Commentators (straight from the horses mouth)

Commentators (straight from the horses mouth)

I emailed SKY and asked who would be doing the Phoenix games...their reply...

Thank you for your email.

The commentators for this match will be Fred de Jong, Mark Elrick and Harry Ngata.

Hope you enjoy this seasons coverage of this league.

Regards

JILL HOUGHTON | PROGRAMMING LIAISON OFFICER |

ffs   

yay cool lets have a party!!! 

omg

Harry Ngata is passable. Cnut2007-08-17 15:28:48

I'd like to hear Ian Smith do it. . . seriuosly. He migth not be a traditional football eprsonality, but his Son plays and he must know a thing or two about the game.

Thats rubbish! Ngata is good but Fred de one tone and Mark Elrich are sh*t!

Doesn`t Elrick have his hands full with a spot on Golightlys show on saturday morning?

I agree with the others above.  Actually, I dislike De Jong more than Elrick.  I remember seeing a match where he and Dennis Katsanos were commentating.  Dennis asked a decent question, about why the team was always playing outswingers from the corners and why didn't they play some inswingers and Fred the Dong just ridiculed him. 

I agree that Ian Smith would be an awesome commentator, but I'm not sure that they could afford him now, since he's doing plenty of Super 14 and cricket matches. 

There is definitely a window of opportunity here for a young kiwi football fan with plenty of personality and knowledge.  Surely there must be a few kiwis out there that can make a better fist of it than these chumps (sorry Harry, you're not including yourself).

D'oh. Agree with everyone re Elirich. He's a top class prick in person too. I was a school age first team squad player at Papatoetoe when he was an AW and he was a complete W4NK3R. Way too full of himself.

yes, there is...
Hard News2007-08-17 16:24:24

Marl Elrick is clueless, it's like he's on drugs, and Fred de Jong is dryer than a nor'west wind. Ngata's OK though.

We must all be thankful, though, that Murray Deaker isn't commentating (I don't even know if he does commentate, but I find listening to him so dull).

Young, personality ?  You're dreaming...

I just saw 'football' and 'knowledge'...

and there are plenty of people, like Tommy Smyth, who show even that isn't needed to have a long career in broadcasting, so I still back myself...

unfortunately, face doesn't fit... que sera sera...

Even Brad Scott got the job ahead of you 

Oh, that's priceless

and I had the joy of cleaning up that carnage, so everyone was a winner

I hate this!!!! whats wrong with new zealand's sporting commentators!!!

the warriors have jason costigan who still sounds like he is going through puberty every time wairangi koopu gets the ball.

i'm embarassed to listen to it.

i think we should get the fox tv commentators to do it. bring some unity to the league.

By Sky tv puts on different commentators and on screen graphics makes the coverage look terrible and semi professional.

So will I still get these muppets watching from Aussie?

Yes,

Tell you what lads, there seems to be some pretty heated views on this.  Maybe we need to email SKY and point out that this isn't acceptable to fans of the game here.  I reckon Fred made a great comments man alongside Gordon Irving but he's no lead man and Elrick is a waste of space.

I guess the question is whether we've got these guys because no one has pointed out that they aren't good enough ?

Irving, De Jong, Ngata and Frankie Mac for me.

Fred would be a good analyst. He's definatly not a commentator though. Dennis is a very cool guy, fully means well. He's in my team. He's not a commentator either, he's a presenter.

What's wrong with Sky's A-league graphics? They are nowhere near as bad as La Liga graphics.

hahaha Fred de one tone - genius

comentators are supposed to enhance the game, not de-hance...damn

Frankie Mac.Listen to the fans views

I think an e-mail is in order, officially from Yellow Fever.

Here here.

As someone who is stuck up in Auckland and can't get to most of the games I really really don't want DeJong and Elrick as the commentary team. They are both so boring and unjustifiably arrogant.  Irving is so much better.

Keep Dennis and Harry as the presenter/comments guys.

agree about dennis and harry  keep them on the team, but just not fred and elrick 

someone should slip de jong some ecstasy 2 hours before he is due to commentate each game...probably the only way to extract any personality from him

Get that guy Ben from ruatoria who does the east coast games on toyata grassroots rugby, he alsmost has a heart attack when someone makes a break, if nt hm then clint 'booya' brown

Would i be right in assuming these three live in Auckland? Couldn`t sky find at least one local?

straight up boring get some real guys in ngata is ok

Gordon Irving!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've watched a few games that Ngata has commented and i swear he was always in the same shirt! could've been his lucky commentating shirt?!?
he should ask for a pay rise i feel

if it wasnt for Harry Ngata i'd be writing an email, hes the only decent one there...as mentioned here and in other threads FFS get Miles Davis in there........and Frankie

Just don't let him near the painkillers.

Fred de Jong, Mark Elrick and Harry Ngata.   AKA Watchin, Paint and Dryata !

at least they havent got that guy who wouldnt stop his stupid fake smiling in the pre-match talking before knights games, he is painful to watch.. or have they?