How can I get Mike Tucker sacked?

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Only joking but OMG he's awful.

He gets names wrong, times wrong, fences wrong, gives incorrect information a large percentage of the time and often doesn't finish a sentence.

I spend more time shouting at him than I do watching the riding - he drives me mad :eek:

Isn't about time he gave up and let someone else take the reins?
 
I don't know but if you find out let me know! I lost count of the number of riders he said were "very experienced"! Please BBC sack him and replace him with Lucinda Green, thank goodness for Ian Stark and his common sense and experience.
 
Yes I reckon Ian Stark must be wanting to throttle him a lot of the time! I know I do - especially when he said of one of the fallers " it's good to see both horse & rider are fine" when the horse was clearly very lame.

Useless....utterly useless
 
Some years ago I'm sure I remember him commentating on Badminton Horse Trials with Lorna Clark, she was great but he was obviously really irritating her, she ended up disagreeing with almost everything he said on principle!
 
I love those two, they have me falling about with laughter:D

I did wonder why Clare Balding was sitting beside a swimming pool today though:cool:
 
Clare's back in Greenwich for pure sj and dressage. She's really annoyed to have missed the Eventing going by her twitter.

LG is working for Australian coverage I think this year.
 
I thought the BBC coverage was pretty poor today and for the dressage. I ended up following Twitter which gave much quicker updates. The commentators were slow to receive scores even if they were already up, would only half explain a fall so you were left hanging as to how a rider was. If theres a nasty fall on course with ambulances, screens and a long hold it would be nice for them to explain whether or not the horse/rider were OK afterwards.

Ian and Mike were funny at times together but half the stuff Mike says is bull!

The BBC presenters in the studio were a bit out of their depth as well a bit but suppose that is to be expected.
 
I tweeted clare to say thank you as yesterday when she went to swimming she was clearly more concerned about the horse riding
 
Even my non horsey 70 yr old mother was moaning about him tonight, she watched all the xc coverage and was ready to strangle him by the end!
 
Well, I had American commentators and I learned something new today, that a horse flags his tail when winded :o

... and that the horses wear corks! (Presumably studs? )
 
I loved the inflatable jackets, just felt the grass was bound to be slippery.
Yes Clare Balding and Ian Stark would have been better, but somehow comforting that the BeeB can find someone who knows less about the sport than me!!
As a sailor, I had mega cringes in the sailing, wind from the left, give way, wind from the right, all OK... eeks.
 
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I do think he's getting even worse.

Particular highlights today:
1) "This is a lovely mare... He..."
2) About to introduce WFP when in fact it was a Canadian in the start box.
3) "Here he comes to the cricket bats..." (Ian Stark: "balls".)
4) Letting the world know he was off for a pee by forgetting to close his mic during a hold on the course.

Thing with Clare Balding is, she's so good at other sports too that she'll get hoovered up by those disciplines. Whereas those who can muddle through a sport the employers don't understand well enough to spot medicority stay put...

To give the anchors their due though, it's bloody difficult to sound completely and confidently across the lingo of so many different sports with everything else you have going on. Commentators though, should do their blummin homework.
 
Tempting?? Could be fun ;-)

(From BBC Sport on twitter) Got an Olympic equestrian question you want answering? Use #bbc2012 and BBC presenter Rishi Persad will answer the best on Tuesday morning
 
Enfys said:
Well, I had American commentators and I learned something new today, that a horse flags his tail when winded :o

... and that the horses wear corks! (Presumably studs? )
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The word is actualy caulk ,or caulkin,"A caulkin (or caulk; US spelling "calkin" or "calk") from the Latin calx (the heel) is a blunt projection on a horseshoe that is often forged, welded or brazed onto the shoe.[1][2] The term may also refer to traction devices screwed into the bottom of a horseshoe, also commonly called shoe studs or screw-in calks. These are usually a blunt spiked cleat, usually placed at the sides of the shoe"......and it is a British word that has simply fallen out of use.:cool:
 
I thought Ian Stark was excellent and Mike Tucker less so. It was a very long day to commentate on, perhaps more help needed? Really missed Claire Balding and her experience and wit
 
I'm standing up for Mike, sorry! His commentating is just how he is naturally; we'd be in fits of laughter when exercising. At least he's natural and not a stuffed shirt or trying to be someone he's not. You could have a lot worse.
 
Maesfen said:
I'm standing up for Mike, sorry! His commentating is just how he is naturally; we'd be in fits of laughter when exercising. At least he's natural and not a stuffed shirt or trying to be someone he's not. You could have a lot worse.
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Like button from me here! I just wish we could have heard commentary on the course - we couldn't hear most of what was being said which was really frustrating.
 
I'm all for character and quirkiness, but it's actually getting distracting now.

I forgot one... he referred to it being competitive "from start to beginning" at one point.
 
I enjoyed both MT and IS commentary as did my OH. I loved the mention of the horses' breeding which on another thread seemed to be put down. It makes it more interesting for me. Well done to both of them for commentating live over a very long time.
 
Mike Tucker is a legend with a catchy name! Don't think he'll be replaced any time soon...

IMO Ian Stark was spot on with all his comments :)

Who was the 2nd commentator together with Stark on the 2nd dressage day? Did anyone else hear him breathing very loudly into the mic...
 
This is very amusing!

In the U.S., those watching the televised broadcast (NBC) were horrified by the U.S. announcers, while those of us watching the BBC were thrilled that we could hear your announcers and didn't have to listen to ours! :D

Don't despair, apparently the U.S. announcers out-do yours' when it comes to inane remarks.
 
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