7's V8 Anchor man - Page 3

RayF · 20 Jul 2006, 07:23 (Ref:1660556)

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Originally Posted by DAVID PATERSON

Good point, Speedweek commentary does appeal to yobboes and boofheads.

Ouch!

DAVID PATERSON · 20 Jul 2006, 07:36 (Ref:1660561)

Well it does! I know some boofheads and yobboes and they think the commentary on Speedweek is great!

racer69 · 20 Jul 2006, 07:58 (Ref:1660584)

I'm with David on the Speedweek commentary....having said that, it is very hard to make post-produced commentary sound any good at all.

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Originally Posted by Blackmav

Remember Garry Wilmington, from Channel 7?

He's now commentating Dressage.
I would rather him than Red Hot GO Brocky.

You mean Garry Wilkinson. He pops up on Sky News abit these days as well. He parted company with Channel 7 circa-2003, but 7 do still use him for the occasional sporting gig (the olympics and so on).

Who will 7 have roving the pits?
Anyone remember some of their young pit reporters who disappeared into obscurity, the likes of Colin Young, and John Brady (Noel's son i presume?), they both weren't too bad.

Chatters · 20 Jul 2006, 08:55 (Ref:1660607)

i heard that the v8's, neil crompton and greg rust come as a package deal. i got nothing against rusty, but ****-for-brains crompton...

Harves · 20 Jul 2006, 09:19 (Ref:1660620)

Allan Moffat, nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooo

Raglanparade · 20 Jul 2006, 09:25 (Ref:1660623)

I think this is the perfect channel 7 line up.

Matthew White - Host
Neil Crompton - Race Commentary
Brad Jones - Race Commentary
Grant Denyer - Pits

I think these four people would satisfy the majority of the people that watch the V8's..

Bill Woods and Greg Rust wont leave 10.

Darryl Beattie loves the bikes too much.

You'll find Diffey and Rust will cover the Champ Cars, with Beattie and Rust covering the bikes on 10.

Diffey and Woods will cover the F1 on 10.

Channel 7 need to pull out the serious dollars and get Crompton to commentate the v8 supercars... Its almost got to the point where he is the 'voice' of V8 supercars..

Chatters · 20 Jul 2006, 09:40 (Ref:1660630)

yeh that sounds pretty good...

but is brad jones retiring? i agree he knows his stuff, but unless 7 is planning to have a driver commentating while driving like those useless old interviews they had, they're stuffed. i think with grant denyer racing in the development series he won't have to put off racing to host any stupid show on sunday nights. at rounds where he's not racing he could do well in the pits but i think it's be a bit full on for him to race then grab a mic and run laps around pit lane.

i think matty white should go back to commentating, he was funn to listen to on 10. that leaves you without a pit reporter, or a main host.

and hell, just to toss the idea in the air, how about daryll eastlake?

Raglanparade · 20 Jul 2006, 09:44 (Ref:1660634)

Darryl Eastlake !! no way

id much rather see Naomi Robson :P

StuiE · 20 Jul 2006, 11:32 (Ref:1660697)

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Originally Posted by racer69

I'm with David on the Speedweek commentary....having said that, it is very hard to make post-produced commentary sound any good at all.

Agreed, I don't mind Wade Aunger at all, Will Hagon isn't bad either, I listen to him on ABC radio sometimes (Thurs nights I beleive)

RayF · 20 Jul 2006, 19:20 (Ref:1661008)

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Originally Posted by gtr69

Agreed, I don't mind Wade Aunger at all, Will Hagon isn't bad either, I listen to him on ABC radio sometimes (Thurs nights I beleive)

Its good to know that yobbos and boofheads are not interested in V8s.

racer69 · 20 Jul 2006, 19:45 (Ref:1661018)

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Originally Posted by Raglanparade

Matthew White - Host
Neil Crompton - Race Commentary
Brad Jones - Race Commentary
Grant Denyer - Pits

One thing that has always puzzled me is why the commentators can't host the programs.....?

One from left-field, how about David Tapp?

SkaifeHRT · 21 Jul 2006, 05:33 (Ref:1661205)

PPPLLLLLLEEEAAASSSEEE let it be Neil Crompton!!!

mountainstar · 21 Jul 2006, 06:00 (Ref:1661215)

I like Moffat a lot, but he was a terrible commentator!

retro · 21 Jul 2006, 06:19 (Ref:1661222)

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Originally Posted by mountainstar

I like Moffat a lot, but he was a terrible commentator!

No I could live with Moffat I like his tell like it is style...Denyer is the one that will yurk me....no one can be that happy all the time can they.

Falcadore · 21 Jul 2006, 06:35 (Ref:1661225)

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Originally Posted by retro

No I could live with Moffat I like his tell like it is style...Denyer is the one that will yurk me....no one can be that happy all the time can they.

Crompton would be nice, but it's not very likely that Channel Ten would let him go when they still have plenty of other motorsport commitments.

Falcadore · 21 Jul 2006, 06:45 (Ref:1661228)

Oh, and seeing as Grant Denyer is now a major network star at Seven, the network won't want him anywhere near the pits. Commentator or host only. Pit reporter is a junior role, and good on Grant for having moved well beyond that.

Chatters · 21 Jul 2006, 07:24 (Ref:1661245)

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Originally Posted by SkaifeHRT

PPPLLLLLLEEEAAASSSEEE let it be Neil Crompton!!!

gee what you been smoking mate, i want some...

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Originally Posted by racer69

One thing that has always puzzled me is why the commentators can't host the programs.....?

good point mate, billy woods had a significant role as a commentator/host, but now he's most likely replacing ron wilson at the news desk. i think someone asked about that eariler, so yeah. if you go back to the days that 7 had the v8s you'd remember that mie raymond was usually the host and commentator..

and besides, it's happened with heaps of other sports, so why not v8s these days?

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Originally Posted by Falcadore

Oh, and seeing as Grant Denyer is now a major network star at Seven, the network won't want him anywhere near the pits. Commentator or host only. Pit reporter is a junior role, and good on Grant for having moved well beyond that.

true, he might be a good idea as the host of a motorsport show (RPM moving to 7? we'll see)

cavvy · 21 Jul 2006, 09:41 (Ref:1661348)

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Originally Posted by Chatters

gee what you been smoking mate, i want some...

good point mate, billy woods had a significant role as a commentator/host, but now he's most likely replacing ron wilson at the news desk. i think someone asked about that eariler, so yeah. if you go back to the days that 7 had the v8s you'd remember that mie raymond was usually the host and commentator..

and besides, it's happened with heaps of other sports, so why not v8s these days?

true, he might be a good idea as the host of a motorsport show (RPM moving to 7? we'll see)

Chattererer,
Ignorant as I am, who is Ron Wilson, obviuosly a name in your back yard ?

kmsport · 21 Jul 2006, 10:01 (Ref:1661362)

I dunno about Crompton, he alienates me with his.."I was speaking to Mark Webber after qualifying..." routine. Bless his heart, I loved and took for granted Barry Sheene's.."Well, I was talkin' to Mick this mornin'.."
I guess I believe someone who's been there and done it easier than someone who's tried but couldn't...
That's why I wonder if 7 may be searching for an insider...??

DAVID PATERSON · 21 Jul 2006, 12:59 (Ref:1661478)

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Originally Posted by RayF

You have to understand the target audience on Speedweek, and the motor racing needs to be entertaining for them. Aunger, Prendergast, and Boyden are pros at that, but they can pitch the level up to even the motor sport snobs (and isn't that most of us?).

I've never liked Wade Aunger's commentary, and I've always thought Grant Boyden was the pick of a bad bunch on Speedweek, but today at QR, Boyden was assisting Barrie Oliver with trackside commentary and i think he did very well. He was concise, objective, articulate and informative. Well done.

retro · 21 Jul 2006, 13:16 (Ref:1661497)

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Originally Posted by DAVID PATERSON

I've never liked Wade Aunger's commentary, and I've always thought Grant Boyden was the pick of a bad bunch on Speedweek, but today at QR, Boyden was assisting Barrie Oliver with trackside commentary and i think he did very well. He was concise, objective, articulate and informative. Well done.

Definately agree with that.

RotorFan · 21 Jul 2006, 14:27 (Ref:1661566)

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Originally Posted by RayF

So how do you pronounce Pergot, Peurgoet, Puor,... Oh well you know what I mean!

Mate get it right, you know its "Pyoojo".

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Originally Posted by kmsport

I dunno about Crompton, he alienates me with his.."I was speaking to Mark Webber after qualifying..." routine. Bless his heart, I loved and took for granted Barry Sheene's.."Well, I was talkin' to Mick this mornin'.."
I guess I believe someone who's been there and done it easier than someone who's tried but couldn't...
That's why I wonder if 7 may be searching for an insider...??

Couldn't what? Win multiple championships and Bathursts? What do you want? He knows exactly what he's talking about, injects excitement, interest and is very articulate. Thats what a commentator is meant to be. How many blokes have you heard manage to talk about technical things while keeping everyone interested and then make the intro with 5 or more sound bytes of his excitement? (By the way has anyone else noticed he hasn't been that excited lately? Where are the "How close was that?!" and "Unbelievable!" 's these days... Maybe its his silent protest against reverse grids)

I know what you're saying though - but Diffey is the worst in that particular regard (among so many others). How many times have you heard him say "I was having a candid chat with Lowndes yesterday and you know what he said to me? he said... blah blah blah". Always something about being a new man or more focussed or whatever. No one cares!

We're spoilt with Crompton commentating, I think.

racer69 · 22 Jul 2006, 08:24 (Ref:1662005)

Is 'Neils on Wheels' considered the "voice of the series" because he really knows what he's on about, or rather because he has just been hanging around the series for so long (he's been commentating on the championship on-and-off since 1983 remember).......

Can Channel 7 please re-hire Kerry Luckins to do the pitwork?

Chatters · 22 Jul 2006, 14:04 (Ref:1662160)

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Originally Posted by cavvy

Chattererer,
Ignorant as I am, who is Ron Wilson, obviuosly a name in your back yard ?

If by "back yard" you mean "sydney news anchor" then um... Yeah go figure lol.

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Originally Posted by racer69

Is 'Neils on Wheels' considered the "voice of the series" because he really knows what he's on about, or rather because he has just been hanging around the series for so long (he's been commentating on the championship on-and-off since 1983 remember).......

I totally agree with that... He knows what he's talking about, but he is so up himself...

I'll tell you a story about Neil Crompton. Back when I was a little guy, our family used to make regular visits to Amaroo Park, 'cause my dad was a fire marshal. One day Bap Romano, Paul's father, crashed while racing what I think was a Sports Sedan. Put simply, he was trapped in the car. So imagine: You've got marshals crowding around the car, checking for any chance of fire, talking to Romano, making sure he's OK, and the like. It's a pretty tense scene, because someone's trapped (duh), and who turns up? ****-For-Brains Crompton coming as a complete set with camera crew and microphone. What does he do? He tries to shove a microphone into the car, to get an interview. Well done. Round of applause please. So what does my dad do? The only logical thing. He pulls him out pf the way, yells at him and says he'll "cut his ****ing cord if you don't **** off".

Don't think it got on TV though...

mac · 24 Jul 2006, 00:02 (Ref:1663030)

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Originally Posted by Chatters

Back when I was a little guy, our family used to make regular visits to Amaroo Park, 'cause my dad was a fire marshal. One day Bap Romano, Paul's father, crashed while racing what I think was a Sports Sedan. Put simply, he was trapped in the car. So imagine: You've got marshals crowding around the car, checking for any chance of fire, talking to Romano, making sure he's OK, and the like. It's a pretty tense scene, because someone's trapped (duh), and who turns up? ****-For-Brains Crompton coming as a complete set with camera crew and microphone. What does he do? He tries to shove a microphone into the car, to get an interview. Well done. Round of applause please. So what does my dad do? The only logical thing. He pulls him out pf the way, yells at him and says he'll "cut his ****ing cord if you don't **** off".

Damn him to hell I say!!!