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  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    I quite like him, his gaffes and one liners liven up some pretty dull stages.

    Liked today's line about the Laser dinghy "a bit more than a surf board, a bit less than the Royal Yacht Brittania!"

    The line about Sicilians filling people's boots with concrete re: Nibali while stereotypically amusing could have stayed unsaid.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    argyllflyer wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    I quite like him, his gaffes and one liners liven up some pretty dull stages.

    Liked today's line about the Laser dinghy "a bit more than a surf board, a bit less than the Royal Yacht Brittania!"

    The line about Sicilians filling people's boots with concrete re: Nibali while stereotypically amusing could have stayed unsaid.
    HAHAH i think thats quite funny :)
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Given you recently referred to women cyclists as "front bums" I think I'll ignore your opinion on humour.



    (I don't have any problem with the Nibali comment, I just don't think it's funny - mostly because nothing that comes out of Kirby's mouth is funny. He spends the next 5 minutes laughing at whatever he's just said).
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    This is with Nibali, he's always making some stereotypical Sicilian, mafia-related remark - evil stares etc... I don't personally have issue with it but it's the same old thing.
  • vinnymarsden
    vinnymarsden Posts: 560
    Tony Gibb does seem clued in..very much so..and has the ability to not speak if there nothing needs saying...plus he has just opened a wicked bike shop in the North of Sheffield..top man!!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I have to say that he did a more than decent job today, under difficult circumstances.
    Not one note of flippancy, just somber and respectful throughout.
    The Eurosport contribution struck the right chord as well; with a montage to both open and as a postscript.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    Agree, the right note struck.
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    I have to say that he did a more than decent job today, under difficult circumstances.
    Not one note of flippancy, just somber and respectful throughout.
    The Eurosport contribution struck the right chord as well; with a montage to both open and as a postscript.
    didn't hear this but have to say well done CK. Not fair to moan when he's bad without praising him for some decent work.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Announcements from Eurosport regarding Giro and Tour. New 1 hour Giro highlights show fronted by Jonathan Edwards. Giro hour highlights will also be shown on free to air Quest. In the list of presenters mentioned CK's name is missing (or I haven't read it properly).
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    CK doesn't do the Giro usually.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rob Hatch and Sean Kelly are doing the Giro. Hatch also says he will be part of a bigger commentary team for the Tour.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • narbs
    narbs Posts: 593
    Hatch & Kelly for the Giro. I asked Hatch if he was doing the Tour and he confirmed he'll be part of a larger commentary team. I suggested he holds on to the mic tightly....

    EDIT - what Rich said
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Sending carlton back to the cave?

    He wasn't all that bad when he was spitting out weird facts about the stage on the slower days of the race as the third wheel.

    In fact, some of the analysis they put out was quite interesting.

    Remember one looking at the average gradients of the mountain stages of each stage, and they incrementally got steeper as the Tour went on.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    He wasn't all that bad when he was spitting out weird facts about the stage on the slower days of the race as the third wheel.
    He was actually very good in that role. Just as Harmon was dozing off Kirby would pop up with a tall tale about how he once won a giraffe playing canasta with the Aga Khan.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Sending carlton back to the cave?

    He wasn't all that bad when he was spitting out weird facts about the stage on the slower days of the race as the third wheel.

    In fact, some of the analysis they put out was quite interesting.

    Remember one looking at the average gradients of the mountain stages of each stage, and they incrementally got steeper as the Tour went on.

    Maybe that sums him up. He can come up with an amusing tale for a few ins but cant commentate for an hour or more
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    The problem is more that if he's not kept in check the whole commentary becomes a monologue of Kirby's stupid stories.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Given they will be televising the entire race for the first time, this year, it's a fair bet that Kirby won't be in the cave, but the commentary box.
    My guess is that will be JHB's job again.

    So, they bought in Edwards and paid off Ashley and Juan Arrow?
    A bit more pro, but a lot less insight.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    So, they bought in Edwards and paid off Ashley and Juan Arrow?
    A bit more pro, but a lot less insight.
    Those two are still involved. It seems Eurosport are really beefing* up their coverage this year, which can only be a good thing.

    Here's their own press release: http://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/giro ... l#uk-tw-po


    *(Insert Contador gag into my splitting sides)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Given they will be televising the entire race for the first time, this year, it's a fair bet that Kirby won't be in the cave, but the commentary box.
    My guess is that will be JHB's job again.

    So, they bought in Edwards and paid off Ashley and Juan Arrow?
    A bit more pro, but a lot less insight.

    It will be like the last few Paris-Roubaix commentaries I guess - 2 commentators and a summariser paired up - at P-N we had Hatch, Quigley and Kelly doing that - at one stage it was Hatch and Quigley together.
  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    argyllflyer wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Given they will be televising the entire race for the first time, this year, it's a fair bet that Kirby won't be in the cave, but the commentary box.
    My guess is that will be JHB's job again.

    So, they bought in Edwards and paid off Ashley and Juan Arrow?
    A bit more pro, but a lot less insight.

    It will be like the last few Paris-Roubaix commentaries I guess - 2 commentators and a summariser paired up - at P-N we had Hatch, Quigley and Kelly doing that - at one stage it was Hatch and Quigley together.

    which confused the hell out of me, because I hadnt realised they were doing that and went out the room to get a drink when one of the changes happened and came back and thought I was watching a repeat or something :lol:

    at least we still get Ashley and Juan
  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    So Ashley and Juan stay or have gone? I like the way when Juan corners a rider for a word you sense they'd rather not but when they see it's Flech, crack a smile and open up.
    'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    Bo Duke wrote:
    So Ashley and Juan stay or have gone? I like the way when Juan corners a rider for a word you sense they'd rather not but when they see it's Flech, crack a smile and open up.

    House has been bumped down the pecking order...

    http://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/giro ... tory.shtml
    As the ‘Home of Cycling’, Eurosport is working with the biggest names in the sport for analysis and insight. These include 21-time Grand Tour stage winner Sean Kelly, former Team Sky rider Juan Antonio Flecha and former British road race champions Brian Smith, Rob Hayles and Matt Stephens. They will work alongside reporters Ashley House and Laura Meseguer conducting rider interviews before and after each stage.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Had he been drinking before he came on air today?
    Seriously.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Just crossed my mind how glad I am with Jungels doing so well that Kirby isn't commentating on the Giro.

    I think I would have reached peak Mr Bojangles and exploded.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I have found the root cause of the problem.

    Non-native English speakers bloody love him.

    Crying shame.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,557
    Pretty sure Eurosport used CK's commentary on the rest day highlights package which seemed odd. It was dreadful.
  • Alex99
    Alex99 Posts: 1,407
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    Pretty sure Eurosport used CK's commentary on the rest day highlights package which seemed odd. It was dreadful.

    His commentary for the final few km of Saturday's stage was painful. I actually felt a little embarrassed for some reason.
  • airborne_warrior
    airborne_warrior Posts: 199
    CK and Dan Lloyd are the Giro commentators on the channel I'm watching here in the UAE (OSN Sport). I think they make a pretty good partnership TBH.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Get out.
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  • 6wheels
    6wheels Posts: 411
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    I have found the root cause of the problem.

    Non-native English speakers bloody love him.

    Crying shame.

    Being from Brum, that probably explains why I miss him. :D

    I do wonder who the pundits prefer to work with, noticed Mr Kelly has been missing quite a bit during transmission of the Giro.

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