For thinking Andrew Castle is a knob?

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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jul/09/bbc-commentator-andrew-castle-sorry-us-footballer-trinity-rodman-name-wrong?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Why can't he get Trinity Rodman's name right? Is he saying it wrong on purpose?

I’ve been mispronouncing Andrew Castle’s name for years.

i’ve been saying it as Dick Head 🫢

so, apologies for that.

He is awful! He just talks inane shit and the other day he was commentating he was babbling on about his daughter
I don't give a toss about your daughter,no offence to her, but STFU

YABU to compare Ben Shephard with Andrew Castle! At least BS is easy on the eye and supposedly very nice. I’m not sure what Andrew Castle’s good qualities are.

I'd forgotten about that Inverdale twat. He was always everywhere. Can't remember the last time I saw him. If only the same fate befell Castle.

Andrew Castle is such a useless twat. I remember complaining to the BBC once as his commentary was so ridiculously one sided and biased about one of his favourite players.

Im sure Andrew Cotter (the Scottish one) must hate sharing a first name and risk of confusion with that utter twat. He should let Olive and Mabel use him as a chew toy - but they’d probably spit him back out, the rancid little turd.

It’s not even a difficult name to say .

What a vituperative thread. I'm here for it 😁 can't stand him, or Lloyd, or MacEnroe. Are you all on the same tennis fans Facebook group as me where we've been banned from grumbling about the commentators?

Goodness

people make mistakes…. He has apologised

He got that right, Mcenroe was a terrible loser. He did his theatrics to put his opponents off.

that is not a mispronunciation!

He didn't apologise for what he did. He apologised for 'mispronouncing' her name in fact he repeatedly referred to her by a totally different name. He also waxed lyrical about her father from whom she is estranged. The most basic level of research would have told him this. If he is so intent on commenting on people in the audience (completely unnecessary anyway) he could at least act like a professional and get the information he is spouting correct.

And if he gets it wrong he should apologise for what he has actually done, i.e.be too damn lazy and incompetent to learn the woman's name before deciding to comment on her, rather than making up a 'mispronunciation' excuse.

We have a 5 minute rule in our house for use of bitching about the commentators (namely Andrew Castle, John Lloyd and Tracy Austin) and then shush, otherwise it dominates the entire match. Always happy to hear Andrew Cotter though.

Good rule. Always happy for Cotter.

Good rule. But I'd spend most of the match wondering if I should use my 5 minutes now or if he'd say something even more stupid later and I would have wasted it.

I feel sorry for Aiden Castle

If I recall correctly he was brought up above a fish and chip shop and won a tennis scholarship to Millfield. Nothing middle class about his upbringing.

Everyone has ALWAYS thought that.

Why have you quoted me ? I made no comment whatsoever about the man's class. He's terrible at his job IMO (an opinion I am perfectly entited to hold), his class is irrelevant and not something I even think about when I consider whether someone is good at their job or not.

You've obviously got a whole load of fish and chips on your shoulder about something, Christ know what though.

Yes no one mentioned class, just general shitness at his job.

Yes, you get smug, boring picks in all classes and walks of life, and he's definitely one of them!

Andrew Castle first came to my attention during my flat sharing days. I quickly learned that whenever I heard my flatmate yelling at the telly in the sitting room “oh do eff off you absolute knob” or similar, it was because she was watching tennis and Andrew Castle
was commentating 😆

The twat is now commenting on the men's final. He is such an arsehole and biased towards Sinner. The BBC need to sack him.

Yes, he came out with a ridiculous phrase just a minute ago, it was garbled nonsense something to do with Alcaraz and concentration

Andre Agassi shut him up after Castle was blathering on incessantly about who was in the Royal box...talking about Nick Clegg being there and all the rest
Andre said "people watching are watching for tennis, not for this"
😅😅

Andre said "people watching are watching for tennis, not for this"

Have to say I loved Andre's commentary, it was so informative and interesting and he's got a lot of kudos for it in the media