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**GrayBeard** · 06-15-2010 10:03 AM

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

TigerEye · 06-15-2010 10:08 AM

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

aTxTIGER · 06-15-2010 11:04 AM

Martin Tyler is never exciting.

gotigers1 · 06-15-2010 11:17 AM

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

**GrayBeard** · 06-15-2010 11:23 AM

(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!

TigerEye · 06-15-2010 11:30 AM

Who's this guy?

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

Jenkz · 06-15-2010 11:52 AM

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

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

The Gus Johnson of soccer 03-lmfao

TigerEye · 06-15-2010 11:57 AM

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

Tigers2640 · 06-15-2010 10:39 PM

(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."

ShockerBob · 06-16-2010 07:50 AM

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.

fsquid · 06-16-2010 10:07 AM

I think Bob Ley actually has a soccer background.

**GrayBeard** · 06-16-2010 10:09 AM

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

TN_Tiger · 06-16-2010 10:18 AM

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.

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