PA announcer

[sandman]

Our PA announcer is so shit he has now been called up by the FA to compere the England game on Friday. This bloke is going places.

Congratulations Darren.

Here's hoping.

[bluerinse]

Any idea whether we will still have the same PA announcer this Saturday? I hope not, as he drove me mad last season!

[LWJ]

Yes we will, he was there on Friday night.

[bobby1413]

Yea, as LWJ said he was there Friday... funnily enough I didn't go however watched a highlights clip and could hear him as the players walked out screaming:

"Please welcome to the pitch Bournemouth... and.... REAAADDDINNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"

[From Despair To Where?]

Our PA announcer is so shit he has now been called up by the FA to compere the England game on Friday. This bloke is going places.

Congratulations Darren.

Here's hoping.

Because the FA's track record with recruitment is exemplary.

With Allardyce now manager are the FA going for the full Bolton Circa 2006 effect with fat northerners running up and down the pitch with big flags to the strains of James Brown, whilst some infuriatingly annoying tossrag screams "I FEEEEEEEEEEEEL GOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" over the PA, accompanied by a troup of drummers making a noise akin to a million wasps trapped in a tin can.

[Maneki Neko]

how big is the tin can?

even in the largest jumbo sized, commercial kitchen sized can, a million wasps would be so squashed in, the only sound to escape would, at its best, be a mere muted hum, which is a strange sound for a troupe of drummers to make

[SCIAG]

how big is the tin can?

even in the largest jumbo sized, commercial kitchen sized can, a million wasps would be so squashed in, the only sound to escape would, at its best, be a mere muted hum, which is a strange sound for a troupe of drummers to make

Perhaps he meant the sort of tin can that Major Tom would float around. I think those are big enough for a million wasps to be able to fly freely around, but small enough that several would hit the sides in confusion every second.

[Royal Ginger]

Seems to have got the tone about right on Friday. Wavered a bit at the beginning of the second half with some bollocks about atmosphere from the stands, but overall much improved.

I worry for the substitute announcer, he sounds sad...

[Maneki Neko]

prefer the sub.

all that nonsense about amazing noise at the start of the second half, that was met by a few quiet claps, when it was one of the quietest games ive ever been to.
some times lying about the atmosphere, or going over board in trying to whip it up, juts makes it worse

[Pandoras Box]

Slightly off topic but......

1. Didn't happen Friday (as the music was so quiet) - but who is the nob that pulls the jack plug out (or sticks it in) of the tannoy system while on full volume just before half time every match so every one jumps ten feet out of their seat.
2. Why put Sweet Caroline on 10 seconds before either kick off and never get to the chorus. On Friday it seemed the ref embarrassingly held the second half up so the chorus could come on!

How many weeks will it take to learn how to do either properly?

[Royal Ginger]

The ref was holding for Sky who were still waffling on at the top of the West stand. The game restated as soon as the camera lights went off.

[West Stand Man]

Slightly off topic but......

1. Didn't happen Friday (as the music was so quiet) - but who is the nob that pulls the jack plug out (or sticks it in) of the tannoy system while on full volume just before half time every match so every one jumps ten feet out of their seat.
2. Why put Sweet Caroline on 10 seconds before either kick off and never get to the chorus. On Friday it seemed the ref embarrassingly held the second half up so the chorus could come on!

How many weeks will it take to learn how to do either properly?

A lot of weeks so far!

Surely they must have noticed that every other club plays their theme/anthem when the players come out?

[Nameless]

RFC get slated for being unoriginal. Now someone wants them to do something 'because everyone else does it'.

[Ian Royal]

RFC get slated for being unoriginal. Now someone wants them to do something 'because everyone else does it'.

Well, if they're going to continue being a shambles cutting off the music awkwardly, playing very little of it and continuing to play it after kick off... I think it's time to work out the experiment in originality was shit. Also, the song is shit.

[Pandoras Box]

Slightly off topic but......

1. Didn't happen Friday (as the music was so quiet) - but who is the nob that pulls the jack plug out (or sticks it in) of the tannoy system while on full volume just before half time every match so every one jumps ten feet out of their seat.
2. Why put Sweet Caroline on 10 seconds before either kick off and never get to the chorus. On Friday it seemed the ref embarrassingly held the second half up so the chorus could come on!

How many weeks will it take to learn how to do either properly?

And there we go again tonight, m'lud. I rest my case.....although to be fair, the nob fvcked about with the jack plug at half time but ensured it was twice the volume than normal and there were probably just three words sung of sweet Caroline before second half kick off.

[Nameless]

RFC get slated for being unoriginal. Now someone wants them to do something 'because everyone else does it'.

Well, if they're going to continue being a shambles cutting off the music awkwardly, playing very little of it and continuing to play it after kick off... I think it's time to work out the experiment in originality was shit. Also, the song is shit.

All songs at football are shit. Just listen to the fans for 90 minutes for evidence of that !

[Maneki Neko]

was a nob last night. the game is a stalemate, with little excitement. stop trying to talk it up.
you nob

[Mr Optimist]

I don't know what it is but playing Sweet Caroline i find incredibly cringeworthy and embarrassing. It's not even played in an ironic way like the Terry and June theme tune used to be.

I would rather we played Kevin Girdlers "anthem" than some 70s country cheese like Neil Facking Diamond.

Touching you... Touching me, just Fack off

[Brum Royal]

Slightly off topic but......

1. Didn't happen Friday (as the music was so quiet) - but who is the nob that pulls the jack plug out (or sticks it in) of the tannoy system while on full volume just before half time every match so every one jumps ten feet out of their seat.
2. Why put Sweet Caroline on 10 seconds before either kick off and never get to the chorus. On Friday it seemed the ref embarrassingly held the second half up so the chorus could come on!

How many weeks will it take to learn how to do either properly?

And there we go again tonight, m'lud. I rest my case.....although to be fair, the nob fvcked about with the jack plug at half time but ensured it was twice the volume than normal and there were probably just three words sung of sweet Caroline before second half kick off.

Three seconds more like, all we got last night was "HHHHAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN" - poor old Neil didn't even get to finish the first word before he was cut off.

[PieEater]

That was still 3 seconds too much