Does this guy think he's charming or something? I feel like some swarmy odd codger is trying to buy a drink at the hotel bar. Seriously can't stand him.
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John
5 years ago
He’s crap
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Peter Bolton
5 years ago
“It’s hare and hounds, not by the hair on his chiny chin chin he’ll burn it down” not a accurate quote but close! Kirby’s inane self indulgent drivel on Adam Yates, please make it stop!
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David Wearden
5 years ago
Kirby has never been either 'educating' or 'entertaining'. Much of what he says is fanciful or simply made up. Just about all of it is excruciating drivel.
As for alliteration, anyone can be a bumbling, babbling, boorish buffoon.
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Patrick Hayes
5 years ago
He is awful and makes watching worse. Rob and Dan are fantastic, more of them.
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Anonymous
5 years ago
Carlton Kirby is awful and ruins any cycling he describes. I will cancel my Eurosport subs if he carries on
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Nick
5 years ago
Terrible jokes, and OVERLY LOAD inbreathes. Really unprofessional
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Clem Viking
5 years ago
Please get rid of him, I am considering cancelling my subscribtion JUST bacause of him.
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Tony West
5 years ago
Despite calling himself, Professional commentator, with photographic mem, Carlton Kirby last year, twice called Liz Deignan , Armistead, She got married, yesterday called team SKY, they,ve been INEOS for 2 years
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Anonymous
5 years ago
I work for GCN and I find him annoying. Plus all of the comments we get about him are hard to keep up with.
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Jerry Arron
5 years ago
A bicycle road race usually unfolds over many hours and for much of that time not much happens. Think, decanting good red wine. Much better the longer you leave it.
So the commentator has lengthy broadcast periods of inactivity to fill. David Duffield was a master of this and probably criticised to a similar extent. But it often was educating and entertaining even if accompanied by frequent eye-rolls. CK fulfils the same role. He is accompanied by the likes of Sean Kelly, Dan Lloyd, Matt Stephens, etc. to provide the factual cycling knowledge and background that you decry him for. That is a misunderstanding of his role.
I can’t think if any other sport that requires the skill to provide a structured background for perhaps 6 or 7 hours. OK, cricket maybe, but there stuff happens more often than in a bicycle race where a highlight of an hours racing may be a “tout on the bidon”.
I enjoy his spoken word, his ability to spontaneously alliterate, his daft analogies and even his accidental partridgeisms. It adds a characterful dynamic to an oft slowly unfolding landscape.
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keith warmington
5 years ago
The most irritating commentator in sports broadcasting. If he s on I mute and during the Tour turn to itv despite the ads
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Peter Moreve
5 years ago
Time for him to retire !
Ruins racing and I'm certain his co-comentators are embarrassed by his nonsense and lack of research
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Robert Rheault
5 years ago
I’m going to assume you’re being sarcastic
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Robert Rheault
5 years ago
I thought I was the only one thinking this man has no business commenting professional cycling races. I hope this petition will serve its purpose.
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David Coker
5 years ago
I can't take any more. I subscribed to Gcn to watch uninterrupted cycling but when he is comentating watch on eurosport is the better option as the adverts give a break from his banal and inane comments
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Anonymous
5 years ago
Agree with everything in the description and most of the comments. I would add that he continually interrupts other commentators (who have more cycling experience and insight than him) to say pointless things. This is infuriating.
To to send him out to pasture...
I can’t stand him. The cliches are infantile
Does this guy think he's charming or something? I feel like some swarmy odd codger is trying to buy a drink at the hotel bar. Seriously can't stand him.
He’s crap
“It’s hare and hounds, not by the hair on his chiny chin chin he’ll burn it down” not a accurate quote but close! Kirby’s inane self indulgent drivel on Adam Yates, please make it stop!
Kirby has never been either 'educating' or 'entertaining'. Much of what he says is fanciful or simply made up. Just about all of it is excruciating drivel. As for alliteration, anyone can be a bumbling, babbling, boorish buffoon.
He is awful and makes watching worse. Rob and Dan are fantastic, more of them.
Carlton Kirby is awful and ruins any cycling he describes. I will cancel my Eurosport subs if he carries on
Terrible jokes, and OVERLY LOAD inbreathes. Really unprofessional
Please get rid of him, I am considering cancelling my subscribtion JUST bacause of him.
Despite calling himself, Professional commentator, with photographic mem, Carlton Kirby last year, twice called Liz Deignan , Armistead, She got married, yesterday called team SKY, they,ve been INEOS for 2 years
I work for GCN and I find him annoying. Plus all of the comments we get about him are hard to keep up with.
A bicycle road race usually unfolds over many hours and for much of that time not much happens. Think, decanting good red wine. Much better the longer you leave it. So the commentator has lengthy broadcast periods of inactivity to fill. David Duffield was a master of this and probably criticised to a similar extent. But it often was educating and entertaining even if accompanied by frequent eye-rolls. CK fulfils the same role. He is accompanied by the likes of Sean Kelly, Dan Lloyd, Matt Stephens, etc. to provide the factual cycling knowledge and background that you decry him for. That is a misunderstanding of his role. I can’t think if any other sport that requires the skill to provide a structured background for perhaps 6 or 7 hours. OK, cricket maybe, but there stuff happens more often than in a bicycle race where a highlight of an hours racing may be a “tout on the bidon”. I enjoy his spoken word, his ability to spontaneously alliterate, his daft analogies and even his accidental partridgeisms. It adds a characterful dynamic to an oft slowly unfolding landscape.
The most irritating commentator in sports broadcasting. If he s on I mute and during the Tour turn to itv despite the ads
Time for him to retire ! Ruins racing and I'm certain his co-comentators are embarrassed by his nonsense and lack of research
I’m going to assume you’re being sarcastic
I thought I was the only one thinking this man has no business commenting professional cycling races. I hope this petition will serve its purpose.
I can't take any more. I subscribed to Gcn to watch uninterrupted cycling but when he is comentating watch on eurosport is the better option as the adverts give a break from his banal and inane comments
Agree with everything in the description and most of the comments. I would add that he continually interrupts other commentators (who have more cycling experience and insight than him) to say pointless things. This is infuriating.
It's nothing personal.