Media coverage 2018/19

[Mancini Manus Domini]

I'd love to watch football on tv with just the crowd noise. A commentator and co commentator are meant to enhance your experience but I often find it to be the opposite. I don't see why Sky and BT can't offer it as a service.

 

[kaz7]

Seems a lot of us aren't real fans for watching with the sound down/off ;)

 

[Mr.Feeny]

I'd love to watch football on tv with just the crowd noise. A commentator and co commentator are meant to enhance your experience but I often find it to be the opposite. I don't see why Sky and BT can't offer it as a service.

They tried it once for one of the world cups (I think it was the one in South Africa) and it seemed like a good option. I thought it would give you the change to really immerse yourself in the match as you'd hear nothing but the crowd noise - the oohs and aahs - while hearing every chant as if you were at the stadium. But I didn't feel that, when I put that channel on.

I watched 20 minutes of one of the matches and then gave up. Everything seemed....dead. It was boring.

Incidentally, the 2008 Wimbledon final was broadcast without commentary on some channel and that's the copy I have. Just as was the case with football, it's unwatchable. Commentators can be annoying but I think that unless you have an absolute clown of a commentator, anything is better than complete silence.

 

[jaiguruKun]

I'd love to watch football on tv with just the crowd noise. A commentator and co commentator are meant to enhance your experience but I often find it to be the opposite. I don't see why Sky and BT can't offer it as a service.

Wouldn't you miss Andy Hinchcliffe's verbal diarrhoea?

 

[kaz7]

Wouldn't you miss Andy Hinchcliffe's verbal diarrhoea?

He is a strange one,in fact they are all strange come to think of it,the games we have tyler and ratboy i turn them down as much as possible but i can still hear them chuntering away,when we score i turn it up just to hear their pain and how ratboy goes silent for a couple of minutes

 

[Dave S]

Wouldn't you miss Andy Hinchcliffe's verbal diarrhoea?

A good reason to have crowd noise only.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Oh dear they have run out of time,15mins on the chavs,nothing about us on a 6 goal win,unbelievable jeff

And yet, believable.......

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Seems a lot of us aren't real fans for watching with the sound down/off ;)

I'd rather not be a super blue.

 

[inchy14]

I'd love to watch football on tv with just the crowd noise. A commentator and co commentator are meant to enhance your experience but I often find it to be the opposite. I don't see why Sky and BT can't offer it as a service.

Because they want to bore you with whatever other tripe they have coming up. I fucking hate it when they fill a quarter of the screen up during a game with an advert for the next day or weeks games, I just want to watch this one, I’ll worry about that one after.
And as for showing the managers, subs bench, directors or fans.... just fuck off and show the game.

 

[kaz7]

I rather not be a super blue.

It must be hard work being a better blue than the rest of us

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I'd love to watch football on tv with just the crowd noise. A commentator and co commentator are meant to enhance your experience but I often find it to be the opposite. I don't see why Sky and BT can't offer it as a service.

Back in the day SKy had a crowd only feed on the red button, before they had fanzone which even with whiney rags etc was better than Tyler/ratboy or any of the so called professional commentary people.

 

[Kompany Car]

I'd love to watch football on tv with just the crowd noise. A commentator and co commentator are meant to enhance your experience but I often find it to be the opposite. I don't see why Sky and BT can't offer it as a service.

There used to be some streams which were HD where you actually had this, no commentary, just the crowd noise and at half time whatever shite the particular home team had dreamed up.
Don’t know what happened to them, but it was much better than having to listen to Rat Boy or the spitter come out with their inane comments.

 

[Dave S]

I sent a text to Sky a couple of years ago asking if they were going to reintroduce the crowd only option and they said.....NO!

 

[Mr.Banks]

I was on a call and had the sound down on the tv, there was someone on sky sports news from City I didn't recognise him, anyone got any idea what it was about? It was about an hour ago.

 

[jaiguruKun]

He is a strange one,in fact they are all strange come to think of it,the games we have tyler and ratboy i turn them down as much as possible but i can still hear them chuntering away,when we score i turn it up just to hear their pain and how ratboy goes silent for a couple of minutes

Someone needs to play Hinchcliffe some clips of Richie Benaud commentating.

I was on a call and had the sound down on the tv, there was someone on sky sports news from City I didn't recognise him, anyone got any idea what it was about? It was about an hour ago.

The CEO (Not Ferran) can't remember his name, talking about stamping out racism.

 

[Mr.Banks]

Someone needs to play Hinchcliffe some clips of Richie Benaud commentating.



The CEO (Not Ferran) can't remember his name, talking about stamping out racism.

Ah ok thanks.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I see Dessert Island Discs has been voted best ever radio programme. And who do the BBC choose to illustrate the article with on their home page? A picture of David fucking Beckham. I mean it's not like they've had prime ministers on the programme or anything

Manchester fucking Grammar School! But then Beckham is a media tart I suppose so it was probably a clever play on words.

 

[scousemanc]

Manchester fucking Grammar School! But then Beckham is a media tart I suppose so it was probably a clever play on words.

Haha - good spot!

 

[pirate]

I'd love to watch football on tv with just the crowd noise. A commentator and co commentator are meant to enhance your experience but I often find it to be the opposite. I don't see why Sky and BT can't offer it as a service.

sky originally did but it was getting too big an audience and without a commentator its harder to cross promote other events and they cant mention the program sponsor every 3 minutes

 

[JASR]

54,452 says we don't

Max capacity 55097, 98.3% average attendance of capacity this year.
With a range of 1300 ish, So about a 2% range in attendance across all matches - seems entirely possible.

Compare to the ministry of truth figures:
Max capacity 75531, 98.4% average attendance of capacity this year.
With a range of ...156, so about a 0.2% range in attendance across all matches - seems entirely impossible.