Peter Drury replaces Martin Tyler on Sky Sports

[Blue Hefner]

I was at the game so didn’t hear him

But, on a wider point - he is a story/narrative/produce seller rather than a commentator on the game in front of him

 

[kaz7]

Tyler and ratboy have been embarrassing this week,2 games that they were begging in desperation for us to lose,on the one hand it's amusing but on the other it's not what i want to listen to during our games,ratboy is terrified we might win it on the day of the derby,i really hope that happens

 

[Gabriel]

He is the voice of Sky. He will act giddy if we win the premier league as his voice will be used to promote next seasons coverage. A monotone "Manchester City are champions" won't sell many subs.

He's probably writing his script for the 'spontaneous ending'.

 

[Gabriel]

The likes of Brian Moore and Barry Davies did their jobs correctly. They reported the facts of the game as it was unfolding: no bias, no favouritism, no opinion one way or the other. But nowadays people like Tyler are allowed free reign to have sly digs at us whilst simultaneously glorifying everything rag.

To me it is entirely irrelevant who or what team the commentator supports, I just want to hear a fair assessment of the game and not have my opinions coloured by the likes of both Tyler and that walking obscenity Alan Green.

Very true. 'Commentators' and 'pundits' now seem to come in pairs, like second-rate double acts, and the distinction between their roles is hard to discern. There is no need for the in-game pundit if the commentator does his job well, yet because society appears terrified by silence, every void needs to be filled and the inane utterances are an inevitable consequence.

 

[Henkeman]

When our true fans hear it, we know what's what. It doesn't effect us, but as others have said, the casual observer will actually listen to what he says.

I'm not so sure about this. Rival fans will always dismiss it anyway, even if he dressed up in a replica shirt for whoever City were playing, but an awful lot of people I know comment unprompted about how aghast commentators and pundits sound about City winning. Even a friend who is a red has mentioned it before. It amuses them a lot, and while they don't object (or care) they do notice it. Sure, it's anecdotal evidence, but I don't think it goes over everyone's heads. It's not the kind of thing you'll ever read in a rival fan forum or indeed on a newspaper comment section, but I can't believe the people I know are utterly unusual in spotting it.

Miss people like Tony Gubba. :-(

The poor chap was forever blighted for me by the viciously cruel (but funny) comment in one article about how appropriate it was he'd been given the Small Bore [shooting] to commentate on at the Olympics.

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

@aguero93:20

I need you to settle something for me. There's two die hard american blues arguing Peter Drury yay or nay.

Drury was always a good commentator, his coverage of the blues has been fantastic to hear as he says it as he see s it........Very, very complimentary on our football !

A breathe of fresh air...compared to the usual sky/bt dinosaurs.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

@aguero93:20

I need you to settle something for me. There's two die hard american blues arguing Peter Drury yay or nay.

I like Drury and Souness too -- they have a good repoire and both have been very complementary of our play without gushing. Souness can get frustrated when teams look bad and rightly calls them out. Jim Proudfoot on the other hand . . . once mentioned City's money 6 times in the first 14 minutes of a match. I counted.

 

[Blueknows]

Miss the likes of Gubba and Gerald Sinstadt

 

[mat]

Miss the likes of Gubba and Gerald Sinstadt

So do the porn cinemas in Gerald's case...

 

[kaz7]

just watched the highlights back and tyler was saying that he wondered if we were tired after the week we have had and concluded no as we haven't been challenged all week