Peter Drury replaces Martin Tyler on Sky Sports

[lancs blue]

I won't miss him but his commentary style changed dramatically after he joined Sky, for evidence listen to his comms on the Huddersfield and Bradford matches. Basically he sold his soul to the Sky mantra of "red-shirts good, anyone else bad for subscription levels".

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Cut through the other nonsense, and he’ll leave the Agueroooooo moment memory for me. No other commentator came close that day. Matterface sounded like he was dying and the BBC comms just shouted.

Tyler nailed it and it will be up there with the ‘they think it’s all over’ comms in years to come.

 

[Iassel]

Good fucking riddance! Biggest Rag fanboy on television. Just gutted he'll always be associated with our greatest premier league moment. RAG ****!!

Similar story to the media threads - people seem unable to differentiate somebody doing their job from their personal feelings.

Tyler’s job for many years was to commentate disproportionately more on United games than anyone else. The idea that he personally liked the club is not based upon reality, indeed his relationship with Ferguson off-mic was as frosty as any journalist, but he had a high-profile, well-paid job that required him to commentate on them for the people who paid Sky subscriptions and paid his salary.

Ultimately he was and is only a fanboy of himself, he’s obsessed with his ‘legacy’ of commentating on huge moments and anyone who has met him knows he has a huge soft spot for the Aguero moment. His recent morgue like tone on City matches simply follows an editorial line when City are winning a third title In a Row.

 

[Coljj]

Does Rob Hawthorne get a few years doing the top games now? He's been made to wait long enough for his turn.

 

[discopop]

Does Rob Hawthorne get a few years doing the top games now? He's been made to wait long enough for his turn.

Good shout but unfortunately he is always paired with Chincliffe and no one wants more of that miserable git.

 

[Tracking back]

I guess the replacement will have to tick a lot of box's?

Or at the very least, lick a few.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Similar story to the media threads - people seem unable to differentiate somebody doing their job from their personal feelings.

Tyler’s job for many years was to commentate disproportionately more on United games than anyone else. The idea that he personally liked the club is not based upon reality, indeed his relationship with Ferguson off-mic was as frosty as any journalist, but he had a high-profile, well-paid job that required him to commentate on them for the people who paid Sky subscriptions and paid his salary.

Ultimately he was and is only a fanboy of himself, he’s obsessed with his ‘legacy’ of commentating on huge moments and anyone who has met him knows he has a huge soft spot for the Aguero moment. His recent morgue like tone on City matches simply follows an editorial line when City are winning a third title In a Row.

The only comment I can make about that post is that he is a grade A ****.

 

[Manx Blue]

He will no doubt be rocking up on a stream near you soon enough...

Is he Religious and a fan of narrow watercourses? ;)

 

[eastmanc]

Though not as good as Drury, I really like Bill Leslie, who I feel always speaks positively about us.

Good shout.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Sky seem to be ditching a lot of their reporters.Unfortunately the wrong ones. Kaveh and Reddy should be first out the door. Sickie Davis and even Bianca Westwood were always pretty good