I thought the commentry was quite amusing really - I have low expectations so I'm not easily disappointed!
The whole 'show' though was horribly one sided and the BBC must have been gutted when Tigers won and they couldn't devote all the highlights to DC (although they did try).
I've got used to the commentators mis-pronouncing players names after having years of that one eyed idiot McLaren calling Johnno Martin Johnston.
The commentary was extremely poor, evidently I tuned into BBC Wasps rather than BBC One!
The worst part was when Eddie Butler referred to Wasps as 'We' rather than Wasps.
The BBC were about as subtle as a brick in showing their biased against us, but then it's nothing more that I've come to expect from them.
I'll definitely be going to Twickenham for the final again this year so as not to have to listen to that lot again, because we all know full well it will turn into BBC Ospreys for the final!
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We also had an outbreak of footie style coverage with the camera needlessly dwelling on a close-up of Cipriani's mug, whilst across the field and out of shot, something exciting was developing.
Agreed, also players women like Henson's every 5 Mins.
Eddie 'quality doesn't matter in the 6N' Butler, has got to be the worst ever. With comments like 'you've only seen 2 Welsh games Brian'
Lets see if he's still crowing after the SH tour.
I'm with Budster, seeing Charlotte Church every two minutes was infuriating & the one where she was stuffing her face resulted in me having to leave to make a cuppa
Didn't anyone spot the Mullins howler, when he called Saracens, Harlequins.....good grief can they get any worse? oh I really wished I hadn't asked that.
On a slight tangent, at work I'm always logged on to the 'breaking' news stories. The other day one headline read "DC wants Ashton to keep his job" a little later after the Johno stories were breaking, another one read "DC would back the appointment of MJ". Two pints come to mind
1)When did DC become the worlds foremost expert on all things Rugby
2)Won't DC do well under Mr Andrews with fence sitting like that
To The Board ~ you have one season to prove you've got this decision right. More than you gave Marcelo
And of course there was the running 'joke' about refering to Oz as the 'new England Backs Coach' every time they spoke to him. Yeah ok, it was funny the 1st time you did it but the 17 times after that.....
How Goode kept a straight face in that inteview I'll never know. He's just played a blinder and got MotM and the inteviewer wants to talk about the guy on the other team.
I'm used to Greenwood and Barnes off Sky - much better! But........who cares? We won!
the next game, nearly every time Henson's name mentioned or his mush was on tv.....quick shot to Charlotte?!!!!!Sooooooo annoying!
I'm not a fan of Barnes particuarly, but i must admit himself and Miles Harrison provide a decent dynamic, get names right and both tend to know what they're on about and realise they are there to do a job - not to argue. Harrison does the commentating and Barnes does the (admitedly often bias one way or the other but still better than Moore) insight.
i liked their commentary but they kept going on about blooming dc and how wonderful he is etc and then goode outshines and they said he was one of england's lost no 10s, loved the way they were saying that goode was goving dc a run for his money showing him how it should be done.
My dad got fed up of them going about dc as well which says something when he doesnt watch the game (though i think he is a closet fan as he seems to know the rules )
Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.
With reference to Brian Moore, I rather like his unguarded comments. Eddie Butler has always annoyed me, but he has improved in recent years. EBs answer to Moores comments about the quality of club games by referring to 2 welsh matches was confusing, does he consider Wales to be the equivalent of an english club?? I know I do (stir with BIG spoon).
Honestly though, I felt strangely comforted when Brian Moore started with the M word. After all, the first part of the weekend is traditionally bad for Messiahs. But by next weekend, the BBC will have resurrected him I'm sure.
Brian Moores comments are fantastic and most of the time right, it's just that most other commentators will say what they mean. Eddie Butler has a great voice but gets far too many things wrong. the number of players he gets wrong is terrible and doesn't seem to have kept up with the rules of the game. Maybe old age is setting in for Eddie
None of you have even commented on the moment when Brian Moore was talking about Vickery's bad scrummaging and he couldn't remember Ayerza's name, so referred to "the other bloke" continually.
Also - wondered whether they had all been down the pub. Inverdale kept on making mistakes, and was really ham-fisted when it came to advertising other matches which the BBC is due to screen.
General lack of professionalism wasn't exactly a credit to BBC.
