5string Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 (edited) ITV.... that's ITV, not Sky!! Edited post cos I got it wrong again!! :lol: Not sure if this is directly Saints-related, or even if anyone on here cares, based on comments I've read about him. All the same, anyone got any thoughts? http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/08/andy-townsend-itv-contract-not-renewed Edited 8 January, 2015 by 5string
norwaysaint Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Didn't even know he'd gone to sky, didn't he use to be at ITV?
Bearsy Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 My thoughts are that he doesn't work for Sky. +1
5string Posted 8 January, 2015 Author Posted 8 January, 2015 Oops! Sorry, my bad - mind elsewhere! Umm, ITV That's ITV, not Sky! Anyone know how to edit thread titles...??
Hockey_saint Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Well is a former saints player.....however I'm not old enough to know if he was any good for us or not...
Sheaf Saint Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Oops! Sorry, my bad - mind elsewhere! Umm, ITV That's ITV, not Sky! Anyone know how to edit thread titles...?? Only the mods can do that. Anyway, I will be very happy if I never hear Andy Townsend commentating on an England match ever again. I just hope that ITV don't go an do something stupid and replace him with someone even more clueless and annoying.
5string Posted 8 January, 2015 Author Posted 8 January, 2015 Ah, thanks. Never mind, should provide some cheap giggles. Which other ex-Saints players or managers would be just as carp (or worse) as replacements for him? Comments welcome on a thread with the correct heading...! (ok, I'll shut up about it now)
saintnicoolas Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 I will miss his man of the match selections:?
Didcot Saint Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Good riddance. All we need now is Michael Owen gone from BT Sport. Another absolute incompetent commentator who says the obvious. A pair of clowns of the highest order.
Bearsy Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Andy Townsend finally f*cking off? Altogether now... "That's better"
VectisSaint Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Thank Feck for that. Lets just hope he doesn't move to Sky or BBC, he is truly awful. He also seems very keen always to brush over the fact he used to play for us. I think this part of the Guardian report says it all "The former Republic of Ireland, Aston Villa and Chelsea midfielder" The former player, former pundit and current tosser.
scotty Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 The transfer window's open, have the skates poached him?
david in sweden Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Good news for sane fans everywhere one good start to the New Year, then........ Will Kamara be next ?
Ex Lion Tamer Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 I'm just as pleased that Matt Smith is also being dropped
CB Fry Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 As it stands they haven't got much football to show next season, a bit of Euro quals and then the tournament in Summer 2016. Even if they win the highlights package for the Prem presumably that's from next year not next season (I think). Imagine Lee Dixon will be the man from now on.
CB Saint Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Hopefully they will staple Adrian chiles to his coat tails and solve two problems for the price of one
Cheeky Monkey Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 He goes to the wildmoor spa must mornings near stratford. I will ask him about this next week when I see him.....
angelman Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 The worst and most sycophantic commentator out there. Hopefully no one else will offer him a contract as he is utter ****.
Causer Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Look forward to him spending more time 'in and around' the job centre'. For me Clive the trouble is he just commentated too well if he had scuffed it he would still be in the job.
suewhistle Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Well is a former saints player.....however I'm not old enough to know if he was any good for us or not... I am. He wasn't bad - originally played for the Terriers - but then it was noticeable that he stopped performing as he was obviously angling for a move, got it and since then has never, to my knowledge, ever mentioned that he played for Saints.
rallyboy Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 Sensible decision. As is the one to release Matt......Smith.....with....his....appallingly....delayed....delivery....style. The next cull should be on MotD, half of them can go, save me putting it on mute.
Kingsland Codger Posted 8 January, 2015 Posted 8 January, 2015 My thoughts are that he doesn't work for Sky. Wasn't Townsend providing the off-screen punditry supporting Martin Tyler's commentary for the Aston Villa game on Sky in November?
the saint in winchester Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 Didn't we get Townsend from Weymouth for £30k - if memory serves. Pretty good as a player for us, then moved "on" to Villa. Of course, these days that would be a step DOWN but in those days Villa were a top 6 team. Agree he's not the best commentator/pundit. I actually quite like Matt Smith though. He makes the wednesday night footie quite exciting, and with Strachan to control that's pretty good.
BlakeySFC Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 (edited) Sh!ttest commentator ever, also painful to listen to an Englishman from Maidstone in Kent describe the ROI as "we" in commentary numerous times over the years Edited 9 January, 2015 by BlakeySFC
LostBoys Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 Complete idiot - we should have left him in Weymouth - no disrespect to Weymouth
cellone Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 This truly makes fk all difference to my life. Yip
John Boy Saint Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 Sensible decision. As is the one to release Matt......Smith.....with....his....appallingly....delayed....delivery....style. The next cull should be on MotD, half of them can go, save me putting it on mute. if you have Sky+ just record it wait 10-15 minutes then start watching the recording then you can x30 through all the clap trap:D
Convict Colony Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 Whilst this is an important advance the war will truly never be won until Michael Owen is removed from his BT contract and Phil Neville from his BBC one.
jasonb Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 I am. He wasn't bad - originally played for the Terriers - but then it was noticeable that he stopped performing as he was obviously angling for a move, got it and since then has never, to my knowledge, ever mentioned that he played for Saints. This. He bangs on about his Chelsea days like its the only club he played for. He only started doing this when Chelsea rose to prominence as well. He's a red n white stripe denier. As some one else mentioned hopefully Chiles' next to get the boot. He got lucky with the regional accent boom of the late 2000's when it was considered politically correct to have thick people from Birmingham/Manchester on our tele's. Hopefully that luck has run out. Anyone remember Chiles' meltdown week when he went on the **** with Cristine Bleakley?? His marriage was breaking down and he thought he had a chance with her. Silly ****er had another mini meltdown when it became apparent Bleakley wasn't the slightest bit interested. Face for the radio You've got a face for the radio Face for the raaaaddddiiiiioooo Which ironically is where he came from in the first place. My bet is he'll end up back there.. Hopefully doing the graveyard shift at some ****ty West Midlands hospital radio. a la Alan Partridge. No, I don't like him :-)
LeBizzier69 Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 He wasn't great, but Clive Tyldesley is far worse and I've no idea how he has made a career out of commentating. He's one of the main reasons I can't stomach ITV coverage.
markr27 Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 Hmm, the worst (Wilshere) commentators on the (Wilshere) television, on a par (Jack) with Phil Neville, (Jack Wilshere) and past greats (Wilshere) such as Robbie (Jack) Earle. Also had (Wilshere) a contagious disease (Jack Wilshere) that makes you (Jack) mention Jack Wilshere (Jack Wilshere) every third word.
AK Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 Didn't we get Townsend from Weymouth for £30k - if memory serves. Pretty good as a player for us, then moved "on" to Villa. Of course, these days that would be a step DOWN but in those days Villa were a top 6 team. Agree he's not the best commentator/pundit. I actually quite like Matt Smith though. He makes the wednesday night footie quite exciting, and with Strachan to control that's pretty good. I thought he left us for Norwich but i wouldn't swear to it-He was one of our best players at the time and I remember being gutted at his departure, also i thought we let him go cheap around £175k. I can't think who the manager was ,Nicholl maybe ?
Sour Mash Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 (edited) I thought he left us for Norwich but i wouldn't swear to it-He was one of our best players at the time and I remember being gutted at his departure, also i thought we let him go cheap around £175k. I can't think who the manager was ,Nicholl maybe ? He did move on to Norwich. Strange move really, not exactly a step up. He's a s**t commentator, but I still prefer him to Phil Neville or Micheal Owen. Edited 9 January, 2015 by Sour Mash
angelman Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 Didn't we get Townsend from Weymouth for £30k - if memory serves. Pretty good as a player for us, then moved "on" to Villa. Of course, these days that would be a step DOWN but in those days Villa were a top 6 team. Agree he's not the best commentator/pundit. I actually quite like Matt Smith though. He makes the wednesday night footie quite exciting, and with Strachan to control that's pretty good. His career is Welling (105) > Weymouth (40) > Saints (83) > Norwich (71) > Chelsea (110) > Villa (134) > Boro (77) > West Brom (18 ) So a bit of a journeyman average player. TBH, while he has had a memory lapse about his time here at Saints, I think it fair enough to go on about a club or two where you made most of your appearances. So as he bangs on about being at Chelsea, he should do more so about his time at Villa. But no, Villa aren't "cool" like Chelsea are. He may think it portrays him as some superstar ex football player, but we all know that he was an average player who wasn't good enough to get in the England squad some trawled around for some Irish relative (his grandmother).
Chickendippers Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 For fun I count the number of times he says 'better' during a match. I believe the record is 17. Jonathan Pearce next for me
Wes Tender Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 Hmm, the worst (Wilshere) commentators on the (Wilshere) television, on a par (Jack) with Phil Neville, (Jack Wilshere) and past greats (Wilshere) such as Robbie (Jack) Earle. Also had (Wilshere) a contagious disease (Jack Wilshere) that makes you (Jack) mention Jack Wilshere (Jack Wilshere) every third word. :lol: Man of the Match every time he plays.
david in sweden Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 I miss big Ron. tbh ..I missed Kenneth Wolstenholme's commentaries. He spoke (sparingly) about what was happening in the match, didn't cloud the issue with lots of stats. and details of what players had for breakfast! OK ...so I'm older than many of you, but I like to watch a game, and not listen to some egocentric non-stop talker sounding like an auctioneer with no volume control, or an ON /OFF switch.
shurlock Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 (edited) For fun I count the number of times he says 'better' during a match. I believe the record is 17. Jonathan Pearce next for me It was always the context that did it for me - for international games, it usually followed a period of ragged, disjointed England possession. Up would pop Crouch or Carroll with a simple layoff that actually found its man....."that's better, much better". Edited 9 January, 2015 by shurlock
OldNick Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 How come Robbie Savage is on every frigging side it seems, giving us his insight. The typical look at me pundit. As for Michael Owen , Pinocchio is less wooden than him
The9 Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 (edited) If nothing else it all led to this: [video=youtube_share;skNc9RFBAek] Edited 9 January, 2015 by The9
The9 Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 How come Robbie Savage is on every frigging side it seems, giving us his insight. The typical look at me pundit. As for Michael Owen , Pinocchio is less wooden than him He's on BBC tv and radio, and BT Sport (as both a pundit and a commentator). Trust me, I know what to avoid.
The9 Posted 9 January, 2015 Posted 9 January, 2015 Jonathan Pearce next for me So glad he wasn't in charge for the Spurs match when the goal decision system showed the ball had crossed the line but offside had been given.
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