Phil Yates

shanew48 wrote:

Tiens wrote:As long as your opponent needs two frames.

That's Dennis Taylors favourite isn't it, he also likes to say after the conclusion of each match, "congratulations to both players"

And when a player misses a pot having already won the frame "He won't be too bothered about that"

Iranu wrote:Maybe I’m just getting more miserable. Though his abbreviations are inexcusable. “Cruce,” “‘07,” “Champ of Champs,” etc. Come on, man, there’s no character limit in your voice box.

shanew48 wrote:

Yanfan wrote:

Juddernaut88 wrote:The only commentators I'm not really a fan of are Studd, Steve Davis, Joe Perry, John Parrott and Antony Hamilton (hopefully he won't be back commentating any time soon)

Philip Studd: A bit boring.

Steve Davis: Says 'yes' all the time before saying anything else.

Joe Perry: Rising inflection at the end of EVERY sentence.

John Parrott: Keeps saying 'He'd like to play that one again, that's for sure!'.

Anthony Hamilton: Doesn't know when to stop talking.

But I would not turn any of them off. Some of them are quite funny.

Contractually Parrot must be duty bound to state at each event he is at:

"By the way, how well has he hit that?"

"All you want in a final frame decider is one chance, nothing worse then breaking off and seeing your opponent knock in a long red and clear up"

Yanfan wrote:John Parrott: Keeps saying 'He'd like to play that one again, that's for sure!'.

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:

Yanfan wrote:John Parrott: Keeps saying 'He'd like to play that one again, that's for sure!'.

Usually followed by, “That is a stinker!”

He calls a lot of things smelly.

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:

Yanfan wrote:John Parrott: Keeps saying 'He'd like to play that one again, that's for sure!'.

Usually followed by, “That is a stinker!”

He calls a lot of things smelly.

Iranu wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:

Yanfan wrote:John Parrott: Keeps saying 'He'd like to play that one again, that's for sure!'.

Usually followed by, “That is a stinker!”

He calls a lot of things smelly.

More so when he’s in the commentary booth with Dennis, for some reason

Dan-cat wrote:Yates is a lyrical master, a cludger of metaphors and creator of abstract analogies and I love him.

Give me him over the tired old cliches and same jokes we here over and over again with a lot of the other guys. At least he uses English in an incentive and compelling manner.

He's gone into his shell
He's hit it too well
He'll need a stepladder

Zzzzzz

SnookerFan wrote:He came out with a belter the other day, when Higgins was leading Allen in the first session.

Something like; "Higgins lost to Welsh youngster Jackson Page at the World Open, but instead he's turning the page against Allen...."

He must be sitting at home coming up with these ridiculous jokes to make.

SnookerFan wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:He came out with a belter the other day, when Higgins was leading Allen in the first session.

Something like; "Higgins lost to Welsh youngster Jackson Page at the World Open, but instead he's turning the page against Allen...."

He must be sitting at home coming up with these ridiculous jokes to make.

Exactly. A proper broadcaster. He does some prep

What, coming up with rubbish, unfunny jokes before each match?

Dan-cat wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:He came out with a belter the other day, when Higgins was leading Allen in the first session.

Something like; "Higgins lost to Welsh youngster Jackson Page at the World Open, but instead he's turning the page against Allen...."

He must be sitting at home coming up with these ridiculous jokes to make.

Exactly. A proper broadcaster. He does some prep

What, coming up with rubbish, unfunny jokes before each match?

Do all of your jokes work?

SnookerFan wrote:

Iranu wrote:To be fair, if you wouldn’t rather hear SF in commentary than Phil Yates, you and I experience the world very differently.

Can you imagine?

"Why do you always get fries with burgers?"
"Good Lord, SnookerFan.