How excruciatingly annoying is Brian Kerr's commentary?

ArtSmart · 14-07-2014 5:08pm

EazyD wrote: »

Fair enough, if rote punditry is your thing there's always BBC/ITV I suppose.

Now there's no need to bring in the Rote.

when I'm watching the actual match, I don't want to be jerked out of the moment, by commentary.

Otherwise, I'm ok with the whole (cough*) being er...jerked, em, thingy.

Cienciano · 14-07-2014 5:12pm

Add me to the Kerr fan club. He's brilliant, hope he's on more regularly, it's weird watching football on terrestrial tv where the co commentator actually knows what he's talking about and points out interesting stuff about the game.

EazyD · 14-07-2014 5:16pm

ArtSmart wrote: »

Now there's no need to bring in the Rote.

when I'm watching the actual match, I don't want to be jerked out of the moment, by commentary.

Otherwise, I'm ok with the whole (cough*) being er...jerked, em, thingy.

Strange that you dislike him yet seem to have extracted all the notable lingo he used in the games broadcasted. Anyway I digress.

ArtSmart · 14-07-2014 5:18pm

Cienciano wrote: »

Add me to the Kerr fan club. He's brilliant, hope he's on more regularly, it's weird watching football on terrestrial tv where the co commentator actually knows what he's talking about and points out interesting stuff about the game.

is that...George Best as your Avatar...????

vidor · 14-07-2014 5:28pm

Coat22 wrote: »

Couldn’t believe RTE had actually poached this thing from TV3.

Thing? Wtf.

SEPT 23 1989 · 14-07-2014 6:22pm

Kerr on Fellini "look at him dare runnin arow wind with de big micra foewind head of hare on him"

DEFTLEFTHAND · 14-07-2014 6:56pm

vidor wrote: »

Thing? Wtf.

dirtyden · 14-07-2014 7:01pm

He is by far the best co-commentator on any of the channels. he is knowledgeable, does a good line in dry wit and is obviously an enthuasiatic football fan (lawrenson on the BBC is the complete opposite and just whines and moans through a game).

My one bugbear with him is if he has a point he wants to make he can get quite repetitive about it like the Robben diving, he must have mentioned it 20-30 times during the third place play off.

DebDynamite · 14-07-2014 7:38pm

Kerr has been a revelation for me this WC. For some reason, never really liked him when TV3 had him for the studio analysis, but he's been quality in his role as co-commentator. I really hope we see (hear) much more from him.

Do people seriously prefer Trevor Steven...or Ray Houghton?

auldgranny · 14-07-2014 7:51pm

Macavity. wrote: »

No, you've a poor understanding of the understanding of the understanding of the game if you think Kerr doesn't have a poor understanding.

My head hurts just reading this

auldgranny · 14-07-2014 7:54pm

I liked Brian Kerr till someone said he criticised Robben. Can't like anyone who gives out about Robben. Luv a man with a bald head, me.

is that last bit off topic.....sorry

wazky · 14-07-2014 8:00pm

Could not imagine the bores at BBC and ITV being half as insightful or interesting as Kerr, one of the better commentators at RTE imo.

Just because he hasn't got the 'right' accent is probably alot of people's problem.

Cienciano · 14-07-2014 8:00pm

ArtSmart wrote: »

is that...George Best as your Avatar...????

No, ian brown

PropJoe10 · 14-07-2014 8:01pm

Listening to him talking about "Thomas Meweller" made me want to vomit.

johnp · 14-07-2014 8:27pm

auldgranny wrote: »

I liked Brian Kerr till someone said he criticised Robben. Can't like anyone who gives out about Robben. Luv a man with a bald head, me.

is that last bit off topic.....sorry

auldgranny....... baldies.......

Wayne Rooney is ripping his implants out as we speak.

Pherekydes · 14-07-2014 8:33pm

He knows his stuff, no dour abour ih, but his accent is dire and his diction is appalling.

Rothko · 14-07-2014 8:48pm

EazyD wrote: »

Are people really that stupid as to base their opinion of a person solely on their accent?

Nobody's doing that.

thelad95 · 14-07-2014 11:42pm

To be fair about RTÉ's coverage, they are streaks ahead of BBC or ITV which seem to be full of 'yes-men' who have recently finished their careers and are looking to kick-start a career in media.

anncoates · 15-07-2014 12:24am

He's relatively tactically astute; usually knowledgeable beyond premier league cliché and not an intemperate drunk so therefore not really suitable for most Irish armchair experts..

ArtSmart · 15-07-2014 12:49am

EazyD wrote: »

Strange that you dislike him yet seem to have extracted all the notable lingo he used in the games broadcasted. Anyway I digress.

And that was from ONLY TEN MINUTES OF LISTENING!!!

Son Of A Vidic · 15-07-2014 12:57am

Macavity. wrote: »

His commentary made me want to kill myself.

Ray Houghton thread > > > > > > >

Brendan Bendar · 18-09-2019 7:11pm

I heard a familiar whine, don’t tell me he’s back!!

Rufeo · 18-09-2019 8:16pm

"ah that's too much like bank talk"

Brendan Bendar · 18-09-2019 8:19pm

They haven’t learned anything, it appears.

He’s back.

Skylinehead · 18-09-2019 8:31pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

They haven’t learned anything, it appears.

He’s back.

There's nothing to learn.

Brendan Bendar · 18-09-2019 8:37pm

Skylinehead wrote: »

There's nothing to learn.

Apart from losing audience, unfortunately.

Would have to say, not surprised, but couldn’t take the lad for more than a few minutes.

Nothing personal, but hey.

JohnnyFlash · 18-09-2019 8:38pm

Must say I think Kerr is an excellent pundit. The accent isn’t great, but he knows his stuff and has a nice turn of phrase.

Allinall · 18-09-2019 8:47pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Apart from losing audience, unfortunately.

Would have to say, not surprised, but couldn’t take the lad for more than a few minutes.

Nothing personal, but hey.

Obviously not a football fan.

He’s one of the best Co-commentators and analysts around at the moment.

Deebles McBeebles · 18-09-2019 8:49pm

He knows his stuff. The accent is just the cream on top.

Wayne Jarvis · 18-09-2019 8:54pm

Raconteuse · 18-09-2019 9:27pm

I think he sounds hilarious. Like a fella ranting on the Luas.

MadYaker · 18-09-2019 9:29pm

He's fcuking great!

Skylinehead · 18-09-2019 9:34pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Apart from losing audience, unfortunately.

Would have to say, not surprised, but couldn’t take the lad for more than a few minutes.

Nothing personal, but hey.

I tuned in when you said he was on, so net loss of 0 :cool:

Brendan Bendar · 18-09-2019 9:36pm

Skylinehead wrote: »

I tuned in when you said he was on, so net loss of 0 :cool:

Thanks, he’s a nice lad really, but very hard on the ears, can’t take to him at all.

Each to his own eh:rolleyes:

Say Your Number · 18-09-2019 9:38pm

Kerr is amazing, it's a travesty they haven't put up a statue of him yet!

odyssey06 · 18-09-2019 9:40pm

So genuine. Speaks his heart and mind. A million times better thsn some say nothing upset no one bland nobody.

JohnnyFlash · 18-09-2019 9:55pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Thanks, he’s a nice lad really, but very hard on the ears, can’t take to him at all.

Each to his own eh:rolleyes:

What’s your thoughts on Mick McCarthy, Brendan?

Your Face · 18-09-2019 11:06pm

I like him and his commentary can be great.

Also, he did a lot of good work with youth teams.
I knew a fella who worked with him in that capacity and he said he was a decent sort.

Brendan Bendar · 16-12-2019 7:25pm

fleet_admiral wrote: »

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

In the Kestrel?

How the lad is tolerated has me bet into a cocked hat.

JohnnyFlash · 16-12-2019 7:29pm

Brian Kerr is a national treasure.

Woke Hogan · 16-12-2019 7:47pm

I'm not a huge fan of the self-aggrandising "he's a proper salt o'de ert Dub" stuff you get from his fans. They're the type who think that the "inner city Dub" is somehow under-represented on our airways, even though they're a totally dominant demographic in Irish fiction and non-fiction alike. I'll never understand why people down in the capital are so fascinated with the social classes and groups that make up their population and feel the need to hoist that fascination with the rest of us.

That being said, Kerr himself is said to be a top man and knows his soccer inside out. So I don't mind him.

Better Than Christ · 16-12-2019 7:50pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

How the lad is tolerated has me bet into a cocked hat.

Shurrup yew, ye fucken tick. He's bleedin' deadly 'n all 'n anyways.

I'm not particularly into football, but I could happily listen to him talking about it for hours.

Montage of Feck · 16-12-2019 7:57pm

The documentary "In League With Gaddafi" was an interesting watch.

andekwarhola · 16-12-2019 8:37pm

Kerr does play up the auld Dubliner act a bit but he knows his stuff and i think he's a good commentator.

Pity he actually had to become a pundit because the FAI, in their infinite spite, couldn't find a place again for an underage coach of his calibre once he left the senior setup.

Wasn't enough of a Yes man by all accounts.

Montage of Feck · 16-12-2019 8:56pm

Real pity he was never given a proper crack at managing the senior squad.

John Doe1 · 16-12-2019 9:06pm

As a donegal person, I love his working class dublin accent. Much better than Ryle nugent and the other marble mouth lads that are on Irish sports programs.

He is also someone who geniunely cares for Irish football and we need him in a senior position in the new FAI.

Bobblehats · 16-12-2019 9:20pm

andekwarhola wrote: »

Kerr does play up the auld Dubliner act a bit but he knows his stuff and i think he's a good commentator.

Plays up the comedian a bit too he once linked messiah‘s diminutive stature to his small feet. To a small ‘you know wha’. Messi’s a size 10

Brendan Bendar · 16-12-2019 10:25pm

John Doe1 wrote: »

As a donegal person, I love his working class dublin accent. Much better than Ryle nugent and the other marble mouth lads that are on Irish sports programs.

He is also someone who geniunely cares for Irish football and we need him in a senior position in the new FAI.

Lookit, if we are looking for a ‘new FAI’ we don’t need the blasts from the past.

Clear the lot out, the Inchicore weasel included.

Get professionals in, not chancers and barrow boys.

We’ve had enough of them.

UsBus · 16-12-2019 10:26pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Must say I think Kerr is an excellent pundit. The accent isn’t great, but he knows his stuff and has a nice turn of phrase.

I think he's very enjoyable to listen to. He's a pure football man so can easily commentate without feeling the need to add drama.

I'd take him any day over McEntyre off newstalk & virgin, who absolutely shoots his load anytime the ball gets close to the goal. Horrible commentary to listen to.

Allinall · 16-12-2019 10:29pm

Brendan Bendar wrote: »

Lookit, if we are looking for a ‘new FAI’ we don’t need the blasts from the past.

Clear the lot out, the Inchicore weasel included.

Get professionals in, not chancers and barrow boys.

We’ve had enough of them.

The Inchicore what now?

Are they not all professionals there already?

How excruciatingly annoying is Brian Kerr's commentary?

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