Friday, March 30, 2007

When Commentators Say 'Oops!

From Some People Are On The Pitch

1. "Well Clive, it's all about the two 'M's - movement and positioning." (Ron Atkinson, ITV)

2. "For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip." (John Motson, BBC)

3. "You need at least eight or nine men in a ten-man wall." (Mark Lawrenson, BBC)

4. "An inch or two either side of the post and that would have been a goal." (Dave Bassett)

5. "Neil Baker is standing on the touchline with his hands in his tracksuit bottoms scratching his head." (Chris Kamara, Sky Sports)

6. "Keith Gillespie just lacks a bit of inconsistency" (Graeme Le Saux, BBC)

7. "With news of Scotland's 0-0 victory over Holland..." (Scottish Television presenter)

8. "They've tasted the other side of the coin on so many occasions." (Andy Townsend)

9. "We haven't had the rub of the dice." (Sir Bobby Robson)

10. "There's a real international flavour to this World Cup." (Jimmy Armfield, BBC Radio Five Live)

11. "Ian Pearce... has limped off with what looks like a shoulder injury." (Tony Cottee)

12. "Matches don't come any bigger than FA Cup quarter-finals" (Neil Warnock, BBC Radio 5 Live)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

ahhahah. i just love quotable quotes!

some of them are hilarious! like you know waht they meant to say, but it just turns out wrong XD ahahah.

Anonymous said...

oh, i think i saw one from BBC site the other day

"the colours for the teams are pretty obvious. Chelsea's in blue and tottenham's in white" (um. like how is that obvious? XD)

DROGBALLS said...

David Pleast's pronunciation of some of the player's names are pretty hilarious like Pascal Chimbomba etc.