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TheSwarm · 10/07/2025 14:56

He's always been a knob.

He was a shit tennis player and is now a shit commentator.

Theyreeatingthedogs · 10/07/2025 14:54

He's a dickhead. LBC got rid of him. Time the BBC did too.

HelenaWaiting · 10/07/2025 14:51

Being snide to McEnroe the other day too. AC said that back in the day players only complained about line judges when they lost. If I was McEnroe I would have said "So that's every match for you, right?"

LavenderBlue19 · 10/07/2025 14:43

He's always been a twat, and I've never understood why he keeps getting employed. Everyone seems to hate him, even my very mild-mannered dad who rarely expresses dislike of anyone!

murasaki · 10/07/2025 14:28

AmyDudley · 10/07/2025 14:26

Absolute knob of the first order. He's a terrible commentator, talks continuous shite, and doesn't know how to use a microphone.
Why he is employed by the BBC is up there with the Bermuda Triangle as a Great Mystery of Our Time.
I can't stand him.

I remember doing a junior school project in which I tried to explain the Bermuda triangle thing as being due to increased magnetism in the earth's core at that location. It made sense to 8 year old me.

I cannot explain Andrew Castle's commentating career at all.

Woodchipping · 10/07/2025 14:27

He’s all that’s wrong with tennis. A middle class knob. He used to be on lbc occasionally, came across as really not that intelligent.

AmyDudley · 10/07/2025 14:26

Absolute knob of the first order. He's a terrible commentator, talks continuous shite, and doesn't know how to use a microphone.
Why he is employed by the BBC is up there with the Bermuda Triangle as a Great Mystery of Our Time.
I can't stand him.

Mylovelygreendress · 10/07/2025 14:19

Why he is still commentating is a mystery !

kazzaD66 · 10/07/2025 14:17

AC is a fuckwit of the highest order

twilightermummy · 10/07/2025 13:40

Honestly, I have never been able to understand how people like him have managed to rise up the ranks. It's like Ben Shepherd. They're both so dull.

DramaAlpaca · 10/07/2025 13:18

Agree. He ruins tennis commentary with his inane prattle.

pestowithwalnuts · 10/07/2025 13:17

Thank the good Lord that I'm not the only one.
The bloke is a total tosser..prattling on about bugger all in his anal banal way and making childish jokes.

Nametobechanged · 10/07/2025 13:13

I don’t even know the incident you’re talking about but I’ve always felt this way about him!

Ohsotiredme · 10/07/2025 13:09

I thought it was a well known fact he is totally insufferable

BedlingtonWillow · 10/07/2025 11:57

No, I've always thought he was a knob. Perfectly reasonable.

afaloren · 10/07/2025 11:56

He is so embarrassing. I was yelling at the TV. Good for her responding the way she did.

murasaki · 10/07/2025 11:47

He claimed it was a mispronounciation. It's a totally different name. And she's probably better known than Shelton, she's an amazing footballer. And her estranged dad shouldn't even have been mentioned...I thought her response was very measured, considering.

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