Sam Matterface, top commentary

You get the feeling that if Portugal are to get back in this game it has to happen soon

10 minutes to go and 1 0 down. How did he manage to come up with that pearl of wisdom

 

I think it was the same guy the other day who had to have the drop ball scenario explained to him by co-commentator when the ball hit the ref. Almost like he hasn’t really watched football before

 

My favourite was when T Hazard scored he said

‘some people refer to him as Eden Hazard’s little brother !’


He literally IS Eden Hazard’s little brother !

 

He's the worst commentator to ever reach such heights. Absolutely horrific. Doesn't have the voice, the gravitas, the vocabulary and often misses the key incidents because he's trying to crow-bar in the nonsense lines that he's got scripted.

 

Him and Jonathan Pearce are awful.

And the fact that Lee Dixon (itv) and Jermaine Jenas (bbc) are main co-comms is an embarrassment. Gary Neville should be on co-comms like he does for Sky. Ally McCoist is good too, hope he’ll still be used

 

And to add to it, they've got an actual quality commentator in Clive Tyldesley, doing the 'lesser' games.

This afternoon, we had Seb Hutchinson (who I rate) alongside Ally McCoist, who is the best co-commentator on either channel.

But for England games and the so-called 'bigger' matches, like tonight, they use Matterface and Dixon.

It's like having Liz Hurley and Cameron Diaz undressed and waiting in the bedroom and electing to go and spend your night in the spare room with a crusty magazine.

 

Main stream commentators have been getting progressively worse since the likes of Brian Moore, Barry Davies and John Motson .

I have wondered if this opinion is just down to me getting older but I personally don’t think so . The modern commentators are generally all awful .

For the big tournaments BBC/ITV should consider paying whatever Martin Tyler wants as he is still fairly good.

 

"A shot that was as weak as a glass of orange squash which is 52 parts water, and half a part squash."

 

He gets paid a fortune to do the coverage for the American feed/channels etc.

 

Ah that makes sense then , I guess a deal with BBC or ITV could have been on the table if it wasn’t for the Americans blowing them out of the water .

 

Said it a couple of times on here before, he is shocking. And his mate Pougatch is just as bad

 

I think he’s awful, he’s too busy telling people what he’s read up on and goes off on tangents during key passages of games. He’d probably make a good football historian but I’m afraid his commentating is not all that

 

They're all much of a muchness, I'd rather just have crowd noise on

 

Commentary wise I ve only really enjoyed Ally McCoist. And for tomorrow's match I'll probably have to turn it right down because its invariably so biased. Other sports seem to manage not to be though, like cricket.

 

Always amazed how these lot appear to talk up the opposition whoever we play....no matter who it is they always have a "Wizard" or a "Dangerous" individual while we have sumbody from City or somewhere zzzzz

 

I’d love to know what secrets Matterface had on the bigwigs at ITV, as there can’t be any other reason he was promoted to the top commentator over Clive Tyldesley. He is truly woeful in comparison - and I’m not even that big a fan of Tyldesley to be honest.

 

Is Matterface paid by the word?

On and on and on saying absolutely nothing.

Majority of the time these days i watch football with no commentary.

Let the action do the talking.

 

Richie Benaud.
"The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see” – on commentary.
Best sports commentator ever.

 

Roy Keane is always a brilliant watch. Ian Wright has got better over the years.