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#2451 Marklar

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Posted 11 January 2016 - 18:53

I genuinely have no personal opinion on him, but if you think he's the best sports presenter on UK tv then as I say, you can't watch too much sport, as he's not even the best presenter on BT Sport.

Which is also a personal opinion, isnt it?

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#2452 d246

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Posted 11 January 2016 - 19:09

i thought the same at the start of 09 but he grew into the role and him with dc and eddie really connected with the viewers and was good to watch. He is a good presenter(much better than perry), his job was to present and keep the show moving it didn't matter if he was not an f1 nut thats what the pundits are for and i thought he put plenty of enthusiasm into it.

That pretty much sums it up for me. I particularly enjoyed the forums with the three of them seemingly getting far more from the paddock characters than Sky has ever managed.



#2453 myattitude

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Posted 11 January 2016 - 19:58

I hope DC has enough of a soft spot for Eddie Jordan to ask CH4 to sign him up too.



#2454 Kev00

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Posted 11 January 2016 - 20:00

I actually really liked Jake Humphrey, and like Lazenby in the the same way. I don't think of either of them as an F1 boff, but they are both good presenters imo who bring the best out of the pundits. Suzi Perry makes me cringe too often.

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#2455 Risil

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Posted 11 January 2016 - 20:03

Which is also a personal opinion, isnt it?

 

Doesn't James Richardson do a couple of shows on BT Sport? In which case no, it's an objective fact that Humphrey isn't the best.

 

I doubt he's an F1 fan though, so Jake might have to do.


Edited by Risil, 11 January 2016 - 20:06.


#2456 Jonnycraig37

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Posted 11 January 2016 - 20:06

Which is also a personal opinion, isnt it?


Of course it is, as there is no BT Sport presenter of the year trophy.

James Richardson btw. Criminally underrated.

*edit* Risil beat me to it :(

Edited by Jonnycraig37, 11 January 2016 - 20:07.


#2457 Dalton007

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Posted 11 January 2016 - 21:50

DC will do well in the role of anchorman. I hope Eddie joins him.  :D Stick with Ben Edwards ----- and Mcnish?



#2458 BullHead

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Posted 11 January 2016 - 22:06

Yes, I've always thought DC better in presenting / interviewing than commentating. McNish and Edwards make a good comm pair

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Posted 11 January 2016 - 22:13

DC will do well in the role of anchorman. I hope Eddie joins him.  :D Stick with Ben Edwards ----- and Mcnish?

 

I don't think DC would be great as lead anchor. He doesn't have enough umph. Strong second in command, but not a front man.



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#2460 Boing 2

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Posted 12 January 2016 - 13:59

DC's alright but he's a little bland, I hope Jake doesn't come back, he was getting way too cocky by the end of his time and started getting up my nose.



#2461 Hacklerf

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Posted 12 January 2016 - 14:42

Hope EJ comes along to C4s show



#2462 Jordan44

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Posted 12 January 2016 - 16:33

Doesn't James Richardson do a couple of shows on BT Sport? In which case no, it's an objective fact that Humphrey isn't the best.

 

I doubt he's an F1 fan though, so Jake might have to do.

 

Not seen him cover any live sport - he presents a chat show which is pre-scripted, and vastly different to the type of presenter I was talking about. To my knowledge he presents a magazine show about sport but doesn't prevent any actual sport coverage.


Edited by Jordan44, 12 January 2016 - 16:37.


#2463 Kev00

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Posted 12 January 2016 - 16:39

Not seen him cover any live sport - he presents a chat show which is pre-scripted, and vastly different to the type of presenter I was talking about. To my knowledge he presents a magazine show about sport but doesn't prevent any actual sport coverage.

James Richardson presents the live European football shows on the weekends

Edited by Kev00, 12 January 2016 - 16:41.


#2464 Jonnycraig37

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Posted 12 January 2016 - 16:42

Not seen him cover any live sport - he presents a chat show which is pre-scripted, and vastly different to the type of presenter I was talking about. To my knowledge he presents a magazine show about sport but doesn't prevent any actual sport coverage.


He presents the live Italian & French football on BT.

#2465 Jordan44

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Posted 12 January 2016 - 16:42

James Richardson presents the live European football shows on the weekends

 

I knew that - but isn't it scripted? Very different type of role to what Jake did.

 

Anyway, Jake being the best was clearly hyperbole, but when someone says they'd prefer Suzi Perry, there is something wrong somewhere. She couldn't string a sentence together nevermind know what she's talking about.


Edited by Jordan44, 12 January 2016 - 16:45.


#2466 king_crud

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Posted 12 January 2016 - 16:54

I knew that - but isn't it scripted? Very different type of role to what Jake did.


There's a live event on, he chats to experts about what's going on. Sounds pretty much the same

#2467 Jordan44

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Posted 12 January 2016 - 17:16

There's a live event on, he chats to experts about what's going on. Sounds pretty much the same

 

Oh, I thought it was a magazine show.



#2468 king_crud

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Posted 12 January 2016 - 17:21

Oh, I thought it was a magazine show.


It's after the event for a lot of the games, but there are also Sunday evening games running while the show's on, or games that have just finished.

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Posted 13 January 2016 - 14:11

I don't think DC would be great as lead anchor. He doesn't have enough umph. Strong second in command, but not a front man.

 

DC clearly wanted that role, so let's see what he can do. Best of luck to him.  :up:



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Posted 13 January 2016 - 14:19

DC clearly wanted that role, so let's see what he can do. Best of luck to him.  :up:

 

 

It isn't confirmed he is lead anchor is it? Just that he is part of the C4 F1 team. That is all that is announced. 

 

Either way, I stand by my comment. DC is a great addition to any presenting team, just not as the lead.



#2471 Jonnycraig37

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Posted 13 January 2016 - 15:23

The fact that he's pulled out of hosting Top Gear so quickly after being announced suggests to me that his role will be very large within the C4 coverage.

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Posted 13 January 2016 - 15:37

The fact that he's pulled out of hosting Top Gear so quickly after being announced suggests to me that his role will be very large within the C4 coverage.

 

What planet are you on?

 

Coulthard was never announced as a Top Gear presenter. 

 

The Beeb exited F1 so people speculated - after being at the BBC - DC would join Top Gear, that's all it was. He didn't pull out of Top Gear, he was never part of Top Gear. It was never announced.

 

It was almost a forgone conclusion that Whisper Films would produce Channel 4's F1 coverage. Seeing as they are part owned by Channel 4 and have produced other motorsport programmes in the past.

 

DC is integral to Whisper Films, so in my opinion it was never likely he would be a Top Gear host, it was blind speculation by tabloids and forums. His sights were always set on continuing as part of the terrestrial coverage on Channel 4. 



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Posted 13 January 2016 - 16:15

Exactly

 

The only people I have seen confirmed anywhere for Top gear are Chris Harris and Sabine with the ginger.

 

So DC was never a part of it, and in my eyes the team they have is already far too race based, they need someone like May who is simply a car fan not a petrol head like Sabine and Harris.

 

The jobs for the boys team got it, but i would guess Humphrey is well into a huge BT contract and they will either have to pay him off or get someone else in to front it if DC is not doing so.



#2474 Jordan44

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Posted 13 January 2016 - 19:53

Someone on Reddit who claims they have a friend who works in the Channel 4 offices says that Suzi Wolff and Mark Webber are top of the list to join DC. Wouldn't mind that.



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Posted 13 January 2016 - 20:24

Someone on Reddit



#2476 Laura23

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Posted 13 January 2016 - 20:51

Someone on Reddit who claims they have a friend who works in the Channel 4 offices says that Suzi Wolff and Mark Webber are top of the list to join DC. Wouldn't mind that.


I have a friend who works with a friend who's brother's wife works for a company who employs someone who has a sister who works for Channel 4 who said it'll be a hologram of James Hunt commentating with Alex Yoong and Gaston Mazzacane as pundits. Will Young will co-host with Karen Gillan.

Confirmed.

#2477 Laura23

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Posted 13 January 2016 - 20:54

Being serious though, there were doubts over DC for a while and it was believed he'd stuck a deal with Chris Evans to contribute to Top Gear. That was all before Whisper confirmed with C4 though. He possibly was just looking for a back up in case plan A failed.

I still wouldn't rule out Suzi Perry as host. The situation is very fluid at the moment given so many people ran out of their contracts as the BBC coverage ended. They have very little time to finalise things so may just grab who is available the easiest for year one.

#2478 Kev00

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Posted 13 January 2016 - 20:54

Someone on Reddit who claims they have a friend who works in the Channel 4 offices says that Suzi Wolff and Mark Webber are top of the list to join DC. Wouldn't mind that.

Though it is speculation I would have thought that is probably the case. They are two big names with recent experience in F1 and are mates of DC.

#2479 Laura23

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Posted 13 January 2016 - 20:56

Though it is speculation I would have thought that is probably the case. They are two big names with recent experience in F1 and are mates of DC.


Webber has WEC commitments. So if he were to sign up he wouldn't be full time.

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#2480 Marklar

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Posted 13 January 2016 - 20:56

Although the Webber rumour surfaced now several times. But it doesnt sound plausible due to his own commitments, unless he would do something similar like Bruno/AntD at Sky...



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Posted 13 January 2016 - 21:36

Jake Humphrey to return?

 

I personally think football suits Jake a lot better than F1.  :up:



#2482 Jordan44

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Posted 14 January 2016 - 16:07

 

Someone on Reddit

 

 

The F1 sub is perfectly fine for rumours.

 

 

I have a friend who works with a friend who's brother's wife works for a company who employs someone who has a sister who works for Channel 4 who said it'll be a hologram of James Hunt commentating with Alex Yoong and Gaston Mazzacane as pundits. Will Young will co-host with Karen Gillan.

Confirmed.

 
Please tell me where I said it was confirmed - I was posting the speculation purely so people could discuss what they think about it's plausibility and about these two being pundits. If we just stuck to the facts it would be a boring place..

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#2483 Marklar

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Posted 14 January 2016 - 18:32

Crofty confirmed today at the Autosport Show that the Sky line-up will remain unchanged and hopes that Ben Edwards will land as a commentator at C4.

 

https://f1broadcasti...channel-4-role/



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Posted 16 January 2016 - 16:59

According to the Mail, It seems that Eddie Jordans' son is commercial director at Whisper, and that Eddie is likely to have a role. And the commentator is going to be Ben Edwards.



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Posted 16 January 2016 - 17:29

According to that report Jordan wont be on th highlight races though

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 17:47

He wasn't on the highlight races last year.



#2487 Marklar

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 17:55

Yeah I know ;) I just mentioned that :)

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 18:23

Talk about jobs for the boys

 

If it wasn't so pathetic it would be funny.



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Posted 16 January 2016 - 18:34

I guess if you only have 3 months to get a commentary team up and running you might well go for a tried and tested team, especially as I guess most of the (good) alternative choices might well have already signed contracts for the season even if some numpty regards it as 'jobs for the boys'



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Posted 16 January 2016 - 19:46

if that true then the only thing missing is channel 4 pick of races for this year 2016



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Posted 16 January 2016 - 20:25

Talk about jobs for the boys

If it wasn't so pathetic it would be funny.


It's really important to have people that know the sport. There's no point appointing a whole new team just for the sake of it. It's not like the BBC 'lost' the contract because the coverage wasn't any good.

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Posted 16 January 2016 - 23:16

I wasn't talking about that I was talking about al the hangers on, Humphreys company gets the deal, Jordans kid works there etc etc.

 

it makes me sick when you KNOW there are people far more talented and just as capable who will not get their chance as they are not someones kid.



#2493 sportyskells

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 09:00

i think there not enough time as well with 9 weeks to go before 1st race and we still not had the live race pick yet, any idea of when that happens?



#2494 Marklar

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 09:39

Last year it was announced on 7th january - 9 weeks before the season start.

The F1 broadcasting blog also reports that Suzi Perry is unlikely to join C4. Neither Humphrey nor McKenzie are looking likely for the lead presenter role.

Edited by Marklar, 17 January 2016 - 09:45.


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Posted 17 January 2016 - 09:44

which means any time this week then if i go by that which might also trigger this year new thread. i better keep a eye on the channel 4 press release then



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Posted 17 January 2016 - 11:44

According to the Mail, It seems that Eddie Jordans' son is commercial director at Whisper, and that Eddie is likely to have a role. And the commentator is going to be Ben Edwards.

God I hope not he his fast becoming a  jonathan legard type 

 

According to that report Jordan wont be on th highlight races though

 

It was the same deal he had ith the bbc then so no diffrence

Talk about jobs for the boys

 

If it wasn't so pathetic it would be funny.

it's just your opinion man

 

Last year it was announced on 7th january - 9 weeks before the season start.

The F1 broadcasting blog also reports that Suzi Perry is unlikely to join C4. Neither Humphrey nor McKenzie are looking likely for the lead presenter role.

Thank god I cringed at most of the stuff she said and the old blushing at guys as if they were some kind of mega star was revolting 

 

 

 

I do hope they give DC a proper role like brundell has and a real grid walk this time 


Edited by LORDBYRON, 17 January 2016 - 11:47.


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Posted 17 January 2016 - 13:28

Disappointed about Ben Edwards if true. He's as bad as Croft, shouty and often incorrect. Little strategic vision.

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Posted 17 January 2016 - 14:28

Disappointed about Ben Edwards if true. He's as bad as Croft, shouty and often incorrect. Little strategic vision.

He was a lot less shouty twenty years ago. Just listen to this, which I think was the first qualifying session he did live and where he had a familiar guest commentator.

Edited by ANF, 17 January 2016 - 14:29.


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Posted 17 January 2016 - 15:15

Continue the broadcasting merry go round here: http://forums.autosp...and-bbc-5-live/

 

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