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It's a British thing. Look at the glee and vigour with which the press have gone after stokesNice of ITV to try and get Deli Alli banned for England - can't imagine Spanish TV trying to get one of their stars into trouble.
Couple more from the thread, to long to fit into one post.....
No surprise that Gazza's "school boys own stuff" gets the most likes. Also has our relegation fight, get's that 100% spot on with our reaction as fans!
Barry Davies is 80!
Adam Hurley has put together a great thread on Twitter, sorry I'm going to post it all!
I think there was plenty of inspiration from Barry Davies for Alan Partridge's World Cup Countdown, desk of Sport, on The Day Today, but in a really good way, a kind of warm embrace. The bloke is absolute class.
I spend most of my time hating commentators, I can't stand the passion killers on English TV, main culprits tend to be Tildsley, Mowbry, Wilson, Peace & Fletcher (I much prefer radio coms than TV and will often have them on instead especially if it's MacNamara & Godwin)
So where is this waffle taking me, PETER DURY, that's where. I switched over to the Roma game last night and not only was it a terrific game but it was made all the better for Dury's commentary. Our finest commentator, no matter you the team that's playing too, he brings you into the game, takes you into the stadium. Why oh why do we have to suffer with Tildsly and Hoddle bore the shit out of us?
So it's Motson's final live game tomorrow, seems to be the longest good bye, even longer than West Ham's leaving of Upton Park. Lovely man, not my favourite commentator and in recent years he's been really poor. But without a doubt he has become an icon of the game.