Discussing the differences in commentating in studio vs. at a stadium | ESPN FC Extra Time

Dan Thomas, Craig Burley and Stewart Robson answer your questions on ESPN FC Extra Time.
0:00 When golfing goes wrong
1:51 Difference in approach to calling a game in studio or live?
9:20 Does Craig think Garnacho’s first name is Young?
10:40 % chance of an El Clasico Champions League Final?
11:15 How long did you give yourself to handle a big loss?
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[@tahntongkfen1360]

I love it when Dan complains when the boys get compliments 😂. “This is all very nice”

[@fksullay]

omg... Craig hits this on the head. I've been going crazy with some commentators telling me what I'm seeing. mostly American commentators and some ex English pros

[@timothybrown5741]

Apple TV is notorious for this.

[@Noirlore]

Craig was fine cuz he didn’t over talk. But the match would go 20 min of no Craig at all 😂

[@jimmyhillschin9987]

I get the impression some commentary teams now, especially for American networks, are being told to hype up the game as much as possible, which means they overdo it. There is a tradition in Britain of commentators and co-commentators just being quiet, letting the game breathe, and also being frank when it's not very good - probably a legacy of the old BBC. This approach builds up quite strong bonds of trust with the audience, but it seems to be on the way out.

[@MrShahussa]

I was wondering why the commentary was a bit delayed. This explains it. I didnt like the delay at all

[@Photosoflife]

Craig is very likely referring to Mark Strong and Stuart Holden at Fox. In particular, Strong not only does not know how to stop talking and let the game speak for itself but he constantly brings up useless stats that have no bearing at all on the game itself. Not to mention Strong and Holden constantly question and undermine referees. Particularly when the U.S. are playing. They are so hard to listen to.

[@paraIIIax]

there is this one co commentary guy on cbs (paramount) for the champions league that is god awful

[@lawrencedockery9032]

Agreed on Strong 1000%. When a goal is scored, I like to hear the roar of the crowd but all I get is John Strong yelling at me. Holden is just a shill for the federation. They're part of US Soccer's "everything is awesome all the time" mentality. Everything the US does is the best. I actually had a credential to cover the US/Canada World Cup Qualifier in Nashville in 2021 and immediately after the US got booed out of the stadium at halftime by 43,000 people for not even attempting a shot on goal, I was in the restroom line behind Strong, Holden and Brian Strauss. The three of them were just raving about how dominant the US had been in the first half and I had to ask them if they were on drugs. It didn't go over well

[@Noirlore]

Wait he must have been ten seconds delayed from the main commentator😂

[@MrDboydeluxe]

My first introduction to European football matches had to be 50+/- a few years ago, PBS had a 30 minute re-cap show on Sunday’s with a in-studio commentator (can’t remember his name but he was magnificent…”Berty Vogts has scored for Gladbach!!!”)doing Bundesliga games, from that I grew to love Borussia Monchengladbach and hate Koln’

[@tvgcmma9215]

When Ange was managing Celtic he had friends over from OZ hadn’t seen for ages and they drew and played badly so he didn’t go out to the planned meal - international break just he had for managers who just lost a game and got two weeks till can do anything while players gone away and will forget about it as now training with different group of players

[@Faladin85]

Theese Long clips so much better gj

[@stephenmcculloch7192]

Burley is tops at waffling

[@abody499]

4:00 he's talking about Graham Hunter.

[@redbullsalz]

One bad loss because of Carlo's bad tactics and personnel vs City and everyone forgets who Real Madrid are.... Remember when Barcelona battered Real Madrid 4-0 at the Bernabeu 2 seasons ago, and Real Madrid still went on to win the UCL?? History says, when everyone's writing Real Madrid off, that's when they're at their best

[@GIBBO4182]

10 games played Man City 4 wins Real Madrid 3 wins Draws 3 History says, Man City have the better head to head record

[@TheWhisperCorner]

Who's worse? Real Madrid fans or Isis?

[@jimmywalker8354]

That El Clasico defeat came with us 15 points ahead of Barca, it was a meaningless game. We ended up winning La Liga + UCL that season (2022) and the same will happen this season.

[@jackbauer5455]

​@jimmywalker8354 Real Madrid will win la liga since they have a big lead right now although Barcelona have picked up form recently beating Atletico Madrid away but at this current time I rate Manchester City chances over Real Madrid all day.

[@axels9179]

@@GIBBO4182 Also worth noting that 2 of these Real Madrid wins came back in 2012 ans 2016. In the last 6 games they played, Man City have 4 wins while Real Madrid only have one victory, and that was a truly wild game where Real scored 3 times in the final few minutes in their home game and managed to scrap their way to the final (that's the season Benzema was absolute clutch and basically singlehanded got them past both Chelsea and Man City with goals in injury time)

[@ayejg0421]

Wow the fact he was in studio makes toooo much sense thats how he was talking

[@jamesojujanya9126]

Craig is spot on about wobblers. Like, a sea of words and you can't follow the match. I an curious to which side of the pitch the ball is, who has the ball, what formationation it looks like now, where is the highest pressure and ball-on-foot movements.

[@PAOLOBucchioni-mp8lp]

I’m whaching the very show now but is the real one I believe

[@MelGhips]

What is Craig Burley not great at?This man gives football advices to Mbappe, now holds commentary seminars, he is just excellent in everything.

[@abody499]

2:48 this is the opposite to what the journalist co-commentators do. Guillem Balague I remember at the start of a match went into his pre-written story about how Ancelotti's 433 was set up and what role each player had in it. It was the most obvious 4231 formation. Not that the ex-pros are perfect - even Terry Gibson the other week confidently described what he thought was a 433 with Camavinga in the middle flanked either side by Valverde and Modric against Celta when in fact it was the most obvious 4222/442 formation with Modric and Camavinga as a pair in front of the defence. Never listen to commentators.

[@Noirlore]

This will be the worst barca team to ever make the final SMH

[@Nnny792fhgf34]

Why do they bother inviting Robo? No one can get any word in with Craig 😂😂

[@stephenmcculloch7192]

Said that 4 months, he was going on about waffling, he's tops in that department

[@JoseGonzalezchi]

I agree with Craig however, I hear the games on XSMFC and they just play the tv commentary and it drives me crazy because of the dead air. This makes me favor the commentators that talk a lot more nowadays.

[@tvgcmma9215]

Can tell Gary Nevill has a pre conceived viewpoint before a game as talks about what he’s thought of not game / not football but commentators in ufc do that a lot as well as he commentating in fight they thought they’d see not one happening

[@gslang3489]

Ray Hudson the GOAT

[@lionemessithegoat]

Peter Drury

[@Number1Camper]

Ray Hudson. Agreed

[@logan9920]

Ray on Gol TV made La Liga games so amazing to watch.

[@df3575]

💯

[@cautiousoptimist1926]

He is absolutely unbearable. Screaching voice, endless hyperbole and ridiculous similes.

[@ha-rr3pe]

Ale needs to take note of how to be a co-commentator because that guy talks too much

[@peterdanie4684]

Now we know Craig's talent. He is the best at commentary than studio work. Please leave the studio it makes you terrible because you want to follow others disrespecting Man United😂

[@Tan-zn3qy]

He doesnt need notes! He has enough hatred for united anyway! 🤣

[@ayejg0421]

Craig commentating the same way he talks in studio was not a vibe man like call the game, there is a time and place for your opinion my friend

[@oscarbtro7295]

With certain commentators, I will turn the volume off and watch the game in silence. It is better than listening to 90 minutes of superfluous prattle.

[@yyzsupra8338]

Amen Craig, MLS TALKS WAYYYYY TOO MUCH. BLAH BLAH ALL GAME. SO ANNOYING IF YOU ARE WATCHING MLS COMMENTATORS. SHUT IT ALREADY. =) UNREAL😂

[@Photosoflife]

@yyzsupra8338 MLS commentators are unbearable. As someone who wants to see the league succeed, it’s borderline unbearable to watch games simply because of the commentators. The league needs to have some type of commentary school because the standards of their commentators are so bad.

[@mekoromar6794]

John champion and jim beglin❤

[@robbie1898]

The worst part about English commentators is how long they stay quiet when the game gets stale when you listen to other languages they hype you up even when the games a bore

[@mikeyc4467]

Broadcasting remotely is cringe

[@cautiousoptimist1926]

Craig's commentary was relentlessly negative, and this is a theme amongst British football commentators. They will grudgingly acknowledge someones good play in passing, but they'll dwell on a mistake ad nauseum.

[@arahigoga]

test

[@obioraokoye4377]

There has to be a time where all PSG haters silence, before it's too late that they realize we're in a UCL final. It's realistic😂😂

[@wiz3010]

Your best player wants to leave at the end of the season to go to a club to win it, Messi, Neymar, Ramos, and many more greats couldn't do it but okay👍

[@davidn.2555]

😂😂😂😂😂 lol, even if PSG goes to the final, their near syndrome effect won't let them win it.

[@chiakeetong8539]

PSG are the biggest bottlers in the Champions League. Put them in a proper league they are mid table at best

[@ayejg0421]

No notes? U can tell

[@thebat7048]

Craigs on amphetamines 🥴

[@nhzrocks]

The trouble with almost all the commentators is that they think they have to be talking all the time (i.e. verbal diarrhea)! How many bits of skill, great passes, great runs etc. have been missed whilst they tell us about a goal scored 15 years ago in what minute. Watch the game and commentate on what's happening on the pitch, now, in this game! Stats! don't care, they have absolutely no relevance to what's happening on the pitch, now, in this game! No wonder I listen to the radio commentary most of the time.

[@ps7711]

Where was Craig yesterday when utd won?

[@isaiahjones4557]

He was doing the match commentary for the game so he probably went home after

[@ps7711]

​​​@@isaiahjones4557..that was a sarcastic joke I tried my hand at..didnt land well I guess

[@nicksparta9580]

Am I going crazy, Robbo and Craig giving commentary advice? 😮😮

[@saralgupta5250]

7:16 Times have changed. Say a blind person who does not have radio but is sitting in front of a Tv listening, he needs to know what’s happening in the game, so it’s good that commentators still say “ Garnacho down the left” as some people rely on that.

[@environm3ntalist549]

😂 just consider what you have said...a blind person who chooses to have a TV rather than a radio....

[@RazeefRazeff]

Im so so so sorry to say martin tyler in his late 70s still doing some commentating on some of the football matches makes great matches into boring matches listening to his commentary..his best has long gone .. he just couldn't keep up with the pace of the game..his commentary is so slow & boring ..he always seem to look uninterested...please retire ..

[@antoinedoinell]

Robson is one of the worst commentators out there.