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Could someone please inform this chap that there are four countries on display in these meetings, and that to presume that "Everyone in the stadium" should be getting behind Team GB is disrespectful to the other nations in the extreme.

 

Could they also please remind him that as an announcer he should remain impartial.

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  Robyn1972 said:
Could someone please inform this chap that there are four countries on display in these meetings, and that to presume that "Everyone in the stadium" should be getting behind Team GB is disrespectful to the other nations in the extreme.

 

Could they also please remind him that as an announcer he should remain impartial.

 

how often does that happen?

 

When I travelled to wolves vs peterborough, the announcer announced we (myself and the other panthers fans) were heckling wolves... errr, no mate, we're cheering on our team. :blink:

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Hope the start girls get in right from the off tomorrow to. First two heats yesterday they were all over the place. Not hard is it lol

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I thought the announcer last night was excellent. Considering you had to fill out every rider in every heat in the programme he did a very good job of keeping us informed.

 

And as for being impartial, you are surely having a laugh???

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I thought Kevin did a excellent job, more like he does at eastbourne and far better than he is allowed to do at Cardiff, he is a top guy, maybe a good choice of replacement for Mr Green with Kelvin on sky!

He knows the sport and is clear, and why should he not want England to win, he is English and it's in England.

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Kevin was fantastic last night!

 

So what if there are other nations in the meeting! It is being hold in Great Britain and they are the ones that the majority are there to support!

 

I have been to the SWC's over the last few years in Poland, Denmark and Sweden! Believe you me there are far more biased towards their country than we are at Reading!

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  shalefan said:
Hope the start girls get in right from the off tomorrow to. First two heats yesterday they were all over the place. Not hard is it lol

 

If they stopped playing up to the camera and concentrated more they'd be really good, the girl on gate 1 loved pouting at the camera and missed her steps every time, get the Poole girls there :approve:

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  tape2tapevideo said:
I thought Kevin did a excellent job, more like he does at eastbourne and far better than he is allowed to do at Cardiff, he is a top guy, maybe a good choice of replacement for Mr Green with Kelvin on sky!

He knows the sport and is clear, and why should he not want England to win, he is English and it's in England.

 

I should think he probably wanted Britain to win though Ken! :P

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  Robyn1972 said:
Could someone please inform this chap that there are four countries on display in these meetings, and that to presume that "Everyone in the stadium" should be getting behind Team GB is disrespectful to the other nations in the extreme.

 

Could they also please remind him that as an announcer he should remain impartial.

Oh come on.. the match is in England.. he did nothing wrong.. why should he not get the crowd behind the HOME team... Love to see this comment said at a football match..

 

Anyway i thought it was Tony Millard out there when he said the first bend was the third etc!!!

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  Racer X said:
I should think he probably wanted Britain to win though Ken!  :P

 

Hi Nick, I think we should be called England, just like in 1975-80 when we knew we could win.

Glad Chris is in, but wish we had some rider with home track knowledge. Will be there early, so come and have a chat. :)

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Unless things have changed substatially since the last time I cast my eyes over a rule book, it is a meeting PRESENTER who is entitled to be biased. The ANNOUNCER should be impartial. If there is only one person dealing with the microphone at a meeting, and that person is giving details of heats scores, changes to lineups etc, we are entitled to assume that they are the announcer surely? Perhaps the answer would indeed as someone else said to have had a competent announcer in the box (Bryn would, IMO, be an ideal choice) and then either Mike Bennett or the present chap doing centre green presentation, as he clearly has some skill as a presenter.

 

Frankly it makes not the blindest bit of odds that this other country or that are more biased than the chap was yesterday. There are still countries out there where small children have their hands cut off for nicking apples, but I hope no-one is suggesting that makes it acceptable?! we should be striving to be the best, not simply working on the basis that "others do it so why shouldn't we?". Come on BSI - sort it out before tomorrow.

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  Robyn1972 said:
Could someone please inform this chap that there are four countries on display in these meetings, and that to presume that "Everyone in the stadium" should be getting behind Team GB is disrespectful to the other nations in the extreme.

 

Could they also please remind him that as an announcer he should remain impartial.

 

 

So what...it's hardly a crime! :blink::D

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I don't mind him being partizan, after all it hardly stopped the large Polish comntingent enjoying themselves (Poland's poor start was far more of a damper)but what annoyed me is that he kept saying tjhat:

 

"The line-up for the next heat looks approximately like this..." ;)

 

No it didn't, it looked exactly like this, infact it was the line-up for the next heat :blink:

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