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Personally, I have really enjoyed the two guy working the Ivory Coast/Portuagal match. They are the same tandem that worked the Italy/Paraguay match....Ian Darke and Efan Ekoku

Who have you like or hated so far....

ESPN listing

Derek Rae and Efan Ekoku. I like Martin Tyler, but he hasn't been very exciting so far (boring matches, though, so...).

Martin Tyler is never exciting.

Definatley NOT the one's that did the US/England game. They were awful!

John Harkes needs to be behind the desk next to Alexi Lalas

(06-15-2010 11:17 AM)gotigers1 Wrote: [ -> ]Definatley NOT the one's that did the US/England game. They were awful!

John Harkes needs to be behind the desk next to Alexi Lalas

Bring Back Mr. Arrogant Wynalda! I used to love him and Tommy Smyth arguing during MLS matches on ESPN. Great stuff!

Who's this guy?



RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

(06-15-2010 11:30 AM)TigerEye Wrote: [ -> ]Who's this guy?



RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

The Gus Johnson of soccer

We need our announcers to throw in a GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL from time to time. Can't hurt.

(06-15-2010 10:03 AM)GrayBeard Wrote: [ -> ]Personally, I have really enjoyed the two guy working the Ivory Coast/Portuagal match. They are the same tandem that worked the Italy/Paraguay match....Ian Darke and Efan Ekoku

Who have you like or hated so far....

ESPN listing

I vote for Darke/Ekoku too. The assessment at the half today between Portugal/Ivory Coast was, like Bob Ley kept mentioning, brutally frank. I enjoy the nuances the British announcers use when calling play-by-play. Like today during the Ivory Coast game Darke said someone, "dribbles through only to find a cul-de-sac awaiting him there."

Darke/Ekoku

Harkes is a huge dork. Really kills the vibe with 4 word sentences. There should be only english or foreign commentary on ESPN because Lalas/Harkes/etc are F'n horrible.

I cringe when seeing Bob Ley and Tirico talking about soccer....

I liked the Euro2008 coverage much better. Lower key and Disney didn't have to send "their best" (which to me is their worst) for soccer coverage they have no clue over.

I think Bob Ley actually has a soccer background.

It could be much worse. They could have Max Bretos announcing games and over pronouncing foreign names.

Some of the commentators in this World Cup are a reason I hope soccer never becomes mainstream. Can you imagine Scott Van Pelt or Stuart Scott highlighting a soccer match? Ugh.

Of course, I would love some more matches to be shown on ESPN here, but there would be consequences.