Guess I’m not alone in finding Tommy Smyth’s commentary on ESPN completely infuriating. I cannot bear to hear him talk about “bulging the old onion bag.” Meanwhile Andy Gray is showing the depth and sophistication of his experience. I can’t help thinking that ESPN thought they were hiring the different Tommy Smith, since on the face of it, the one they have is completely unqualified to comment.
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I’m watching Italy-Spain in the first overtime and yes, the announcers are annoying. For the last week and a half I’ve been watching games from various pubs in the south of England and each of the two networks that covered games did a much better job than these two. The refs were better as well, but I don’t think we can blame that on ABC/ESPN –
Cheers, Robert
David, you might be interested in this article re: ESPN coverage during Germany-Turkey:
http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/25/espn/index.html