Great to hear the old favourites - thanks, BDL - sure it helped with the atmosphere.
Has the announcer gone for good, or did he just have a prior engagement?
And an appropriate, albeit rather poignant, choice at the end of match - anyone else notice?
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Anyone else notice they played VFR before KO too!
And VFR at half time too.
Song at the end was Blur "It really, really, really could happen..."
and i definately heard it, after that godawful t-mobile advert that is turned up so loud it makes me cover my ears!
That's off the EV machine (think of it as a very very very good Sky + machine with added bells and whistles), so the volume is all over the place - Sorry, my fault - will try and play it a little quieter.
Just thought that the Universal was the right choice.
Pete had to be elsewhere on Saturday, so Jon and I held the fort.
As I said before - I put in a word for him when the club advertised for a new pitch announcer, I've worked with him on other events over the years and he is the right person for the job, in my opinion.
Let's leave it at that!
Pete's not the first "non" Charlton Announcer, off the top of my head I can recall - Bill Prosser (West Ham), Tuggy (Wimbledon). So it's nothing new.
I'm working on his accent though!
I know he is doing his best, and i'm sure he must check out places like this for feedback etc and it can't be nice being slagged off. But when you are trying to whip a crowd up, which he is effectively trying to do, its a bit obvious that he has no history, or feel the same passion that he is trying to generate. His timing can also be slightly out at times, and that's also due to not really having the understanding.
To be fair on him, he did whip up the crowd quite nicely during the Llanera draw - good old-fashioned compere work, that. And he seemed to be really enjoying it, too. Maybe he needs to have a bit more interaction with the punters.
He needs to get himself down Lewisham market. That'll give him a start on the accent :-)
I'm not disputing he's a good compere, if I was at Butlins or somewhere on holiday he'd be great. He just doesn't do it for me at Charlton, probably because number one I'm a miserable old git and two I feel Brian Cole has served his penance particularly when you consider what Tangoman has been saying about us!
Yep!
Anyway, it's not over yet!
Very funny that. think it even put a wry smile on the old misog's face himself.
Still, got a mention on Soccer Saturday!