Get rid of Mike Tucker

Well,I.m so happy you all tghink he's wonderful. The man is a prat and there's no getting round that. I am absolutely sick off him wittering on about things in which I have ely no interest and in which he knows even less. The man is a complete bufoon and Iam absolutely sick of listening to him.
The other thing I am really sick of is a computer propgramme that thinks I know better than I do what I want to say
 
Maesfen said:
He's great, will be a sad day if he goes, all the others are such know it alls but he is totally natural and fun.
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Crikey, you've calmed down a bit. A few days ago, when I wasn't quite as outspoken as some of this lot, but none the less pointed out that the man's an idiot, you told me that I'd gone down in your estimation, and you were really quite cross with me. :confused:

There's a world of difference between a "Know it all" and a buffoon. I'd prefer to listen to someone who speaks with authority. He has an excellent presenter's voice, I'll agree, if only he'd prepare for his broadcasts, before he starts!

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
'd prefer to listen to someone who speaks with authority. He has an excellent presenter's voice, I'll agree, if only he'd prepare for his broadcasts, before he starts!

Alec.
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I agree with you, but to find such a person is like finding a Blueberry.
 
LJLazonby said:
Well,I.m so happy you all tghink he's wonderful. The man is a prat and there's no getting round that. I am absolutely sick off him wittering on about things in which I have ely no interest and in which he knows even less. The man is a complete bufoon and Iam absolutely sick of listening to him.
The other thing I am really sick of is a computer propgramme that thinks I know better than I do what I want to say
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sorry, if you're not interested, why ARE you listening to him?
 
chestnut cob said:
I love him, it wouldn't be the same without him!

I said this on a thread somewhere else too but it's exactly the same in cycling (which I follow avidly). Cycling on TV is not the same without Phil Liggett and the other bloke whose name I can't remember. They talk utter nonsense but it's brilliant!
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Oh you like gibberish do you. Well whatever flies your kite
 
Poor MT, I really like him, he's funny with his mistakes and always means well! I really don't think he deserves the abuse he gets and it's not as if there's a lot you can talk about without getting repetitive.
People said about wanting them to talk more about the horses' breeding but they want the sport to be more 'accessible' to the general public and not to appear as 'posh' but I don't see how you can please people. You complain about both things and if they talked about breeding it'd make us all seem even 'snobbier'.
It seems the poor guy just can't win, I think he's done a great job and I bet you all the non-horsey folk who have been watching have enjoyed his commentary, as have I.
Cut the poor guy some slack.
 
he did piffle a bit didnt he - mind you if I had to commentate you would have heard lots more as i tried to fill the gaps.

I was once subjected to watching a cricket match where the commentators had to fill in time and ended up talking about the bus that goes past the cricket ground!
 
He drove me crazy! I could turn down the sound in the earlier competitions but the Kur? With no music? The days of having a commentator whose only skill was to talk non-stop are over. New people interested in the sport are being turned off by his droning tones and inane witterings, which makes them sadly dismiss our sport as elitist, for upper class twits. The mistakes are funny to many but a sign of poor commentary to most people. He couldn't even get the colour of the Dutch team and supporters right, tangerine? Every sentence seems to begin with 'of course' and I wish I had a pound for every time he introduced someone as 'the great...'
When commentating on showjumping, he points out people in the crowd he knows, 'oh look, there's Frank, the , the er, the great.....er....' Your friends, Mike, are of zero interest to the viewing public.
Our equestrian teams and the viewing public deserve better.
 
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Alec Swan said:
Crikey, you've calmed down a bit. A few days ago, when I wasn't quite as outspoken as some of this lot, but none the less pointed out that the man's an idiot, you told me that I'd gone down in your estimation, and you were really quite cross with me. :confused:

There's a world of difference between a "Know it all" and a buffoon. I'd prefer to listen to someone who speaks with authority. He has an excellent presenter's voice, I'll agree, if only he'd prepare for his broadcasts, before he starts!

Alec.
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Oh Alec, what am I going to do with you but you won't change my mind, sorry?! ;)
My opinion of Mike hasn't changed and never will, however, I'm old enough to accept that everyone has different views and it's not worth getting worked up about something I can't change however wrong/right I think something is. Not everyone likes Marmite either; you either do - or don't, no middle ground; it sounds like Mike is the same sort of thing for some people! :D
 
Can just about live with his awful gaffs, but his pronunication is appalling :

* Performance in Tuckerspeak = Preformance
* Perhaps " = Prehaps
* Percentage " = Precentage

Drives me MAD, but I guess he ain't gonna change now..!!
 
You have to remember, of course, that thousands of people saw their first ever dressage test today. Putting yourself in their shoes, it would have been a bit bewildering to see all these movements to music without any clue as to what's going on. It's ok for the enthusiast, but we want to encourage as many people as possible to appreciate our sport, don't we? If that means Mike has to put a friendly voice across the test, then so be it.

I'm a showjumper, btw, so I appreciated a bit of help today myself! :-)
 
fI don't want to see him go but I did wish he'd have shut up whilst the competitors were on, I wanted to hear the music too.
I think he should stay, like Tel Wogan did on Eurovision song contest.
Best Tuckerism I heard was he said, "there's the tangerine colours of the ....Team and whenever they are being successful, you will see the tangerine colour..". or words to that effect, it was funny ROFL :D
 
I think MT's fab and I am not sure why people get so wound up about what he says to be honest. I love the banter, much better than the usual durge commentary you get with sports sometimes. A bit of passion and enthusiasm is great as far as I am concerned. Yes so he doesn't know EVERYTHING about everything as far as equestrianism is concerned and I think he definitely has more knowledge and involvement with showjumping than the other disciplines (hence why he probably burbles on a bit more for them). In real life he is great, gets crowds going and has a great rapport with the riders. I much prefer his approach to commentating to be honest.
 
Mike wasn't the only one talking over the tests - JH did not shut up either, she waffled on as though she were instructing some riders, offered vacuous comments over others and overshadowed the music. Personally I agree that it would be even more inaccessible for non-horsey spectators to have it performed without commentary, but if you're going to slate Mike for talking over tests, let's try and be fair and remember JH talked over them too.
 
chestnuttymare said:
He has been driving me nuts. In the freestyle dressage, he gibbered all the way thro so you could hardly hear the music. Really spoiled it for me.
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Ditto. He's fine for jumping, and I agree he's an institution, but pleeeeeeeease can we find someone better to commentate alongside Judy for the dressage!
 
I'll do it :D I'll replace him.

But all you'll get from me is gushing about the GB riders, fact-stating for the rest, and pointing out every time any of the German / Dutch horses open their mouths.
 
Do you lot like anybody?

I do agree with the majority of comments about Mike Tucker, but personally I found Judy Harvey's comments enlightening. She has, I think, a very easy voice to listen to (unlike MT!); she was silent for a lot of the time (and had the ability to keep MT under control!) and I found her comments during Charlotte's tests in particular fascinating, as they gave an idea of how a coaching session might be conducted. This aspect seems to have annoyed a lot of you but I found it very interesting and enjoyed listening to her.
 
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