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So there I was, watching the England vs. Germany game for the hell of it, when something slapped me in the face. The Commentary. My god, I have never heard  so much melodramatic bullshit belch forth from the maw of a human mouth. I know that the commentators are rooting for the home team (in this case England) but can't they at least restrain themselves from busting a nut every time an England player manages to take the ball from the opposition? I was only able to tolerate around 10 minutes of this, but believe me it was enough.

At one point in the match an England player scored a header, the commentary went something like this...

"what a phenomenal goal from X!!! (I cant remember his name) Superb! Thats why he's on the England squad! He's Fearless and brave, just what you expect from the captain!! and you wouldn't believe the kick was even that good but player Y had it precisely landing on X's head!!!"

BULLSHIT COUNT RISING

ok... where to begin... fearless and brave? has world war 3 broke out on the pitch and both sides have entrenched themselves with machine gun turrets? I expect fearless and brave from a soldier, not from a guy who jogs around a field with a ball for 90 minutes a week, making a wage of around a couple of thousand a week. Footballers are usually known  for their diving like a pussy every time theres a small breeze, these guys aren't American football players who can legitimately take a beating, or rugby players who can take a beating without stopping the play every 4-5 goddamn seconds (whats up with you guys stopping for 5 minutes between tackles, making a match around 90 minutes last 5 hours?) These are guys who are as tough as this:


OMG THE BALL HIT ME SOOOO HARD ON THE LEG ITS REARRANGING MY FACE!!!!!!

"and you wouldnt believe  the kick was that good but Player Y had it precisely landing on X's head!!!"

Admitting a kick was crap then making out that he meant to do that... theres a word for that... oh yeah, Contradiction! in the same breath no less! This particular grade A style of commentary crops up often in many sports, as it is live and hard to avoid while excited. I don't follow that many sports so I could be wrong, (America help me out here) if you broadcast a match in different countries or states, does the country thats being represented in the match do the home state involved in the match do the commentary or does the state the match is being watched in provide their own commentary, for example, if the Jaguars play the Dolphins (I'm making this shit up) does all the commentary coverage come from the Jaguars camp even if you are watching in say, Texas. That would make all the commentary a little biased wouldnt't it? Over here its all governed by the home camp, in this case, even most Scotland matches (last I checked we were behind the Faroe Islands in terms of world football rankings yay us!) are covered by English commentators which end up them sounding condescending.

I've rambled on way too much here so correct me or agree about biasing in commentary somewhere.