78 replies to this topic

[Juan]

This women is so annoying and hopeless,i cant understand how she has a job.

She is the most HOPELESS interviewer ive ever seen in my life.
She is unproffesional in interviews and she asks the dumbest most useless questions.

How many times have you been waiting for her to ask a logical and usefull question to a driver after an incident but you get the usual

"you must be pretty upset with that" crap

Of course hes upset!! you stupid bat.

Shes not even good looking!!!

Shes just a clumsy fool.

[Rene]

Tell us what you really think!

[404KF2]

Maybe she makes Murray's thing swing.

[umma gumma]

nah, the only reason drivers talk to her is she walks around the pitlane topless

[Billy]

I watched her working in Melbourne, and she practices her lines over and over for about 15 minutes before delivering them .. it was funny to see her wandering around talking to herself. She's full of vitality and energy ... a real bright spark.

[teck]

Yeah, she's lovable in her own way. Drivers are accustomed to her and if they're willing to answer her questions, what's the problem?

Her walking around topless wouldn't do her much good.

Juan, clumsy fool she may be, but a pretty cute (I'm not talking looks here) one she is. Besides, she gives you something to bitch about?;)

Would you rather she not be there?

And why were you waiting for her to ask a logical and useful question at all? What about Murray Walker then? He makes even less sense and you hear a hell lot more from him.

[Mr. Salty]

Juan,

Are you saying you like your reporters sexy?? She doesn't fit the bill? Others (men) do??

Why do you have a computer??

[loppa]

Why does Lousie Goodman have a job?

because she gives a good one..

[CZM]

I believe that Louise also works for Tony Jardine, the ITV F1 pundit.

I wonder if she is contracted by ITV or by Tony Jardine's PR company?

If she was to be replaced, who would you like to see take her place?

[loppa]

damon hill..

;)

[Gary Grant]

I think Goodman is atrocious. She asks banal questions in questions, reports banal facts from the pitlane (she once interrupted Martin & Murray during a race to tell them that Gianni Morbidelli wasn't happy with his Sauber in the warm-up) and gives the impression of someone who knows very little in depth about F1.
Not to mention the fact that she looks stupid in that racesuit they make her wear.

THe only reason that she has her job is that she is a woman (it wouldn't be PC to sack her). I'd like to see her replaced with another female - but one who could do the job competently. She is currently giving female F1 fans a bad name.

[PAD]

I think that she used to be the public relations person for the Jordan F1 team. She may not be perfect but she does get interviews with many of the top people at the right time (e.g. after the Spanish GP she was interviewing Ron Dennis whilst the German national anthem is playing in the background).

... and all those of you who think nothing of her, I doubt that any of you could do anywhere near as well - and in case you do, get a mate with a camcorder, try interviewing people in the street then send it to your local TV station applying for a job. Then you can start critising someone else.

[Gary Grant]

What rubbish PAD.

Louise Goodman probably couldn't treat ill patients in a remotely competent manner, but she would have every right to criticise me if I performed poorly in a hospital setting.

She is a paid media interviewer/reporter and therefore I would fully expect her to do a better job than the average person in the street. By the standards of other interviewers or reporters on television she is awful.

And of course she gets some good interviews - she is the pitlane reporter for the biggest English-speaking TV company in F1. Just a pity that she then fails to ask any meaningful questions...

[g0nz]

Louise Goodman talking to Johnny after he crashed:

Louise: So what happened Johnny?

Johnny: I crashed!!

'nough said.

[Garagiste]

G0nz,
Which time was that? I've been waiting for her to interview a retiree this year and sign off with "Bad luck Johhny" out of habit!

[g0nz]

Garagiste,

Can't remember which race, but it goes to show her pedigree. At Silverstone last year I met James, Murray, Jim and Louise, all of which were friendly enough apart from Louise (and what the F*!k are all those stupid bands she wears all the way up her arm?)

[git]

Goodman is completely witless. I don't how she got hired in the first place. The fact that she's kept her job means to me that maybe she's got something on one of the ITV management: a boxful of polaroids of Tony Jardine or Jim Rosenthal in compromising positions, maybe. It has to be something like this as her continued presence on the team has got nothing to do with her ability as an interviewer or her technical knowledge. Also, she hardly qualifies as a "pitbabe" does she?

A replacement? How about Cocoa, the "talking chimp", from London zoo?

[loppa]

Originally posted by git
Goodman is completely witless. I don't how she got hired in the first place. The fact that she's kept her job means to me that maybe she's got something on one of the ITV management: a boxful of polaroids of Tony Jardine or Jim Rosenthal in compromising positions, maybe. It has to be something like this as her continued presence on the team has got nothing to do with her ability as an interviewer or her technical knowledge. Also, she hardly qualifies as a "pitbabe" does she?

A replacement? How about Cocoa, the "talking chimp", from London zoo?

i though she WAS the chimp!

[AbnormalAnimal]

Get rid of Louise and give the gorgeous Suzi Perry the job

[Jon Allen]

Originally posted by Gary Grant
I think Goodman is atrocious. She asks banal questions in questions, reports banal facts from the pitlane (she once interrupted Martin & Murray during a race to tell them that Gianni Morbidelli wasn't happy with his Sauber in the warm-up) and gives the impression of someone who knows very little in depth about F1.
Not to mention the fact that she looks stupid in that racesuit they make her wear.

THe only reason that she has her job is that she is a woman (it wouldn't be PC to sack her). I'd like to see her replaced with another female - but one who could do the job competently. She is currently giving female F1 fans a bad name.

You people whine about a PC atmosphere and deny the existence of sexism, and then complain that poor performances by a commentator give female F1 fans a bad name and evaluate the commentator in terms of sexual attractiveness. Would any of you ever, ever, ever fault Sam Posey for not being a babe, or state that his frequent errors give male F1 fans a bad name? Nothing against Sam, whom I admire, but there is a blazingly obvious double standard here. If you hate Louise Goodman's commentary, fine - I've never heard her and will have to take your word for it that she's no good. But some of the other remarks made about her in this thread are just caveman grunting, and throw the validity of the more relevant criticisms into doubt.

[Ross Stonefeld]

I give sam posey a break because he's got a nasty case of parkinson's

[Jon Allen]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
I give sam posey a break because he's got a nasty case of parkinson's

Yeah, I didn't mean to pick on Sam, whom I think is actually a decent commentator - he's driven F1 (a little), and has a nice dry sense of humor. I simply selected him as a controversial commentator whose strengths or faults have nothing to do with his sex appeal or role as gender ambassador. Substitute any male F1 commentator who has detractors.

[Dimo]

Let me ask a dumb question....

Am I the only one who has trouble understanding her when she speaks?

At first I thought it might be the accent, but I don't seem to have trouble understanding other Brits. When she comes on it sounds like she's talking with a mouthful of marbles...I have an easier time understanding Jesse Jackson.

Is it just me? Do Brits understand her?

[SlateGray]

Originally posted by Jon Allen


You people whine about a PC atmosphere and deny the existence of sexism, and then complain that poor performances by a commentator give female F1 fans a bad name and evaluate the commentator in terms of sexual attractiveness. Would any of you ever, ever, ever fault Sam Posey for not being a babe, or state that his frequent errors give male F1 fans a bad name? Nothing against Sam, whom I admire, but there is a blazingly obvious double standard here. If you hate Louise Goodman's commentary, fine - I've never heard her and will have to take your word for it that she's no good. But some of the other remarks made about her in this thread are just caveman grunting, and throw the validity of the more relevant criticisms into doubt.

Jon. My thoughts exactly.
With all the squawking we hear about Murray I never heard anyone complain that he is not a ripped buff little stud. Also never heard anyone say he has kept his job because he is licking all the right pussy.

[Garagiste]

Genuine:lol:
And quite right, too.

[jonpollak]

Although I am NOT British I have lived here for 'yonks' and can understand everyone from Ross Kemp to Tara Parker Tossyouoff...

Lousie Goodman.... can't understand a word, not a word,
My choice is the lovely and completely inteligable Beverly Turner who most of you will have never heard of due to her hosting that hienous NBA 2001 show here on ITV2 (at 1:35am no less)....

GO SPURS GO!

[Teez]

Jon Allen wrote:

If you hate Louise Goodman's commentary, fine - I've never heard her and will have to take your word for it that she's no good.

Hearing her is usually not a problem. Understanding her is quite another! Most of the time I don't have a clue what the hell she's saying. The times you do manage to make it out she's indeed asking silly questions. Then again, what is she supposed to ask? Most drivers won't answer anything in detail anyway, least of all a sensitive topic like problems with the car, within the team, etc. So basically I have no problem with her except being unable to understand her half the time.

But some of the other remarks made about her in this thread are just caveman grunting, and throw the validity of the more relevant criticisms into doubt.

How so? The majority of F1 fans are male. What's wrong with appealing to your target audience?;)

[Teez]

Originally posted by SlateGray

With all the squawking we hear about Murray I never heard anyone complain that he is not a ripped buff little stud.

Demographics, Slate. If the majority of F1 fans were women, particularly within a certain age bracket (like say 19-30 or something) you can bet your left one Murray would be replaced by some good-looking younger man sooner or later.

[SlateGray]

Originally posted by Teez

How so? The majority of F1 fans are male. What's wrong with appealing to your target audience?;)

NewsFlash. There are woman F1 fans.

As for the target audience, why discount more than 1/2 the population? I think the real target audience is people of both genders and all colours, not just white men.

[george baird]

I beleive she goes about with somebody connected with ITV sport how on earth would she get a job like this.

[Rudolf]

She was obsessed with Herbert but thankfully he's gone now. She IS obsessed with DC and sahe admits it. In her beyond the pitlane review book she is so obsessed that she only reports about how happy she was to see dc win and how sad she was to see Herbert go out. It does my head in !!!!!

[Dimo]

Originally posted by jonpollak
Although I am NOT British I have lived here for 'yonks' and can understand everyone from Ross Kemp to Tara Parker Tossyouoff...

Lousie Goodman.... can't understand a word, not a word.

Thank gawd. I thought it was just me...

[Rudolf]

Originally posted by jonpollak
Although I am NOT British I have lived here for 'yonks' and can understand everyone from Ross Kemp to Tara Parker Tossyouoff...

Lousie Goodman.... can't understand a word, not a word,

[Teez]

Originally posted by SlateGray

NewsFlash. There are woman F1 fans.

Of course. But do you think they are in the majority or minority? I don't have statistics but I'm willing to bet the vast majority (say, 75%+) are male. Do you disagree?

As for the target audience, why discount more than 1/2 the population?

Because they don't represent "more than 1/2" of the F1 viewers/fans out there.

I think the real target audience is people of both genders and all colours, not just white men.

Well, ultimately yes, just about any product would love to appeal to all genders, races, cultures, age groups, etc. That would be the dream market, not the target (i.e., existing) one. As it stands now the target market is indeed white (particularly European) males, much as anyone would like it to be otherwise.

But I think you misunderstood my comment. It was sort of tongue-in-cheek. Since men are statistically higher represented in the sport than anyone else what's wrong with giving such a group what they want, like for example, a young nubile babe? It's just a joke. As I said, apart from being able to understand her half the time I have no problem with Louise Goodman.

[Bob Nomates]

I have been out with Louise after we became email friends, who do you think bought her bangles?
She is fantastic in bed too!!, very quick!

[arcwulf7]

i kind of like her -- a little bit of a soft touch to f1 --

[damonhillchamp96]

We should introduce her to Sam Posie

[stevew]

I live in the USA, and have Speedvision coverage. Every GP weekend, a buddy of mine, who lives in Toronto, are on the phone watching the race on TV. He's made a lot of comments about not being able to understand Louise. I asked him to put the phone to his TV during one of her interviews and this is basically what I heard:

Louise: --------,----------,-----? --------------,------?
Driver: Well, Louise, we're not sure what happened. We'll have to look at the telemetry.

Louise: --------? ------, ------?
Driver: It looks like there was a problem with the hydraulics.

Louise: -------------------?
Driver: I'm fine, no problem.

Louise: ---------------------------!

[snow]

Never heard or seen her do an interview because I don't have ITV. It's kind of bad if listeners have a difficult time understanding her, but since I haven't seen or heard her I can't offer an opinion on the question at hand.

I like Steve Matchett on Speedvision though. His background makes him an excellent commentator. Peter Windsor is going to join Speedvision (used to be on Fox Sports)and I like him too. I think he does a good job interviewing people.

[Jon Allen]

Well, as far as vacuous questions go, what sort of pitlane reporting do you expect in this age of spin control?

Commentator: "[Insert driver name] - what's the matter? Do you just completely suck or is it that horrible car? At least you didn't spin off like you usually do."

Driver: "Well, a little of both. I'm not terribly quick even at the best of times, and that wretched engine [engine supplier] has saddled us with is the worst excuse for a powerplant we've seen in a long time. And another thing - [team principal] is such a bastard, I'm amazed anyone completes an entire season here."

[Mr. Salty]

[loppa]

Originally from the "Barrichello Book of Excuses for Formula One Drivers"
"Well, a little of both. I'm not terribly quick even at the best of times, and that wretched engine [engine supplier] has saddled us with is the worst excuse for a powerplant we've seen in a long time. And another thing - [team principal] is such a bastard, I'm amazed anyone completes an entire season here."

[Dimo]

Originally posted by Bob Nomates
I have been out with Louise after we became email friends, who do you think bought her bangles?
She is fantastic in bed too!!, very quick!

Yeah, but in that situation not being able to understand what she is saying is probably a good thing.

[jonpollak]

Originally posted by jonpollak
Although I am NOT British I have lived here for 'yonks' and can understand everyone from Ross Kemp to Tara Parker Tossyouoff...

Lousie Goodman.... can't understand a word, not a word,
My choice is the lovely and completely inteligable Beverly Turner who most of you will have never heard of due to her hosting that hienous NBA 2001 show here on ITV2 (at 1:35am no less)....

Is ITV reading my posts or what???

I arrive back home from the hard slog that was this last weeks job to find the lovely and talented Beverly Turner presenting the "lifestyle"section of the ITV F1 show.....won't be long before she replaces that Ms.Marlblemouth pit side....

Good luck ATLASF1 in your quest for the paying guest!!
Jp

[Menditeguy]

I have it from a reliable source that she is ( was) the mistress of one of the team owners. Infact I understand that in one of the press conferences two years ago it was aluded to and a major problem occured.

[nutts]

jim r on itv yesterday "now time to welcome a new face to the itv formula one team as we go over to beverley turner..."

cut to bt



anyone happen to see what her face was like???

[pRy]

Martin Blundell is the most boring ex-f1 driver to have ever sat in the ITV studio

[Wabznasm]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by umma gumma
[B]
nah, the only reason drivers talk to her is she walks around the pitlane topless

If her body is as ugly as her face I think the drivers would run a mile.

[FredF1]

Martin Blundell is the most boring ex-f1 driver to have ever sat in the ITV studio

I think you mean Mark Blundell?
Yep, he's prety dire. Sounds just like that git in the Ronseal commercial.
Just like watching paint dry in fact...

;)

[george baird]

She has a job for her boyfriend works in TV somewhere and helped get her the job if her IQ matched the number of bracelets she wore on her arm there would be no problem.Who is Bev Turner who turned up on ITV yesterday?
E-mail dutyoffice@itv.co.uk and complain about her and they will soon get the message hopefully.