Sporting Kansas City hires BBC announcer, Callum Williams to do play-by-play and weekly show

I wish the Red Bulls would do something like this - not necessarily a Brit, but someone. I always feel a little dumber after listening to Shep Messing.

 

up north they just announced the broadcast team for the national TV games for TFC & Vancouver and the play by play guy is also an ex BBC'r (although he's been working in Canada for the past 3 years for TFC regional games)

 

OK, maybe I'm blind. Probably. But where's the stuff about a weekly show?

 

Because Shep is ********ing terrible.

 

Here's the announcement from TSN. What I found interesting is that TSN are also going to show 25 more MLS games this year in addition to the 24 games featuring the Whitecaps and TFC.

 

yep but those are going to be simulcasts of the ESPN game of the week (which is fine by me).

If TSN will also step up and do some pre-game stuff and maybe produce a weekly recap show it'll be a very nice start. You certainly have to admit that they have the most influence here and have the best HD technology.

 

we (portland) just announced robbie earle as one of our announcers.

heard he will not be given any free tickets

 

Would love for the Sounders to try something similar.

 

neg-repped

 

Shep Messing kinda sounds like that announcer from Celebrity Deathmatch

 

Good hire SKC. I really like him as a pbp guy

 

And you heard him where?

 

Isn't this the 21-year-old with no real PBP experience that Kenn was complaining about last week?

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Yup.

 

No such luck in Los Angeles. We're stuck with another year of Jim Watson doing the worst play by play imaginable.

And if that wasn't enough, we get Mark Rogodino as our analyst.

Should help attendance, as more people go to the game to avoid listening to their pbp.

ETA : I don't expect Callum Williams to be any good. a 21 year old being handed the job in this way is pretty crazy. Kenn is right to blog about it the way he does.

I think he'll still be way better then Jim Watson, however.

 

He filled in on the Sheffield Wednesday broadcast last fall when we played against Brentford or was it Plymouth.

 

And "reasonably competent" hasn't done a thing to improve ratings.

 

Nice, I thought you were in Canada -- I didn't the Beeb broadcast domestic football overseas.

 

And your latest mistake is you know next to nothing about television and why changes are made.