Mike Tucker

Hexx said:
Leave him alone! Mike Tucker is a legend and I like his commentaries, even when he gets it wrong.
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This!!!!! I love mike tucker, he's brilliant!! It wouldn't be the same without him. I can hardly bear to watch cycling on TV now because ITV4 no longer have Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin presenting - its downright boring now with David Millar and the other bloke who is so dull Ive forgotten his name already! Don't wish away MT, you might get someone much worse!
 
chestnut cob said:
This!!!!! I love mike tucker, he's brilliant!! It wouldn't be the same without him. I can hardly bear to watch cycling on TV now because ITV4 no longer have Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin presenting - its downright boring now with David Millar and the other bloke who is so dull Ive forgotten his name already! Don't wish away MT, you might get someone much worse!
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Totally agree with you about Phil Liggett, I love him, he's brilliant and much missed from the ITV tour coverage!!!

Mike Tucker..I'm not so keen
 
Lizzie66 said:
This !!

Also some of you may not be interested in a horses breeding but there are probably quite a few out there who are.
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Agree! I rather like Mike, I can remember him finishing second at Badminton. And I was thinking that I wish they told us MORE about the breeding - so it seems you can't please everyone all the time.

Definitely Mike and Ian had been told to tone down the banter.
 
Lizzie66 said:
This !!

Also some of you may not be interested in a horses breeding but there are probably quite a few out there who are.
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I want to hear the music when a DTM not the breeding, or where they qualified, or what results they have had - and when he says things like 'hold onto your seats, here is .....' when the test has started is not informative. He needs to know when to shut up.
 
I also remember Mike Tucker and his homebred General Bugle being second at Badminton and am another with a soft spot for him.
I'm also interested to hear a horse's breeding and think that the breeders of top class horses deserve more recognition than they get so its a big bonus for them if a TV commentator gives them a plug.
 
Pebble101 said:
I want to hear the music when a DTM not the breeding, or where they qualified, or what results they have had - and when he says things like 'hold onto your seats, here is .....' when the test has started is not informative. He needs to know when to shut up.
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Sometimes the generic commentaries are recorded ahead of time and are then played over the top of the visuals so some of this may not be totally within Mikes control and even where he is commenting on the live performance he may well be following "orders" so irrespective of who does the commentary you may well get the same result.
 
Some of the people they've had in to commentate on dressage are so boring, I'd rather have MT and his gaffes. For people who are very knowledgeable about dressage, they can see for themselves and for those who aren't - do they really nee a load of technical detail? I'm not interested in how the gears work when I watch cycling!
Steven Hadley seemed to be commentating when I watched the SJ on RTE so I don't know where that was coming from.
Anyone but Geoff Billington - ghastly!
 
Really interesting reading the bits people like/dislike. I think the crux of it lies with WHO the commentary is being directed at. Do we want commentary that is speaking to those already in the know (valid) or are we looking for it to draw more people into and understanding the sport.
 
he does annoy me with some of the things he comes out with but if he could only understand that it is not radio so he does not need to talk all the time it would be a great hepl. and when the kur is on all he needs to do is lower his voice and speak quietly if he needs to say something. personally I like the to hear the breeding of the horses and find it more interesting than a lot of the other stuff that is said but I appreciate there will be people with no interest in that.
 
Sorry guys, I'm another one who thinks MT should be put out to grass. As someone else said he is the Murray Walker of the horse world, and while some of us who are in the know might like to know the breeding of the horses they are watching for the non-horsey viewer it is of no consequence, and that goes for horsey viewers too if like me you're not seriously into competitions so don't know the horses sires or dams anyway. Don't get me started on that 'the great' business or the 'ers' either, every single horse or rider seems to be described as 'the great' at some point, regardless of who they are or what they've done in their careers. If not 'the great' then it's an 'er' - arrgghhhh. I've been unlucky enough to hear him commentate on cattle too (only the once mind you) and all the cattle were 'the great' as well!!!!! As for mistakes - even my non-horsey OH can spot some of them now because they are such whoppers.

Anyway, I rest my case - get rid of MT and bring on Tina Cooke, Ian Stark etc - so much better to listen to for horsey and non-horsey folk.
 
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