: Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:31 pm  

onewild wrote:

I'm taking the risk of not playing Peterson this week because he is up against the Steelers defence. I have two other RBs Barber and Stewart who are predicted more points against weaker defences. Anybody else think this is a good idea or should I play Peterson?

Never ever drop Peterson.

I was predicted about 10 points for Ray Rice against the Vikings and he torched them and got me a boat load of fantasy points. No matter who the opposition is you've got to start your elite players, and Peterson is the number one RB.

LFCRhino wrote:

How embarrasing is this NFL uk program on channel 5 all the presenters are clueless when it comes to the NFL and it shows

Trevor Nelson What a tit Im guessing hes a Pats fan now even though he wasnt a few years ago and said he was a Tampa bay fan


Apparently Antonio Bryant is world class and one of the best wideouts in the league now too

The entire channel 5 broadcasts for the NFL are terrible.

Nat Coombs is the worst, i really cannot watch anything on 5 NFL unless it is a Green Bay game, even then i'd turn the sound down. They make Nick and Kev sound like the best commentators ever.

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:38 pm  

I'm sorry but Cadle is useless, Coombs or anybody who can read an autocue puts Cadle to shame. Halling is ok and Carlson is superb IMO

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:45 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

I'm sorry but Cadle is useless, Coombs or anybody who can read an autocue puts Cadle to shame. Halling is ok and Carlson is superb IMO

Carlson is far from superb. He is completely annoying. Him and Coombs, who is always doing stupid hand gestures, make stupid jokes between themselves and laugh at anything. Everything the actual in-game commentators say he says he said/noticed even if he didn't. The whole 5 production is amateurish at best.

Cadle and Halling are decent but are far more professional than 5.

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:08 pm  

ST_CONROY wrote:

Carlson is far from superb. He is completely annoying. Him and Coombs, who is always doing stupid hand gestures, make stupid jokes between themselves and laugh at anything. Everything the actual in-game commentators say he says he said/noticed even if he didn't. The whole 5 production is amateurish at best.

Cadle and Halling are decent but are far more professional than 5.

And you know he didn't notice it how? I'm amazed anybody can find Cadle professional. The guy bumbles through everything, it's rare when he actually gets a link fluently right. Coombs isn't brilliant but i'd rather have someone other enthusiastic than barely interested at all.

As for your problem with Carlson i really don't get that one at all. He breaks it down brilliantly and helps people like myself pick up the strategy of the defence easily. You need to remember we aren't all supergenius' like yourself

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:22 pm  

LFCRhino wrote:

How embarrasing is this NFL uk program on channel 5 all the presenters are clueless when it comes to the NFL and it shows

Trevor Nelson What a tit Im guessing hes a Pats fan now even though he wasnt a few years ago and said he was a Tampa bay fan


Apparently Antonio Bryant is world class and one of the best wideouts in the league now too

I think NFL UK have tried to go with a hip lineup rather than focusing on people who actually know anything about the game. Probably find that people will watch it who are feeling the game out but those of us who are into the game a bit more deeply find it annoying.

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:25 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

And you know he didn't notice it how? I'm amazed anybody can find Cadle professional. The guy bumbles through everything, it's rare when he actually gets a link fluently right. Coombs isn't brilliant but i'd rather have someone other enthusiastic than barely interested at all.

I don't know whether he noticed it or not. However a hell of a lot of the time he says, oh well i saw what whoever saw also. It just gets annoying him constantly repeating everything and seeing the same replay with him talking as we just saw with the American commentators talking.

Coombs, i have no problem with his enthusiasm, but he is always moving his hands, which is quite annoying, and he gets players names/teams/previous team played for wrong a number of times. Do some research Coombs!

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

As for your problem with Carlson i really don't get that one at all. He breaks it down brilliantly and helps people like myself pick up the strategy of the defence easily. You need to remember we aren't all supergenius' like yourself

I'm not a supergenuis. I know plently about the game and the different strategies though, and Carlson does break it down pretty well. However as a broadcaster surely it is his job to promote the game? He spent an entire broadcast saying how bad the Packers and Lions were, how bad the NFC North is, how bad the game was, how bad the referees were etc. He finds things like calling Atari Bigby "video game" or something like that hilarious and spent about 5 minutes talking and laughing about it.

His breaking down of plays is decent and his pre-game key things are decent also, if a little obvious, but i just don't find him professional enough.

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:33 pm  

ST_CONROY wrote:

I don't know whether he noticed it or not. However a hell of a lot of the time he says, oh well i saw what whoever saw also. It just gets annoying him constantly repeating everything and seeing the same replay with him talking as we just saw with the American commentators talking.

Coombs, i have no problem with his enthusiasm, but he is always moving his hands, which is quite annoying, and he gets players names/teams/previous team played for wrong a number of times. Do some research Coombs!



I'm not a supergenuis. I know plently about the game and the different strategies though, and Carlson does break it down pretty well. However as a broadcaster surely it is his job to promote the game? He spent an entire broadcast saying how bad the Packers and Lions were, how bad the NFC North is, how bad the game was, how bad the referees were etc. He finds things like calling Atari Bigby "video game" or something like that hilarious and spent about 5 minutes talking and laughing about it.

His breaking down of plays is decent and his pre-game key things are decent also, if a little obvious, but i just don't find him professional enough.

I think he does the criticism with a hint of humour. I know i get it but it may pass others by. I'd also suggest the audience that the 5 guys get is probably going to be more die hard fans. If your watching an NFL match at 1am its for the love of the game not casually flicking through. I seem to remember Carlson being very professional in the BBC coverage last year alongside Woodson?

For my money the best team to present the NFL would be to get Halling presenting it with Carlson and possibly Reinebold on the panel. Coombs has probably got the 5 gig as he will be cheap, has an interest (all be it sometimes misguided) in the game and proper presenters wouldn't be to interested in the sort of gig that has you up till 5am.

: Sat Oct 24, 2009 11:26 pm  

LFCRhino wrote:

How embarrasing is this NFL uk program on channel 5 all the presenters are clueless when it comes to the NFL and it shows

Tried to watch that, was embarrassing.

: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:26 am  

Wire In The Final wrote:

Tried to watch that, was embarrassing.

Quite right.

: Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:08 am  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

we aren't all supergenius' like yourself

are you on a wind up? ST CONROY get's it wrong most weeks. 5 reciever set's in the snow,