Comments on: He’s Like a Big Beautiful Zombie

By: Ray J

Ray J — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:02:35 +0000

Maybe Ray should get together with John Madden? That would be a fun game to listen to

By: SWOS Fan

SWOS Fan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:30:29 +0000

I hope Riquelme stays in Boca, the atmosphere in south american stadiums are like no other and also great to watch the football!

By: Pitch Invasion · The Mad Genius of Ray Hudson

Pitch Invasion · The Mad Genius of Ray Hudson — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:08:22 +0000

[...] are both late and early on this (since we posted an ode to GOLTV commentator Ray Hudson some months ago, when he aptly captured the enigma that is Riquelme as a “big, beautiful zombie”), but [...]

By: ursus arctos

ursus arctos — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:20:45 +0000

Living in Italy, I don’t get to hear Hudson, but he was one of the more entertaining players in the NASL and definitely one of the better interviews. He also seemed genuinely committed to establishing roots in Florida, something he has obviously succeeded at.

I would be surprised if he takes himself that seriously; there was always more than a bit of the Geordie entertainer in his act.

And as Linda notes, anyone that champions the Riquelme cause cannot be that bad.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:13:02 +0000

Ray does sometimes grate, but I love that he’s so obviously biased towards a certain kind of football, and a certain type of footballer. And I love his one man campaign on Riquelme’s behalf.

By: Gaffer

Gaffer — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:42:22 +0000

Actually, Schoen’s grown on me too, although mainly because of his performance during the Uruguay Brazil semi last week. He was genuinely elated when Uruguay made it 2-2. Of course, I suppose this is in stark contrast to the routine of trying to compare a dull 0-0 between Betis and Espanyol with the 1970 Italy Germany semi-final week in, week out.

By: Thomas Dunmore

Thomas Dunmore — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:05:23 +0000

David - I have a love/hate relationship with Hudson. On the one hand, I admire his passion and sometimes his wordplay: he clearly really loves beautiful football, and it bursts out of him.

On the other, he can be extremely grating, and interrupts the game constantly with his shrieks, which is why I said he was “sometimes infuriating”. Maybe often infuriating.

Yet that still beats a Trevor Brooking snoozefest for me, and if he just made his outbursts a little more selective, he’d have more appeal. To be honest I don’t expect tactical insights from my announcers, especially when they can’t see more of the game than I can anyway (not their fault their watching it in Florida).

Matth - agreed entirely on Phil Schoen. He’s terrible.

E - nice find!

Gaffer - wow, didn’t know that site existed, good to see it.

By: E.

E. — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:54:54 +0000

From the Peru game:

(after Riquelme scores his second goal to make it 4-0)

Schoen: Is he still the riddle, the enigma, the puzzle?

Hudson: For you, evidently, because you keep asking this and I keep telling you — he’s Einstein, man. He’s from the stars. Just love him. Anybody that doesn’t see it … I really, truly feel sorry for ya, Phil.

Schoen: Just wondering why it doesn’t work in La Liga.

Hudson: Oh, he only got Villarreal to the semifinals of the Champions League basically on his own. And that’s not good enough for you either, cos your STINKING Arsenal beat them.

Schoen: …

Instant classic.

By: Gaffer

Gaffer — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:10:06 +0000

Easy to criticise Hudson but he does bring a lot of passion for the game to an audience that doesn’t associate football with exciting entertainment.

http://rayhudsonmustdie.blogspot.com

By: Matth

Matth — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:40:49 +0000

At least he’s better than Phil Schoen, who doesn’t even come up with interesting statements.

Actually, I really enjoy Ray Hudson. I just wish I had such an inexhaustible supply of strange metaphors.