I dearly miss Brenner Woolley and Mick Mills, and the very professional way they comment on Ipswich matches. I still subscribe to ifollow, but these days it sounds like any other local radio station. We all want Ipswich to win but not with rose-tinted spectacles on! There has to be a happy balance and BBC Radio Suffolk have found it.
In 2001, Brenner arrived in Ipswich as a broadcast journalist at BBC Radio Suffolk; initially doing bulletins and producing shows. He had previously worked freelancing for Radio City on Merseyside, and Hallam FM in Sheffield, and earlier in his life found himself selling mobile phones and cinema tickets!
And yet, this Berwick-upon-Tweed journalist and commentator’s real talent lay in the art of communication. He found his home here in Suffolk more than twenty years ago, and he has become an intrinsic part of BBC Radio Suffolk sport’s success story.
Along with Graeme Mac, (17 years in Suffolk with the BBC) and who is the stations Sports Editor and hosts the Final Whistle show, and former Ipswich and England footballer Mick Mills, whose very analytic approach towards all things football adds an educational dimension to supplementary commentary, this is far and away the most professional presentation of football at a local radio level. And how I miss it!
Without naming names, I am very disappointed with the ifollow commentary team – even if this does include former Town players. I want an honest and accurate verbal description of the game I am watching, and not some hugely distorted depiction of it.
Yes, I want Town to win, of course, I do, but I don’t want to hear such a jaundiced set of opinions, which is what the ifollow team is all about. They could get away with it on the radio maybe, but we are all watching! The broadcasting team on ifollow do not do enough research and consequently, there are inaccuracies. For example, Cameron Burgess is NOT an Australian! Ipswich Town have changed many things for the better recently, but they must guard against throwing the baby out with the bath water.
Spot on
Cheers Brain. It is nice to know that other Town supporters are equally disenfranchised.
Watched the Lincoln game recently on ifollow Frank and had the misfortune to listen to the most biased and unprofessional diatribe from two local commentators. I actually finished up turning off the sound.
Brenner and Mick are different class.
Thank you, Terry. I was convinced that anyone who follows football seriously would not find the commentators on ifollow all that interesting. And more to the point quite nauseating! I love Ipswich but the commentator is nothing more than a plastic Town fan who, as far as I know, has never supported the club until he actually got paid for it!
Mick Mills & Brennan Woolley has been a highlight watching/listening ITFC games from Australia in recent years. When Brennan on commentary with BBC Suffolk online I have Ifollow sound off. Don’t have to listen to those irrelevant (to overseas viewers at least) adverts either
I agree, Vincent. Brenner Woolley and Mick Mills are consummate professionals. They are a class act, but sadly, the best thing you can do if you are forced to listen to the ifollow commentary is to turn the sound off.