Peter Drury replaces Martin Tyler on Sky Sports

[r.soleofsalford]

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[lasereyes]

He really doesn’t. I can get why you think he does but thirty odd years of his United wankfest and regular derision of us tells me something different. As I said, I’m long past caring what commentators and the media in general say, there’ll never be any consistency as different people have, rightly or wrongly, different agendas.

Nobody denies he wanks himself ragged on United so yes you're going to feel that when you're playing them. Against anyone else, it's a Scouser wank-a-thon. Why don't you go back and watch the goals laserblue highlighted and come back and comment?

 

[GBrannan]

His sky script is so old , we were attacking and he shoehorns in how much our backline costs and ratboy added the subs , it is tired and old and bias , wish he would fall off his perch whilst saying its live

It is like a script. They’re making football like wrestling or something where story lines are fed by commentators to reinforce whether the team, rather than wrestler, is a goody or a baddy.

We’re a baddy. Probably the baddest baddy ever. It’s reinforced by mentions about the cost of our spending, FFP, off the field player behaviour etc. Any opportunity to talk us down.

The bit that got me most, because it’s been a hole in the squad for ages, was Tyler talking about Poveda having trained against our many left backs and would know our strengths there. We’ve only had one proper left back for three years, and for most of it he’s been injured... the rest are converted midfielders or right backs!

 

[Greggery Peccary]

Nobody denies he wanks himself ragged on United so yes you're going to feel that when you're playing them. Against anyone else, it's a Scouser wank-a-thon. Why don't you go back and watch the goals laserblue highlighted and come back and comment?

I don’t disagree to an extent. He’s definitely been more positive about us in the last four years or so, mostly coinciding with our rise. If it was Arsenal, he’d be the same with them. The reason we, as in both our fans, notice his bias is because we’re the teams he dislikes most. But as I’ve said, they cannot affect the outcome of the game not one single iota. For that reason, they can chat as much wham bars as they like, all they do is make themselves look bellends whenever they do. No serious football fan relies on commentators (pundits excluded) for insight.

 

[kaz7]

I said above that I’ve been listening to him doing it for thirty odd years. My example is one of the ones that always comes to mind on this subject. I don’t see it as an evidence compiling exercise as such, it’s just one of those things in football. The way Sky fawned over them in the 90s was nauseating but ultimately they were one of the best teams in the world. That was hard to take then coming off our downfall but I look back now and see that it was mostly justified. Good teams will always be lauded, yourselves included, but I definitely agree that commentators aren’t always beacons of impartiality.

they have been fawning over you just as bad the last two seasons , you are the chosen ones now, he has never fawned over us or sky or bt

 

[kaz7]

It is like a script. They’re making football like wrestling or something where story lines are fed by commentators to reinforce whether the team, rather than wrestler, is a goody or a baddy.

We’re a baddy. Probably the baddest baddy ever. It’s reinforced by mentions about the cost of our spending, FFP, off the field player behaviour etc. Any opportunity to talk us down.

The bit that got me most, because it’s been a hole in the squad for ages, was Tyler talking about Poveda having trained against our many left backs and would know our strengths there. We’ve only had one proper left back for three years, and for most of it he’s been injured... the rest are converted midfielders or right backs!

The scouse cowbag started it prematch , the defenders havent worked out very well since pep came and he spent so much money , tyler carries it on , the sky script is set before every game , never positive , always negative

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Can people stop posting in here, I keep thinking he's finally pointed up his toes............

 

[Vienna_70]

Nobody denies he wanks himself ragged on United so yes you're going to feel that when you're playing them. Against anyone else, it's a Scouser wank-a-thon. Why don't you go back and watch the goals laserblue highlighted and come back and comment?

This has been pointed out to him before, but he either chooses to ignore it or has conveniently forgotten It.

 

[Greggery Peccary]

they have been fawning over you just as bad the last two seasons , you are the chosen ones now, he has never fawned over us or sky or bt

I’m not sure I agree there, I’ve heard him and many, many other commentators rightly praise you to the heavens. Has that praise always been consistently and justifiably applied? Probably not, but that’s who he is. Like I said, we know he’s a bellend more than most. And as for the chosen ones, it’s whoever is winning. However in England, they’ve got by far the best two teams in the world so there’s another narrative altogether there. For me personally, there’s a few pundits who I like listening to and I couldn’t care fucking less about the others and what they say or don’t say.

 

[Greggery Peccary]

This has been pointed out to him before, but he either chooses to ignore it or has conveniently forgotten It.

I’ve not - I said I agreed with him!

Martin Tyler is a grade A fucking strap on - end of.