[Closed] Clare Balding - You have ONE job to do...

watch on iplayer, problem solved. you get commentary and none of the studio/presenter keek. result! 🙂

I like her, some pretty horrible comments on here.

Boardman is doing my head in, he's sounding more and more like Hugh bloody box of tricks Porter with every sentence he says. I'm actually surprised he didn't say box of tricks last night when that crash happened

Imagine obree as an alternative to board an, now that would be funny.

Dear oh dear. What a bunch of arse. What are you people? Moany old gits with nothing better to do. Pathetic.

Not convinced by Boardman as a commentator but I like him in the post-race bits, especially when the medallist turns up and goes "Oh hi Chris, how are you?", sort of thing. You can see how at home he is in that environment, just chatting away and relaxed. Needs a more "interviewer" person to balance it out but that's fine.

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I like Chris Boardman however when commentating he does sound like Hugh on the rivet Porter. Makes me want to stick my toes in my ears

Mr Woppit -
Dear oh dear. What a bunch of arse. What are you people? Moany old gits with nothing better to do. Pathetic.

(I know you're not, but..) Are you new here?

Like I said, I may have just ruined your gag. Apologies if that is the case.

I wouldn't go as far as saying ruined, but you took the sting out of it 😉

Another thing about CB (and i know we aren't supposed to judge people on their appearance - especially wemen) but her Lady Di[s]e[/s] Tribute hairdo gets on my wahwah.

Balding is very good at what she does. A true professional. Its very difficult to do what she does as can be seen by how poor others are at it. Her crime is to make it look easy. Its not. She is a great professional.

Yup, what TJ says. Plus she seems just a lovely person

I like CB, think she is amiable to most people she is talking to, and does a good job of holding all the jumps between the various segments of coverage.

What i don't really get is the moaning and 'outrage' at what presenters are wearing. Such as helen skelton being lambasted for showing legs in Rio by wearing clothing suitable for the weather ??? yet people tune in to watch guys in speedos and girls in swimsuits yet don't moan about them showing their legs ... get a grip .

She is useless as a sports presenter. There are 3 key elements to sports presenting and she has non of them.

A sports presenter must have a big bushy magnum style moustache, a wide lapelled brown suit purchased at burtons, a kipper tie and a deep gravelly voice born from smoking 40 unfiltered cigarettes a day...

There are 4, four key elements to sports presenting...

and slurred speech from a brain injury incurred playing american football or rugby...

There are 5, five key elements to sports presenting...

I'll go out and come back in again.

Clare's alright she reminds me of one of my jolly cousins

Don't get me started on that other one with the nose though

A true professional.

To the point of seeming a bit sterile and insincere.

Don't get me started on that other one with the nose though

More importantly WHO is that blonde lady on page 1???????

I know Helen Skelton got a bit of attention for flashing her pants but Gary will be presenting the season's first Match of the Day tomorrow evening.

The nation expects...

Dear oh dear. What a bunch of arse. What are you people? Moany old gits with nothing better to do. Pathetic.

I agree, they all sound like my now departed Dad!

I agree, they all sound like my now departed Dad!

Dear oh dear. What a bunch of arse. What are you people? Moany old gits with nothing better to do. Pathetic.

Let ye who hasn't moaned about something trivial on STW cast the first stone....

I think she does a good job

There are 3 key elements to sports presenting and she has non of them.

A sports presenter must have a big bushy magnum style moustache, a wide lapelled brown suit purchased at burtons, a kipper tie and a deep gravelly voice born from smoking 40 unfiltered cigarettes a day...

There are 4, four key elements to sports presenting...

and slurred speech from a brain injury incurred playing american football or rugby...

There are 5, five key elements to sports presenting...

I'll go out and come back in again.

Been watching Monty Python much?

Id much rather Gabby Logan was the anchor. She's far better than Baldy.

She seems pretty good to me - makes it look easy and has a personality despite the constraints of the medium.

Don't know if she is particularly nice in reality - her remarks to Liam Treadwell when he won the national were revealingly unpleasant. That was a few years ago, mind, so maybe it was just a tin-eared one-off.

I worked at the commonwealth games and can confirm she was an arrogant wee toad. 🙁

I really like Clare. If continuing popularity of the One Show is anything to go by then I think vacuous bimbo presenters of both genders is most folks preference however.

Blading is great at what she does. Inverdale, however, is a sexist idiot who shouldn't be anywhere near the BBC.

She's vanilla to me. I barely notice her, so she does something right. Could someone else do it better? highly likely but it's really not that big a deal.

Well I just saw the lovely Lee talking about horsey stuff. She could take over.

Blading is great at what she does. Inverdale, however, is a sexist idiot who shouldn't be anywhere near the BBC.

Agreed abot Balding and Inverdale my heart sinks when invers is presenting. & how he didnt get sacked for what he said I don't know!

Another +1 for that.

Anyway, thread title is fundamentally wrong - her job is pretty complicated

Why don't you just all pay a voluntary tax to keep her in a £500m job?

Oh, wait...

try living in a country where the olympics is on a commercial channel.

Saw this on Twitter earlier:

BBC One: Hello and...
BBC Two: Welcome to...
BBC One: The Olympics...
BBC Two: Here at...
BBC One: Rio de...
BBC Two: Janeiro

Blading is great at what she does. Inverdale, however, is a sexist idiot who shouldn't be anywhere near the BBC.

Agreed.

I think it's only fair to point out that Balding is not being paid a £500k salary to present the Olympics. Have you all been reading the Mail or something? Her total company earnings were £500k last year - this included her earnings from channel 4 and her book writing royalties.

chickenman
I really like Clare. If continuing popularity of the One Show is anything to go by then I think vacuous bimbo presenters of both genders is most folks preference however.

wrecker

She's vanilla to me. I barely notice her, so she does something right. Could someone else do it better? highly likely but it's really not that big a deal.

I'm inclined to agree with Wrecker. She's very innofensive. Who's listening anyway? talk to your wives.

wallop - Member

I think it's only fair to point out that Balding is not being paid a £500k salary to present the Olympics. Have you all been reading the Mail or something? Her total company earnings were £500k last year - this included her earnings from channel 4 and her book writing royalties.

Well that's a bit different eh.

I'm sure her tax will be well managed so she pays as little as humanly possible back to the hand that feeds her.

Hasn't the Beeb stopped its tax avoidance schemes for their star presenters now?!?

Slightly ot but Steve Redgrave just stopped Inverdale mid-flow as he interviewed a New Zealand rowing gold medalist saying that New Zealand TV should interview him first and Inverdale was wrong to grab the bloke as he walked by, classy move.

^ Nice one Steve Redgrave.

I would have Clare Balding commentating on my life if it meant John Inverdale was shot into the sun. Loathsome Alan Partridge wannabe.

I think most of the presenters are decent. Adlington and Foster were a bit childish this morning, but they should be allowed to have a bit of fun at work. I'm not a huge fan of the ex super pros like Redgrave and Johnson too serious although I appreciate you need them to explain things. Jonathan Edwards was good, but I've not seen him this year.

Well salaries for the top jobs are way over the top in Britain as market forces only seem to drive wages up for the top earners, never down.
Why is the BBC always singled out for criticism? Wages are high for the top people in other areas of the public sector.
Basically, with the BBC, it's people who have never switched on tv in other countries (Italy for example)to really get a sense of just how good the BBC actually is. The notion that you would get quality broadcasting if only the private sector ran it is frankly ludicrous.

I'm sure her tax will be well managed so she pays as little as humanly possible back to the hand that feeds her.

That is her moral and legal* responsibility, so I'd hope so.

*assuming she has a limited company

There is no law that states that a company has to minimise tax or maximise profits or anything that could come close to a legal obligation to do so.

And there sure as hell is no moral responsibility to do so.

onathan Edwards was good, but I've not seen him this year.

Promoted to covering triathlon

He's Eurosport now no? Renounced his faith too #cokeandhookers