GABRIEL CLARKE IS A JOKE

[Spud]

Setanta took a lot of criticisms and acted on it - I honestly believe they are streets ahead with the amount of fights throughout the world they show - just wish more of them were from the domestic scene.

If they have to make cutbacks to survive get rid of non league football, get rid of a lot of the sh*t games and get more domestic boxing on - and give the promoters a stark choice thats the pot we have left - do you want it - if you want bigger fights get the money through sponsorship - but for f*ck sake keep the sport on our screens!! - PLEASE

Sky on the whole are boring boring and boring

[Wrists]

I am with Spud on that one.

Remember the days when sky were the nuts!!

Full Monty, Brit pack etc etc

Naz, Rhodes, Calzaghe, Reid etc etc

[Hagler2002]

Sky on the whole are boring boring and boring

Yet very profitable, Setanta needs streamlined in a big way if they have any chance of surviving.

[jspain]

I am with Spud on that one.

Remember the days when sky were the nuts!!

Full Monty, Brit pack etc etc

Naz, Rhodes, Calzaghe, Reid etc etc

it looks like them days with sky are long gone. years ago on a ppv bill there would be 3 of 4 top quality fights and it would really be a ppv feel. nowadays generally its only the main fight that is really ppv worthy.

as spud said , the one thing i love about setanta is they listen to us the fans about criticisms etc and they interact with us on the boards to know what the fans are looking for.

[Spud]

Seriously every single one of us have to get behind Setanta!!!

If they survive which I am praying they do - there will be without any doubts cutbacks - we do not want it to be boxing!!

Serious bombard their email system - give them support and tell them we will muller Buncey if they get rid of boxing!!

[lirva]

I am with Spud on that one.

Remember the days when sky were the nuts!!

Full Monty, Brit pack etc etc

Naz, Rhodes, Calzaghe, Reid etc etc

outstanding stuff that was. going back about 12 years!!

[whicker]

Seriously every single one of us have to get behind Setanta!!!

If they survive which I am praying they do - there will be without any doubts cutbacks - we do not want it to be boxing!!

Serious bombard their email system - give them support and tell them we will muller Buncey if they get rid of boxing!!

Which British shows have they shown this year? I can only think of the Liverpool one.

[jspain]

there was appleby v lindsay from belfast as well. and there is another coming on 4th july.

if hennessey does not renew with itv i would prefer him to go to setanta rather than sky.

[hurlock]

i think the man's a joke how he lark's about like it's beneath him,id love someone to dig the prick.
i noticed how he was mugging of super steve's dad walking away mid conversation pulling a face,he does this alot he was rife in the thaxton fight @ norwich.

you can sense rosenthal who is a proper pundit & proffessional,finds him a joke & took a pop which had mguigan in stitches.

[gobbles]

Best thing about ITV is Rosenthal. His interview with Murray was very good, very smooth interviewer who is able to press people without them getting defensive or offended.

[Hagler2002]

there was appleby v lindsay from belfast as well. and there is another coming on 4th july.

if hennessey does not renew with itv i would prefer him to go to setanta rather than sky.

Appleby v Lindsay was absolutely bouncing, best British card broadcast this year.

[jspain]

there was appleby v lindsay from belfast as well. and there is another coming on 4th july.

if hennessey does not renew with itv i would prefer him to go to setanta rather than sky.

Appleby v Lindsay was absolutely bouncing, best British card broadcast this year.

yeah the atmosphere was electric. really came accross well on tv as well. i can only imagine what it was like being there live.

[TheCobra]

God Gabriel Clarke is absolutely cringeworthy. i started a thread in this similar vein a while back and he's still there creeping out the boxers and generally being a wankstain backstage.

You could see Murray's face near the end when they went back into his dressing room at the end, his face said "Oh no, not that fuckin bellend again!". It was funny to see. It's car crash tv, sort of hate it but like it at the same time.

Sky do a much better job of presenting the boxing, agree McGuigan was ok tonight he sometimes gets on my nerves, Thaxton is great as most the boxers are when they go on e.g. Barker, Froch etc.

When he got Witter to unbutton his shirt, it all got a bit much I did want to throw something at the tv at that moment. What the fornicate is Gabriel Clarke on, get him off my screen.

[alexpaterson]

I dont like Clarke he's a bitty strange to say the least but I like the rest of them Rosenthal, McGuigan who imo is really godd at summing up fights and they usually have a boxer guest like Barker, Thaxton

[hitman_hatton1]

gabriel clarke is the DG of tv presenters.

[hitman_hatton1]

When he got Witter to unbutton his shirt, it all got a bit much I did want to throw something at the tv at that moment. What the eff is Gabriel Clarke on, get him off my screen.

i missed that bit.

turned over cos i was bored with watching that dodgy switchhitter steve barnes.

[Coco]

Ok, we get it, there was a controversy over the weight. Did they think we had a 5-second memory or something, they mentioned it incessantly, they must think Guy Pearce was watching. It was crazy. They sounded like a bunch of women discussing how much they've lost on their latest craze diet, ditch the weight, talk about the fight that is going on literally right under your noses, that would be an idea.

I actually like Mick's shows, and he seems a fair guy, link Murray and Thaxton to each other, forget Diaz, drag the French guy over, everyone is happy.

Lawton is a decent area title operator but the fights v Khan and Thaxton showed he didn't have a hope v Murray.
The commentators were talking up the weight issue in a desperate attempt to con joe public that Lawton had a chance of winning. A poor attempt to whip up a bit of drama in what was an entirely predictable fight

[forcefraser]

Clarke was out of order with Lawton. Why push him like that?? Tasteless.

[Wrists]

Exactly - I like Gabriel Clarke on the football, one of the few reporters who can speak to Sir Alex without licking his arse yet does not try and be a controversial get like Geoff Shreeves.

Yet he is a joke on the boxing.

Honestly I was willing Lawton to land one on him.

'Come on Scott, I am not letting you not answer the question ' - 15 mins after he has lost probably his last ever chance to win a lonsdale belt and realises his career is not going to get any better than being a gatekeeper at British level.

Clarke you twat - just an absolute twat.

You could tell Rosenthal was squirming!!

'Go on Junior take off your shirt' - f u c k me

[gobbles]

Setanta took a lot of criticisms and acted on it - I honestly believe they are streets ahead with the amount of fights throughout the world they show - just wish more of them were from the domestic scene.

If they have to make cutbacks to survive get rid of non league football, get rid of a lot of the sh*t games and get more domestic boxing on - and give the promoters a stark choice thats the pot we have left - do you want it - if you want bigger fights get the money through sponsorship - but for f*ck sake keep the sport on our screens!! - PLEASE

Sky on the whole are boring boring and boring

The problem with Setanta is reining in Bunce. On the one hand he can be excellent, lot of good stories, lot of good info, but then the ego takes over. "I did this, I said this, me, me, me". Same in every interview "we go back, don't we?, remember when I told you this." Last week's boxing hour was just about unwatchable for all the self-glorification of himself and Setanta.

[Autobarn]

they should have aplate of pie and mash - or whatever it is he eats - ready and shove it i his face when he's about to go off one 1

[stujones]

To be fair, whilst the timing is not good... its the question any boxing fan would want to be answered... given he has fought all three.

Plenty of good interviewers have asked similar questions - I agree though the timing is wrong.

[Wrists]

The timing was wrong therefore the question is shit.

The essence of a good question is aking it at the right time surely??

Lawton looked crushed and he had some pompous public school boy shoving a microphone in his face asking which out of the three who kicked your arse did so in the best fashion!!!???

Tosser

[alexpaterson]

The timing was wrong therefore the question is poop.

The essence of a good question is aking it at the right time surely??

Lawton looked crushed and he had some pompous public school boy shoving a microphone in his face asking which out of the three who kicked your arse did so in the best fashion!!!???

Tosser

Thats what it was like Clarke is just a clumsy idiot he cant interview he doesnt seem to have a clue about boxing how does he still get payed for that?

[stujones]

The timing was wrong therefore the question is poop.

The essence of a good question is aking it at the right time surely??

Lawton looked crushed and he had some pompous public school boy shoving a microphone in his face asking which out of the three who kicked your arse did so in the best fashion!!!???

Tosser

Yes, but there are lots of fans who won't get the boxing news or read websites to get a view... and these will be asking "why didn't he ask this".