Who needs sleeping tablets when ......

Bad Wolf · Post by **Bad Wolf** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:31 am

...... you've got the guy who was on the PA yesterday. What a bore with absolutely no emotion in his voice. He should go back to being a platform announcer at his local railway station.

Stu_F · Post by **Stu_F** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:12 am

... but at least he wasn't Charlie Dagnell!!!! Send Charlie back to Grace Road!!!! How did Dagnell get there in the first place? he seems to have made a media career out of the fact he once took a couple of wickets in a Twenty20 match that happened to be on TV.

Get someone who has more empathy with rugby!

MJ Chairman · Post by **MJ Chairman** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:19 am

for your info as you obviously couldn't be bothered to find out his name is Gary Sherrard and he is the media officer down at the tigers. As far as his voice goes if someone can give me the name of a geordie that does not have a monotone voice that would be great secondly the guy is highly passionate about rugby and works damn hard at his job as well as coaching his lads under 9 team at a local club

Stu_F · Post by **Stu_F** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:21 am

Sorry, I wasn't criticising Gary Sherrard for not having empathy with rugby I was criticising Charlie Dagnell!!

Bad Wolf · Post by **Bad Wolf** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:02 pm

MJ Chairman, whoever he is, whatever position he holds at the club and whichever team he coaches is immaterial. With the sun beating on my face and the monotonous drawl as he announced the teams, I could easily have fallen asleep.

Also, I take it you don't listen to Geordies very often. Their voices can go up and down two or three times in one sentence. I should know since I'm married to one.

Former Prop · Post by **Former Prop** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:04 pm

I and those around me were saying the same as the original poster said, for a game of this magnitude he should have been really stoking up the tigers crowd (as neutrally as possible, of course

).

I have no argument that he does a good job as media officer at the Tigers, but for entertainment value Daggers wins everytime (Unless they could have brought Tudor back for a one off game)

TigerS2 · Post by **TigerS2** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:12 pm

[quote="Bad Wolf"]MJ Chairman, whoever he is and whatever position he holds at the club is immaterial. With the sun beating on my face and the monotonous drawl as he announced the teams, I could easily have fallen asleep.

Also, I take it you don't listen to Geordies very often. Their voices can go up and down two or three times in one sentence. I should know since I'm married to one.[/quote

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My Dad and I were debating whether he was either a Goerdie or a Welshman. We also thought his voice was much easier on the ear than the usual PA bloke.

MJ Chairman · Post by **MJ Chairman** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:48 pm

I agree that gary is hardly a natural the point i was making was that he tried his hardest and knowing the bloke if there had been someone else available they would have been doing it i felt the original posters crack about the railway announcer was bang out of order . i have not heard Dagnell and I agree that Tudor and Matt Poole were both class acts and maybe the club need to be looking at someone who is capable of building the atmosphere better

captain_insaino · Post by **captain_insaino** » Sun May 11, 2008 3:32 pm

it was funny when their 10 was about to kick a penalty and he started to shus us like little primary school children

dailywaffle · Post by **dailywaffle** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:21 pm

Whilst I think that 'Daggers' leaves a lot to be desired on the Rugby Hour, I think he does a decent enough job at Welford Road. The P.A. system in the Next stand is not good, but Dagnell is reasonably clear. Gary, I'm afraid, was virtually unintelligible on Saturday.

Whatever other qualities he may have, he should not be asked to do the P.A. job again. Sorry.

Bill W · Post by **Bill W** » Sun May 11, 2008 8:52 pm

Could we get Sam back from NZ?

gimme · Post by **gimme** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:17 pm

I reckon anyone that has the bottle to get out there in front of the baying thousands deserves a pat on the back, must be rather nerve-racking don`t you think Wolfy ? buy him a pint before you go to sleep, he deserves one.! (mind you he was.........)
brave

Rizzo · Post by **Rizzo** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:54 am

As I wasn't able to be there due to illness, I can't say about audibility etc, but I do know that there would have to be a very good reason why Gary took on this job and not Daggers or someone else.

The Countess of Welford · Mon May 12, 2008 9:14 am

I too find him irritating with his shushing. If there is any noise from the crowd when there is a kick about to take place, I find the crowd are far more effective at policing than his condescending nannying.

Just glad that the PA system is so poor where I sit in the Next Stand that I can't hear him half the time