21-03-2022, 12:07 AM
Brekkie post_id=74266 time= user_id=976 Wrote:I don't mind Sam Matterface but I'd struggle to name a co-commentator worse than Lee Dixon.
I just don't think they work compared to Clive & Ally, for the first time in my life I wouldn't have anything to complain about ITV football coverage if they had Clive & Ally as number 1 commentary lineup with their current studio coverage which has really improved in recent years with additions of Keane, Wright & Pougatch. It used to be ITV commentary was very good with Tyldesley, Drury & Champion but studio wasn't as good but it's gone the other way round now.
For example I remember watching ITV 2006 Football World Cup coverage and for the Australia v Japan match had the late great Shane Warne as pundit, fine for Cricket not for football and the way they got rid of Gabby Logan left a bad taste in the mouth, Steve Rider never wanted to do football either and they did the same with him in 2010