Shebby has been criticised to death. He is not only a lousy commentator, he is a lousy pundit as well. To top it off, he has a whiny, annoying voice.

Yes he does have limited vocabulary and when he gets stuck, he tries to invent words or he uses sound effect to describe things. Like when he said, "so and so is looking for that 'wow' pass".

That's because he is probably the only ex-Malaysian player that speaks proper English.

You forgot every famous lines like "ah nampaknya kite ada sikit silap teknik... baik kita tengok pesanan dari penaja" or "ah, kita telah menerima isyarat dari Wembley.... oh nampaknya ada masalah teknikal".

Seems we used to have a lot of technical problems in the past.

Whenever I hear Shebby's voice, it makes me feel like digging my eye out with a spoon.

Are you referring to Steve McMahon? If so, he's more of an Evertonian.

Andy Penders and Soo Kui Jien (used to work in the same office as him).

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Jul 17 2007, 07:53 PM

Yeah when he was with Disney Channel. No need for the thanks mate, cheers

That he is. I actually recognised him during the most recent McLaren F1 Party @ Maison. Walked up to him and we spoke a little about Liverpool. Decent blokes.

I watched last nights game on RTM2. Commentators were Hasbullah Awang and another dude who's name I can't remember. At one point Hasbullah went, "Ah itu dia, pemain terbaik Iran, Mehdi Mada..medi..midi..madi...ah hahaha, tak boleh cakap pulak nama dia" or something to that effect. It's not like Mahdahvikia sounds like fjdshfkxdfhusei-kov or something right? As a commentator, should you not do some homework and at least make an effort to pronounce someones name right? Even more so when he's been commentating for ages! His partner in crime, I have labeled "Mr. Obvious". Comments like, "Ah pemain Korea tinggi, sepatutnya kita jangan main bola tinggi" Really????, and "dari serangan serang balas, kita boleh jaring gol", make me wanna throw the TV out the window.

And that isn't even a compliment

I seriously doubt the validity of that claim as well. I had heard he gets much less which is why he's into so many other things, like his own footy programme, the MyTeam assignment, etc.

I can't say for sure mate, right now it's all hearsay. I had heard that it's more around the region of 4-5K, but like I said, it's just what someone said.

Well I actually know her mate even from before she was famous and I can tell ya, she ain't no footy fan I do however agree, you'll probably get a whole lot more viewers though

Erm what I meant to say was, " I actually know her, mate" and not "I actually know her mate". Sorry for the confusion. I'd ask her to come but like I said, she ain't all that into footy and her schedule is really tight.

Yeah she's really nice but really busy as well. Oh well, back to the Shebby bashing eh?

Well it was Hannah Sarah Tan even before, but she didn't want people to confuse her with Sarah Tan. She's a great singer I can tell ya that. We used to go to the Karaoke before she got so busy and you just didn't feel like singing lah.

Anyway, back to Shebbie. I agree with Glozz, he is Mr. Obvious which incidentally is my nickname for his as well. One sometimes wonders if he's narrating for the blind.

Hasbullah's problem is that he doesn't do any research before he commentates. Often he doesn't know names of players, which is weird because they are given a sheet of paper with players names and numbers on it. He doesn't practice pronunciating the names either. Once, I heard him commentate on a basketball game, and he actually said, "Itu dia, percubaan sepuluh markah". Other than that, he has enthusiasm but should brush up on his research.

Who? Shebby? What is your definition of 'able'?

So we should pity him because he's not at their level? Then what the hell is he doing there in the first place?

I'm not saying he's bad compared to them, he is bad despite them. Firstly, he doesn't have a wide enough vocabulary to maintain a viewers interest for 90 minutes, as a commentator. He keeps repeating himself, using the same words.

Secondly, he either makes really obvious, or really far out comments.

Why do you think he is a good commentator or pundit then?

Read all the comments.

But that's like comparing him with the worst. His only plus is he speaks fluent English.

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Added on August 13, 2007, 1:16 pmI personally think Alex Yoong is pretty good alongside Steve Slater. Unlike Shebby, he has driven at the highest level. He also has a wider vocabulary and better command of the language. Shebby sometimes resorts to having to do sound effects as I previously stated.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Aug 13 2007, 01:16 PM