[Nat (Rugby_Aholic)]

Re: Eorl Crabtree : Sun Jun 28, 2015 5:16 pm  

I dont see the fasination with picking forwards for commentry. Do we not have some half backs that could do the job?

Re: Eorl Crabtree : Sun Jun 28, 2015 5:21 pm  

Nat (Rugby_Aholic) wrote:

I dont see the fasination with picking forwards for commentry. Do we not have some half backs that could do the job?

Jiffy not good enough for you?

[PopTart]

Re: Eorl Crabtree : Sun Jun 28, 2015 7:27 pm  

Why does their position make a difference to how they sound on tv?

Re: Eorl Crabtree : Sun Jun 28, 2015 7:42 pm  

he does come across as a bit manufactured, he sounds nothing like that when you talk to him in his everyday routine!

Re: Eorl Crabtree : Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:24 pm  

Simms seems like a natural on TV, a shave, and a haircut is all that's needed. He pishes over 'one tone' Shirley as a pundit.

Re: Eorl Crabtree : Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:48 pm  

I don’t like this interviewing the players as they warm up malarkey.

After the game, fair enough, but as a player trying to get in “The Zone” only to be confronted by Big Eorl, that must be highly irritating.

Then, when he finally gets to speak to some poor sap, well on the whole, their hardly the greatest of orator’s are they?

Re: Eorl Crabtree : Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:29 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Simms seems like a natural on TV, a shave, and a haircut is all that's needed. He pishes over 'one tone' Shirley as a pundit.

The hair and stubble is probably why they got him on in the first place for the female viewers. Much like Jamie Redknapp on Sky, it can't be because of his punditry that they have him on so often.

Re: Eorl Crabtree : Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:43 pm  

Sims comes across surprisingly well - perhaps because he doesn't try to be anything other than who he is; seems to be a decent, humble bloke with a genuine passion for the game.

They just need to get him some new clobber - don't know what it is with the Antipods, but much like Nathan Brown, he seems to be wearing a suit and shirt that he bought in the 1980's.

Re: Eorl Crabtree : Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:54 pm  

bren2k wrote:

Sims comes across surprisingly well - perhaps because he doesn't try to be anything other than who he is; seems to be a decent, humble bloke with a genuine passion for the game.

He probably hasn't been on a bunch of media training days and so just sat there and was himself and it worked fine.

Eorl - trying to be a pundit, rubbish
Sims - just being himself, good

Re: Eorl Crabtree : Sun Jun 28, 2015 10:20 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Why does their position make a difference to how they sound on tv?

Because halves are the ones who make decisions the most, direct the teams, follow the coaches gameplan and so on, more than other positions. As a result, they can often give better insight into what's happening tactically on the pitch. Off the top of my head, these are the halves commentating in Aus: Johns, Fittler, Lockyer, Wally Lewis, Peter Sterling, Brett Finch. This is generally because they can provide better analysis than the likes of a prop who has a role of just carrying the ball forward and tackling for 80 minutes.