Biased Commentators

[weedrummergirl]

I can't believe how pro Selby the commentary team is in the Robertson v Selby semifinal. Willie Thorne is chuckling every time Robertson has an unlucky shot and gushing about Selby. He's assuming the audience is all on Selby's side because he's English. It's seriously making me reach for the mute button. The BBC should be impartial.

[scottley]

Perhaps Willie favours him because they're both from Leicester, its no worse than Griff when he commentates one of 'his lads'

[weedrummergirl]

That's true, and at end of the day it won't affect the outcome of the match. He's reigned it in a bit, now that Neil's got another century.

[renzie67]

willie getting excited again

[willtyson]

I turn the commentary off for another reason: they talk utter ****e! Just mute it in the first place, will drive you insane otherwise.

[cyclone crouch]

Yes willie loves selby, always has, have to agree its because he came out of willies Leicester snooker club!,, what does my nut in is ken!! "Think the green is blocking the PAT!!! To the yellow" ,, what is the PAT!!! Grrr!!

[weedrummergirl]

Only consolation is that Willie won't be doing the final. He was praising shots that didn't even go as planned so that crowd would automatically applaud and give Selby encouragement. C'mon Ronnie.

[Raldon]

I can't believe how pro Selby the commentary team is in the Robertson v Selby semifinal. Willie Thorne is chuckling every time Robertson has an unlucky shot and gushing about Selby. He's assuming the audience is all on Selby's side because he's English. It's seriously making me reach for the mute button. The BBC should be impartial.

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[Where's Willie?]

I can't believe how pro Selby the commentary team is in the Robertson v Selby semifinal. Willie Thorne is chuckling every time Robertson has an unlucky shot and gushing about Selby. He's assuming the audience is all on Selby's side because he's English. It's seriously making me reach for the mute button. The BBC should be impartial.

I'm glad somebody else noticed it. I thought I might have been imagining it! It's not just Willie Thorne though, John Virgo was also incredibly pro Selby in two of the other sessions.
Not for the first time, I ended up switching to Eurosport.

[Dave Walton]

Willie has had his tongue so far up Selby's arse he was licking his tonsills!

[stephenm2682]

Willie has had his tongue so far up Selby's arse he was licking his tonsills!

hahahahahahha

[luke-h]

I turn the commentary off for another reason: they talk utter ****e! Just mute it in the first place, will drive you insane otherwise.

+1 There's only so many time's you can hear the same spewed facts, i think i can repeat most word for word

[guernseygooner]

Taylor with his "one of the greatest..........the game has ever seen" quote. You can insert potters, rest player, tactician, break builder, middle bag potter etc.

I swear he comes out with one of these lines for every player

[willtyson]

Taylor with his "one of the greatest..........the game has ever seen quote". You can insert potters, rest player, tactician, break builder, middle bag potter etc.

I swear he comes out with one of these lines for every player

Yep, or the player is always 'blessed' with something: cue power, safety game etc. Drives me up the wall.

[montoya10]

Taylor with his "one of the greatest..........the game has ever seen" quote. You can insert potters, rest player, tactician, break builder, middle bag potter etc.

I swear he comes out with one of these lines for every player

"One of the greatest pots I have ever seen" comments make me believe that if, by any chance, Dennis Taylor could see me playing, I could have pulled out one of those.