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pedaling squares said:Ah, funny stuff. You could make a great drinking game out of Paul correcting Phil's misidentifications. "And now Wiggins has cracked." "No, that's Zabriskie dropping off the back." "Oh... now THERE goes Wiggins." "No, that's Vande Velde." "Too right, Paul."
And if Andy Schleck was in trouble half as often as Phil thought, he'd be second from the lanterne rouge, not the maillot jaune.
BUT... I love listening to them, they are great cycling fans and they sure bring some excitement, some British pride, and some amusement to the broadcast.
subzro said:It's a bit like the days when Muddle Talker (Murray Walker) was commentating Formula One lol
stephens said:At the end of today's stage, Phil said something about the yellow jersey safely making it across the line and Contador winning and then said "and Lance Armstrong finishes in second." Poor Andy, you've been forgotten already!
hfer07 said:I just saw a couple of videos of Phil & Paul from the Australian media- I'm really disappointed to hear such a rubbish from Phil about Contador, and his endless Lance "worship"-very inaccurate and uncalled for-at Least Paul seems to have some balanced perspective when asked about the matter....
but I guess they'll come back next year, and once again we'll be complaining about their none sense....
hfer07 said:I just saw a couple of videos of Phil & Paul from the Australian media- I'm really disappointed to hear such a rubbish from Phil about Contador, and his endless Lance "worship"-very inaccurate and uncalled for-at Least Paul seems to have some balanced perspective when asked about the matter....
but I guess they'll come back next year, and once again we'll be complaining about their none sense....
auscyclefan94 said:Paul is still very biased... he rode with lance for a year at Motorola.
Got some Liggettisms from the Worlds
"He's wise to say wise words"
He's (Evans) nailing Valverde into the places"
"Vinokourov has come back from his ban of blood changing"
We need a thread called Keenisms for Matt Keenan
Crunchy Frog said:If you'd suffered BBCi with Hugh Porter (PBUH) you'd have binned this thread for good. At least Uncle Phil and his suitcase sidekick don't need to see the race numbers in double-wide to be able to ID the riders.
The first we knew of the race coming back together was Gilbert's time appearing in amongst those of the breakaway. Even then, if you'd looked away for the couple of seconds the graphics were on screen, you'd have been none the wiser as it was never referred to in the commentary, Cancellara just magically appearing out of thin air to all intents and purposes.
And the first inkling we had of Cadel's presence was, oh yeah, his decisive attack. No idea where he came from, either.
When I'm pining for P & P, something's up. And not in a good way.
(To be fair HP is a very good track commentator, but fresh air/the lack of wax and varnish seems to scramble his brain somehow).
gianthands said:I thought the BBCi coverage was laughable (two track experts commentating on the World Road Race) ... until about two hours in, when I started to tear my hair out at their complete incompetence!!
On the Cadel point you made - When Evans was breaking with Rodriguez and Kolobnev I had just turned the sound back up again (to get the atmosphere and the fans) and Porter was shouting about 'An Australian! It's Gerrans! It's Simon Gerrans'. And on the screen below it read 'Evans'. On the screen! His own screen!!!
titan_90 said:Phil so needs to retire.
gianthands said:I thought the BBCi coverage was laughable (two track experts commentating on the World Road Race) ... until about two hours in, when I started to tear my hair out at their complete incompetence!!
On the Cadel point you made - When Evans was breaking with Rodriguez and Kolobnev I had just turned the sound back up again (to get the atmosphere and the fans) and Porter was shouting about 'An Australian! It's Gerrans! It's Simon Gerrans'. And on the screen below it read 'Evans'. On the screen! His own screen!!!