Turn up the crowd volume and turn down the referees

[iangidds]

Feels like there are no crowds or atmosphere 

[Tosh]

15 minutes ago, iangidds said:

Feels like there are no crowds or atmosphere 

This.

Why do you even need to hear the referee anyway?

[Gomersall]

At least we didn’t hear Mrs Badger shouting MOOOVE at the top of her voice every five seconds last night.

[iangidds]

4 hours ago, Gomersall said:

At least we didn’t hear Mrs Badger shouting MOOOVE at the top of her voice every five seconds last night.

That was better , this has been going on with the BBC for the last 15 years , can't believe no one has sorted this

[creditwhereitsdews]

Quite agree, it's horrible and detracts from the match. 

[DavidM]

5 hours ago, Tosh said:

This.

Why do you even need to hear the referee anyway?

I’ve said this before . There are pertinent things we may be interested in hearing at various points but we just don’t need to hear the constant minutiae of 1 … move … 2… back … hold .. three .. move etc etc . 

[JohnM]

Isn't that a bit selfish, though? You know the rules...I know the rules (maybe) but not all viewers do, so it may be helpful to newbies to hear the ref.

[Tosh]

29 minutes ago, DavidM said:

I’ve said this before . There are pertinent things we may be interested in hearing at various points but we just don’t need to hear the constant minutiae of 1 … move … 2… back … hold .. three .. move etc etc . 

Definitely video ref decisions and possibly when the referee calls for both captain’s for rulings on fouls etc.

[meast]

It used to be the same on the super league's own match highlights, you couldn't hear any crowd noise just the officials' Comms.

Surely it's not that hard to have match highlights with just the crowd noise?

Every other sport manages it.

[tiffers]

Its a pet hate of mine.
So frustrating to hear MOOOOOOOVVEE permanently at the volume its at. I'm not even advocating turning it off... just for a little less of it.
Interestingly, my other half says it annoys her and she's not even watching the match...

[graveyard johnny]

4 hours ago, tiffers said:

Its a pet hate of mine.
So frustrating to hear MOOOOOOOVVEE permanently at the volume its at. I'm not even advocating turning it off... just for a little less of it.
Interestingly, my other half says it annoys her and she's not even watching the match...

well if you keep saying to her "get me another tinny from the fridge cmon MOOOOOOOOVVEE" during every match its bound to do 

[Hanover XIII]

I've never understood why we need to hear the ref instructions constantly. 

They're not explaining anything for newcomers. To me it's just a braying noise for five tackles. 

Turn it right down and then up again when a pen or explanation is being given. 

[Ragingbull]

1 moooooove

2 move

3 move move

4 movement

5 mmmmoooooovvvveeee