That is irrelevant. My nan is lovely, if she was on the commentary and rambled on, told self indulgent anecdotes and laughed at her own jokes, it wouldn't matter how nice she was she'd still be an irritating useless commentator....
Carlton may be the nicest man in the world, that doesnt mean he should be allowed a free pass to waffle and burble all over a cycling race!
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Douglas Long
2 years ago
Marbles in his mouth and talks constantly about drinking wine. Get an announcer people can understand.
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Nigel Brand
2 years ago
Has the author of this petition ever met Carlton Kirby?? My guess is no! I have & CK is a very genuine person and has a huge passion for cycling & the competitors. He has tremendous knowledge & when you meet him, he is like a hive mind in one body. He commentates on pictures, he is not a black screen or radio commentator
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John Jameson
2 years ago
Kirby: "Ummmm...." "Um, yeah, anyway..."
Repeat, over and over and over and over, for 3 hours of coverage. My god, dude, STFU for 10 seconds already. It's not funny, not entertaining, it's just brutal to endure this guy talking.
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John Jameson
2 years ago
I can't take any more Carlton. Seriously, it needs to stop. I'm ready to stop watching any race that he announces.
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Anonymous
2 years ago
Awful yesterday in Tirreno. Lowlight was seeing a dam with no water against it and making jokes about it rather than realizing the huge drought affecting Italy.
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Anonymous
2 years ago
Kirby ignores what's happening in race. Very annoying
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Keith
2 years ago
Bad jokes followed by silly giggling is annoying
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Ian
2 years ago
During the UAE tour he didn't even know what the green Vittoria liner sticking out of Thomas De Gendt tyre was. His knowledge of cycling is poor. He seems more interested in pronouncing riders names as if he speaks the riders language. So annoying. His look at what I know is also annoying and distracting. For his co commentators too it seems. You can hear it in Robbie McEwans voice. Surely Eurosport can do better.
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Denis Shields
2 years ago
Laughing at his own jokes instead of commentating on the cycling to inform the viewers. Very unprofessional indeed!
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Julian Evans
· petition starter
2 years ago
You're in a very small minority.
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David Wearden
2 years ago
Why are you on here? Why don't you set up your own petition? We could decide his fate based on whichever gets the more signatures.
There's only one winner, quite frankly, I'm afraid, I guess, anyway, let's wait and see....
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Andrew Rose
2 years ago
Gets worse everytime you hear him
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Ming Koh
2 years ago
The US military has decided that when all else fails while torturing or interrogating a terrorism suspect, they will now play an endless stream of race commentary by Carlton Kirby at high volume, culminating in him screaming his head off at a race finish, which is almost certain to kill the suspect.
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David Wearden
2 years ago
Oh, no! I thought he might finally have been pensioned off in 2024 - but they've put him on the UAE Tour.
And so he continues with inane wittering of the highest order.
It's a conundrum, as he would say.
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Linda Bailey
2 years ago
This man has never commentates properly. He is disrespectful. His comments are idiotic and annoying all the time.
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Robert Kuehn
2 years ago
Carlton Kirby adds nothing to cycling commentary other than inane and often wrong opinions. He is annoying to say the least.
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Julian Evans
· petition starter
2 years ago
One of you. 2,200 who disagree.
And that is on a very niche petition against a commentator of a niche sport.
Have a look around the internet and you will see that a lot of people on a lot of different sites complain about him.
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Anonymous
2 years ago
I wish Mr. Kirby all the best in his career but please outside of cycling commentating.
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ille
2 years ago
Sorry, meant to say that he constantly goes um, um. i don't know why it says " in my sentence.
That is irrelevant. My nan is lovely, if she was on the commentary and rambled on, told self indulgent anecdotes and laughed at her own jokes, it wouldn't matter how nice she was she'd still be an irritating useless commentator.... Carlton may be the nicest man in the world, that doesnt mean he should be allowed a free pass to waffle and burble all over a cycling race!
Marbles in his mouth and talks constantly about drinking wine. Get an announcer people can understand.
Has the author of this petition ever met Carlton Kirby?? My guess is no! I have & CK is a very genuine person and has a huge passion for cycling & the competitors. He has tremendous knowledge & when you meet him, he is like a hive mind in one body. He commentates on pictures, he is not a black screen or radio commentator
Kirby: "Ummmm...." "Um, yeah, anyway..." Repeat, over and over and over and over, for 3 hours of coverage. My god, dude, STFU for 10 seconds already. It's not funny, not entertaining, it's just brutal to endure this guy talking.
I can't take any more Carlton. Seriously, it needs to stop. I'm ready to stop watching any race that he announces.
Awful yesterday in Tirreno. Lowlight was seeing a dam with no water against it and making jokes about it rather than realizing the huge drought affecting Italy.
Kirby ignores what's happening in race. Very annoying
Bad jokes followed by silly giggling is annoying
During the UAE tour he didn't even know what the green Vittoria liner sticking out of Thomas De Gendt tyre was. His knowledge of cycling is poor. He seems more interested in pronouncing riders names as if he speaks the riders language. So annoying. His look at what I know is also annoying and distracting. For his co commentators too it seems. You can hear it in Robbie McEwans voice. Surely Eurosport can do better.
Laughing at his own jokes instead of commentating on the cycling to inform the viewers. Very unprofessional indeed!
You're in a very small minority.
Why are you on here? Why don't you set up your own petition? We could decide his fate based on whichever gets the more signatures. There's only one winner, quite frankly, I'm afraid, I guess, anyway, let's wait and see....
Gets worse everytime you hear him
The US military has decided that when all else fails while torturing or interrogating a terrorism suspect, they will now play an endless stream of race commentary by Carlton Kirby at high volume, culminating in him screaming his head off at a race finish, which is almost certain to kill the suspect.
Oh, no! I thought he might finally have been pensioned off in 2024 - but they've put him on the UAE Tour. And so he continues with inane wittering of the highest order. It's a conundrum, as he would say.
This man has never commentates properly. He is disrespectful. His comments are idiotic and annoying all the time.
Carlton Kirby adds nothing to cycling commentary other than inane and often wrong opinions. He is annoying to say the least.
One of you. 2,200 who disagree. And that is on a very niche petition against a commentator of a niche sport. Have a look around the internet and you will see that a lot of people on a lot of different sites complain about him.
I wish Mr. Kirby all the best in his career but please outside of cycling commentating.
Sorry, meant to say that he constantly goes um, um. i don't know why it says " in my sentence.