Joined Jan 2016
801 Posts | 401+
Uk
Have you watched motogp on bt sports? It's a Rossi .... fest, of the whole crew, only Julian Ryder isn't in love with Rossi.
Joined Oct 2015
329 Posts | 196+
UK
Joined Jan 2016
801 Posts | 401+
Uk
Toby is hilarious, his calling Eugene Laverty Eujane was a classic in WSBK and Whit takes the piss out of him all the time...
Jamie Whitham should be in the MotoGP commentary team instead of Neil Hodgson, he knows far more about racing in general, is a naturally funny and entertaining person and he's not biased and up Rossi's backside either.
Prior to the race, Hodgson was being so fake, saying he really wanted Lorenzo to do well. Lorenzo got on the podium and Hodgson was nowhere to be seen after the race or in the chequered flag aftershow. With Rossi finishing 10th and Lorenzo 3rd, Hodgson was probably crying in a corner and refusing to go on camera unless they permitted him to go on a rant accusing the spaniards of screwing Rossi and giving him duff tyres [emoji1]
I've not not heard Huewen for years, I remember when he was WSBK commentator back in the day with Julian Ryder and he used to do the commentary for the TV/video footage of the TT, North West and Ulster road races. Last time I saw him he used to present Speedway, Indy Car and NASCAR on Sky Sports.
I used to quite like him but I was a kid back then, dead hyperactive with Julian calming him down. All MotoGP I've seen since the BT deal has been on the videopass with Nick 'Nine Time' Harris.
I used to quite like him but I was a kid back then, dead hyperactive with Julian calming him down. All MotoGP I've seen since the BT deal has been on the videopass with Nick 'Nine Time' Harris.
Joined Mar 2015
2K Posts | 337+
Chertsey, Surrey, UK
Joined Mar 2016
2K Posts | 2K+
FNQ
"Making all kinds of shapes" is the unknown darkhorse.
Seemed fitting at Argentina with MV giving the chassis a tweak at Argentina last corner.
Now it's his new favourite saying. and just plain annoying.
Seemed fitting at Argentina with MV giving the chassis a tweak at Argentina last corner.
Now it's his new favourite saying. and just plain annoying.
Joined Jan 2011
3K Posts | 152+
The North!
Yep, why not enjoy the race with the family or drinking buddies and play a game of Nick Harris bingo whilst watching
Blatant rip-off from Burnicle bingo,
Some of us Brits have been playing it in BSB for a couple of seasons now.
Funny how things from quality racing series up to probably the worst series from a racing point of view.
I loved this one whenever I heard it:
He's all over the back of him like a cheap suit!
Can't remember if that was Harris or not though....
He's all over the back of him like a cheap suit!
Can't remember if that was Harris or not though....
Joined Apr 2008
7K Posts | 3K+
Out of Nowhere
"You couldn't separate them with a cigarette paper"
"Swapping paint"
"Contact patch the size of a credit card"
"Nadgery" and "getting all squirrelly" are overused but particular Huewen favourites - also including "mired back in tenth", "out onto the berm", "the Doctor's dangle".
Cox and Parrish were beyond doubt the worst paring in a commentary box of any sport I've ever watched. Cox thought he was Leigh Diffey and Parrish thought he was funny. Austin and I were watching old WSB footage and SP came out with...
"and that is precisely why you'll never see traction control on a motorcycle".
I used to get Speed Channel for the AMA and some of those guys were pretty cliché ridden.
Mention also goes to master of the maloprop and mixed metaphor maestro Jack Burnicle.
"Swapping paint"
"Contact patch the size of a credit card"
"Nadgery" and "getting all squirrelly" are overused but particular Huewen favourites - also including "mired back in tenth", "out onto the berm", "the Doctor's dangle".
Cox and Parrish were beyond doubt the worst paring in a commentary box of any sport I've ever watched. Cox thought he was Leigh Diffey and Parrish thought he was funny. Austin and I were watching old WSB footage and SP came out with...
"and that is precisely why you'll never see traction control on a motorcycle".
I used to get Speed Channel for the AMA and some of those guys were pretty cliché ridden.
Mention also goes to master of the maloprop and mixed metaphor maestro Jack Burnicle.
There was a spell where Parish couldn't commentate on a TT race without mentioning how the helicopter couldn't keep up without cutting corners.
I really enjoyed Parish as a commentator on the BBC for the GP. I actually enjoyed their who show. I would sometimes download the BBC coverage for all the extras. Sometimes for a missed race as well.
Joined Mar 2015
2K Posts | 337+
Chertsey, Surrey, UK
Don't know if you ever heard him on the IOM TT but Murray Walker was very good. It was when he left F1 that I stopped watching, there's nothing more dull at commentating than an ex racer. (Oh yes MW was a racer on motorbikes back at the end of the 40's into the 50's :giggle:
Joined Apr 2008
7K Posts | 3K+
Out of Nowhere
Sure enough - Huewen yesterday - "berm", "squirrely", "nadgery", "9.6 for style", "mired" "The GOAT" etc etc.
