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« Reply #45 on: Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 15:17:12 »

Just (half)watching the ski jumping....

Andeas Wank...

He may or may not win a medal but that is pure....comedy....gold  Cool

http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/09/sochi-viewers-resort-to-schoolboy-humour-as-athletes-andreas-wank-and-semen-pavlichenko-compete-4297257/
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« Reply #46 on: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 10:34:44 »

the Swiss ice hockey team has a player called Luca Cunti. hehe.
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« Reply #47 on: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 10:50:46 »

Have found most of the commentary/punditry I've heard so far completely amateurish, cringeworthy and annoying.  Seems to be particularly applicable to the snowboarding.  Never been this irritated during other Winter Olympics (or Summer, or that matter).  Inexperienced commentators perhaps?  Suppose it is the first time this has been shown on such a wide scale so it might take a bit of perfecting.
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« Reply #48 on: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 11:00:58 »

Have found most of the commentary/punditry I've heard so far completely amateurish, cringeworthy and annoying.  Seems to be particularly applicable to the snowboarding.  Never been this irritated during other Winter Olympics (or Summer, or that matter).  Inexperienced commentators perhaps?  Suppose it is the first time this has been shown on such a wide scale so it might take a bit of perfecting.

It's because they are essentially amateurs...the Beeb has so little sport especially when it comes to a once every 4 years event, that they wheel out the equivalent of Radio Swindon STFC summarisers.  FWIW I thought the snow boarding was OK...not a sport I know much about beyond the Flying Tomato...but thought they captured the feel of the event well.
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« Reply #49 on: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 13:49:57 »

Have found most of the commentary/punditry I've heard so far completely amateurish, cringeworthy and annoying.  Seems to be particularly applicable to the snowboarding.  Never been this irritated during other Winter Olympics (or Summer, or that matter).  Inexperienced commentators perhaps?  Suppose it is the first time this has been shown on such a wide scale so it might take a bit of perfecting.
Don't get why they have people like Matthew Pinsent or Steve Cram (curling  Huh?) commentating ?
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« Reply #50 on: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 13:54:01 »

Justify their taxpayers funded wages I suppose, Steve Cram is pretty decent actually.
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« Reply #51 on: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 18:50:48 »

It's because they are essentially amateurs...the Beeb has so little sport especially when it comes to a once every 4 years event, that they wheel out the equivalent of Radio Swindon STFC summarisers.  FWIW I thought the snow boarding was OK...not a sport I know much about beyond the Flying Tomato...but thought they captured the feel of the event well.

I don't know anything about snowboarding really, but the contrast in commentary style has just been something I have noticed in particular.  Special mention goes to the 3 who "treated" viewers to an earful of "easy like Sunday morning" at the weekend.  That was truly barrel-scraping stuff.
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« Reply #52 on: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 19:14:31 »

I have not watched any of it  Bye
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« Reply #53 on: Friday, February 14, 2014, 15:49:21 »

Sounds like the woman on the tea tray is going to win gold.
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« Reply #54 on: Friday, February 14, 2014, 16:35:07 »

We have a good record in finding women who are very good in sliding down on a tea tray on ice.
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« Reply #55 on: Friday, February 14, 2014, 16:36:16 »

We have a good record in finding women who are very good in sliding down on a tea tray on ice.

Must have been fans of Last of the Summer Wine, didn't they do that sort of shit in most episodes?
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« Reply #56 on: Friday, February 14, 2014, 16:50:38 »

Sounds like the woman on the tea tray is going to win gold.

Now I dont understand htta as I thought it said she was in 13th which for me is well down the pecking order but people seem happy about it...odd
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« Reply #57 on: Friday, February 14, 2014, 16:57:47 »

Thats Rudman.  Liz Yarnold is well out in first.  She's a brit.
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« Reply #58 on: Friday, February 14, 2014, 16:58:24 »

Now I dont understand htta as I thought it said she was in 13th which for me is well down the pecking order but people seem happy about it...odd
That's because we have two women with tin trays
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« Reply #59 on: Friday, February 14, 2014, 17:43:53 »

Lizzy Yar-Gold does it.
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