Bees World Commentary Ideas

[leggybee]

What a load of crap from the commentators so far - If this was a free service then no complaints - It aint free - Get Burgess to do it full time which he is prepared to do

Sorry u didnt like the commentary against Bradford. I suppose u cant please all the people all the time. Sometimes it would be good to please some of the people some of the time.

Unfortunately its been a while since I started a thread on here and if i am honest I cant remember how to do it otherwise I would have stared one to ask what would make the commentary better for you all.

 

[Simon C]

Like this?

 

[West Ealing Bee]

Just to clarify. Paul USA is talking about Mark Burridge, and not Brian Burgess

Whether Mark would do it full time is a question only he can answer, I'm not sure it's fair to put words in his mouth.

 

[leggybee]

poor commentary

I know some of you were unhappy with the commentary against Bradford City.

Any suggestions to improve it would be welcome.

I know from being a listener myself that a poor commentary is very frustrating.

Please bear in mind I am not in charge and do not have access to funds until I win the lottery.

But I do want to make your listening to the commentary as enjoyable as possible when its my turn to be on the mic.

 

[Edmundo]

Just to clarify. Paul USA is talking about Mark Burridge, and not Brian Burgess

Are you sure? Maybe this is something else that Brian has decide to take on himself?

 

[Simon C]

No he'll be deputy commentator.

 

[Porgey]

This is by no means a personal attack on Leggy or any of the other Beesworld commentators, as I know I couldn't do such a good job as they do and on the whole they are competent and badly let down by the entire PremiumTV setup, which seems to exploit their goodwill as much as the subscribers.

Here are some ideas:

- Better acoustics.

- The use of a professional, unbiased commentary team for each game.

- Much-extended match highlights, available immediately after the game (or after The Championship has finished on Sunday morning, if that is a condition of ITVs contract)


If PremiumTV are serious about increasing their subscribers, and reaching their (presumably) main goal of obtaining live feeds for each game, then they have got to lose the unqualified, extremely-biased "amateur" commentators, the dodgy connections and the awful sound quality.

Does anybody actually listen to that awful Fans commentary service on Sky anyway? So why are we being forced to listen to a similar service on the internet? I know for one that, when it is available, I gain far more satisfaction from listening to a local BBC feed (whether it is BBC London or an away-fans station).

PremiumTV are useless. On a related note, if they had one iota of professionalism they would have made sure you cannot still listen for free on the safc link that was banded around months ago.

 

[West Ealing Bee]

Quite a few good points there Porgey, many of which are out of the club's domain, not that I comment for the club.

The main issue I can address is the non-biased commentary and BBC local radio angle.

This is where BFC suffers, clubs in other areas have dedicated radio stations, Bradford seemed to have three, we have 7-8 bigger clubs within 20 miles, go to 30-40 miles and we're dwarfed.

I can't speak about the home commentary, as even when I'm sitting next to them I tend not to listen but I don't think the away commentary is too biased, but we're all Bees fans and we all want Brentford to win, it is hard to remove that.

We have often had messages saying we are too fair :shrug:

I would also counter that a BBC feed gives an unbiased commentary, professional maybe but not always unbiased.

In terms of acoustics I don't know what can be done. This year we have had more ISDN commentaries than last year but if the home club don't provide there isn't much we can do. General acoustics are dictated by the ground and position we are in, and we have absolutaly no control over that

 

[Simon C]

Quite a few good points there Porgey, many of which are out of the club's domain, not that I comment for the club.

The main issue I can address is the non-biased commentary and BBC local radio angle.

This is where BFC suffers, clubs in other areas have dedicated radio stations, Bradford seemed to have three, we have 7-8 bigger clubs within 20 miles, go to 30-40 miles and we're dwarfed.

I can't speak about the home commentary, as even when I'm sitting next to them I tend not to listen but I don't think the away commentary is too biased, but we're all Bees fans and we all want Brentford to win, it is hard to remove that.

We have often had messages saying we are too fair :shrug:

I would also counter that a BBC feed gives an unbiased commentary, professional maybe but not always unbiased.

In terms of acoustics I don't know what can be done. This year we have had more ISDN commentaries than last year but if the home club don't provide there isn't much we can do. General acoustics are dictated by the ground and position we are in, and we have absolutaly no control over that

I can back WEB up here, the facilities on offer can vary massively and providing good facilities to away commentators is not high on most clubs priority list. That will improve massively if we go up however.

Personally I think slightly biased comms is a good thing.

 

[nocoat]

I have only ever listened to it once and thought it was wicked!!

 

[FarnhamBee]

Think I've only listened to the Hartlepool game this season & have to say that Matt Davis was awesome for that.

:bound:

 

[The Joker]

I only hear commentaries on away matches, but I'd take issue with the description as "extremely biased".

Of course their knowledge of the Bees is usually going to be greater than the home team. But more importantly they are simply providing a "Bees perspective" on the match. Afterall their target audience is Brentford fans who are paying for this service. Perhaps the majority want such a perspective...

I've always enjoyed and been very grateful for the commentaries I've heard. Keep up the good work lads.

 

[Banana]

I might subscribe if it would work on Linux

 

[RANCHO MIRAGE BEE]

As someone listening from afar I enjoy the commentaries and feel they help me keep in touch with the Bees.OK they are not always perfect but sometimes they have to overcome difficulties beyond their control. I for one would really now miss not be able to hear the matches live,just sitting in front of the computer screen waiting for the scores to come up but having no idea how the team was playing is just not the same.
So I say well done to the lads who provide the commentaries on a voluntary basis and lets hope you are commenting from places like Wolverhampton,Ipswich and yes QPR next season.
I dont think you are too biased and anyway whats wrong with that as long as it is not over the top.

 

[Simon C]

I might subscribe if it would work on Linux

lol No chance.

 

[hanworthbee]

i listened to the Colchester away game on there and switched the their commentary (for luck) and have to say the bees double act were in a league of their own co mpared to the loud, noisy Colchester gypo

 

[Canadian Bee]

The commentary is first class but the sound quality is **** poor!

 

[Garybaldbee]

I only hear commentaries on away matches, but I'd take issue with the description as "extremely biased".

Of course their knowledge of the Bees is usually going to be greater than the home team. But more importantly they are simply providing a "Bees perspective" on the match. Afterall their target audience is Brentford fans who are paying for this service. Perhaps the majority want such a perspective...

I've always enjoyed and been very grateful for the commentaries I've heard. Keep up the good work lads.

I've only caught three or four matches so far but I've been very impressed with the standard of commentary to date. And the Brentford bias is exactly what I want

 

[Porgey]

I only hear commentaries on away matches, but I'd take issue with the description as "extremely biased".

Of course their knowledge of the Bees is usually going to be greater than the home team. But more importantly they are simply providing a "Bees perspective" on the match. Afterall their target audience is Brentford fans who are paying for this service. Perhaps the majority want such a perspective...

I've always enjoyed and been very grateful for the commentaries I've heard. Keep up the good work lads.

Fair point, "extremely biased" is probably too strong, especially when talking about the Bees commentators. But I would still rather there was a single commentary team to serve both sets of fans. That way we get the different perspectives, it would pool the quality commentators and probably have a better position in the stadium.

Again, this is out of the clubs control and probably needs to be addressed by the overall, league-wide provider of the commentary. I don't quite think that I initially understood the Bees-specific nature of the thread, as when I read Bees World I generally think PremiumTV.

 

[Salford Bee]

This is by no means a personal attack on Leggy or any of the other Beesworld commentators, as I know I couldn't do such a good job as they do and on the whole they are competent and badly let down by the entire PremiumTV setup, which seems to exploit their goodwill as much as the subscribers.

PremiumTV are useless. On a related note, if they had one iota of professionalism they would have made sure you cannot still listen for free on the safc link that was banded around months ago.

I'm guessing that the club gets a bit of money for this service so what's the point of the safc link as you're denying the club that extra bit of money. If you can't afford it go half in with a friend.

Anyone that uses the safc thing has no right to complain.

 

[Idaho Bee]

As a dedicated exiled listener to Bees World for nearly every game, I'll put my two cents worth in.

First, it is a great service, one I really appreciate and like Rancho Mirage Bee I would be lost without it. Having said that, the quality of the commentators varies greatly. I make these comments without bias as I don't know any of the individuals as I've never met them, and it is nothing personal to any of them, all of which give their time for free.

Mark Burridge, Chris W and Matty something or other, consistently provide commentary that is very clear and easy to understand.

Other commentators tend to talk too close to the mike which makes it almost impossible to hear what's going on. One person in particular has done this for years even though we point out how it's almost impossible to hear whats going on.

Allied with that, some commentators shout too excitedly when something exciting happens on the field. This leaves us hanging on to find out what happened, sometimes for what seems an age. Did we score? miss a sitter?, give away a penalty? We have no idea, just a crucendo of noise which we have to wait until it dissapates before finding out. (Or using the match updates on the GPG to find out what happened). While it is understandable that Bees supporters get excited at the game, they shouldn't be the ones in control of the mike!!

To me, those are the two critical issues that stop me listening to the Bees commentaries. My first choice is always to listen to the Bees commentators, but if the above is happening, I switch over to the other teams commentators, as I did last Saturday. The Bradford commentator was calm, lucid, and had a rye sense of humor - he did a good job. Slightly biased of course but that's OK.

Again appreciate the service, and would love to be able to rely on good clear commentary each week, rather than the hit and miss we have today.

 

[BEEWILD]

I subscribed last year and was mainly impressed with the commentry when we could get it. Unfortunately there were many problems with the whole package last year and I just couldn't afford to part with the cash in case it was a cra ppy service again this year besides I have been able to make a lot of away games this year so its not been an issue.

 

[Porgey]

I'm guessing that the club gets a bit of money for this service so what's the point of the safc link as you're denying the club that extra bit of money. If you can't afford it go half in with a friend.

Anyone that uses the safc thing has no right to complain.

Surely its up to PremiumTV to do something about this? Its been around for 6 months now.

 

[coventry bee]

what is this safc thing that you are on about ?

 

[Bungy Bee]

IHMO..the boys do their very best all the time..with limited space and equipment...also they are not...professionals..but do it to provide a valuable service to supporters who live far away from the Bees..my only gripe is that they always seem to bee having bad connections because of people moving around them.. could they not have a position down the front of the stand..with an telephone extension ..so they could avoid all the pushing and shoving..and people standing up around them...Keep up the good work boys...shall not bee tuned in this saturday...as I hope to bee at Rotherham..to cheer the boys to a great Victory.....YOU REDS....lol

 

[Idaho Bee]

IHMO..the boys do their very best all the time..with limited space and equipment...also they are not...professionals..but do it to provide a valuable service to supporters who live far away from the Bees..my only gripe is that they always seem to bee having bad connections because of people moving around them.. could they not have a position down the front of the stand..with an telephone extension ..so they could avoid all the pushing and shoving..and people standing up around them...Keep up the good work boys...shall not bee tuned in this saturday...as I hope to bee at Rotherham..to cheer the boys to a great Victory.....YOU REDS....lol

Good, we won't have to keep reading "sh*te" this week. rofl

 

[nocoat]

lol just seen that it is only £9.99 to sign up to Beesworld for the rest of the season... reminds me of a buy now pay Jan 2007 deal that is advertised in December

 

[Bungy Bee]

Good, we won't have to keep reading "sh*te" this week. rofl

Hope I dont have to say..sh*te at Rotherham...YOU REDS...lol lol