Tyldseley replaced by Matterface

[ŽižkovClaret]

ITV Sport making an absolutely baffling decision there

[4:20]

Thank you, ITV. No more Tyldseley quips after England score.

[jdrobbo]

Matterface is an excellent commentator.... but only on the radio!!

[ŽižkovClaret]

Whatever your opinions of Matterface, the way they have evidently treated Tyldesley, as evidence by the video he has posted on his twitter, is nothing short of disgusting. A loyal employee cast aside without explanation.

[Bosscat]

Matterface is an excellent commentator.... but only on the radio!!

Matterface is "The Acne" of football commentary

[IanMcL]

Matterface is "The Acne" of football commentary

well spotted!

[Buxtonclaret]

Matterface is "The Acne" of football commentary

Posted with blistering pace.

[Rileybobs]

I for one won’t miss Clive Tyldseley.

Edit - seems that he has only been demoted to ITV’s number 2 commentator.

[Swizzlestick]

I don’t really get the big fuss. These things are freshened up all the time. Can’t expect to have the job forever. Personally think Tyler has outstayed his welcome on Sky too. He’ll no doubt get another gig anyway with Bein Sports or something.

[ClaretTony]

As said, Tyldseley remains at ITV, just no longer the number one commentator.

[IanMcL]

Let's face it, that's life at the coal face.
One is squeezed out and the other puss'd in.

[Bosscat]

Posted with blistering pace.

At least you didn't say "Blistering Pus"

Or Tyldesley has been squeezed out by Matterface

[Murger]

Matterface was banging Natalie Sawyer and gave it up. He's an arsehole on that basis alone.

[martin_p]

I haven’t a clue who what’s his face is but that’s pretty much the same will all the newer commentators. There was a time I’d recognise each and every one of them, Sinstadt, Davis, Motson, Tyler, Tyldesley, Guba, Helm, but there’s such a large number of commentators required to support the saturation coverage of football these days that all the new ones are a mystery to me.

[Oshkoshclaret]

The video that Clive Tyldseley posted to Twitter is toe curling. Reminded me of Dave Lee Travis after he got sacked from radio 1

[claretonthecoast1882]

Matterface always sounds like his balls haven't dropped once he is on word 4 of any sentence.

[steve1264b]

Im struggling with this one. What live football do itv have? Couple of England games?

[Hibsclaret]

I love how he says it would be unwise to comment and then proceeds to bang on for two minutes about it. Time he was replaced given he has had a job most of us would like for over 20 years during which time he has been bang average tbh.

Also, given he is still working for them as a number 2 why would you comment at all....if I was them I would sack him completely now based on his comments in that video.

[aclaretinstevenage]

They are both awful, Matterface is just as smug as Tyldesley but with a screechy voice like listening to a nail being dragged down a blackboard....BUT either of them are preferable over any of the female commentators currently flavour of the month.

And I agree that Tyler has had his time now.

[Herts Clarets]

I'd rather listen to Ivy Tyldseley than Clive.....

[Im_not_Robbie_Blake]

Best commentator by a mile is.................Phil Bird!

[Murger]

Best commentator by a mile is.................Phil Bird!

Christ no. He's worse than Karen Carney.

[ClaretTony]

The video that Clive Tyldseley posted to Twitter is toe curling. Reminded me of Dave Lee Travis after he got sacked from radio 1

Couldn't agree more Oshkosh

[TVC15]

The video that Clive Tyldseley posted to Twitter is toe curling. Reminded me of Dave Lee Travis after he got sacked from radio 1

Toe curling indeed.
“Love me or hate me”.....mmmm ?
“I’m not making a statement”..well you are actually Clive !

Always found his commentary style extremely annoying. For him to last as long as he has as he admits he is very lucky. I’m sure he’ll find work in the commentators graveyard that is Talk Sport or even worse on Talk Sport 2 covering Belarus v Andorra - see how his “witty” banter goes down there.

[Steve1956]

Two minutes and sixteen seconds.....to tell us all "i 'm not bitter"..get a fuc**ng grip people lose their jobs all the time.....jeez!......i really thought he was going to burst into tears.

[Claretitus]

Tyldsley- 20+ years of stating the bleeding obvious, and every European game, he mentioned the Man U comeback against Bayern in '99. Not sorry to see the back of him.

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

Does Phil Bird not have a catchphrase like this fella?

https://youtu.be/NLWpMlDLOHI

WARNING: one section of this video will make uncomfortable viewing for many clarets!

[Stan Tastic]

You think that Twitter video of Tyldsley's is cringeworthy but it pales into insignificance compared to Richard Keys' blog about the matter.

Pure Partridge.

Just for a minute I thought something really serious had happened. There was my mate Clive Tyldesley - sitting at what looked like his breakfast table - with a glorious backdrop of green grass and fir trees - full of emotion. What was he about to tell us? Was somebody in the family a Covid victim? Did he have a terminal illness? No. It was worse than that - he was being replaced as ITV’s lead commentator. Not sacked. Replaced. Kept on as No. 2 - a job he’s previously had. No-one was trashing him - his work or his reputation. Replaced. And replaced by a dammed good operator.

Come on Clive. You’ve had a wonderful run. Of course I know how you feel. It hurts. But it happens.

Try leaving a company for good - watching them drip feed nonsense into the media and then calling your prospective employee to a meeting to threaten them with financial penalties if they continued with their plans to employ you. ‘We thought we’d buried them. We don’t want this’ three senior Sky executives told the commercial manager of talkSPORT - summoned to a meeting at Gillette Corner. Oh, there’s so much more, but that’s for another time.

I mention that only because I too was emotional about my decision to leave Sky. It wouldn’t have been such a problem had it been left there - but it wasn’t. So I’ve rattled back at times.

This is different. This is like moving an important piece on the chess board. Not having it taken. Just moving it You’re still on the board Clive.

I’ve known Clove since we were both babies. We grew up together at Radio City in Liverpool. He was a brilliant operator. He was the best. He was better than anything national radio had at the time and he knew it, although it didn’t help that he told the bosses at the BBC that his ‘grandmother was a better commentator’ than they had!! And this was at a job interview!! He returned from London to a Birkenhead pub for drinks with me and Bob Paisley. He never applied to radio sport again!!

But I repeat - he was good. Very good. I had ideas of making it as a commentator as well - but I wasn’t anywhere near as good as he was. After four years working together I left to take charge of the sports dept at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester. I was always going to be No 2 had I stayed. No 2!

Clive is a nice guy. He’s deeply thoughtful and cares. He cares about so many people and he’s always the first to show if you’ve got a problem - although I haven’t heard anything from him these past five years. I don’t know why? That’s how I know ITV’s decision will have cut him to the core. But it isn’t terminal Clive. It isn’t over. Far from it.

I have to say I’m chuffed to bits for Sam Matterface. Like me and Clive - and so many more down the years - he’s done his time and he deserves his chance. I thoroughly enjoyed working with him at TalkSPORT. He’s a top pro.

Sam took a big risk when he left Sky to join TalkSPORT. His gamble has paid off handsomely.

Clive has years left in him yet. There’s a big world outside the borders of the U.K. Clive. Like me, you could always try you hand on the radio again. You were brilliant on the radio.

At beINSPORTS we’re lucky enough to have Peter Drury and Andy Townsend to listen to. Without question this pair are now the unrivalled kings of the mic. They’re the best in the business. Andy is the rightful successor to Andy Gray. He’s calm. Thoughtful. Doesn’t pretend everything matters - and he’s unique because he tells me something I haven’t seen - just like my mate used to. That’s the art of co-comm - tell me ‘why’. Don’t just talk over pictures that I can see.

So many these days talk for the sake of it and bury you in stats. TV has pictures. Let them tell their own tale - ‘names and numbers’ as I was once told. You don’t have to talk for 90 minutes - or try and work a game out after two.

I digress. It’s not the end of the world Clive, although I know it feels like it right now. It’s the end of an era. Sam is a good call. Enjoy it mate. Oh - watch out Martin!!!

https://richardajkeys.com/index.php/blo ... e-on-clive

[Im_not_Robbie_Blake]

I used to like the Matterface and Clark Carlisle combination.

[ClaretTony]

They’ve also dropped Glenn Hoddle who worked alongside Tyldesley. It will be Lee Dixon with Matterface on commentary for England games.

[Swizzlestick]

They’ve also dropped Glenn Hoddle who worked alongside Tyldesley. It will be Lee Dixon with Matterface on commentary for England games.

That’s a good move, Lee Dixon is v good on co-commentary.

Hoddle not suited, and has a reputation for being a bit dull, but I actually like him as a studio pundit.

[TVC15]

Let’s hope Clive doesn’t suggest to Glen that he posts an equally cringeworthy video of him sat in his massive garden and crying about how badly he has been treated.

At least Clive’s wife Gail still has a job on Coronation Street,