James Allen: a vast pool of knowledge and quotes - Page 2

Marbot · 2 Dec 2004, 10:23 (Ref:1169646)

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Originally posted by Peter Mallett
I've certainly never seen his commentary either.

Certainly not.

Ryo28 · 2 Dec 2004, 15:34 (Ref:1169926)

James Allen's popularity has reached such, er, 'heights' that in the latest itv-f1.com 'Ask the Team' feature, they had to resort to recruiting a relative of Mr Allen's to ask the opening question!

http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?T...am&PO_ID=31508

And yes, I also have a new signature...

Marbot · 2 Dec 2004, 17:00 (Ref:1169982)

Interesting that another questioner thanks him for his "excellent season of commentary with Martin Brundle" Did they only do F1 commentary? Is the questioner another one of Allens relatives? Are we all on the same planet?

Knowlesy · 2 Dec 2004, 17:06 (Ref:1169985)

Great sig martyn!

This is like a really bad virus!

ElScOrChO · 2 Dec 2004, 17:36 (Ref:1170021)

That generator is great!

"And Takuma Sato shows everyone just how to pull up trees with the full banana."

luke · 2 Dec 2004, 17:52 (Ref:1170064)

Great to see that since visiting the sites 90% of the members have James Allen signatures.

Knowlesy · 2 Dec 2004, 17:55 (Ref:1170067)

It shows the affection we hold him in.

I've just started to watch the 2004 Oz GP (don't ask) and the ferocity in his voice at the start is absolutely terrifying.

andy_b · 2 Dec 2004, 18:20 (Ref:1170092)

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Originally posted by knowlesy
and the ferocity in his voice at the start is absolutely terrifying.

certainly is!

luke · 2 Dec 2004, 18:35 (Ref:1170099)

Sure is, he is just far to loud.

mcurtis26 · 2 Dec 2004, 18:39 (Ref:1170104)

Anyone remmeber Jonathon Pearce, Channel 5's very exciteable football commentator?

ralf fan · 2 Dec 2004, 19:03 (Ref:1170118)

...and i join the James Allen quotes sig club...

andy_b · 2 Dec 2004, 20:30 (Ref:1170182)

am I the only one with Martin Brundle one then

Knowlesy · 2 Dec 2004, 20:49 (Ref:1170205)

Remember this Brundle quote? From sometime in 2002 I think.....Indy?

Martin: "Now what's all this I heard you saying about lady drivers?"

Coulthard: "I was very very most definitely misquoted on that because I'm a big fan of lady drivers and I think there should be more in Formula 1, personally."

Martin: "Yeah, I think all the mechanics would be fighting over doing the seatbelts up, wouldn't they?"

Gotta love martin, although his Silverstone commentary of 1746 was disastrous.

luke · 2 Dec 2004, 20:55 (Ref:1170212)

Martin is a great bloke, him and Murray made F1 Sub zer0. (TV wise).

Ned · 4 Dec 2004, 16:51 (Ref:1170731)

Try this little Gem!

http://members.tripod.com/~vidcad/quotes02.htm

Martin at his best in 2002!

**Adam43** · 5 Dec 2004, 11:28 (Ref:1171207)

I have subscribed to this thread and on the bottom of my Control panel the title is cut short, it reads

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James Allen: a vast poo...

luke · 5 Dec 2004, 11:37 (Ref:1171213)

Same here it did it automaticurly for me.

N I Tram · 7 Dec 2004, 12:39 (Ref:1173379)

With Brian Barwick gone this could be our best hope for change at ITV - let's all email them reminding them of our preference for Ben Edwards (please write it nicely, with none of the personal attacks or insults you find on some petitions on this subject - James Allen's a naff motorsport commentator, not a kiddie-fiddler) and who knows what we'll hear at Melbourne 2005.

Marbot · 7 Dec 2004, 16:08 (Ref:1173564)

Yes,just the thought of having to listen to James Allen in the early hours of that first Sunday morning in March is enough to make you want to go round to his house and..........

luke · 7 Dec 2004, 17:37 (Ref:1173634)

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Originally Posted by martyn bott

Yes,just the thought of having to listen to James Allen in the early hours of that first Sunday morning in March is enough to make you want to go round to his house and..........

I feel the same, at least Murray got us into it, unlike James whom makes me want to go back to bed.

Knowlesy · 7 Dec 2004, 19:22 (Ref:1173724)

thing with James, give him an exciting race to commentate on and he is slightly bearable.

Give him a 2002 or half of 2004 and then things fall apart in quite dramatic fashion.

So maybe we should lobby for exciting racing?

Or maybe just get B** E*****'s in.........oops, I've gone round in a circle again.

Ryo28 · 8 Dec 2004, 12:11 (Ref:1174273)

Quote:

Originally Posted by knowlesy

thing with James, give him an exciting race to commentate on and he is slightly bearable.

Dunno about that, this season at Germany (I think) when there were about 5 laps of constant overtaking moves, then Coulthard got a puncture and Allen screamed 'TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING' in a demented fashion (er, like we hadn't noticed?) and seemingly lost the ability to speak coherently for a bit. Also in the more exciting moments of otherwise mundane races he often makes errors, like Monza 2003 when he thought Montoya had passed Schumacher in the pits despite the fact it was Marc Gene leading...

Or maybe im just nitpicking

Knowlesy · 8 Dec 2004, 18:38 (Ref:1174564)

Maybe he seems less noticeable when the race is exciting then?

Maybe we listen to him more when the race is dull.

It is unfortunate that Hungary clashed with the pairing of James Allen and mark Blundell then.....

luke · 8 Dec 2004, 18:43 (Ref:1174567)

Quote:

Originally Posted by knowlesy

.It is unfortunate that Hungary clashed with the pairing of James Allen and mark Blundell then.....

A shame that Mark Blundell doesn't take James' role. I've always liked him.
But James and Mark are very tiring to listern to, it didn't help with the entertainment either.

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Knowlesy · 8 Dec 2004, 18:44 (Ref:1174570)

That is quite a contradictory statement luke.

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