I pointed out this more than once years ago, and here is another reminder. A little while ago I caught on Ion the final 15 or 20 minutes of an NWSL game, and the commentating was very engaging and muting the TV would have felt like muting the sounds of an action scene in a movie. Then came the second game and in this one muting the "commentating" felt like a relief from a distraction and annoyance like that of having two persons sitting behind you who are having a conversation related to the game but away from the field.
Usually a commenter might be considered not that good just for not expressing a sufficient level of emotion toward what is going on in the field. Ignoring or letting what is going on in the field go to the background while you talk about the bigger picture is unheard of in the world of soccer commentating (and probably sport commentating in general) and is a crime that you should not do even if you think of yourself as the Albert Einstein of soccer. Except for extremely low number of exceptions, as long as the ball is moving the commentating should be directly related to that move. Real commentators keep doing that while showing a good level of being emotionally engaged even while the playing is stuck in being interrupted at the mid section of the field. Here on the other hand, "commentating" may be horrible to the level of even letting running toward the goal with good potential of scoring be kept in the background, and even a thing as engaging as fantastic on the go shot or save by the goal keeper is unable to keep the talk at the direct level to what is going on in the field.
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