A2 was Diffey's last round, Ralph back next week.

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1/19/2020 2:56pm Edited Date/Time 1/30/2020 3:32am
I for one enjoyed Leigh Diffey's three rounds of commentating.
I feel he was professional and followed the racing closely. RC has been much better alongside Diffey as well, will be interesting to see if that continues with Ralph.
I know there's been lots of whinging about his Australian accent but the funny thing is, to an Aussie he sounds American.
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shiftmx_22
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1/19/2020 3:05pm
100% prefer RC/Diffey over RC/Ralph. Personal preference, I'm going to watch the races and enjoy either way.
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I think that a lot of mistakes have been overlooked that would have been called out if it were Ralph in the booth. Personally I am okay with Ralph and don't think that he deserves all the hate that he gets. He's definitely not perfect, but over the years his voice has become a signal of SX for me. I heard him announcing something else while my son was slipping through the channels a year or so ago and had to have him go back to find it because I instantly assumed it was SX.

Not overly concerned either way, but Diffey wasn't a meaningful upgrade to me.
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1/19/2020 3:22pm
RC/Stewart. Since I’m dreaming.
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1/19/2020 3:35pm
The voting on this poll says it all.
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1/19/2020 3:51pm
Announcing has always been secondary to me . Don't really care. I think people start to look for things to bitch about.
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1/19/2020 4:13pm
You guys care too much about the announcers. If you hate Ralph and RC so much...hit the mute button.

Problem solved.

For those of us that don't get tweaked out about something so trivial as someone saying, "The Red Honda" we'll be enjoying the race.


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1/19/2020 4:55pm
Diffey announces like this is a world class sport, Ralph yells like this is monster jam.

Vast improvement with Diffey. I wish he had more time; he'd only get better as he got more comfortable with Ricky and all the teams and rider's names/numbers.
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Diffey announces like this is a world class sport, Ralph yells like this is monster jam. Vast improvement with Diffey. I wish he had more time...
Diffey announces like this is a world class sport, Ralph yells like this is monster jam.

Vast improvement with Diffey. I wish he had more time; he'd only get better as he got more comfortable with Ricky and all the teams and rider's names/numbers.
Embarrassed to say it but I think I enjoy the races more with Ralph. His yelling must get me extra excited about the races and his subtle homosexual innuendo comments makes the broadcast that little bit better.
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1/19/2020 5:17pm
Ralph will be fine as long as he’s been paying attention to the broadcast and can tone it down a notch
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1/19/2020 6:32pm
If Ralph doesn't take this as a MASSIVE wake up call, and brings back the screeching, overly-dramatic, error filled, dumbed down, talking to the "Never watched a dirt bike race crowd," then I'm going to start bombarding NBC, Feld, and anyone else I can think of to get rid of him for good.

Everyone claims to want to grow the sport.... yet people tune in to hear Ralph hysterical and generally lost as to what is happening on the track - you only get one chance for a first impression as they say.

The guy is awful, has been for years, and three races with Diffey just highlights how truly bad he is. Change, or get TFO.

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1/19/2020 6:49pm
Bring on mxgp in 6 weeks haha!!
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1/19/2020 7:21pm
The Steve Irwin comment from last night was the first time Diffey annoyed me in the slightest. He does a good job and I feel like he, for whatever reason, has improved Ricky's performance as well.
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I’m wondering if the dynamic between Diffey and RC helps Ricky announce better too. Ralph has a big personality, and sometimes when I talk to people like that I clam up a little or my flow of speech gets wonky (hate it..)
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1/19/2020 7:57pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2020 7:59pm
A lot of you don't give Ralph nearly enough credit. I think Diffey lacked excitement in his voice and that's what Ralph adds to the broadcast. I miss him in the booth. Everyone makes mistakes in their career. Can you imagine if thousands of people were analyzing every single thing you did at your job? Give the guy a break. I'd like to see some of you try to announce halfway as well as Ralph does...
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1/19/2020 8:44pm
jeffro503 wrote:
Bring on mxgp in 6 weeks haha!!
It's only a couple of weeks until the Italian International Series!

The commentary is in Italian, but it's still more intelligible that Ralph!

I have to say, that Steve Irwin bit from Diffey was truly cringe worthy Blush ........
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It was good while it lasted.
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1/20/2020 12:35am
Diffey,emig in the booth n JG33 n RC special comments track analyses ect
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1/20/2020 12:40am
Hate to break it to y’all but Leigh makes plenty of mistakes too.
I like Leigh
I like Ralph
I liked Fro, and RC Is doing great this year..
Shit there is a race going on, I’m usually busy watching it haha
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1/20/2020 12:55am
APLMAN99 wrote:
I think that a lot of mistakes have been overlooked that would have been called out if it were Ralph in the booth. Personally I am...
I think that a lot of mistakes have been overlooked that would have been called out if it were Ralph in the booth. Personally I am okay with Ralph and don't think that he deserves all the hate that he gets. He's definitely not perfect, but over the years his voice has become a signal of SX for me. I heard him announcing something else while my son was slipping through the channels a year or so ago and had to have him go back to find it because I instantly assumed it was SX.

Not overly concerned either way, but Diffey wasn't a meaningful upgrade to me.
As an Aussie I 100% agree with this
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1/20/2020 1:50am
Diffey is way better than Sheheen in my opinion
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1/20/2020 2:54am
The only thing that actually bugs me about the commentators is that often a few of them will pronounce a riders name differently (AC as an example) if there are different ways to pronounce it then the production team should just all agree on one and run with it.
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1/20/2020 3:19am
APLMAN99 wrote:
I think that a lot of mistakes have been overlooked that would have been called out if it were Ralph in the booth. Personally I am...
I think that a lot of mistakes have been overlooked that would have been called out if it were Ralph in the booth. Personally I am okay with Ralph and don't think that he deserves all the hate that he gets. He's definitely not perfect, but over the years his voice has become a signal of SX for me. I heard him announcing something else while my son was slipping through the channels a year or so ago and had to have him go back to find it because I instantly assumed it was SX.

Not overly concerned either way, but Diffey wasn't a meaningful upgrade to me.
Less mistakes 100%. What mistake did he make? Calling someone AC and KR good mates ? lol
Ralph has been doing this for many many years and should be better than what he is.
Imagine how good Diffey could be after a full season.
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1/20/2020 7:12am
I like how he calls Kenny’s bike a “works Honda” instead of being called “red Honda” multiple times by Ralph
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The only thing that actually bugs me about the commentators is that often a few of them will pronounce a riders name differently (AC as an...
The only thing that actually bugs me about the commentators is that often a few of them will pronounce a riders name differently (AC as an example) if there are different ways to pronounce it then the production team should just all agree on one and run with it.
Weege and Langston pronounce Plessinger's name different all the time . One says Plessinjer. Can't remember which of them does it. I dont even know which is correct
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1/20/2020 3:56pm
David Bailey and Bob Hannah..
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1/20/2020 4:00pm
Diffey did a good job, wouldn't care if he replaced Ralph. I like Ralph...but sometimes he's a little over the top. Don't really care anyway...I'm not watching the show for the announcers.
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1/20/2020 4:04pm
I did not miss Ralph. I prefer Diffey.
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1/20/2020 4:26pm
Diffey has been good. And RC is much better with him than Ralph. With Ralph there's just too much bro down all the time. Diffey keeps it professional, respects RC's opinion, but isn't trying to give him a verbal rimjob like Ralph.
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