Atrocious.
Determined to swap channels every 30 minutes; inane commentary (McEnroe aside); nauseating level of bias in favour of Brits (Andy Murray hysteria; referring to the 'plucky Brit' no less than six times in five minutes in Kyle Edmund's match); banal interviewing from Garry Richardson (see car crash interview with Murray after Verdasco win); Andrew Castle - words cannot do justice to describe just how much I dislike him, he has to be the worst commentator of all time.
Really, really poor effort all round.
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Must admit that the constant switching of channels does my head in. The Murray game was switched to BBC2 to accommodate the 18:00 news for 30 mins. Ridiculous. Sue Barker sounded fairly apologetic about it, too.
In the last couple of years, the Wimbledon crowd, once a bastion of polite fairness, does appear to have become more biased. There were cheers today for double-faults - and that's really not...erm...cricket.
In the last couple of years, the Wimbledon crowd, once a bastion of polite fairness, does appear to have become more biased. There were cheers today for double-faults - and that's really not...erm...cricket.
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Hubert Parry
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Thanks asl, I knew I had forgotten something. The crowd today were an embarrassment. Having Castle's sycophancy and the crowd being as they were, I was finding myself lending some support to JJ.
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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I'm glad to see another person who despises Andrew Castle. A mate of mine and I have hated him for years.
I often end up supporting 'the opposition' to an extent for the same reasons.
I often end up supporting 'the opposition' to an extent for the same reasons.
I certainly had sympathy with him about the roof: it looked dark, to me. The brightness of the broadcast picture's usually enhanced so I bet it was even darker than it appeared. I remember at the cricket once, they went off for bad light and they explained how the brightness on the TV was a bit false "and this is what it looks like without us doing that..." - the difference was astonishing. With that in mind, it looked seriously dark in there by 20:30.
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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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At least Castle didn't drone on about the air management system like he did last time I saw play under the roof.
Would have been lighter than in my house and that lighting was fine! They would have needed it by the end though.asl wrote:I certainly had sympathy with him about the roof: it looked dark, to me. The brightness of the broadcast picture's usually enhanced so I bet it was even darker than it appeared. I remember at the cricket once, they went off for bad light and they explained how the brightness on the TV was a bit false "and this is what it looks like without us doing that..." - the difference was astonishing. With that in mind, it looked seriously dark in there by 20:30.
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Hubert Parry
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I am loving the vitriol Castle is getting on twitter.
