Opposition fans back from the game - 24/25 page 225 onwards

[bcubed]

Hunty in mid week was a breath of fresh air even if he is mental

And occasionally unintelligible

[Jagermesiter1871]

Hunty in mid week was a breath of fresh air even if he is mental

And occasionally unintelligible

That's half the fun.

[Snowflake Royal]

They’re unlistenable. I can only imagine how much they’d annoy an opposition fan

Mick's ok. He doesn't get much to work with from Dellor. Not brilliant, but ok.
Dellor's useless.
Williams is just a wum.

[Norfolk Royal]

I've seen numerous comments on here over the years about Dellor, Gooding, etc, most not complimentary, but never listened to them before. Having heard their commentaries on iFollow now, I can see that most of the comments are accurate.

Surprised nobody has mentioned this but when Smith came on Dellor was ridiculing him, virtually fat shaming him. Thought that was childish and asking for karma, which we duly got.

The mixing up of identities of the players in the Brentford game was embarrassing. I used to listen to the BBC Radio Norfolk commentaries on Norwich games a fair bit and they've had a few bizarre commentary teams themselves over the years but now seem to have sorted it out to the point where their commentary and summarising is some way better than BBC Berks, imho.

It seems to me that the man commentator/presenter, in this case Dellor, seems to think they must develop some sort of character or personality as a bit of a showman. This really comes across as being crass as most football fans want a sensible summary and more exact commentary of the game as it happens from a radio station than some sort of Timmy Mallett experience.

[South Coast Royal]

I've seen numerous comments on here over the years about Dellor, Gooding, etc, most not complimentary, but never listened to them before. Having heard their commentaries on iFollow now, I can see that most of the comments are accurate.

Surprised nobody has mentioned this but when Smith came on Dellor was ridiculing him, virtually fat shaming him. Thought that was childish and asking for karma, which we duly got.

The mixing up of identities of the players in the Brentford game was embarrassing. I used to listen to the BBC Radio Norfolk commentaries on Norwich games a fair bit and they've had a few bizarre commentary teams themselves over the years but now seem to have sorted it out to the point where their commentary and summarising is some way better than BBC Berks, imho.

It seems to me that the man commentator/presenter, in this case Dellor, seems to think they must develop some sort of character or personality as a bit of a showman. This really comes across as being crass as most football fans want a sensible summary and more exact commentary of the game as it happens from a radio station than some sort of Timmy Mallett experience.

I haven't heard them much over the years but I do agree the coverage is not very good.

I know it is Local Radio so you expect an element of bias in commentary which is fine but Dellor in particular seems to see the games like somebody in East Stand 26 who has had 4-5 pints and thinks that every decision should go Reading's way.

It was Ian I think who said about Dellor mixing players up- for a guy that watches our games every week and whose job it is to recognise the players on the pitch he is not very good.
Yes, there can be the occasional mistake of identity but it happens far too often.

As for Adie, I like his approach and having been a fan of his and of Mick over the years I would cut them some slack but Dellor is a professional broadcaster so should do better.

The Stoke game had no commentary from our boys and I think I'll watch future games without their input-they add nothing to the event whereas an amateur broadcaster such as Stephen Hunt offered more of significance over 90 minutes than the others have for most of the season.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Nice to hear from Hunty again...barely understood a word he said, mind.

The Berks commentary is just fine.

Not all of us take the game quite so seriously, football is there to be enjoyed....just an opinion, of course

[Orion1871]

Nice to hear from Hunty again...barely understood a word he said, mind.

The Berks commentary is just fine.

Not all of us take the game quite so seriously, football is there to be enjoyed....just an opinion, of course

Can't beat Tim talking about his morning run, some obscure stat he's found or his amateur sports psychology musings. Mick "half a second" Gooding and his briefcase full of Chocolate bars make it a great duo.

[Nameless]

Been listening to the opposition’s commentary for games recently. While it is still very much ‘local radio’ it has been almost without exception much preferable to the BBC berks effort. I watch the game for the action on the pitch, not for self indulgent waffle from presenters with delusions that they are some sort of ‘characters’. I just need the commentator to give me an accurate description of who is doing what, and the odd bit of background info. What RadioBerks offers actually detracts from the game because of the inaccuracies and irrelevances. A few games ago Dellor spent ages moaning that the opposition players were committing lots of minor fouls but none that warranted a card, he thought the laws should allow for some kind of totting up process where a player couldn’t get a card for repeated minor offences. I bet if he read the laws he’d be surprised, or even just watched what referees actually award cards for.

[Norfolk Royal]

I've seen numerous comments on here over the years about Dellor, Gooding, etc, most not complimentary, but never listened to them before. Having heard their commentaries on iFollow now, I can see that most of the comments are accurate.

Surprised nobody has mentioned this but when Smith came on Dellor was ridiculing him, virtually fat shaming him. Thought that was childish and asking for karma, which we duly got.

The mixing up of identities of the players in the Brentford game was embarrassing. I used to listen to the BBC Radio Norfolk commentaries on Norwich games a fair bit and they've had a few bizarre commentary teams themselves over the years but now seem to have sorted it out to the point where their commentary and summarising is some way better than BBC Berks, imho.

It seems to me that the man commentator/presenter, in this case Dellor, seems to think they must develop some sort of character or personality as a bit of a showman. This really comes across as being crass as most football fans want a sensible summary and more exact commentary of the game as it happens from a radio station than some sort of Timmy Mallett experience.

I haven't heard them much over the years but I do agree the coverage is not very good.

I know it is Local Radio so you expect an element of bias in commentary which is fine but Dellor in particular seems to see the games like somebody in East Stand 26 who has had 4-5 pints and thinks that every decision should go Reading's way.

It was Ian I think who said about Dellor mixing players up- for a guy that watches our games every week and whose job it is to recognise the players on the pitch he is not very good.
Yes, there can be the occasional mistake of identity but it happens far too often.

As for Adie, I like his approach and having been a fan of his and of Mick over the years I would cut them some slack but Dellor is a professional broadcaster so should do better.

The Stoke game had no commentary from our boys and I think I'll watch future games without their input-they add nothing to the event whereas an amateur broadcaster such as Stephen Hunt offered more of significance over 90 minutes than the others have for most of the season.

I haven't heard the Adie stuff to be fair so I'm sure you're right about that.

[Stranded]

Been listening to the opposition’s commentary for games recently. While it is still very much ‘local radio’ it has been almost without exception much preferable to the BBC berks effort. I watch the game for the action on the pitch, not for self indulgent waffle from presenters with delusions that they are some sort of ‘characters’. I just need the commentator to give me an accurate description of who is doing what, and the odd bit of background info. What RadioBerks offers actually detracts from the game because of the inaccuracies and irrelevances. A few games ago Dellor spent ages moaning that the opposition players were committing lots of minor fouls but none that warranted a card, he thought the laws should allow for some kind of totting up process where a player couldn’t get a card for repeated minor offences. I bet if he read the laws he’d be surprised, or even just watched what referees actually award cards for.

Whilst agreed that Berks is shocking at times, I would argue that saying others are better may be a case of it not being Berks.

For the Stoke game, the local commentator had a voice for sleeping too and he made plenty of mistakes when it came to naming players on both sides. A lot of the chatter was also inane drivel. Different but not really better.

[muirinho]

Been listening to the opposition’s commentary for games recently. While it is still very much ‘local radio’ it has been almost without exception much preferable to the BBC berks effort. I watch the game for the action on the pitch, not for self indulgent waffle from presenters with delusions that they are some sort of ‘characters’. I just need the commentator to give me an accurate description of who is doing what, and the odd bit of background info. What RadioBerks offers actually detracts from the game because of the inaccuracies and irrelevances. A few games ago Dellor spent ages moaning that the opposition players were committing lots of minor fouls but none that warranted a card, he thought the laws should allow for some kind of totting up process where a player couldn’t get a card for repeated minor offences. I bet if he read the laws he’d be surprised, or even just watched what referees actually award cards for.

Whilst agreed that Berks is shocking at times, I would argue that saying others are better may be a case of it not being Berks.

For the Stoke game, the local commentator had a voice for sleeping too and he made plenty of mistakes when it came to naming players on both sides. A lot of the chatter was also inane drivel. Different but not really better.

Oh yeah, this. There was one point in the game where he didn't commentate for a number of minutes, including an entire attack, because he was giving shoutouts to fans.... Lucky for him we didn't score...

All I've really decided from all of this is that I wouldn't pay for radio commentary, because they're not telling you what's going on, on the pitch.

[JedMaxwell]

Ady Williams is not a professionally-trained broadcaster (as far as I know anyway) but I quite like his presenting style. It feels a bit more authentic than some others. I don't always agree with him but he's not awful and it's only local radio.

Mick Gooding is good although his prep isn't always great, as others have said here. He knows the game and has good insight, but it can't be easy commentating alongside Dellor.

Again, it's local radio so doesn't actually matter, and Dellor is never explicitly out of order or offensive, but his commentary is just not very good. Regularly not being able to identify players he watches every week is really bad, and he never has any kind of insight into the opponents.

To be honest, I don't mind little asides into random things during commentary to give it a bit of character, but Dellor is also not very good at that either.

Not too long until we're back hopefully, then we don't have to listen to him anymore.

I'll be interested to see the Bristol City fans' responses after tonight's game as they've had a bit of a fall from grace this year after being right up there over the last few years.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Bristol City fans seem to think they outplayed us and deserved to win.

[Nameless]

Bristol City fans seem to think they outplayed us and deserved to win.

How can a team that didn’t play OUTplay anyone ?
A shot on target might have been a useful th8ng for them to try for.

[NewCorkSeth]

Bristol City fans seem to think they outplayed us and deserved to win.

Not buying it. Obviously trolling.

[Hendo]

Bristol City fans seem to think they outplayed us and deserved to win.

Nah, not having that. Link or get the oxf*rd out.

[Jagermesiter1871]

Sounds about right for that lot.

[muirinho]

Bristol City fans seem to think they outplayed us and deserved to win.

Are you sure you looked at the thread for the right game?

[windermereROYAL]

The goals on pages 16 to 20 are a joy to behold , a real meltdown.

https://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic ... d/page/16/

[NewCorkSeth]

The goals on pages 16 to 20 are a joy to behold , a real meltdown.

https://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic ... d/page/16/

Oof. That's a collective meltdown. Things really must have been shite.

They were a decent team the last 2 seasons weren't they?