Radio Leeds Commentary

Still getting commentary on the radio but they’re having to commentate from the studio watching on video. They can’t do I follow video as they couldn’t guarantee that the commentary would be in sync. It’s government COVID rules preventing them from travelling. You can listen to the home commentary on I follow video, but I’m disappointed enough when City concede without hearing radio Lincolnshire bloke shouting Get in.

 

With the exception of the Tranmere commentators, I've found every other home commentator to be more measured and balanced in their commentary than Raynor and Kiwomya.

 

I like Raynor, never blames the ref continuously like the Pulse did. His post match interviews are superb and not frightened to ask the difficult questions. Kiwomya is growing on me now, although Wayne Jacobs was superb in the role and a shame he left.

 

According to the Twitter release by BBC Radio Leeds it’s due to travel restrictions on all BBC local radio staff.

 

If Kiwomya was fined £50 every time he said "at this moment in time" we'd soon be able to afford any striker we wanted

 

Can’t they use home commentary? The option was there to listen to home radio on aways anyway.

it doesnt matter if you buy your pass from the home or away club.

 

By the time you are ten minutes into a match, I follow is already well behind. I knew Oldham had scored in the cup match, before they had even kicked off the second half on my screen.

 

I get notifications on my phone always well in front of I follow so I turn the phone off now

 

Presumably imposed by the BBC, certainly not Govt as you are allowed to travel for work. Not imposed by EFL as a number of away officials are allowed just no guests, no sponsors and no hospitality.

 

I stick my phone under the cushions and I make my lad do the same. You hear it beep and wonder if its a mate telling you there's a goal. Only look at it at half time and after the final whistle.

 

From my understanding they will be commentating on the match but sitting in an office somewhere watching the iFollow feed on a laptop. That's why there'll be a delay. It will be full match commentary, just they'll be commentating off what they see on the telly rather than being at the game.

 

Reminds me of the Chelsea match (that I'm still bitter about not getting a ticket for thanks to non season ticket holders who got their friends one using ST's of people not going). We went to the arena bar where they promised it was on, but they couldn't get a feed. Went to my mates house who said he could get any feed anywhere, but couldn't. So went to the rose & Crown and listened to it on the radio.

In one corner we had Radio Leeds, in the other corner they had the pulse and they knew when we had scored a good 15 seconds before we did.

Final goal, we were stood watching the telly in the other room (no sound on because the locals complained) and had to lip read Jeff Stelling say "we told you there would be another goal at Stamford Bridge, but we didn't tell you THIS.........."

At which point I actually blubbed. If my mate had agreed, we would have been on the next train to London just to be there.

 

You can put it on but this way there is the option not to have commentary but still get the match sounds