Worst Rugby League TV Commentator?

[Walt Flanigan]

And of course:
Johnathan Thuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssstttttttttoooooooonnnnnnnnnnn every 2 seconds.

….and that’s when he’s not even playing.

 

[retch]

It's pretty funny when one of the commentators [pick anyone] calls 'there's numbers to the left'...

And you can nearly guarantee the play will go right.

 

[Feej]

Hadley by a country mile, then Gould. I just feel sorry for Rabbs now - he's a bit like Mossop in his final couple of seasons.

 

[gregstar]

used to like jim maxwell calling on the abc.

called the game without any crap whatsoever.

 

[GongPanther]

I don't hate any broadcasters,but with the exception of one whos voice I simply cannot take one minute of listening to...and after another month or two of people voicing their opinions in this thread,hopefully Channel Nine in their wisdom would have given Ray Hadley the flick.

 

[gregstar]

when hardly was first calling on radio in the late 80's & into the early 90's he was pretty good.

but as the ratings climbed, inflating his ego, his calls became more & more soap opera-like.

 

[dannyt]

I can't stand listening to Warren Smith

 

[drago brelli]

Compared to 'Rampaging' Roy Slaven and HG 'Immortal' Nelson they are all woeful in the extreme.

 

[Charlie124]

Thanks to foxtel, i haven't watched a single second of NRL on ch9 this year so i won't bother commenting on their commentary team (try to picture a world where you barely remember what Phil Gould's voice sounds like, this world is my reality).

On foxtel i absolutely cannot stand listening to anything Gordon Tallis tries to say. He just does my f**king head in when he begins a sentence and then interrupts himself with another random and unrelated thought, then interrupts that interruption with another one... Its like he's trapped in some sort of bumbling Inception of stupid.

 

[LazyDreamer]

Hadley. How that opinionated bore has a career in the media is one of life's mysteries. Apparently Chopper Read cut off his ears in a futile protest against Hadley's radio show playing in an adjoining cell.

Gould. Sh*ts me to tears that he's constantly running down the quality of the game he's calling, the rules, the officials, etc. Mr Negativity. Have never heard a commentator in any other sport carry on like he does. It's embarrassing for the game.

 

[simmo05]

Gould and his constant negativity are a massive blight on the game. Rabs needs to retire. Lewis is so biased it makes me sick. Fittler just rambles on with utter shit. Tallis needs to stck to the matty johns show, stay well away from the commetary box. Dont mind the rest. Oh, and fatty is a dick

 

[Brutus]

Thanks to foxtel, i haven't watched a single second of NRL on ch9 this year so i won't bother commenting on their commentary team (try to picture a world where you barely remember what Phil Gould's voice sounds like, this world is my reality).

On foxtel i absolutely cannot stand listening to anything Gordon Tallis tries to say. He just does my f**king head in when he begins a sentence and then interrupts himself with another random and unrelated thought, then interrupts that interruption with another one... Its like he's trapped in some sort of bumbling Inception of stupid.

So true about Tallis. The king of interrupting his own dopey thoughts. One of the dumbest sounding footballers out there.

 

[natheel]

Hadley. How that opinionated bore has a career in the media is one of life's mysteries. Apparently Chopper Read cut off his ears in a futile protest against Hadley's radio show playing in an adjoining cell.

Gould. Sh*ts me to tears that he's constantly running down the quality of the game he's calling, the rules, the officials, etc. Mr Negativity. Have never heard a commentator in any other sport carry on like he does. It's embarrassing for the game.

What gets me about Gould is that he doesn't offer up solutions. I could handle a commentator or figure in the game complaining about the rules and so forth if they offered up some sort of solution of their own in response to their rants. But Gould just shits on the game from a great height and then the game is over.

I can't stand Warren Smith on Fox Sports. I've learnt to block out his droll voice now though.

On channel 9 I don't like Ray Hadley his voice should stay on radio and talk back radio at that. Raaay should never commentate on Rugby League in any capacity for the good of the game.

 

[Queensland Fanatic]

Ray Warren stands alone as the worst commentator on RL games. Also in a competition for the worlds worst sports commentator he'd win by miles. 9 should have fired him years ago and sent Sterlo and Gus with him.
The game has changed but 9 kept a team who was still thinking the Dogs style of play is where the game is at, shown to be irrelevant by a younger team.

 

[Lambretta]

Ray Hadley is by far the worst

I don't think he's done much this season has he? Having Fox as an option means I haven't listened to 9 as much and when I have, it's been wonderfully Hadley free

I don't mind Gus or Warren Smith or the dudes from the UK

The worst thing I discovered this year was that at times I was nodding in agreement with Blocker Roach.
I had to go to the mirror and have a long hard look at myself. Looking at my reflection I have noticed I have aged and have come to the conclusion that I must have gone completely f**king senile and therefore my opinion doesn't count

But then I still laugh every time Brett Kimmorley tries to put a thought into words.

Whoever hired him has a brilliant sense of humour. I think they hate him that much they've given him a job where he has to think and speak (the two things he is worst at in the World) just so they can sit at home and laugh at him. Cruel f**kers - but piss funny.

 

[Lambretta]

So true about Tallis. The king of interrupting his own dopey thoughts. One of the dumbest sounding footballers out there.

Kimmorley doesn't even get to the end of a dopey thought before he loses track, then remembers a word which sounds similar to the one he's trying to use and uses that instead

A Kimmorley-esque comment would be "The half back must really er really um really depreciate the platform theirs forwards is lying" (add lisps for general lols)

 

[Captain Apollo]

Kimmorley doesn't even get to the end of a dopey thought before he loses track, then remembers a word which sounds similar to the one he's trying to use and uses that instead

A Kimmorley-esque comment would be "The half back must really er really um really depreciate the platform theirs forwards is lying" (add lisps for general lols)

You should have heard him in the Holden Cup semi between the Roosters and the Raiders 2 weeks ago. Roosters leading like 32-0 (full time score was 48-0) and he was talking about how the Raiders comeback was on

 

[mozza91]

I can't help but laugh at Kimmorley's commentary, I often rewind to re-listen to the hilarity. His struggles with the fundamentals of the English language are immense. He doesn't understand that you are supposed to have at least a small pause in between each word you say.

 

[Apey]

Does anyone know what language Nathan Fien speaks?

 

[Walt Flanigan]

Does anyone know what language Nathan Fien speaks?

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