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John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 11:00
by lefty
Has he dropped another clanger here? Can anyone make out exactly how he says "Froch"?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCe_8KeVFS4
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 11:09
by banjo
The Cobra........Carl FRAAAAARRRRRGH!!!
Bellend, why does this gimp keep getting gigs, he does the darts too doesn't he? ONE HUNDRED AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHHH!!!
Maybe he used to be a pirate
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 11:10
by lefty
banjo wrote:The Cobra........Carl FRAAAAARRRRRGH!!!
Bellend, why does this gimp keep getting gigs, he does the darts too doesn't he? ONE HUNDRED AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHHH!!!
Maybe he used to be a pirate
How can you get payed to do something so simple and mess it up so often!

Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 11:13
by banjo
columbo wrote:banjo wrote:The Cobra........Carl FRAAAAARRRRRGH!!!
Bellend, why does this gimp keep getting gigs, he does the darts too doesn't he? ONE HUNDRED AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHHH!!!
Maybe he used to be a pirate
How can you get payed to do something so simple and mess it up so often!

I wouldn't mind he does the hard bit easily, reeling off the titles, ref, judges, timekeeper and then fucks up the names "AAAAAARRRRGH"
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 11:13
by ILikeBeer
banjo wrote:The Cobra........Carl FRAAAAARRRRRGH!!!
Bellend, why does this gimp keep getting gigs, he does the darts too doesn't he? ONE HUNDRED AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHHH!!!
Maybe he used to be a pirate
He's been doing the snooker in Coventry all week. He hasn't added much to it, I must admit.
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 11:40
by MightyWarrior
Carl........RRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 11:53
by danconnollyeire
Haha WOW... Caaarrrrlllll Farrah
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 12:13
by tony1234
And he says after Froch has weighed in, 'both boxers are inside the scheduled distance' whatever that means ?
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 12:18
by Fortynineandout
Yep I clocked that one too.
He's becoming a figure of fun amongst fight fans.
At the start of today's weigh in , much to the amusement of the crowd he even got one of the main sponsors wrong saying betfair before correcting his error to bet365 .
Subsequent uses of bet365 were greeted with cheers from the crowd and in fairness a big smile from john.
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 12:21
by handsofstone
I cant decide whether he,s my worst or my favourite announcer
On a serious note,he making some stupid mistakes,h,s probably paid handsomely and its disrespectful to the fighters
PAUL GGWWAAAARRGHH
SAMIR...(sighs)....MAAMMMAAMMIIA
CARL FRRRAAAGH
FIGHT NIGHT LLIIIIIVVEEE

Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 16:51
by rossij8
He won't do 'its fight night liveeeee' tomorrow surely
Its PPV, so the programme doesn't come under this title
Also, I hope all the studio guests aren't wearing Tux cos its PPV
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 16:52
by handsofstone
I can see it now
THE GGGGRRUUUUUUDDDGGGEEE
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 17:00
by fantaheed
He is terrible and if Eddie is looking to put on top shows get rid of this chump.
Hopefully every fight will be a knockout coz he gives away the result every time by his tone
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 17:26
by bfchunk
When he holds on to his words, he reminds a bit of this guy:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExG7Ut6DJ1E
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 17:32
by Emmseegee
The first thing i noticed there was how bad the get ups were that the wee ring girl chicks had on….
honkin!!
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 04:25
by ILikeBeer
tony1234 wrote:And he says after Froch has weighed in, 'both boxers are inside the scheduled distance' whatever that means ?
They had to walk in and get weghed within twelve rounds.
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 05:11
by youngrell
fantaheed wrote:He is terrible and if Eddie is looking to put on top shows get rid of this chump.
Hopefully every fight will be a knockout coz he gives away the result every time by his tone

I noticed that last week watching PF. Excited as hell announcing Sprotts QF victory, extremely subdued announcing Mintos.
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 05:46
by winkveron
I don't even find it funny anymore, just irritates the life out of me. He may be a nice bloke but he's f**king useless as an MC. Surely if your job is to read people's names out you would go to the trouble of finding out how to pronounce them!?! It's lazy and disrespectful
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 07:07
by tony1234
I'm not sure why he needs to do the growling, although I do prefer him to Mark Burdis but that's not saying much
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 07:11
by ThereByTheGrace
He must be cheap.
He's a useless f@ckwit!
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 12:25
by Paullow
It's not just the tone, it's the way he reads it out as well. I can't remember exactly how, but I recall him fornicating up the Crolla-Rees scores. They were 116-113, 115-113, 115-115, but he gave them in an order you knew Crolla had won so it wasn't exciting. I will see if I can find it on Youtube. He has done this a few times.
He is OK for darts when it is not as serious, and the vast majority of it's recent success is based on the whole production, but crap at the boxing.
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 12:28
by Paullow
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 12:29
by lefty
Paullow wrote:It's not just the tone, it's the way he reads it out as well. I can't remember exactly how, but I recall him effing up the Crolla-Rees scores. They were 116-113, 115-113, 115-115, but he gave them in an order you knew Crolla had won so it wasn't exciting. I will see if I can find it on Youtube. He has done this a few times.
He is OK for darts when it is not as serious, and the vast majority of it's recent success is based on the whole production, but crap at the boxing.
The thing that bugs me is that I'd imagine he's being paid rather handsomely for this and it's not exactly rocket science! Everyone makes mistakes but he seems to get it wrong more than he gets it right!
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 12:31
by np88
after the weights... "both fighters within the scheduled distance"
Re: John Mcdonald
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 12:38
by Matt W
Don't know anything about him personally but I'm not a fan of him as an MC. I can't stand the modern trend for growling, presumably to add excitement and significance, especially in commentating. I wish he'd just announce the names, rather than twisting them into 3+ syllables that end up sounding nothing like what they're actually called.