E I Addio Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 Tatums meaningless “ Early doors” whatever that means. Two meaning less Lanningisms that used to drive me mad :- “( such and such )…..makes the jump” and the really dreadful “ Here comes Collins ( or whoever) high wide and handsome “ If you turned the sound off a and only listened to Lannings commentary you wouldn’t have a clue what was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 The No1 phrase most used and heard... "Who have we got Guesting for us tonight?. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin bass Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 11 hours ago, Youhave2minutes said: Clear off back to your own country is a phrase I’ve heard of on the terraces many a time Ive heard that in many towns and city's across the country and not related to speedway🤭 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W9 Lion Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 The phrase I hate is a big 5-1. For it to be big some 5-1's must be smaller. Its not big it significant, strategic or important. Ahhhhhhhh rant over. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin bass Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 17 hours ago, norbold said: "….fires himself to the front." "Each rider has now had their five rides, so we know their scores, but I haven't got a clue who's qualified for the Elsie Queue." Tatum gets worse wk on wk, cant remember which rider it was on Saturday but he'd just completed his 3rd ride and Tatum said erm err he had 3 outside gates still to come🤨 that makes 6 rides in my book not 5🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shippy22 Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 13 minutes ago, W9 Lion said: The phrase I hate is a big 5-1. For it to be big some 5-1's must be smaller. Its not big it significant, strategic or important. Ahhhhhhhh rant over. I agree, all 5-1's are the same size !!. Craig Saul used to say that a lot at Rye House. Another one that annoys me is " He is so far ahead, he is in a different postcode " Hear that often on the Berwick streaming service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeW436 Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 That’s a great ride from the guest tonight, Chris Harris. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun Posted July 13 Author Report Share Posted July 13 hard charger. love that one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWellBehavedWorrall Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 “You can’t hold a candle to this classy Dane” in reference to Brian Andersen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 Charge of the heavy brigade into the first turn, not for the feint hearted, where angels fear to tread, party piece. All great Lanningisms. I dont think he'll ever be bettered personally. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 On 7/11/2026 at 7:25 PM, chun said: What does that mean!11 High Wide and Handsome I reckon! A couple of ones that I always recall and they actually started to grate on me a bit - 'he's going to wind it on round the outside' - 'Cuts back to the inside' both these phrases usually resulted in no passing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 It's all about the start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WookieboyDon Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 (edited) 6 hours ago, E I Addio said: Tatums meaningless “ Early doors” whatever that means. Two meaning less Lanningisms that used to drive me mad :- “( such and such )…..makes the jump” and the really dreadful “ Here comes Collins ( or whoever) high wide and handsome “ If you turned the sound off a and only listened to Lannings commentary you wouldn’t have a clue what was going on. The art of a good commentator is to know what to say and when to keep quiet based on whether they are on the tv or the radio. For television, you don't need to explain absolutely everything as people can see it for themselves. For radio, a continual description is needed. For a phrase, one that Olly Allen has used quite a few times this year when conditions has been wet (and others have used it as well) is "He's been filled in..." We know it's to do with the dirt, but it can have other meanings! 😉 Edited July 13 by WookieboyDon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 1 hour ago, WookieboyDon said: The art of a good commentator is to know what to say and when to keep quiet based on whether they are on the tv or the radio. For television, you don't need to explain absolutely everything as people can see it for themselves. For radio, a continual description is needed. For a phrase, one that Olly Allen has used quite a few times this year when conditions has been wet (and others have used it as well) is "He's been filled in..." We know it's to do with the dirt, but it can have other meanings! 😉 There’s dirt and dirty🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 5 hours ago, chun said: hard charger. love that one. Prostitutes love that saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dornier Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 Hammer and Tongs. ( Jan Staechmann ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 "Zmarzlik is going to dive bomb (insert riders name here), into turn three"... Repeat, ad infinitum.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted July 13 Report Share Posted July 13 ... "will be a future World Champion ! " (they weren't!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 The one that grated was a certain American talking about the "straight aways". My all time favourite (which I still quote where appropriate after heat 13) is "Happiness is 40-38". Happiness is 46-44 doesn't quite work does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 (edited) "Make it a date, Friday at Eight"... Today it would be.. "Make it a date, Friday at, errr, no, sorry, not this Friday, nor the next one, we might be doing something the one after though, and definitely, well, most probably, the one after that"... Edited July 14 by mikebv 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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