Certified flog....Ian Smith..

[Achy Blakey Heart]

Ive been trying to take note of Ian smith this year and his comments. I find him absolutely nauseating in his campaigning for the Kiwis....over the first two ODI's he has non stop unashamedly wished bad luck on the Aussies, made comment about every boundary a NZ player makes floggin on for minutes afterwards with 'Intelligent' , 'one of the best shots you will ever see"...etc.etc eve though it may have been a good but not particularly spectacular shot......

Just such a flog.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

So he's the Kiwi version of most of our commentators who fap relentlessly about our players.

Don't mind Smithy to be honest.

 

[PhatBoy]

In other words Smith sounds like all the aussie commentators, with the reasonable excuse that the aussies don't have, that his team has been massively written off underdogs literally every time they've played Australia (and every time they've played most countries, really) since Hadlee was at his peak.

 

[damochandler]

Shane bond is a good commentator. Their best commentator passed away last year. The rest are spuds

 

[Plugger35]

He isn't the best NZ cricket commentator but he fits in with Ch9's blokey banter and helps to balance out the Aussie cheerleading flogs like Healy and Slater.

 

[Marklar_33]

Shit thread is shit

The points have been made above that he's a watered down version of Australian commentators...

 

[PhatBoy]

Doully is pretty good I reckon.

 

[JG22]

He balances out the bias from the incompetent Mark Taylor and Ian Healy.

 

[Del165198]

What a shocking thread. Almost the entire ch 9 commentary team barrack ridiculously for Aus. Its nauseating. They're terrified of saying anything bad about us, even when we're garbage. I dont like clarke but at least he's occasionally willing to criticise when we do something stupid.

I'd much rather listen to smithy than our flogs.

Of course if you want good commentary, listen to abc radio.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

enjoy having him or someone else from a country we are playing in the box for banter and analysis from there team

 

[Westy2487]

Ive been trying to take note of Ian smith this year and his comments. I find him absolutely nauseating in his campaigning for the Kiwis....over the first two ODI's he has non stop unashamedly wished bad luck on the Aussies, made comment about every boundary a NZ player makes floggin on for minutes afterwards with 'Intelligent' , 'one of the best shots you will ever see"...etc.etc eve though it may have been a good but not particularly spectacular shot......

Just such a flog.

He's a good commentator.

You're a flog.

 

[Zach Package]

So he's the Kiwi version of most of our commentators who fap relentlessly about our players.

Don't mind Smithy to be honest.

I actually think he's worse. More articulate and presents himself better, but more of a barracker

 

[Damon_3388]

I don't mind Smuthy, but I'd prefer a bit of Danny Morrison instead. He's probably already got a regular gig in the subcontinent though.

 

[Leeda]

Ive been trying to take note of Ian smith this year and his comments. I find him absolutely nauseating in his campaigning for the Kiwis....over the first two ODI's he has non stop unashamedly wished bad luck on the Aussies, made comment about every boundary a NZ player makes floggin on for minutes afterwards with 'Intelligent' , 'one of the best shots you will ever see"...etc.etc eve though it may have been a good but not particularly spectacular shot......

Just such a flog.

you're flogging yourself dude... don't draw blood though.. it ain't pretty.. smitty is a funny character and well with all those dubious australian
commentators he rises above the digs.. he's all on his lonesome..

 

[t_94]

I don't mind Smuthy, but I'd prefer a bit of Danny Morrison instead. He's probably already got a regular gig in the subcontinent though.

Subtle troll or...?

 

[Damon_3388]

Subtle troll or...?

Nope, I actually enjoy Morrison's schtick. A bit of silly fun. Can see how he'd be a bit annoying to some though.

 

[t_94]

Nope, I actually enjoy Morrison's schtick. A bit of silly fun. Can see how he'd be a bit annoying to some though.

Fair enough, each to their own. Didn't mind him on ABC when he wasn't putting on the whole whacky act.

 

[Chuckie357]

Smith was always like this, even back in the glory days with Richie and tony Greig still holding the microphone, he probably thinks that NZ should actually have rule over England and not the other way around

 

[Soups]

You mean he's a wee bit of a flog?

I like Smithy. He drinks with my brother in laws old man. From all reports is a great bloke.

 

[getthefooty]

Yeah, I've always quite liked Smithy. Find myself agreeing with a lot of the things he says, and still gives his dues when the other side plays well.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

I don't pay much attention to commentators. It's their opinion and they're entitled to it.

 

[Jimthegreat]

I have better things to do with my life than to analyse every word a commentator says.

 

[Moonwatcher]

I'm OK with biased commentating if it is not pretending to be anything else.

 

[Tyberious Funk]

Smithy has been taunting Aussies his entire career. As a player, like a lot of wicketkeepers, he didn't mind giving a bit of lip to the opposition. And he's carried that into his career as a commentator. I really don't mind him, because I reckon he's on point a lot of the time. Do I wish he was a little less one-eyed? Sure... but nowhere near as much as I wish that Slater, Healy or Warne were less one-eyed.

 

[HBF]

I didn't mind him through the series, although he did find time to bring up the Adelaide test match again from last year. Build a bloody bridge mate.