Martin And James

[Mike_Wooshy]

lol he loves ferrari to much thats the other thing i hate he hails ferrari for their greatness (which they are) but all the itv crew do it quiet annoying, when other teams do well & dont get a peep.

[esorniloc]

Another example of bad commentry from Martin and James today. Neither noticed Montoya passing Barrichello in shot and it was about a min later when they actually said anything about it, even though there were at least 3 shots of JPM ahead.

When will these amateurs get sacked?

[Mike_Wooshy]

soon

[verglas]

Did anyone catch the Radio 5 Live commentary today? Fantastic stuff yet again, enhanced by the inclusion of Johnny Herbert who was excellent, and came ot with some very rude comments about Ralf!! It really is worth watching the pictures and listening to the radio, no irritating JA to endure.....

[Mike_Wooshy]

how about i mute the tv & have 5 live as my sound instead

[Knowlesy]

As verglas said...

[Logrence]

Maybe they should get celebrities in to help Martin - I'd love to hear Dame Edna in that little box.

[spider]

Does ANYONE like James Allen? Anyone at all!?

[Dutton]

Don't think so, spider.

[Son of Jor-El]

Maybe Colin Rose does!!

[Dick Spanner]

He also came out with "and David Coulthard swerved into the path of Giancarlo Fisichella". Not on my telly he didn't, and what was the garbage he was spouting about Panis at the beginning? Something like "Panis looks like he's on the swings at the park waiting for someone to push him but nobody will" or did I imagine that?

[Knowlesy]

Sadly you didn't imagine that!

Also the marshals let the car roll down the hill a bit and James let out a horrible shrill scream: "HAHAHA! THEY'RE JUST LEAVING HIM!"

[Mike_Wooshy]

he needs to be sacked end of story.

[alfaman]

Prepare to shoot me down but .....

I'm no fan of James Allen but earlier in this thread someone wrote about how ITV looks after its own - or something like that.

Well just think if ITV dumped its commentators like Jaguar ditches its drivers we'd soon be left with that guy who does the post-race presentations at Castle Combe who sounds like Rodney from "Only Fools & Horses"....

On a different note I think ITV's pre-race build-up at Monaco was entertaining....the "Oceans 12" stuff for the casual observers, Johnny & Eddie for the more informed and some very well put together sequences including Coulthard plugging his hotel...

I think ITV needs to look at the whole team at the end of the season not just James Allen.

They could shed wooden Ted as well as Tony Jardine.

Keep Brundle and Blundell defintely. Jim Rosenthal is fine. I'd even say keep Louise whats-her-name - she's in a different league to JarJar Binks from Motors TV.

And I think Ben Edwards should get the commentators job although he needs a bit of a makeover! (Maybe get him on "Queer Eye for a Straight Guy"....). But technically you'd then have 2 ex-drivers commentating...

[neil_davidson2]

Yep - I think this weekend Ted managed to elevate himself to Dullard-in-Waiting most especially by his completly inept interview with Ross Brawn after Qualifying...

"You said that 'We' made it difficult for Michael - what do you mean? The car's no good?"

[Knowlesy]

And why does James always refer to everything as "rock 'n' roll?"

CUT IT OUT!

[Kicking-back]

Originally posted by knowlesy
And why does James always refer to everything as "rock 'n' roll?"

Because he's a ****!

[hamsmith]

ITV should stop encouraging the guy. I,ve just come across the guys race analysis.
www.itv-f1.com/itv_team/itvteam_story/21312
ITV must hate F1 fans.

[Knowlesy]

Yes.

Not exactly Nigel Roebuck is he?

[ralf fan]

Ugh... his first few lines make me want to close my browser...

oh well its back to my dart board with Allens picture on it..
anyone want to challenge me? who can hit JA's face the most times wins...

[DriverT]

Originally posted by Son of Jor-El
Maybe Colin Rose does!!

Not too sure about that

[DriverT]

Originally posted by knowlesy
Yes.

Not exactly Nigel Roebuck is he?

Errrrr... no. He's enthusiastic, though.

[Matthopps]

as if Trulli would care whether JAMES ALLEN! is happy for him or not, it doesn't matter; that race report was the worst pile of I have ever had the misfortune of reading:

" There were some bizarre incidents in this race, which made for a powerful subplot. First the Fisichella shunt, which McLaren are blaming the Italian for. He did appear to be going pretty quickly in the danger zone, compared with Montoya and Coulthard, whom he hit. It’s very lucky that no-one got hurt in that shunt".

So now the race has 'plots does it'! like the big accident at the start was planned! Of course Fisichella was going quicker than the cars in front of him - that's a fact not an opinion - that's why he went flying over the back of the Mclaren - he didn't appear to do the - he did! james allen can't even write anything half decent - get him GCSE English lessons and quick - actually better make that Primary School.

I can fairly say that james allen is the worst commentator to have ever graced a tv set; just gooooooooooo! quickly, anywhere away from F1,
I think Mr Blobby could do better!

end of rage (for now)

[Knowlesy]

Goooooooooooooooo.....and write for F1 Racing.

[Matthopps]

No, that would be an offence to F1 Racing mag!