pugwash 3,208 Posted June 13, 2004 I agree with Steve as well but as Star Lady said its not his fault as he shouldnt have been given the job really, it was just a sop to the fans. IMO I think Kevin Coombes the Eastbourne announcer would have done a better job - ask the Poole fans as they seem to think he does a good job as well. In fact Im sure there are lots of good experiended announcers they could have used. Standing in front of 40000 people + t.v cameras at cardiff and standing in front of a few hundred peole at Arlington is just a touch more daunting I would say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lanzilla 0 Posted June 13, 2004 IMO I think Kevin Coombes the Eastbourne announcer would have done a better job - ask the Poole fans as they seem to think he does a good job as well. He would have been my choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted June 13, 2004 Kevin Coombes (he did Brighton?) is good. I liked Sam but I was not listenging to him for heat result, I work that out myself(or ask the official program filler in, Robbo). As I said, he got us all (to use a speedway term) "pumped up". Prehaps he does not a side kick or even needs to be the side kick and Kevin Coombed might be the guy to do it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robbo 0 Posted June 13, 2004 'The Official Programme Filler In'. Propa bo that quite like it.Shame the p*** heads kept spilling beer over the scorecard eh . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SW17 Racer 0 Posted June 13, 2004 Like him, but tried to hard, and having heard Nigel Pearsons commentary today, would rather he did it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted June 13, 2004 Propa bo that quite like it.Shame the p*** heads kept spilling beer over the scorecard eh . Says the under age drinker!! Jill won't be happy with you, p*** head indeed!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jive 47 Posted June 13, 2004 Agree that Sam messed up rider intros could not hear a word as soon as he said the riders names with the airhorns blasting all around. You need a good presenter at an event like this and i'm afraid Sam was NOT the Man! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace_of_clubs 0 Posted June 14, 2004 (edited) Major mistake by Benfield to employ an amateur debutant for such an important job. He made an absolute cock-up of the rider introductions by getting them ar$e about. And with no proper announcer I didn't get half of the race times. His jabbering was unclear, and he mixed up attempting to give the race result with attempting to give the line up for the next race. I don't even know whether he gave all the race times. Several appeared never to be given and one came about three races after the event. Ermolenko, forget announcing, stick to what you're good at. Edited June 14, 2004 by Ace_of_clubs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Addy 1 Posted June 14, 2004 Inbetween watching, an enjoying probably the best Cardif GP so far, I was in communication, via text, with several people. To best of my knowledge all were above 1st tier. and the majority view was we couldn't hear a word the man was saying. One of our party said this was a good thing .... others may have thought it - Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jill 4 Posted June 14, 2004 (edited) Propa bo that quite like it.Shame the p*** heads kept spilling beer over the scorecard eh . Says the under age drinker!! Jill won't be happy with you, p*** head indeed!! who was that then i wasnt drunk couldnt have been me hehehe robbo underge drinker never. Never seen him with a alcoholic drink all day lol Edited June 14, 2004 by jill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjw ministerofport 1 Posted June 14, 2004 i'm glad Sam was given the job as i think he is good, but to be honest i couldn't hear him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RugBee 0 Posted June 14, 2004 Ermolenko, forget announcing, stick to what you're good at. I don't think you can fall over and try to claim the bonus point in a GP We couldn't hear much of Ermolenko's mumbling either, and his introductions were rubbish. They should have had a proper announcer to give the official results. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shazzybird 10 Posted June 14, 2004 There was me thinking I was drunk and hearing had gone all funny, luckily I sat next to Liontamer (very nice man and not as old as I thought either ) and B2B his comments are hilarious and a true Brit fan thats what I like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jungle Jake 0 Posted June 14, 2004 Stuttering Sam Ermolenko lets congratulate him as he done quite well in Sweden last Thursday........................................HONK HONK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Turner 0 Posted June 14, 2004 I don't think it could have worked out better. Nice one Sam Never heard a word of it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
