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Clive Eakin on CWR (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter aloisiwouldhavescored
  • Start date May 3, 2025
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • May 3, 2025
  • #71
There's only one Clive Eakin
One Clive Eakin
Microphone on
Gets players wrong
We love Clivey Eakin anyway
 
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JAM See

Well-Known Member
  • May 3, 2025
  • #72
Oggy Oggy Oggy
Clive Clive Clive
Oggy
Clive
Oggy
Clive
Oggy Oggy Oggy
Clive Clive Clive
 
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Deity

Well-Known Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #73
Rob totally mismanaged the fans forum following the sacking of Robins. He operated like an ill
Informed fan not a BBC sports journalist.

At times we love Rob for his emotional bias but when you openly question whether the owner of the club is telling the truth when you have no evidence to the contrary then it’s unlikely to end well for you.
 
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HerneBayGaz

Well-Known Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #74
Sick Boy said:
What happened to Martin Winch?
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Sadly left.
Need him back pronto.
Generally nice guy
Sick Boy said:
What happened to Martin Winch?
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stevefloyd

Well-Known Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #75
And we're feeling sad all over
Because
Clive is leaving
 
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chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #76
Just hope it’s his decision and he’s not been pushed out.

Wonder if it will still be him and Rob doing Warwickshire games this summer as that falls under the BBC despite being streamed by the club.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #77
shmmeee said:
Absolute legend and a huge part of the whole city supporting experience since relegation from the Prem. We take the mick about his mistakes and quirks but anyone who listens to other teams commentary when forced to by the dodgy fire stick knows just how lucky we are and how much he sticks out head and shoulders above other local radio commentators.

Definitely needs a song on Friday at what’s his last home game regardless.
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Is Wembley not home??
 
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mmttww

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #78
Sky Blue Pete said:
Is Wembley not home??
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simongpeggwithapint.jpg
 
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clint van damme

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #79
Apologies if its been said havent read the whole thread, but I was told he's retiring but his statement seems to suggest he's moving on
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • May 4, 2025
  • #80
clint van damme said:
Apologies if its been said havent read the whole thread, but I was told he's retiring but his statement seems to suggest he's moving on
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Yeah that’s what it looks like to me. I reckon it’s been on the cards for a while through with Gurney coming back into the fold. If Lorna Bailey ends up taking over from Gurney as well it’ll be awful.
 
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ptr

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #81
clint van damme said:
Apologies if its been said havent read the whole thread, but I was told he's retiring but his statement seems to suggest he's moving on
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Stoke. 2 year deal.
 
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skybluecam

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #82
Sick Boy said:
Yeah that’s what it looks like to me. I reckon it’s been on the cards for a while through with Gurney coming back into the fold. If Lorna Bailey ends up taking over from Gurney as well it’ll be awful.
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It’s impressive how consistently annoying Lorna manages to be
 
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andy86

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #83
Deity said:
Rob totally mismanaged the fans forum following the sacking of Robins. He operated like an ill
Informed fan not a BBC sports journalist.

At times we love Rob for his emotional bias but when you openly question whether the owner of the club is telling the truth when you have no evidence to the contrary then it’s unlikely to end well for you.
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Neither Rob or Lorna Bailey handled the fans forum very well at all.

They tried to make it a witch hunt against King, and carried on that narrative throughout despite King answering the questions well.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #84
covcity4life said:
Fucking bitch was speculating how long it took a fan who sent a text in to walk home and what route he might take.
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Not sure that’s the correct language to be using.
*it’s not.
 
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Balli001

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #85
chiefdave said:
Just hope it’s his decision and he’s not been pushed out.

Wonder if it will still be him and Rob doing Warwickshire games this summer as that falls under the BBC despite being streamed by the club.
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Sounds like he is leaving cwr completely
 

Diogenes

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #86
My dream would be for the club to launch its own tv channel with Clive hosting his own show and doing match comms.

Could even have a live version of guess who where Clive has to identify past and present players. Would love to see him naming Gary Breen as Dion Dublin.
 
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shmmeee

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #87
I hope the club recognises this officially on Friday. Would be nice anyway but gives a clear cue for a song as well.
 
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Gynnsthetonic

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #88
Anyone got the CWR goals, I can't find it on CWR Sound of the Sky Blues
 
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PVA

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #89
clint van damme said:
Apologies if its been said havent read the whole thread, but I was told he's retiring but his statement seems to suggest he's moving on
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Clive said on air yesterday he's not retiring and that he's stepping down and 'you might still hear me elsewhere'.

He certainly made it sound like his own decision
 
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Grendel

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #90
It’s clear he is a victim of BBC cuts
 
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lord_garrincha

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #91
ptr said:
Stoke. 2 year deal.
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Robins would walk on the spot... even doing away with the usual Stoke manager compo!
 

lord_garrincha

Well-Known Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #92
Diogenes said:
My dream would be for the club to launch its own tv channel with Clive hosting his own show and doing match comms.
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Different subject... but I do wonder how far away we are from this... Especially if we have some favourable results in the next three games.
 
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MalcSB

Well-Known Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #93
andy86 said:
Neither Rob or Lorna Bailey handled the fans forum very well at all.

They tried to make it a witch hunt against King, and carried on that narrative throughout despite King answering the questions well.
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The confirmation bias was pretty obvious very early on. There seemed to be nothing that King could have said which would have been viewed as valid reasoning.

I wonder if they have eaten some humble pie given the possibility, nay probability, of another Wembley trip surely has totally justified King's decision.
 

Bassette Deck

Active Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #94
I blame Lorna saying "See you in the Premiership" to people she interviewed before the play-off final more than I do Dabo for that penalty. More of her would be a disaster.
 
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DannyThomas_1981

Well-Known Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #95
MalcSB said:
End of an era. No longer able to ignore prophecies of “danger here” and always the possibility of complete misidentification of city scorers. Clive said MVE had scored Paterson’s goal. Easy error as MVE seems more naturally right footed than Pato. The word “broodje” is Dutch for batch (well bread roll).
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Good point malc. I could never listen to Clive’s radio commentary without having a complete mental breakdown - as Clive was always predicting danger - with the oppo most likely playing the ball around their penalty area. With video I’ve cut down on the Valium.
 
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clint van damme

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #96
Grendel said:
It’s clear he is a victim of BBC cuts
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Bad decision then
 
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blunted

Well-Known Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #97
I hope this was his decision to leave which is how it has been presented.
If you ever listen to opposition presenters, you suddenly realise what an outstanding, knowledgeable football person Clive is, even if he does support Tranmere.
I always thought he was a bit annoying with his "fairness" regarding SISU but I guess BBC directives rule. In his early days, he did have a tendency to get you shitting your self by giving the impression the opposition were going to score every time they attacked. When you think how shit and biased people like Adam Dent were. you realise how Clive is so brilliant.
I will miss his signature wrong team commentaries which were a great feature. We could be playing at least four different teams in one game.
Good luck to him with any new ventures, he will be sorely missed.
 
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shmmeee

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #98
clint van damme said:
Bad decision then
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Id cut everyone else before him. As in literally everyone else employed by CWR
 
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Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • May 4, 2025
  • #99
Grendel said:
It’s clear he is a victim of BBC cuts
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Maybe he is going part time for a while before finally retiring and doesn't want all the travelling to away games.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • May 4, 2025
  • #100
clint van damme said:
Apologies if its been said havent read the whole thread, but I was told he's retiring but his statement seems to suggest he's moving on
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I don't think it was entirely voluntary
 

LastChance

Well-Known Member
  • May 5, 2025
  • #101
andy86 said:
Think Clive’s days were numbered once Gurney returned to CWR sadly. Been slowly squeezed out.

Loved Gurney back in the 90’s, but haven’t really warmed to him since his return.
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Absolutely no contest! Clive is the best ever
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • May 5, 2025
  • #102
LB was asking Clive how the play-offs worked at half-time and how it’s decided who we’d play if we got in. She clearly has little to no genuine interest in football.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • May 5, 2025
  • #103
Sick Boy said:
LB was asking Clive how the play-offs worked at half-time and how it’s decided who we’d play if we got in. She clearly has little to no genuine interest in football.
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Surely she's not going to be involved with match days?
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • May 5, 2025
  • #104
Nick said:
Surely she's not going to be involved with match days?
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Hopefully not but at this point I wouldn’t be surprised if she takes over from Gurney and he takes over from Clive.
 

Sky Blue Pete

Well-Known Member
  • May 5, 2025
  • #105
Sick Boy said:
Hopefully not but at this point I wouldn’t be surprised if she takes over from Gurney and he takes over from Clive.
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If Clive has been pushed with some encouragement from the club Rob and lb burned their bridges at the robins thingy

Clive just getting on I reckon
 
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