Hugh Porter
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There's a real skill to sport commentary and you don't really notice people that do it well. Anyone who watched the Italy v Wales game and witnessed Jonathan Davies having to make the sudden move from experienced analyst / pundit to commentator will have seen how difficult it is to keep up a flow and that was in a sport where there is more constant action.0
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Porter is useless on the road but still ok for track,quite like that understated been there,done that type of thing, as
for Brotherton,I think he should be doing the Gee Gees,allways sounds like he's jizzing himself to me!0 -
Pross wrote:There's a real skill to sport commentary and you don't really notice people that do it well. Anyone who watched the Italy v Wales game and witnessed Jonathan Davies having to make the sudden move from experienced analyst / pundit to commentator will have seen how difficult it is to keep up a flow and that was in a sport where there is more constant action.
There's only one spot for it so it shouldn't be hard to get the best person for it.0 -
Problem I find with Brotherton I always have this nagging feeling he'd rather be commentating on Match of the Day.0
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Porter seems like a lovely bloke, and his enthusiasm is great. But (apologies if one of the YouTube links has already covered it) things like the Melbourne Road Worlds - when he didn't spot that Gilbert had been caught - show that like Liggett, as you get older you get slower, and at the end of a bike race you can't afford to be slow.
(Mind you, Michel Wuyts was pretty leisurely at the end of yesterday's Paris-Nice stage, but then Wuyts - even though i understand less than half of what he says - is untouchable.)kop van de wedstrijd0 -
People hate change, that's the only reason they think they're sad to see Hugh go. Passionate and enthusiastic he may have been but his retirement is long overdue. Plenty of other journos and ex pros out there that can do the job and will be better educated/connected to keep us informed now.Trail fun - Transition Bandit
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Sad to see Porter go, but he has become a bit error-prone recently, so in performance terms, it's no bad thing. Brotherton is a very good commentator. He's been doing the radio stuff on the Tour for years. He does a good job of a bunch sprint commentary on the radio, which can't be easy.
Porter was on fire at the Manchester Velodrome for the Sunday of the Nat Champs in 2011. He was compere and commentator, as one would expect. His explanation of the Madison was masterful, I thought. He also acted as "floor manager" to get the crowd cheering during the less exciting moments. He didn't think the crowd response to the introduction of Sir Chris was sufficiently loud, gave us a stern lecture and gave us another chance by reintroducing him! Suffice to say, the rafters were duly raised. He also appointed himself "coach" during the womens' Madison, "suggesting" when teams should try and take a lap or save things for the next sprint! Porter's performance is actually my abiding memory of the day, other than the sight of the fearsome womens' TP squad in the Rainbow stripes catching their opponents by the kilo.
If only the Beeb could have handled his departure better.0 -
Word is that the Drearygraph article is misleading, to say the least. Heard from a meejah contact that the Beeb bigwigs went to speak to him in person, and offered him the chance to go to Minsk as a last hurrah but he threw a strop0
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Lovely fella.0
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Hugh at the British circuit race national championships 2013Contador is the Greatest0
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lovely boots - I do believe theyre from NextThe dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.0 -
Gasping - but somehow still alive !0
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strange resurrection going on here.
Is Hugh Porter not now like Nelson Mandela and no one is sure whether he's alive.
Lets not overplay the value of rider recognition though.0