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Amor was good on Channel 4 today.
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Charriots Offiah wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 12:18 am Amor was good on Channel 4 today.
"Absolutely" :D
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Channel 4s coverage was refreshing. No heavy statistical analysis, no negativity. Enjoyed doing their job
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Difficult to understand JJB and crowd noises in the background make it even harder, players being interviewed must of really struggled.
On C4, I only caught the coverage just as the final whistle blew but I thought Adam Hill struggled a bit at times with links to items, it seemed as though some of it was off the cuff, Sam did will in helping the summarising at the end.
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I agree Definitely wearing braces. Bizarre to have a summariser on with his ability to speak deliberately compromised. Bit like having someone doing sign language with mittens on.
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Welski wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 11:28 pm I agree Definitely wearing braces. Bizarre to have a summariser on with his ability to speak deliberately compromised. Bit like having someone doing sign language with mittens on.
He's always been a bit difficult to understand for me. If he's got worse then we're in trouble!
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Could it be that the brace* he is using is to help make his speech clearer in the long term?

Whatever the answer, I think the main problems are that he talks too fast, his Leeds accent, and the crowd noise, which stopped me hearing much of the commentary (hearing problems anyway - switch stuff off that has music in the background).

I'm sure C4 will sort the crowd noise issue - it certainly won't be a problem if they come to Wigan! JJB will also be coached to slow down and enunciate more clearly. The Leeds twang would then become less of an issue.

Give him a chance - he's a good bloke and knows his stuff.

Wilkin is admittedly much clearer but seems to love himself, and JJB is more likely to come up with something informative than Clarke, Tez or Baz.

While we're on the subject, Bill Arthur couldn't decide if it was Field or Fields, and O'Connor constantly Said "Ghee-zhow" when it's pronounced "Zhee-gow" - not a big deal for you or me, but a commentator is paid plenty and should know.

*Brace is British English for something on your teeth, braces hold your pants up :lol:

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Love JJB's passion for the game and I can't recall having too much trouble understanding him before, I'll put it down to the cold weather in East Hull and wind coming off the North Sea (next stop - the North Pole :) )
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morley pie eater wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 11:25 am Could it be that the brace* he is using is to help make his speech clearer in the long term?

Whatever the answer, I think the main problems are that he talks too fast, his Leeds accent, and the crowd noise, which stopped me hearing much of the commentary (hearing problems anyway - switch stuff off that has music in the background).

I'm sure C4 will sort the crowd noise issue - it certainly won't be a problem if they come to Wigan! JJB will also be coached to slow down and enunciate more clearly. The Leeds twang would then become less of an issue.

Give him a chance - he's a good bloke and knows his stuff.

Wilkin is admittedly much clearer but seems to love himself, and JJB is more likely to come up with something informative than Clarke, Tez or Baz.

While we're on the subject, Bill Arthur couldn't decide if it was Field or Fields, and O'Connor constantly Said "Ghee-zhow" when it's pronounced "Zhee-gow" - not a big deal for you or me, but a commentator is paid plenty and should know.

*Brace is British English for something on your teeth, braces hold your pants up :lol:

Americans use braces and suspenders.
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morley pie eater wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 11:25 am

*Brace is British English for something on your teeth, braces hold your pants up :lol:

Americans use braces and suspenders.
Braces is the plural of brace in English. It appeared to me that he had a brace on both upper and lower sets of teeth hence braces😉.

If he had braces in his mouth, as in suspenders, he did a damn fine job of articulating his thoughts.

Ps not having a go at him just think it’s odd that a TV company wouldn’t do sound checks to ensure that a guest could be heard clearly whatever the reason.
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