tried to watch the recent snooker, but ruined again by endless commentator yapping

[Fedupwiththeyap]

i posted about this before but the thread has been removed

cant someone tell the bbc, that if you're in a club watching a match and 2 idiots are behind you talking endlessly it's very bad manners

so why would i want that from commentators? cant they just SHUTUP THE F*** UP !!?

i dont want all my sports to become americanised endless and pointless pundit babbling.

just shutup and let people watch a gentlemans game. In a club these morons would be asked to leave.

can't this site start a petition? or can't the bbc offer a digital red-button: 'verbal diarrhea commentry free' option mode?

anyone else agree? Come on snookerforum - start a petition!!

i mean what next? endless & pintless rabbitting commentry all thru 'Last Night Of The Proms'?

[KeithinFrance]

I don't want to be rude, but why don't you contact the BBC directly yourself if you're so incensed by the verbal diarrhea of the commentators? That's what I'd do ...

P.S. Living in France, I can only get Eurosport on TV, and the French commentator is worse than useless, so I'd quite like to have someone who knows what they're talking about, like Terry Griffiths who I've heard on on-line streaming. However, if I had to put up with it all the time ... who knows?

[xander]

Just turn off the sound lol

[Lux]

Terry Griffiths and Dennis Taylor are superb commentators who respect subtle, minimalist commentary and are very insightful of what's being played.

John Virgo's commentary is fun to listen to.

Clive Everton is redundant as a commentator.

Willie Thorne is too talkative.

There's a young bloke, a snooker pundit, presumably, who does some commentary, but he keeps talking like an annoying stepmother.

[ore]

Do you understand Russian?

[sneaky_russian]

Do you understand Russian?

I love our Russian commentator Vladimir Sinitsin!!!!
He's AWESOME!!! He tells a lot of interesting stories.

[April madness]

I love our Russian commentator Vladimir Sinitsin!!!!
He's AWESOME!!! He tells a lot of interesting stories.

omg!!! *faints* this weeks interesting stories were too much, lol

[Fedupwiththeyap]

Just turn off the sound lol

lol, tried that, it's not the same without the sound of cue and ball etc.

it's a damned shame cos i was snooker mad as a youngster, we'd never miss a televised tournament back when you could actualy watch the damned game without some ***** talking all the time.

imo it's just part of a wider general malaise unfortunately, where idiot media yuppies in London seem to think everything has to be hyped and yappied-up

the bottom line is this - if i was in the crowd and talked all the time i'd be thrown out, so why are home viewers treated to a different set of manners/ettiquette? Why is it any LESS annoying and rude for the game to be disturbed when watching at home?

[andy carson]

so what about partially sighted who want an explanation of shots on offer etc??? are they not to be given the right to be able to know whats going on????

i think you will find you are in a very very small minority as 99.99% of the people i know actually enjoy the insight you get from the commentators (Willie thorne included!!!)

[sneaky_russian]

One more thing...
If it wasn't for the commentaters I wouldn't have learned the rules!

[ore]

lol, tried that, it's not the same without the sound of cue and ball etc.

it's a damned shame cos i was snooker mad as a youngster, we'd never miss a televised tournament back when you could actualy watch the damned game without some ***** talking all the time.

imo it's just part of a wider general malaise unfortunately, where idiot media yuppies in London seem to think everything has to be hyped and yappied-up

the bottom line is this - if i was in the crowd and talked all the time i'd be thrown out, so why are home viewers treated to a different set of manners/ettiquette? Why is it any LESS annoying and rude for the game to be disturbed when watching at home?

Try Eurosport commentary or Eurosport player - that one is exactly what you want - silence with just the sound of balls and referee counting the points.

Also you could learn Russian (or some other language), and try non-English commentary - just to see how much worse it can get

[mick 142]

you can always turn the sound off.

[Fedupwiththeyap]

so what about partially sighted who want an explanation of shots on offer etc??? are they not to be given the right to be able to know whats going on????

i think you will find you are in a very very small minority as 99.99% of the people i know actually enjoy the insight you get from the commentators (Willie thorne included!!!)

You dont talk out loud when you read do you by any chance?

[TobyMc]

ever heard of a mute button? I like the commentating, they give good knowledge on the sport and help people who dont understand snooker, know a little bit more by talking through things.

[RGCirencester]

I like the commentary... I know many other people who like the commentary... Given the fact that the red button is now limited to a single channel on freeview why should they replace that with a commentary free option just for you???

how exactly do you expect ANYONE to get into the game (which for a sport currently struggling for sponsors and audiencess important...) when all they do is watch the balls fly round the table and listen to them go "clack" every so often?

If you are new to snooker and you switch it on, you don't know the rules, you don't know what they are doing, the commentary is the only thing that will keep you interested.

Last point... I actually like hearing the commentarys opinions during the match...