The Chisnall Love In

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

Nah, just making him read his own book would be punishment enough.

The book was excellent to be fair, I particularly enjoyed the section on our 2009/10 Play Off final win against Carlisle at the Millennium Stadium and that fantastic free kick goal by Alex Baptist

Brought the memories flooding back

 

[1966_and_all_that]

It is absolutely acceptable to bear a grudge against a person who backed/sided with a regime that put several true Blackpool fans lives through hell.

Acceptable to you maybe. The bigger thing would be to move on. I said that on this very forum when the interim Board was set up and we got rid of the Oystons. I said we should all pull together as fans and stop classifying people as mushrooms.

 

[fcblackpool]

I suppose the bottom line is would you prefer Chisnall or Bayes or Reid or Jules. He's been around for seemingly donkeys years is the familiar voice. I'd prefer Chisnall.

He's got his faults and I'm never going to defend his Oyston stance other than Lancs may have been threatened with being banned ( he may well have reflected Lancs' policy at the time). I doubt he does this board and lives out of area although he should have known.

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

Acceptable to you maybe. The bigger thing would be to move on. I said that on this very forum when the interim Board was set up and we got rid of the Oystons. I said we should all pull together as fans and stop classifying people as mushrooms.

He's commentating on a radio broadcast and regularly gets the names of players wrong...... That's an issue

 

[1966_and_all_that]

He's commentating on a radio broadcast and regularly gets the names of players wrong...... That's an issue

That's local radio and I haven't denied that he does. I have my own issues about Lancs' commentating style and their poor editing but not going to get filled with hate because of it.

 

[Lytham_fy8]

And, no doubt, deserves to be hanged accordingly?

He can do what he likes, I still can't stand him.

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

That's local radio and I haven't denied that he does. I have my own issues about Lancs' commentating style and their poor editing but not going to get filled with hate because of it.

There's no hate from my perspective, it's more a matter of me questioning the level of professionalism. The bloke should know the players names and numbers by now surely? I don't think anyone would be bothered about an occasional slip up, but viewers / listeners are watching a completely different game, through Chisnall's commentary...

Whether there's something wrong with his eyesight or he is just lazy and badly prepared I don't know, but that level of incompetence would be dealt with in any other circumstance.

 

[Seainsea]

Not so much about Chisnall but the Tangerine TV commentary from Bloomfield Rd. Wouldn't it be better if they moved the commentary position back to the West stand? I know the general media location is situated in the east and against Birmingham the commentators were repeatedly apologizing for the "industrial language" from the away fans. This would also give a better representation of the atmosphere in the whole ground.

 

[Mark_GT]

"Industrial language"

They need to bring these boys in to get it sorted:

 

[Wizaard]

There's no hate from my perspective, it's more a matter of me questioning the level of professionalism. The bloke should know the players names and numbers by now surely? I don't think anyone would be bothered about an occasional slip up, but viewers / listeners are watching a completely different game, through Chisnall's commentary...

Whether there's something wrong with his eyesight or he is just lazy and badly prepared I don't know, but that level of incompetence would be dealt with in any other circumstance.

I'm usually at games, but it wasn't until the pandemic resulting in the radio commentary being put together with the I-follow pictures that you got a sense of just what was he watching? However, the positive was it gave us some great threads on AVFTT started by @Mark_GT

 

[Since1967]

The fundamental point is - he is a very poor commentator.

 

[Ginge]

You misunderstand me. I don't disect the man to that level because we're only talking about a football commentator. As I said above, I find that level of anger to be unwarranted. I also think it's unhealthy to continue bearing grudges in terms of the previous owners. They've gone, we've moved on and that's it.

Agree

 

[gjr69]

Lets concentrate on the goal and how well Dale did...the fans are there for a nothing game and can be applauded for that....no need to make a feature of it and make a mountain out of a molehill.

Dales goal deserved much more comment than a virtually harmless smoke bomb which he ranted on about for too long.

 

[JJpool]

The whole point used to be it was it was so bad it was good, entertaining, the most random and weird phrases from nowhere.

Tbh still makes me laugh when he gets it wrong or he says one.

Were some funny threads back in the behind closed doors season.

 

[BruceBFC]

I think he should be less opinionated and just commentate on the game.