SaintPowelly wrote:As someone who no longer has Sky, and sometimes listens to TMS, I hope he is with Sky permanently.
SaintPowelly wrote:As someone who no longer has Sky, and sometimes listens to TMS, I hope he is with Sky permanently.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:I think Agnew used to be a great commentator, and he's still good with Marks. Part of the BBC remit is to interact with the public, so it is really forced to go through the twitterverse, but it doesn't make for good radio. I think they have a balance of serious coverage (Smith, Mann, Vaughan) and some who offer insight and a little personality (Tufnell, Marks). Only Blofeld really takes you entirely away from the game. As I often confess, I can't listen to Boycott, but he probably fits in the second category.
hopeforthebest wrote:Arthur Crabtree wrote:I think Agnew used to be a great commentator, and he's still good with Marks. Part of the BBC remit is to interact with the public, so it is really forced to go through the twitterverse, but it doesn't make for good radio. I think they have a balance of serious coverage (Smith, Mann, Vaughan) and some who offer insight and a little personality (Tufnell, Marks). Only Blofeld really takes you entirely away from the game. As I often confess, I can't listen to Boycott, but he probably fits in the second category.
When was the last time any commentator has said who is fielding in what position. In the old days they used to say whether the bowlers was running away from the commentary box or towards it and tell us who was in the slips etc. The last person to do any of that was CMJ and he did so very rarely as his memory went. As a radio listener you want to build up a picture of the field in minds eye and that information allows that. All that has been replaced by giggles and information on what Agnew had for dinner the previous evening and other extraneous tit-bits.
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