Passing the Time

Discussion in 'New England Revolution' started by Fiero20, Sep 18, 2008.

  1. Fiero20

    Fiero20 Member

    Aug 3, 2002
    Gillette Stadium
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    this subject came up randomly at work today. thought it could help pass the time before saturdays game.

    can you imagine someone other than a soccer commentator commentating a soccer match? just a glorious train wreck to watch.

    My personal list of people I would like to see commentate a soccer game for sheer enjoyment/awful entertainment. some would be flat out funny, others would be plain terrible (but funny for that reason). feel free to add to the list.

    - Jim Rome
    - John Madden
    - Joe Buck
    - Tony Kornheiser
    - Woody Paige
    - Dick Vitale
    - Stephen A Smith
    - Tim McCarver
    - Chris Berman
    - Barry Melrose
     
  2. Mike Marshall

    Mike Marshall Member+

    Feb 16, 2000
    Woburn, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Jon Meterparel
    Butch Stearns
    Dale Arnold
    Jimmy Young
     
  3. REVS FAN 1

    REVS FAN 1 Member

    Jul 2, 2004
    Weymouth, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  4. REVS FAN 1

    REVS FAN 1 Member

    Jul 2, 2004
    Weymouth, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    the late...Johnny Most & Harry Caray
     
  5. Revs in 2010

    Revs in 2010 Member+

    Feb 29, 2000
    Roanoke, VA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dan Shaughnessy
    Glen Ordway
    Tommy Heinsohn
    Joe Morgan
    Fred Cusick
    Joe Castilione would be downright hilarious ('There's a pass to Khano Smith, and by the way did you know that Khano is from Warwick, Bermuda where he was a schoolteacher before signing with the Revolution. And after the shot goes wide, it'll be a throw in for the New York Red Bulls -- did you know that they are owned by..... ' and so on and so on.
     
  6. rorvis

    rorvis New Member

    Jul 14, 2005
    UT
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Our current commentators are pretty awful (together at least).

    Howard Cosell
    JoJo
     
  7. Jon Martin

    Jon Martin Member+

    Apr 25, 2000
    SE Mass
    Second for Johnny Most

    [gravelly Most voice}"...and now Beckham's crying! He says you can't foul me! My name is David Beckham!"[/Most]

    (That is a quote, if for "Beckham" you substitute "Kareem Abdul Jabaaaaaaaar")
     
  8. Fiero20

    Fiero20 Member

    Aug 3, 2002
    Gillette Stadium
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    "What a play! did you see jay heaps keep that ball from going out of bounds?! give him a Tommy Point!!"

    LMAO
     
  9. Revs in 2010

    Revs in 2010 Member+

    Feb 29, 2000
    Roanoke, VA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Or "Are you calling that a Red Card foul, you got to be kidding me?"

    If they did Tommy Points, we'd have to watch that stupid thumbs up graphic go across the action at the bottom of the screen.
     
  10. REVS FAN 1

    REVS FAN 1 Member

    Jul 2, 2004
    Weymouth, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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    The greatest of all time!:D
     
  11. Revs in 2010

    Revs in 2010 Member+

    Feb 29, 2000
    Roanoke, VA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Steve Nicol and Ray Hudson doing an MLS game in the FSC "Fan Zone" style. Nobody would

    A) understand a word
    B) be able to get a word in edgewise
     
  12. Revs in 2010

    Revs in 2010 Member+

    Feb 29, 2000
    Roanoke, VA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I *never/ever* want to hear "Put the biscuit in the basket" again on a soccer telecast.
     
  13. Dave Brull

    Dave Brull Member

    Mar 9, 2001
    Mayfield Hts, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    I watched the Everton v. Stoke(?) fan zone game this weekend and couldn't

    a.) understand a word.

    I couldn't tell if the announcers were rooting for the same team. They seemed to switch back and forth.

    For some reason, to stay on track, I think if a hockey announcer would make the best transition to soccer announcing as opposed to the other big team sports announcers.
     
  14. BrianLBI

    BrianLBI BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 7, 2002
    New Hampshire
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Repped.

    I have a vague recollection of Howard doing some NASL games in the late 70's or early 80's. Before JoJo was conceived.
     
  15. a517dogg

    a517dogg Member+

    Oct 30, 2005
    Rochester, NY
    Club:
    New England Revolution

    Sarah Palin


    ;)
     
  16. Jeremy Goodwin

    Jeremy Goodwin Member+

    SSC Napoli
    Feb 16, 1999
    Club:
    Montreal Impact
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dave O’Brien
     
  17. pawn

    pawn Member

    Feb 23, 2007
    Waltham, MA
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    i would like to see rome and madden go down in a blaze of glory commentating a soccer match
     
  18. firstshirt

    firstshirt Member+

    Bayern München
    United States
    Mar 1, 2000
    Ellington, CT / NK, RI
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    just a side note, Joe Castiglione's brother is one of the top plastic surgeons in CT, My daughter has worked with him in the OR and was a patient of his. Really nice guy, his son was a Keeper at Williams College, think he graduated this past may. Joe and his brother look and sound alot alike
     
  19. firstshirt

    firstshirt Member+

    Bayern München
    United States
    Mar 1, 2000
    Ellington, CT / NK, RI
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Parris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie....he is hot,,,those shorts are hot,,,,that is hot,,,Nicols accent is hot.......
     
  20. ToMhIlL

    ToMhIlL Member+

    Feb 18, 1999
    Boxborough, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Johnny Most is THE MAN!

    "And Jim Curtin, with a vicious elbow to the back of Twellman's head, he almost snapped his neck right there! That's a cowardly, yellow kind of play, the kind of thing you'd expect from someone like Jim Curtin... Twellman gets up, fortunately he's OK, but Curtin sneers at him, saying 'who me?' but he's not fooling anyone! That's a disgrace, an outright disgrace! He ought to be behind bars!"
     
  21. ProfZodiac

    ProfZodiac Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jan 17, 2003
    Boston, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bob Uecker.

    "Smith lines it up from just inside the box, fires...juuuuust a bit outside."
     
  22. Jon Martin

    Jon Martin Member+

    Apr 25, 2000
    SE Mass
    nihilist
     
  23. The Magpie

    The Magpie Member

    Nov 19, 1998
    Cambridge, MA
    Yur a funny guy Mike :)
     
  24. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You know, I always loved Johnny, but this just gave me more respect for him.

    “And there is a violent, violent knockdown by Herron! Oh my! A completely unnecessary foul by Herron and he has the audacity to complain about something.” -- about Herron

    “They have been called a dirty ball club, and I can see why! This is a typical disgusting display by Rey, Zamora and Federico Vilar.“ -- About Atlante

    “The yellow gutless way they do things here.” – about the Crew
     
  25. JMMUSA8

    JMMUSA8 New Member

    Nov 3, 2001
    Webster
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Jim Ross & Jerry "The King" Lawler with Vince McMahon as sideline reporter.
     

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