The Annual Paul and Phil Appreciation Thread

[GrooveSlave]

Originally Posted by patch70

What also annoys me is the way they make it seem that English speaking riders or DSC riders are pretty much the only ones in the Tour. Going on about what a brilliant genius is George Hincapie, about how the contenders are Cadel Evans, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer and nobody else.....

You mean there are other riders in the tour?

I love the way they say Juan Antonio Flecha with the heavy emphasis on the FleCHA.

[El Loto]

Or Mattyarse Kessler

[IndyRider]

Do you every post anything positive? For a "community member" you sure bring a negative feeling to the area.

Originally Posted by limerickman

Liggett went native many years ago : he was an average commentator then but has since gone downhill.

Sherwen can't even muster the ability to be average.

I suggest you turn down the TV volume and watch the pictures : you'd be just as informed about the race, than listening to either of 'em.

[moviekindoflife]

today's extended coverage from bob roll:

"there is samuel Dee-mooo-leeen in the break"

"Van soooomeran takes up the last sprint point"

and trautwig:

"look at the amazing architecture in normandy. these buildings were heavily damaged in World War II and in europe they have spent some time fixing them... blah blah blah"

guess he didn't know the Tour de France was going on

[cheapie]

hahaha! what did he say last night that had me shaking his head? something about all the bandaged guys riding. but they're not out! they're still riding.


well of course they are. you're watching the peleton. the wounded people that quit wouldn't be there would they?

anyhow, i listen to the stage in the morning on eurosport and love the accents. they do a great job describing exactly who and what is happening. that way when i watch it in the evening i already know what happened and just enjoy listening to phil and paul or even bobke and trout prattle on w/o worrying about the actual coverage.

[rule62]

The suitcase of courage is coming out any day now. That and spot of bother. I can feel it.

[moviekindoflife]

do you think that the live audio from eurosport and the live images from the tour on OLN sync up pretty well??

maybe i can watch the tv on mute, but get the eurosport commentators talking about it.

[discobean7]

Originally Posted by moviekindoflife

do you think that the live audio from eurosport and the live images from the tour on OLN sync up pretty well??

maybe i can watch the tv on mute, but get the eurosport commentators talking about it.

Great idea. I've been trying it for the ITT today. I think the Eurosport audio is maybe 10 seconds behind what is shown in OLN. It's hard to tell right now since Sean Kelly and company are talking about a million things that aren't on OLN. Actually it's synced pretty well right now, definitely worth doing.

[Dead Star]

my annoyances from today's stage:

Phil mistaking Perdiguero for Grabsch. That's just amateur.

Paul continuing his anti-T-Mobile bias by whinging how T-Mobile are setting the pace when Gonchar was being dropped OMG.

[padawan]

Originally Posted by TrekDedicated

Once again, Paul and Phil cease to amaze me. Their commentating skills are spectacular. Never a dull or useless comment made. I believe it is their 21st year together and you can tell, they feed off each other so well.

Props to them.

The Tour is even better with them!

OK, so I'm a little late on the uptake. Hilarious!! I actually took you seriously at first.

I don't mind Paul so much but it drives me crazy that Phil can't get half the riders' names right and spouts pure nonsense just to keep talking.

Still... I can't imagine a Tour de France without them.

It also hurts to listen to either Bob or Frankie say "Toor di Fance" - the Europeans must howl.

[rejobako]

Originally Posted by Dead Star

Paul continuing his anti-T-Mobile bias by whinging how T-Mobile are setting the pace when Gonchar was being dropped OMG.

The same "whining" was being made in the live updates on letour.com and cyclingnews.

[azdroptop]

They are ok, but cycling.tv covers races much better!

[seriouslydog]

Yeah, Phil loves to needle people. He slammed Roll today and Bobke just sat looking at the camera for about five seconds not saying anything. I can't remember for the life of me what it was though.

I like them. You can't say Paul and Bob don't have a feel for what it's like in the Tour. But still, Bob Roll is no longer the irreverant outsider but Mr. Corporate.

They can do much better than Trautwig though, nothing against him personally.

[azdroptop]

Originally Posted by seriouslydog

Yeah, Phil loves to needle people. He slammed Roll today and Bobke just sat looking at the camera for about five seconds not saying anything. I can't remember for the life of me what it was though.

I like them. You can't say Paul and Bob don't have a feel for what it's like in the Tour. But still, Bob Roll is no longer the irreverant outsider but Mr. Corporate.

They can do much better than Trautwig though, nothing against him personally.

Funny, I like Al the best of the 4

[MountainPro]

Originally Posted by IndyRider

Do you every post anything positive? For a "community member" you sure bring a negative feeling to the area.

for me i love Phil and Pauls commentry and not forgetting Gary Imlachs two cents.

i am very much a novice when it comes to racing and other members are far more qualified and experienced. Where to me the commenratry is entertaining and informative others may find it dull and dumbed down.

imagine just finishing your masters degree then asked to go back to school to learn your abc.

phil and paul cater for the arm chair novice...part of thier job is to raise the profile and inspire interest in the sport of cycling for the masses. They are good at doing that. They got me into watching the Tour de France in 1995.

For better commenraty go to Eurosport, Sean Kelly knows his stuff but i find it hard to listen to him for more than 5 mins. He has such a monotone voice that it soon becomes part of the background noise...imho.