Virgo V Thorne

rexy

If Sky do take a major, I hope they get rid of that idiot Andy Goldstein, although I doubt his replacement would know anymore about snooker...

Goldstein is a tosser

Skullman wrote:If Sky do take a major, I hope they get rid of that idiot Andy Goldstein, although I doubt his replacement would know anymore about snooker...

Andy Goldstein is a 90+ player and very Knowledgeable about the Game but ends up being a bit of a idiot during interviews.

I will endeavour to gain some exclusive comments from The Great WT over the weekend re: the forum and snooker fans in generals displeasure at the Beebs treatment of him.

witz



I expect a full detailed thread on it by monday evening

Witz78 wrote:I will endeavour to gain some exclusive comments from The Great WT over the weekend re: the forum and snooker fans in generals displeasure at the Beebs treatment of him.

tell him smart thinks he is a tosser

goldstein is a smart ass may as well give rexy the job .............

Spoke to Willie last night to express our concerns

he says he wasnt happy but the fact of the matter is he is freelance and isnt contracted to the Beeb, hence he works with Sky too.

He said the reason he didnt get the Masters gig was because the Beeb already had 7 of their "own commentators" for just a 1 table set up, so they couldnt justify taking Thorne there too.

Witz78 wrote:Spoke to Willie last night to express our concerns

he says he wasnt happy but the fact of the matter is he is freelance and isnt contracted to the Beeb, hence he works with Sky too.

He said the reason he didnt get the Masters gig was because the Beeb already had 7 of their "own commentators" for just a 1 table set up, so they couldnt justify taking Thorne there too.

lets hope he never works for the BBC again, smug, condescending, baldie

GJ wrote:goldstein is a smart ass may as well give rexy the job .............

last night to summarise Goldstein:

he backed Lisowski to win

he loved Jimmy and everyone loves Jimmy

he mis-pronounced nearly every player who was next to play and stumbled over virtually everything he was trying to say, would of been better employing someone with taurets to do the presenting

I think Neal Foulds is a superb commentator. A tall lad who is attacking the game brilliantly.

Steve Davis on the other hand is just great there at the BBC:s studios, he´s definetely got the whole package. Including the looks and titles.

Thorne is a whining old lovely lady. And I do not care that he missed an easy blue against the Nugget. He is a CAUC.

Muppet147 wrote:Thorne is a whining old lovely lady. And I do not care that he missed an easy blue against the Nugget. He is a CAUC.

Takes one to know one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation ... 8Xq4SwfjSw

i think willie is a very good commentator and he explains things very well. its a shame terry and clive everton don't get more commentary opportunities , off the new bunch i like angles and hendo

Thorne is still a CAUC as he showed in the Welsh Open. GJ is one too.

Muppet147 wrote:Thorne is still a CAUC as he showed in the Welsh Open. GJ is one too.

SnookerFan wrote:Thorne is okay. He sometimes gets a bit pissy if a player doesn't do the shot he suggests, even if the shot the player choses comes off.

If it was up to me, I'd jettison Virgo, Taylor, Doherty and Parrott.

Wasn't Everton's BBC demise due to his politicking which didn't go down well with the IMG bods who produce the programs who had links to the old ruling regime?

Supposedly, Hearn did put in a word to the BBC to take him back.Sadly, his expertise in saying something interesting and knowing when to keep quiet is missing from his replacements.

I'd echo those who want to hear more of Foulds and Griffiths. I'd also want to hear more of Dominic Dale when he's not competing.

Thorne - he is very good at describing shots and the options available. He has cut down on his betting analogies, although you could still parody him when he claims the second frame of the match could be the most important, key frame of the match.

I think where Willie falls down - and I think the same is true of Virgo and Davis is that if its not a BBC tournament they don't have a clue what's been going on. Case in point at the Welsh, Willie commented that Trump had had a bad season, seemingly based on the UK and Masters. In fact, Trump has accrued the second highest number of ranking points this season and has reached two big finals and done well in a number of PTC's. I don't get the impression that the BBC crew take much interest in tournaments that they aren't at or commentating on.

Worst commentator for me is Darren Morgan, pisses me off so much

SnookerFan wrote:

simplysnooker wrote:Worst commentator for me is Darren Morgan, pisses me off so much

Good job he only does the Welsh Open.

its one tourney too many to be fair to the viewing public