Who is the current best snooker commentator?

Alex0paul wrote:Hang on, where’s Mike Hallett?

SteveJJ wrote:In this months snooker scene, Clive says ITV haven't employed him for any of the Coral tournaments. That they've assured him its not down to the quality of his work and the door isn't closed for the future.

He had mobility issues last season and had a trapped nerve freed last summer. This hasn't fully brought back his mobility but he managed the full 7 days of the Champion of Champions without any ill effect.

So despite what ITV have said, the curtain may be being drawn on his career.

SteveJJ wrote:In this months snooker scene, Clive says ITV haven't employed him for any of the Coral tournaments. That they've assured him its not down to the quality of his work and the door isn't closed for the future.

He had mobility issues last season and had a trapped nerve freed last summer. This hasn't fully brought back his mobility but he managed the full 7 days of the Champion of Champions without any ill effect.

So despite what ITV have said, the curtain may be being drawn on his career.

Johnny Bravo wrote:

SteveJJ wrote:In this months snooker scene, Clive says ITV haven't employed him for any of the Coral tournaments. That they've assured him its not down to the quality of his work and the door isn't closed for the future.

He had mobility issues last season and had a trapped nerve freed last summer. This hasn't fully brought back his mobility but he managed the full 7 days of the Champion of Champions without any ill effect.

So despite what ITV have said, the curtain may be being drawn on his career.

ITV is run by idiots. Clive is the best out there. It will be a sad day for snooker when he'll be gone.

SnookerFan wrote:You were doing so well until you said Parrott was okay.

Johnny Bravo wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:You were doing so well until you said Parrott was okay.

Compared to the likes of Taylor and Virgo, Parrott is more than ok.

Dan-cat wrote:I love that Phil Yates is leading, after how all but two of you slay him daily.

Dan-cat wrote:I love that Phil Yates is leading, after how all but two of you slay him daily.

HustleKing wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:I love that Phil Yates is leading, after how all but two of you slay him daily.

Yates can't even hold his own in 9 ball comms, the Americans, other Englishmen and even a Dutchman (Alex Lely), wipe the floor with him in that sport too

Iranu wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:I love that Phil Yates is leading, after how all but two of you slay him daily.

He was doing rubbish until the scores got reset.

It’s a fix.

SnookerFan wrote:

SnookerEd25 wrote:

McManusFan wrote:McManus for me. Foulds is also pretty good, although perhaps he's better in the studio. Everton is also worth a mention.

Someone I really miss is Terry Griffiths, what a great voice.

He's back!

and you're right, it was like easing oneself into a bath of undiluted double cream.

(i'm on medication)

Virgo is a wa*ker; how can you take anyone seriously who'd rather be watching horse racing?

I objected to that Match Of The bucking Day rant.

Not because he swore, but because he's a guy that's paid to watch snooker for a living that was whining that one session he was watching wasn't particularly interesting.

Let's break this down. The BBC air 8 days of The Masters, 9 days of the UK Championship and 17 days of The Crucible a year. That's 34 days a year that Virgo has to work doing commentary. That gives him just under eleven months out of a year to watch horse racing and Match Of The Day. So he has to miss an episode once because a match overruns, and he's heard having a sweary rant off camera. I tell you what, if somebody offered me a living where I only had to work one month out of the year, I wouldn't complain. In fact, if somebody offered to pay me to watch snooker, I bet I'd do it for a lot less than Virgo and would happily do it for more tournaments than he does. Even the year they got him to do the Welsh Open on BBC Wales, that only takes his total up to 41 days out of 365 that he has to 'suffer' through being paid to watch a sport I pay hundreds of pounds a year travelling to watch.

Does he really think that having to sit through one boring session of snooker is a hardship? If so, they could fire him and I'd do the job for a quarter of whatever they're paying him.