James Allen

Andy Metcalf · 8 Feb 2003, 22:56 (Ref:500958)

Hopefully this season will mean James Allen speaking more sense and not making attempts to imitate Murray Walker. Martin Brundle needs a medal working with James Allen sometimes.

Valve Bounce · 8 Feb 2003, 23:02 (Ref:500964)

Nothing that a good case of extended laryngitis won't fix.

Damon · 8 Feb 2003, 23:27 (Ref:500999)

Don't get me started on James Allen, he really does my head in. "Are you ready, are you ready, are you ready..." aaaaarrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Valve Bounce · 8 Feb 2003, 23:31 (Ref:501005)

That Bigbird Goodman girl that hangs around the pits is no better - she is totally unintelligeable.

Bring back Murray, please.

Damon · 8 Feb 2003, 23:35 (Ref:501010)

Nah, he got too gimmicky by the end. Let us have Edwards and Watson. Oh how I'm gonna miss digital

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Logrence · 8 Feb 2003, 23:48 (Ref:501019)

I want the Five Live guys on the telly...or the dude who does it for talksport and the F3000 on itv...

Valve Bounce · 9 Feb 2003, 00:23 (Ref:501063)

You mean we had dead guys before

f1manoz · 9 Feb 2003, 00:55 (Ref:501100)

James Allen is a bleedin' moron. Get Ben Edwards on there. That guy knows how to commentate.

racer69 · 9 Feb 2003, 03:38 (Ref:501151)

I was told that we would be getting channel 10 commentators for F1 this year, so maybe we won't have to put up with Allen

DNQ · 9 Feb 2003, 04:14 (Ref:501160)

racer69...if that means we miss out on Martin Brundle, then that is a great shame indeed

Although, Neil Crompton would be great in the box - Channel 10 commentators would be alright so long as they don't get that muppet Matthew White in the box.

racer69 · 9 Feb 2003, 04:54 (Ref:501172)

As a solution, how about Neil Crompton and Martin Brundle together

DavidStHubbins · 9 Feb 2003, 06:56 (Ref:501210)

Oh god, sounds like they have really flushed us down the toilet now then - what if its Eddie McGuire and Rolf Harris? Rolf could do digeridoo noises and wobble board when Montoya is catching someone to overtake. Eddie McGuire could buy Jordan and put Nathan Buckley in it and talk about Jordan all afternoon and bring in Buckley after the race and talk about how good he was and exchange loving glances and sweet nothings.

Valve Bounce · 9 Feb 2003, 09:26 (Ref:501250)

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Originally posted by DavidStHubbins
Oh god, sounds like they have really flushed us down the toilet now then - what if its Eddie McGuire and Rolf Harris? Rolf could do digeridoo noises and wobble board when Montoya is catching someone to overtake. Eddie McGuire could buy Jordan and put Nathan Buckley in it and talk about Jordan all afternoon and bring in Buckley after the race and talk about how good he was and exchange loving glances and sweet nothings.

Hey!! That sounds good to me. Eddie McGuire it is then.

Muppet · 9 Feb 2003, 09:43 (Ref:501257)

That Aussie bloke Grant Boyden... actually all the V8 Brute commentators would make a good F1 commentary team. If ITV gave a choice to viewers then James Allen would be talking to himself. ;-)

Valve Bounce · 9 Feb 2003, 10:12 (Ref:501265)

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Originally posted by Muppet
If ITV gave a choice to viewers then James Allen would be talking to himself. ;-)

Strange :confused: I thought that's what James Allen has been doing all along :rolleyes;

DNQ · 9 Feb 2003, 10:46 (Ref:501281)

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Originally posted by racer69
As a solution, how about Neil Crompton and Martin Brundle together

That'd be about the best commentating team possible. Chuck in Kerry O'Keefe and Murray to make some comments and you'd have my dream lineup

**Asp** · 9 Feb 2003, 14:04 (Ref:501413)

I hate to say it, but at the end of last season, James did grow on me and reduced my hate level on him.
OK, he's no Muzza - but who is? He can't make a boring race interesting - but it is a difficult art to master. At first, he really was

, but now he's getting more practice he's improving at a decent rate. Of course, I'd much rather have Ben or, of course, Martin Haven - his gaffes are very nearly at Murray standard!
But if we do boot him from the box, stick him back in the Pits. He knows his stuff on that side of things, he knows his strategies, and if only to get rid of Ted Kravitz!!! *screams*

Logrence · 9 Feb 2003, 16:19 (Ref:501490)

I really can't stand the way he stands there and screams "Are you ready!?" "Can you feel it!?" at the start - it's not fricking wrestling!

Jellybabe · 9 Feb 2003, 16:20 (Ref:501491)

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Originally posted by Damon
Nah, he got too gimmicky by the end. Let us have Edwards and Watson. Oh how I'm gonna miss digital .

Watson? You've got to be kidding. He made more mistakes than Murray in his last few years and it got very tedious having to listen to him go on about how wonderful Michael Schumacher is all the time. Anyone would think he was on Ferrari's payroll! Damon Hill was 100 times better because the studio team would discuss things around the race instead of just giving commentary. I wish ITV would take on digital's studio team to do the commentary (and get rid of Jim Rosenthal!) with Peter Windsor and James Allen in the pitlane.

Damon · 9 Feb 2003, 16:27 (Ref:501499)

Peter Windsor is the god of pit lane coverage! Watson was just and fair most of the time, yeah he was a bit of a Schu fan-boy but Edwards made up for that! What I liked is that they spoke to you about often quite technical stuff, as someone who understands it. I hate being patronised by the ITV crew. Hill and McCarthy were fantastic in the studio during the race, it was like watching the race down the pub with your mates!

Jordi · 9 Feb 2003, 17:07 (Ref:501526)

I just hope we had Edwards for CART at Eurosport again...

And I wished I could hear Damon, but we are okay here with Gené, Servi�* and probably De la Rosa this year...

Raven · 9 Feb 2003, 17:22 (Ref:501538)

Boy am I gonna miss F1D+

ITV needs to do a complete overhaul IMO. Digital just had the perfect line-up.

And what about those long in-depth interviews with team managers on Friday between practice sessions? They were first rate, especially the one with Ron Dennis that they showed in October. ITV will probably give us Beverly Turner interviewing some nobody.

bastinscully · 9 Feb 2003, 17:32 (Ref:501549)

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Originally posted by Valve Bounce
That Bigbird Goodman girl that hangs around the pits is no better - she is totally unintelligeable.

Bring back Murray, please.

Suzi Perry Would be nice as a pitlane girl

Jellybabe · 9 Feb 2003, 19:16 (Ref:501654)

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Originally posted by Damon
Peter Windsor is the god of pit lane coverage! Watson was just and fair most of the time, yeah he was a bit of a Schu fan-boy but Edwards made up for that! What I liked is that they spoke to you about often quite technical stuff, as someone who understands it. I hate being patronised by the ITV crew.

Yeah, but that was the thing about digital - only the people who were really into F1 anyway were going to be watching it, which meant they're more likely to understand what they're talking about. ITV gets casual viewers as well, and too much technobabble (to pinch a Star Trek term!) would put them off watching again.

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Hill and McCarthy were fantastic in the studio during the race, it was like watching the race down the pub with your mates!

Yeah, that's why I liked it so much, and they still managed to get in a few stories about the drivers and some bits of technical info too.

Valve Bounce · 9 Feb 2003, 21:54 (Ref:501817)

And I am sure at least 80% of members in this forum will agree with me: Michael Schumacher and Martin Brundle

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