paley Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/...me-rugby-league Join team TRL to help cure cancer http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py...e&teamnum=43780 Team number 43780 Team summary: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/tea....php?s=&t=43780 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteenthman Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Interesting up to the point where he writes "Jonathan Davies's analysis is as astute as you will find in any commentary box anywhere. " Davies was a fanatstic player, but makes a lousy commentator, who appears to be completely out of touch with the modern game. Mind you, Martin Kelner is a Swinton fan isn't he... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy The C5t Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Interesting up to the point where he writes "Jonathan Davies's analysis is as astute as you will find in any commentary box anywhere. " Davies was a fanatstic player, but makes a lousy commentator, who appears to be completely out of touch with the modern game. Mind you, Martin Kelner is a Swinton fan isn't he... Watching the Leeds game back he does have a point and I would hope the BBC give the final to Woods and Kear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendall Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Davies will get the gig, he is always there for the big games because of his achievements in sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy The C5t Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Davies will get the gig, he is always there for the big games because of his achievements in sport. I'm glad you said sport and not League. He makes the most obvious mistakes where in Kear you have someone is up to date with the current goings on and has by far the more superior knowledge of the sport. Woods and Kear should get the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Watching the 'red button' post-match forums, I saw Dave Woods for the first time in quite a while. He's lost a bit of weight, no? In general, the BBC's coverage over the two semi-finals was pretty decent. "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteenthman Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Must admit, Jonathan Davies and Ray Fench apart, the BBC coverage has improved a lot. Clare really does seem enthusiastic about the sport. Just a shame less and less people are watching it on the BBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 (edited) In my opinion and experience, Davies is invariable correct in his analysis. He is just the sort of person we need on our side. Kear and French. although great servants, observers and interpreters of the game also reinforce the stereotype. Davies and Balding break it. Davies commands great respect amongst players and fans of both codes, which is why, I suspect, he is not liked by some on here, tha' knows, sithee! Edited August 9, 2010 by JohnM eiπ + 1 = 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolford6 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Martin Kelner is back on Radio Leeds, doing the Breakfast Show. Improved mornings no end for me, especially as I can't do with either Chris Evans or Bill Turnbull. Under Scrutiny by the Right-On Thought Police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy The C5t Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 In my opinion and experience, Davies is invariable correct in his analysis. He is just the sort of person we need on our side. Kear and French. although great servants, observers and interpreters of the game also reinforce the stereotype. Davies and Balding break it. Davies commands great respect amongst players and fans of both codes, which is why, I suspect, he is not liked by some on here, tha' knows, sithee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulliac Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Watching the 'red button' post-match forums, I saw Dave Woods for the first time in quite a while. He's lost a bit of weight, no? In general, the BBC's coverage over the two semi-finals was pretty decent. It was excellent, imo. It made a seismic leap forward when Clare Balding took over as frontperson and has got better and better ever since. Just the right balance between commentary, analysis and light hearted banter. Keep it up. No team is an island......................................... http://www.flickr.com/photos/31337109@N03/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/...me-rugby-league Mind you, looking at the comments below the blog, that DonGorgon is a real charmer, isn't he? "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff9of13 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 (edited) Mind you, looking at the comments below the blog, that DonGorgon is a real charmer, isn't he? There's a good rebuttal further down where someone asks "are you AA Gill's agent?" Edited August 9, 2010 by Griff9of13 "it is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadera78 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Just a shame less and less people are watching it on the BBC. Perhaps that's because no-one knows the games are being shown? "Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart." Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foozler Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Watching the 'red button' post-match forums, I saw Dave Woods for the first time in quite a while. He's lost a bit of weight, no? In general, the BBC's coverage over the two semi-finals was pretty decent. He was on the BBC a couple of months back taking part in a rowing marathon, I think that's where the lard went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteenthman Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Martin Kelner is back on Radio Leeds, doing the Breakfast Show. Improved mornings no end for me, especially as I can't do with either Chris Evans or Bill Turnbull. I remember Martin doing breakfast on Jazz FM around 10 years ago. Excellent show. He had racing tips from the lady with the pin, and Dora Dale from the potato capital of Europe - Ormskirk. Jizz in your face Martin, as Dora used to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrywebbisgod Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I remember when he was on radio Aire doing the breakfast show and the Monsieur Haricot stories with the catchphrase"I've got mine on".Must have been in the early 80's Thank you for your valuable contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirteenthman Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I remember when he was on radio Aire doing the breakfast show and the Monsieur Haricot stories with the catchphrase"I've got mine on".Must have been in the early 80's And of course he did a late night show on Radio Manchester, with Edouard LaPaglie the 'frenchman' who always pronounced Wakefield as Le Wacky-field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrywebbisgod Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 And of course he did a late night show on Radio Manchester, with Edouard LaPaglie the 'frenchman' who always pronounced Wakefield as Le Wacky-field. Edouard LaPaglie, that was the name, thanks for that. Thank you for your valuable contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trakl Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Martin Kelner's piece was good fun but, like some others, I can't agree on his views re "Jiffy" Davies whose inability clearly to articulate his thoughts and feelings on the game and its players is stark by comparison with the perception, vision and revelatory brilliance he displayed sometimes when playing. He doesn't say anything that surprises or delights and adds little to our understanding of the game in vision. Listening to the likes of Peter Sterling and, especially, Phil Gould - when the latter's stopped trashing English rugby league and all who sail in her - is more exciting partly because it's more educative. They appear to know more than Davies. I sense always, maybe wrongly, that rugby league is only Davies' second-favourite game. Anyway, here's Tony Collins on what he terms the "Genuflection." Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millman Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I sense always, maybe wrongly, that rugby league is only Davies' second-favourite game. I always think that Davies would never pay to see a game of league. He may even know a few names, and team tactics if he watched the odd sky game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelwire Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 In my opinion and experience, Davies is invariable correct in his analysis. He is just the sort of person we need on our side. Kear and French. although great servants, observers and interpreters of the game also reinforce the stereotype. Davies and Balding break it. Davies commands great respect amongst players and fans of both codes, which is why, I suspect, he is not liked by some on here, tha' knows, sithee! Davies is fine and shows his passion about our game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessie O'Hare Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 I always think that Davies would never pay to see a game of league. He may even know a few names, and team tactics if he watched the odd sky game. As an ex-GB lion he doesn't have to. You knew that, surely? "There are only 5 functions of Internet FORUMS. . . . . . . . Brag . . Patronise . . Wind-up . . Fawn . . Threaten. . . . . . . Which one did you perform? " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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