Clive Tydesley replaced as main ITV commentator

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Ffs now we're gonna be treated by Matterface constantly trying to use alliteration and trying to create a classic sync line, which all flat.
 

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Is Matterface the one that always describes overhit crosses as "too big"?

"That cross from Tripper was a bit too big". Who the hell calls a cross too big? "Too long", "too high", "too much on it", sure, but "too big"???
 

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Better get used to it because the future is Matterface, Dixon, That lanky woman, Gobby Carney and the Diane Abbott of punditry Aluko

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Is Matterface the one that always describes overhit crosses as "too big"?

"That cross from Tripper was a bit too big". Who the hell calls a cross too big? "Too long", "too high", "too much on it", sure, but "too big"???
Learnt from the original big man Townsend.

Needs to get "in and around ", and "that's better " in there too.
 

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Is it just me that finds this uncomfortable?
I'm sure the poster is referring to Diane Abbot being infamous for her numbers not working. With Aluko producing that classic quote about someone scoring nearly a goal a game when it was very obviously one every 2 games.
 

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Learnt from the original big man Townsend.

Needs to get "in and around ", and "that's better " in there too.
Actually yeah it might be Townsend I'm thinking of.

Speaking of Townsend, Andros has been a decent addition to the commentary team.
 

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I'm sure the poster is referring to Diane Abbot being infamous for her numbers not working. With Aluko producing that classic quote about someone scoring nearly a goal a game when it was very obviously one every 2 games.
Didn't she actually say he's scored say 10 goals in 20 games, that's a goal a game. Like she actually said the goals scored and the games played rather than misremembering a stat.
 

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Madness getting rid of Tydesley and forcing us to endure tickbox replacements.
Ah yes, the notable tick box replacements of *checks notes* straight white men Sam Matterface and Lee Dixon. Give it a rest Barton.

Scary diversity isn't going to hurt you. People didn't like the old boys club, people don't like new diverse faces, people don't like new not diverse faces. People hate the status quo and change. People just want to complain.

That being said, Matterface and Dixon are shite.
 

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Still the best in the business for me. He and McCoist are the perfect commentary balance
 

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Ffs now we're gonna be treated by Matterface constantly trying to use alliteration and trying to create a classic sync line, which all flat.
My god he's so fecking corny with his painfully delivered monologues trying to hit home the epic proportions of each boring football game. It's actually quite nauseating.
 

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Anyway, Jonathan Pearce is still my favourite commentator working today. MATILDA !!

Peter Brackley is the GOAT though.
Pearce is intolerable. The way in which he fills in 'white space' (injuries et al) with anecdotes about his journalism career is nauseating.

Just shut it up, man.

Brackley is sorely missed. Pro Evo Soccer fell apart without him.
 

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I suggest you seek help, all the best :(

tbh, I wouldn't give tuppence for any of them, but he is particularly awful, of a bad bunch.
I'm quite clearly in the minority here, by myself in fact. I like his voice :lol:
 

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It was a silly comment but the support he received from black players he managed showed that time away for a while instead of being fired would have been a better choice

We were stuck with Townsend tactics truck after that
he called Marcel Desailly a “lazy n…..”. There isn’t any route back from that
 

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Ffs now we're gonna be treated by Matterface constantly trying to use alliteration and trying to create a classic sync line, which all flat.
My god he's so fecking corny with his painfully delivered monologues trying to hit home the epic proportions of each boring football game. It's actually quite nauseating.
They're all as bad as each other, matterface, Fletch from BT and the poet reincarnated, Drury.
 

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Matterface brilliant as usual, the only positive today
 

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Didn't she actually say he's scored say 10 goals in 20 games, that's a goal a game. Like she actually said the goals scored and the games played rather than misremembering a stat.
Yep, was some silly stuff.

But I imagine tv is pressurised stuff, especially chatting footy, as you can probably do it in auto pilot most of the time and spot any old iron.
 

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Yep, was some silly stuff.

But I imagine tv is pressurised stuff, especially chatting footy, as you can probably do it in auto pilot most of the time and spot any old iron.
Yea too right, she should be in the kitchen ironing.
 

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Dixon suggesting that we were saving subs for extra time when losing with 5mins to go was the clear highlight.
 

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This current commentator on ITV is perfect. No hyperbole, no forced poetic rhetoric for the next tiktok reel. Unassuming and just commentates on the game.