World Cup TV Coverage. ITV or BBC or R5/TalkSport

[Parafox]

For me I Hate ITV's coverage of any sport. I go BBC TV or R5 if I'm away from a TV

[foxfanazer]

BBC everytime

[Stadt]

BBC, they still have their fare share of idiots like Phil Neville but their coverage is better on the whole.

 

I do enjoy Bilic on ITV showing everybody up with his depth of knowledge and experiences.

 

Ryan Giggs is the second dullest man on Earth, only Rhodri must be duller.

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[Jimothy]

BBC by a country mile. Their intro is shit this year, but pundits and commentary they are well ahead.

[Fox92]

Anything with the heroic commentary of Mark Lawrenson.

[urban.spaceman]

ITV are an absolute joke when it comes to sport.

[StanSP]

ITV have the better pundits this time around. 

 

Think I'll always prefer BBC coverage though.

[davieG]

I only watch the actual game and turn the commentary down or off so don't mind either. 

I'm more pissed off when they follow a player after an event or some name in the stand when the game is still in play rather than the game or action replays of some half chance.

I just like it to be like I'm actually there.

[Parafox]

11 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Anything with the heroic commentary of Mark Lawrenson.

He and Glenn Hoddle would ruin anyone's coverage. Also WTF was Dion Dublin doing as a pundit for R5 on Thursday's game?

[SouthStandUpperTier]

8 minutes ago, Parafox said:

He and Glenn Hoddle would ruin anyone's coverage. Also WTF was Dion Dublin doing as a pundit for R5 on Thursday's game?

Didn't tune in, but punditry I would imagine.

[martyn]

Probably still the BBC, but not as clear-cut considering they choose to employ Keown, Lawro and Murphy.

 

Lawrenson's commentary on France v Australia was even more half arsed than normal.

[StanSP]

Is Evra okay? Saying Costa Rica have been the better team and calling them 'explosive'  

[SouthStandUpperTier]

I actually don't mind the female pundits. Don't understand how anyone can have a problem with it. Do you need a pair of nuts to have a valid opinion?

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[Parafox]

8 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Didn't tune in, but punditry I would imagine.

Just as well you missed it, he was pretty rubbish. Should stick to Homes Under The Hammer, where he isn't that great either.

[The Doctor]

BBC. Although given they seem to be using that utter weapon Mills more, it's getting closer. ITV need to ditch Hoddle before they've got any hope of overtaking the beeb though

[SouthStandUpperTier]

I went for ITV because of Roy Keane's hilariously misanthropic punditry, and because I find Lineker's naff presenting style way too cheesy.

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[Webbo]

Always used to be BBC but I think they're on the slide. The only problem with ITV is the adverts.

[bovril]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

He and Glenn Hoddle would ruin anyone's coverage. Also WTF was Dion Dublin doing as a pundit for R5 on Thursday's game?

Glenda's a weirdo but he knows what he's talking about and actually analyses the game. 

[Jimothy]

1 hour ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

I actually don't mind the female pundits. Don't understand how anyone can have a problem with it. Do you need a pair of nuts to have a valid opinion?

 

I like Alex Scott on the BBC. Seen Aluko doing punditry before and I'm not impressed. I mean she's just told us that Ronaldo's free kick was better than Kolorovs's and the reasoning being it was Ronaldo. No other reason, nothing about the technique etc. Nothing against her because she's a woman, just because she's shite. Lee Dixon is shite too.

 

Think we'll start seeing Alex Scott in more presenting roles next season. Saw her doing the odd reports to the end of last season.

[Izzy]

Sadly neither BBC or ITV are close to Sky in any aspect really

[Sir Shep]

2 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Sadly neither BBC or ITV are close to Sky in any aspect really

I think that Sky should be allowed to screen the games but on the agreement that they put them all on free to air or be allowed to show them alongside the free channels. 

[Tuna]

You can watch BBC coverage with Five Live commentary with the red button, good if you don't want to endure the misery of having to spend 2 hours in the company of Jonathan Pearce paired with Danny Murphy (or worse Martin Keown ).

 

I like the female pundits in general, they are more intelligent than some of their male counterparts and don't come with a chip on their shoulder.

 

Speaking of the intros, the BBC one this year is horrendous like the intro to one of those national lottery gameshows or a shit 90s travel show.

[Nalis]

Mostly BBC but some aspects of ITV's studio team is good (Keane / Dixon / Clattenberg ).

[The Doctor]

Can someone please bring Robot Wars back again and just lock Pearce in a studio commentating on that. Bloody awful

[MrsJohnMurphy]

My main problem with ITV is Mark Pougatch whose presenting style generally involves just SHOUTING!!