Yep, I don't see what the big wheel is.
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Hugh Ferris/Match day presenters
- Thread starter Groke
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Yep, I don't see what the big wheel is.
Cant see what being a big blue or top lad has to do with making cringeworthy references to a lad losing his dad in front 40-50,000 people, whilst trying to derive cheap laughs from the crowd at the same time. Can't see it.
Care to share the cringeworthy references about him losing his Dad. Watched the whole interview and I didn't pickup on it, however I'm not easily offended by some light humour.
Along the lines of so and so could not come to a game with his dad because his dad died when he was ( age). Silence as lad did not really want to talk or dwell on that in front of 50,000 people. Then again along the lines of "However, he is here today with his mum". Jim fuckin Bowen style. Then along the lines and again Jim Bowen style. He couldnt be here with his dad but he is here with his mum. ( Cracking consolation) Then Alan Partridge style along the lines of "Go on go on hug your mum". This was said a few times as the lad was clearly embrassed. Then I switched off as crass car crash attempt at comedy ain't my thing, particularly when the death of a father serves as backdrop to both the interview and a banal attempt to entertain. It was fucking horrible to watch and hear.Care to share the cringeworthy references about him losing his Dad. Watched the whole interview and I didn't pickup on it, however I'm not easily offended by some light humour.
As most people who have lost a loved one, most not all but most I think would know how that lad was feeling and would acknowledge that it was not the time nor the place in front of 50,000 fans to even touch on that stuff never mind start trying to crack jokes or entertain people within the same discussion. As I've said Chubby brown would have shown more sensitivity and probably been funnier.
Along the lines of so and so could not come to a game with his dad because his dad died when he was ( age). Silence as lad did not really want to talk or dwell on that in front of 50,000 people. Then again along the lines of "However, he is here today with his mum". Jim fuckin Bowen style. Then along the lines and again Jim Bowen style. He couldnt be here with his dad but he is here with his mum. ( Cracking consolation) Then Alan Partridge style along the lines of "Go on go on hug your mum". This was said a few times as the lad was clearly embrassed. Then I switched off as crass car crash attempt at comedy ain't my thing, particularly when the death of a father serves as backdrop to both the interview and a banal attempt to entertain. It was fucking horrible to watch and hear.
As most people who have lost a loved one, most not all but most I think would know how that lad was feeling and would acknowledge that it was not the time nor the place in front of 50,000 fans to even touch on that stuff never mind start trying to crack jokes or entertain people within the same discussion. As I've said Chubby brown would have shown more sensitivity and probably been funnier.
Just forwarded this to my mate who I sit next to in the ground as a sanity check. Funny how 2 people can witness the same event and interrupt it completely differently.
Each to there own.
Ohrodneyrodney
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Dont think he's particularly crude, hes occassionally funny. But mostly I just think he's annoying and sometimes pretty thoughtless and unkind.
I've met some pretty thoughtless and unkind people in my time and if you think Mike counts as one of them I respectfully suggest you havent had too much hardship in your life.
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Care to share the cringeworthy references about him losing his Dad. Watched the whole interview and I didn't pickup on it, however I'm not easily offended by some light humour.
Unlike some others you obviously don't list "taking offence" as a hobby on your CV. For some it seems to be a vocation.
TrueJust forwarded this to my mate who I sit next to in the ground as a sanity check. Funny how 2 people can witness the same event and interrupt it completely differently.
Each to there own.
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Unlike some others you obviously don't list "taking offence" as a hobby on your CV. For some it seems to be a vocation.
Head over to the Talksport thread. Nobody listens but tune in every now and again to be offended.
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Exactly!Theres no need for any of it. More often than not we’ve watched the highest quality football any of us have seen in our lives. So just put some music on and the highlights on the screen and let us chat about the game. Its all pointlessly cringe
If all the pre-match, half time, post-match bollocks with the eighteen presenters was just all scrapped, not one of us would bat an eyelid.
It’s the same with all the flag wavers and banner holders on the pitch... get rid of them, they even have a co-ordinator with a headset/mic on telling them where to stand...
Get rid of it all!
The match day experience will not be impacted, in fact would be less annoying without it all.
We don’t need all the big screen presenting, just bang some old goals on.
We don’t need needless chats to random minor celebrities, just stick some Manchester tunes on.
We don’t need all the flag wavers on the pitch, all flags and banners should be fan made and fan waved only in the stands, as soon as the club get involved it loses its credibility and is just cheesy.
We don’t need pyrotechnics for the same reason.
It’s all fat to ‘try-hard’!
I go to the match for the football. If I can see some old goals and hear some decent Manchester tunes then that goes well with the experience of the day. That’s all that’s needed at the game.
Plus getting rid of all that shite might give them a good reason not to keep increasing our SC prices.
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Fred_Quimby
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Exactly!
If all the pre-match, half time, post-match bollocks with the eighteen presenters was just all scrapped, not one of us would bat an eyelid.
It’s the same with all the flag wavers and banner holders on the pitch... get rid of them, they even have a co-ordinator with a headset/mic on telling them where to stand...
Get rid of it all!
The match day experience will not be impacted, in fact would be less annoying without it all.
We don’t need all the big screen presenting, just bang some old goals on.
We don’t need needless chats to random minor celebrities, just stick some Manchester tunes on.
We don’t need all the flag wavers on the pitch, all flags and banners should be fan made and fan waved only in the stands, as soon as the club get involved it loses its credibility and is just cheesy.
We don’t need pyrotechnics for the same reason.
It’s all fat to ‘try-hard’!
I go to the match for the football. If I can see some old goals and hear some decent Manchester tunes then that goes well with the experience of the day. That’s all that’s needed at the game.
Plus getting rid of all that shite might give them a good reason not to keep increasing our SC prices.
My god someone got out of bed the wrong side this morning. Let’s go back to the brass band marching up and down before the game and at half time and the old dears with the tea trolley. I like City Square entertainment,ok the ‘comedian’ presenter is not always funny and a bit crass but it is better than waiting in an empty stadium waiting for it to fill up from the bars and betting shops 2 minutes before KO. I think all the flag waiving and banners is an attempt to get some life into the stadium. In the 60’s people used to get in early and start singing and chanting long before KO now everyone is in the bar and betting and the stadium is dead. Doing what you say will just make it worse.