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    Ed Dawes

    in Derby County Forum

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    The crucial thing is that as a football commenator it doesn't matter whether he's a Rams fan; or whether you feel sorry for him and his missus; or whether you love to listen to his voice; but rather whether he can do a good job of descibing what's going on on the pitch to those folk who aren't there in person. I find that that's the area his commentary severly lacks - he struggles to paint a picture of what he's seeing - mainly due to his obsession with the official's performance and the distraction of him seeing a train or a pigeon. Tell me where the ball is, who's got it, which direction they're going in and where they try to pass it and I can feel as if I'm there watching it with him - but there are large chunks of the game where he forgets those crucial parts of the commentators lot - there have even been times when a goal has been scored and I've not been able to tell whether it's us or the opposition that put the ball in the net - that's poor when his job is to inform the listeners.....

    Yes I could turn off as has been suggested (and I have on numerous occassions because it's cheaper than chucking the radio at the wall), but surely when his job is to commentate on the game he's being paid (by the publicly funded BBC) to attend, I shouldn't have to turn to the good (and not so good) folks on this message board to follow my team if I'm not at the game...

    Formula 1 2023 and general Motorsport

    in Other Sport

    Posted

    52 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

    I'm livid at red bull this morning.

    Sending Perez back out just to serve a penalty was pure taking the piss. They might have fixed the car to be safe enough to do it but rejoining after so much of the race missed just adds a potential risk to everyone who wasn't parked.

    I know red bull didn't break any rules by doing this but it's offensive to anyone who cares about motorsports being run properly. It's not so much on the sporting side and avoiding a 3 place grid drop that I'm annoyed as it is putting the driver out there into a race that the car is completely irrelevant to creating a potential risk that doesn't need to be there.

    "Celebrate red bull winning the constructors championship by reminding everyone why you're such a hateful team"

    Even brawn era Ferrari wouldn't have pulled this.

     

    Agree entirely - massive piss-take from Red Bull - there may not be a rule that prevents it, but there should be! Completely against the spirit of the competition.....

    Electric Vehicles

    in The Jim Smith Room

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, TimRam said:

    What model kia is it? Website states cheapest model on road price is £40k+ I would not be able to finance £40k car. Still unsure about a second hand one or buying process. Do they tell you battery strength and how long they will last? Is mileage a good indication?

    Sorry mate - no idea as I'm not really into EVs so only pay attention as they drive past in their 'milkfloat'.....if I get chance I'll have a look this weekend...

    Electric Vehicles

    in The Jim Smith Room

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said:

    Yeah good point - if battery technology advances to the point it can be charged in 10 mins then that goes some way, but even so - how big would the queues be at petrol stations if filling up with petrol took 10 minutes per car

    But you don't need a dedicated 'station' as you do for petrol, so expanding the current public charging infrastructure would answer the majority of the demand

    Electric Vehicles

    in The Jim Smith Room

    Posted

    10 minutes ago, Stive Pesley said:

    I saw this news article - sounds like they are way ahead of Tesla in this regard

    Meanwhile, as a city dwelling family who do about 2000 miles a year in our one small 3 door car, I have no issues with replacing it with an EV when the time comes, but as we live in an area of terraced houses, I've still yet to have anyone explain to me the plan for how we charge EVs. There are only a handful few houses around us with EVs and that has already led to "spaghetti pavement" scenarios with trailing wires

    They've been trialling the use of chargers built into lamposts - but even if they added a charger to every lampost (at goodness knows what cost), it wouldn't give everyone that needs it access - so there's no obvious solution.

    I'd love to know what the legal situation will be if someone iinjures themselves tripping over a charging cable that's been left across the pavement.....

    Formula 1 2023 and general Motorsport

    in Other Sport

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

    Make sure you set your alarms as this weekend is the Japanese grand Prix from Suzuka.

    Whilst everyone who isn't Jos Verstappen or Helmut Marko probably wants the red bull to be at least slightly closer to the clutches of Ferrari and mercedes, the proof of the pudding will be in the Sunday breakfast.

    In other news, McLaren have remembered how they got Piastri from alpine and signed him up for 2026, a no brainer really, he's proved he's good.

    Alpha Tauri are expected to announce Yuki "Honda backing isn't a factor at all" Tsunoda and Danny Ric for next year, Marko waiting less than a week to get his revenge on Lawson for putting max out of Q2. But on the plus side for the Kiwi, he's got Japan and probably Qatar to prove to Williams he's better than Logan Sargent and to Horner that he's bad enough to be let go. Well, that or give Danny Ric a really really really firm handshake "oh, was that your bad hand, sorry mate"

     

    Someone really needs to have a word with Sargent - it's almost a crash every race weekend at present.....

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