one ride a page.

You'd have to be on drugs to ride a page......

greenspurs

buffalo wrote: »

Are there no scenaria where you would listen to him?

for an hour maybe ....

"he's opening the taps right now & pouring himself a big one."

Lumen

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

How does one ride a page.

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