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

greenspurs

Lumen wrote: »

Papercuts! :eek:

*Crosses legs !!! :eek::eek::eek:

CrowdedHouse

Maybe it's just me folks but I think to anyone that follows cycling there's very little to be gained from listening to the commentaries on ES. For me if there's no raw feed on the player, it's volume down, there's nearly enough info with the on screen graphics and maybe supplement with the race website.

Kirby et al just bore/irritate me a lot of the time.

Raam

SHUT UP, CARLTON!

mp31

Raam wrote: »

SHUT UP, CARLTON!

DON'T LISTEN TO THEM CARLTON! :P

thelawman

He did a great link between “wild boar” and Duran Duran in last years tour,

In fairness it must be difficult to talk live for 4 hours when nothing is happening apart from Sky sitting on the front

magicbastarder

Raam wrote: »

SHUT UP, CARLTON!

Raam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxqa2Haf8lo

greenspurs

ROOSTER TAILS .............



My god , he is getting worse.... "I'll be bound...>" :eek::mad:

"G"

buffalo

Please make it stop.

Dcully

I cant listen to him anymore, he is nauseating this year in particular.
Froome froome froome,Sky,Froome, is all we hear.

Yesterday at the dauphine he was constantly spouting on about team sky, nothing new ofcourse but i really have enough at this stage.
If it wasnt that it was "G" G fcuking this G fcuking that , id say half the viewers hadnt a clue what he was on about .

neris

"Whos going to reach out 1st" seems to be a new one

buffalo

I watched today's finish in Dutch. Worth it.

1bryan

buffalo wrote: »

I watched today's finish in Dutch. Worth it.

I watched with no sound. It was amazing.

Dr. Bre

buffalo wrote: »

I watched today's finish in Dutch. Worth it.

Probably Carlton Kirby putting on a Dutch accent

greenspurs

I turned it off ... couldn't watch the last stage with his constant "G" bullsh1t .......

irishrover99

Lemans 24hrs is on from now till Sunday and Kirby is commentating as he does every year.
He's actually very good and I don't get why he's such a fool while doing the commentary on the cycling.

Dr. Bre

irishrover99 wrote: »

Lemans 24hrs is on from now till Sunday and Kirby is commentating as he does every year.
He's actually very good and I don't get why he's such a fool while doing the commentary on the cycling.

Cos he hasn’t a clue bout cycling. He spoofs his way thru it

Lusk_Doyle

irishrover99 wrote: »

Lemans 24hrs is on from now till Sunday and Kirby is commentating as he does every year.
He's actually very good and I don't get why he's such a fool while doing the commentary on the cycling.

That's a very long 24 hours until Sunday.

greenspurs

Will he mention the "G" forces .........

tigerboon

irishrover99 wrote: »

Lemans 24hrs is on from now till Sunday and Kirby is commentating as he does every year.
He's actually very good and I don't get why he's such a fool while doing the commentary on the cycling.

He does know his motor sport. I think the first I heard of him was commentating on DTM and ALMs years ago for Motors TV.

Lusk_Doyle

tigerboon wrote: »

He does know his motor sport. I think the first I heard of him was commentating on DTM and ALMs years ago for Motors TV.

Speed skating too. He seemed to know his stuff on that during the winter olympics.

neris

Eurosport should have a G jar at the tour. Every time Carlton calls Geraint Thomas G he has to put a fiver in it. Eurosport be having one he'll of a piss up in Paris then

Dr. Bre

What a rubbish nickname - G

irishrover99

Their is actually a team racing today in the lmp2 class called G-drive racing.

Could it possibly be him 😀.

velo.2010

Another reason not to renew my Eurosport subscription!?

http://media.eurosport.com/pressR/name/Eurosport_signs_Sir_Bradley_Wiggins_for_exclusive_Tour_de_France_digital_series/id/6989/folder/Press%20Releases/folderId/22/;jsessionid=B333297BA4E7EAF6F31DC52A8EA73960.prem1

Europort obviously have no shame. Did they read the UK's DCMS committee which effectively concluded he doped/cheated to win the Tour? Maybe it's no surprise as they have Virenque and others with a dark past as part of their coverage.

An odd choice though and likely to piss off those already tired of the heavy British/Team sky bias.

The only saving grace is that he may just be restricted to a podcast role with little or no on-air contribution.

On the other hand he may be tempted to rip the piss out of Sky and Froome. I suppose that's probably their thinking in hiring him - he'll be controversial like! Highly unlikely though.

coco0981

https://twitter.com/carltonkirby/status/1013718632101220353?s=19

coco0981

Kirby is going to be even more insufferable now

mloc123

Why has he such a man crush for a Kenyan cyclist I don't know...

1bryan

mloc123 wrote: »

Why has he such a man crush for a Kenyan cyclist I don't know...

for the same reason Liggett had a man crush on Lance. He knows what side his bread is buttered on. It pays to keep 'well-in' with the sport's biggest 'star'.

CramCycle

1bryan wrote: »

for the same reason Liggett had a man crush on Lance. He knows what side his bread is buttered on. It pays to keep 'well-in' with the sport's biggest 'star'.

Is it really though, maybe its because social media is inherently biased to put up stories you agree with nowadays but the general vibe I get is that Team Sky are toxic unless they chuck him and a few others at the top.

neris

https://twitter.com/ImlachHair/status/1015133017239678976

Hurrache

The man himself tweeted this only yesterday, he's quite emboldened on Twitter since his idol's innocence has been declared.

https://twitter.com/carltonkirby/status/1014913883323105281?s=19

MPFGLB

Hurrache wrote: »

The man himself tweeted this only yesterday, he's quite emboldened on Twitter since his idol's innocence has been declared.

https://twitter.com/carltonkirby/status/1014913883323105281?s=19

KIrby is the biggest tool ever...what kind of tweet was that from a professional broadcaster.....
I know there never was any doubt he was in the Froome camp but that tweet is ridiculous...Trying to blame fans for questioning Froome...has he no idea of the history of the sport and how fans feel constantly suspicious because of previous 'heros'

What happend to impartiality...:rolleyes:

mloc123

The media should not be cheerleaders... right?

Hurrache

MPFGLB wrote: »

KIrby is the biggest tool ever...what kind of tweet was that from a professional broadcaster.....

Ha, it got better after that..
https://twitter.com/carltonkirby/status/1014974459214794755?s=19

retalivity

Hurrache wrote: »

Ha, it got better after that..
https://twitter.com/carltonkirby/status/1014974459214794755?s=19

Hes a lad that i wish was aiming for his head when he shot himself in the foot

Mugser

Phil Liggett used to have similiar gra for one Lance Armstrong!

mloc123

Carlton was so busy cheering on Cav in the sprint today that he almost forgot to pay attention to the 5 riders that beat him.

Eamonnator

mloc123 wrote: »

Carlton was so busy cheering on Cav in the sprint today that he almost forgot to pay attention to the 5 riders that beat him.

9 riders beat him

Lusk_Doyle

Eamonnator wrote: »

9 riders beat him

He let them finish ahead of him as he knows that they need it more than he does. Or something charitable like that.

retalivity

I like cav. He's older, more mellowed and seems like a nice guy. I wouldnt mind seeing him take a stage this year if possible.

I pray that quigley is commentating if he does though.

buffalo

retalivity wrote: »

I like cav. He's older, more mellowed and seems like a nice guy. I wouldnt mind seeing him take a stage this year if possible.

I pray that quigley is commentating if he does though.

Looking at the overhead of the sprint from yesterday, he swerves badly when Sagan moves to pass him. I don't think he's gotten over the crashes, and it'll have to be a very 'clean' sprint if he's to win one again.

coco0981

retalivity wrote: »

I like cav. He's older, more mellowed and seems like a nice guy. I wouldnt mind seeing him take a stage this year if possible.

I pray that quigley is commentating if he does though.

Cav does seem to have mellowed, but he was one grumpy fecker for years. I'd like to see him win a stage though, deserves to go out on a high. Chances of him catching Merckx's record seem remote now

MPFGLB

coco0981 wrote: »

Cav does seem to have mellowed, but he was one grumpy fecker for years. I'd like to see him win a stage though, deserves to go out on a high. Chances of him catching Merckx's record seem remote now

Cant stand him...arrogant and intimidating when at the top...now eating some humble pie and seems normal...but if back wining he will revert back...man child

Lusk_Doyle

MPFGLB wrote: »

Cant stand him...arrogant and intimating when at the top...now eating some humble pie and seems normal...but if back wining he will revert back...man child

You'll come around. You used to like Carlton and you've changed your mind on him!

MPFGLB

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

You'll come around. You used to like Carlton and you've changed your mind on him!

I never ever ever liked Carlton !!

Lusk_Doyle

MPFGLB wrote: »

I never ever ever liked Carlton !!

Ah now come on. Tell the truth and shame the devil.

Weepsie

He may have mellowed, but he was whining about other cyclists tactics and how they were dangerous to the BBC. The old, you know who they are etc

MPFGLB

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Ah now come on. Tell the truth and shame the devil.

The first timei I heard him chuckle away to himself about wild boar or deride some local architecture or obsess about the same rider I knew how I felt

Gerry

I wasn't a major cav fan after some of his shenanigans in the Olympics ( maybe 5 years ago ) but agreed he is a nice guy. However Carlton cheerleading him on and encouraging the other presenters to do same is painful. I think Cav is now bemused with the attention.