Dougie Donnelly [Archive] - hibs.net Messageboard

Pretty Boy

12-07-2021, 07:51 PM

Probably mentioned elsewhere but I see he's presenting on Hibs TV tomorrow. Is this a regular thing?

It might be nostalgia talking but I always liked him. Hopefully a bit more natural than his predecessor.

Glory Lurker

12-07-2021, 07:54 PM

A great choice.

Smartie

12-07-2021, 08:02 PM

I heard his voice presenting golf a while back and it made me realise I really missed his presenting skills.

Hopefully this is a regular thing.

IWasThere2016

12-07-2021, 08:36 PM

Since452

12-07-2021, 08:45 PM

Broadcasting legend

Davy Mac

12-07-2021, 08:57 PM

Sorry, when I was attending black tie doos back in the day, Dougie's after dinner speeches used to put me to sleep - sorry Dougie!

Nothing to do with the wine/meal of course. :-)

Hiber-nation

12-07-2021, 09:02 PM

Good stuff, proper consummate professional. Jock Brown commentating on the Motherwell game last season was excellent as well.

Broken Gnome

12-07-2021, 09:10 PM

Special place in Hibs folklore by letting Sunshine on Leith take centre stage after the CIS Cup Final.

Waxy

12-07-2021, 09:26 PM

Sterling, Tillicoultry near Stirling.

JimBHibees

12-07-2021, 09:27 PM

Pretty sure he was on Aberdeen tv last season. Natural presenter

Iggy Pope

12-07-2021, 09:32 PM

Sterling, Tillicoultry near Stirling.

:greengrin

1875Sean

12-07-2021, 09:34 PM

Wasn’t he doing Aberdeen tv last season? I wonder if this is a one off or he will will be here for the new season

JimBHibees

12-07-2021, 09:42 PM

Wasn’t he doing Aberdeen tv last season? I wonder if this is a one off or he will will be here for the new season

Yes he was

Pilrig_Sauzee

13-07-2021, 05:21 AM

We’ve finally outbid Aberdeen for someone.

BILLYHIBS

13-07-2021, 05:37 AM

Looking back on last season I enjoyed hearing Jock Brown’s dulcet tones after a long absence but I thought the most biased commentary team by far were the two guys on Killie TV then again it takes a lot to beat HunTV :greengrin

Phil MaGlass

13-07-2021, 05:40 AM

We’ve finally outbid Aberdeen for someone.

:greengrin:greengrin:greengrin:top marks

Since452

13-07-2021, 05:44 AM

We’ve finally outbid Aberdeen for someone.

Ron the Con strikes again

One Day Soon

13-07-2021, 08:20 AM

Good stuff, proper consummate professional. Jock Brown commentating on the Motherwell game last season was excellent as well.

I’ve always regarded Jock Brown commentaries as a legal form of slow and painful assisted dying.

SouthMoroccoStu

13-07-2021, 08:24 AM

Special place in Hibs folklore by letting Sunshine on Leith take centre stage after the CIS Cup Final.

Na

He just needed a pee :greengrin

J-C

13-07-2021, 08:44 AM

Good appointment for Hibs TV, good pro broadcaster.

Scorrie

13-07-2021, 08:55 AM

Sterling, Tillicoultry near Stirling.

That’s what I always think of when I hear Dougie’s name!

Peevemor

13-07-2021, 08:58 AM

That’s what I always think of when I hear Dougie’s name!

I remember there being a rumour that he was Arthur Montford's son. :greengrin

Is It On....

13-07-2021, 09:12 AM

Sterling, Tillicoultry near Stirling.

That made me think of "Glens, Hutchinson's, Robertson's & Stepek.."

Gloucester Hibs

13-07-2021, 09:19 AM

That made me think of "Glens, Hutchinson's, Robertson's & Stepek.."

Altogether better!

Baader

13-07-2021, 09:26 AM

Sterling, Tillicoultry near Stirling.
Sterling, The Big One.

Frazerbob

13-07-2021, 09:40 AM

Rob McLean was the regular host of Red TV last season.

NORTHERNHIBBY

13-07-2021, 10:33 AM

Being a Clyde fan has kept him clear of all the bias to one side or the other.

heretoday

13-07-2021, 11:35 AM

Dougie Donnelly was really boring.

PatHead

13-07-2021, 11:51 AM

If we all get back into the ground, do we need an anchorman?

Peevemor

13-07-2021, 11:55 AM

If we all get back into the ground, do we need an anchorman?

I wouldn't have thought so. We did fine on Hibs TV for years without one and I'm not sure the expense of a programme would be justified.

Since452

13-07-2021, 11:55 AM

Good stuff, proper consummate professional. Jock Brown commentating on the Motherwell game last season was excellent as well.

I really liked Jock Brown. "and Hibs now surely destined to win the cup" are immortal words ingrained in my memory banks from 1991.

badabing67

13-07-2021, 04:03 PM

Pretty sure he was on Aberdeen tv last season. Natural presenter

Was that not Rob McLean

JimBHibees

13-07-2021, 04:18 PM

Was that not Rob McLean

Think Rob did match commentator Dougie did the David Tanner role a couple of times I seen it

davhibby

13-07-2021, 04:27 PM

Think Rob did match commentator Dougie did the David Tanner role a couple of times I seen it

McLean was 100% the presenter and not on commentary on both our trips to Pittodrie last season.

JimBHibees

13-07-2021, 04:34 PM

McLean was 100% the presenter and not on commentary on both our trips to Pittodrie last season.

Ok cool I must be going senile. Can definitely remember Dougie doing it on one of their other games, want to say Motherwell or St Mirren and Rob in their away game v Hamilton when they drew. Maybe a one off on both counts.

cabbageandribs1875

13-07-2021, 04:42 PM

i'm sure it was DD sitting talking to others in the donald stand at HT's a few games last season :hmmm:

of course i could be getting mixed up as well ;(

Hibby70

13-07-2021, 04:48 PM

Just a few minutes in and DD is so much better than that fanny we had before.

bringbackbenny

13-07-2021, 04:53 PM

Just a few minutes in and DD is so much better than that fanny we had before.

Yeah, very professional and coherent. Night and day from last season.

Hibernia&Alba

13-07-2021, 05:12 PM

Dougie Donnelly was really boring.

I always liked his laid back style. What's happened to Tanner?

Eyrie

13-07-2021, 05:36 PM

Sterling, Tillicoultry near Stirling.

I parked in his car park for an Almighty gig in the late 80s.

Danderhall Hibs

13-07-2021, 05:42 PM

Not seen it but Donnelly will be an upgrade (I think the abuse for Tanner was OTT) but he’s a very good presenter and much more experienced than Tanner.

No doubt still reading out adverts every few minutes though.

Waxy

13-07-2021, 05:46 PM

That made me think of "Glens, Hutchinson's, Robertson's & Stepek.."
I was also thinking the same.

Wee Scottie Dug

13-07-2021, 05:53 PM

He’s rocking that 1980s Gant shirt :not worth

flash

13-07-2021, 05:53 PM

Streets ahead of the previous presenter.

EI255

13-07-2021, 09:01 PM

I thought he was very good, along with Yogi.

Not a carpet centre in sight either.

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Frazerbob

13-07-2021, 09:31 PM

DD was excellent today, better than David Tanner as expected. He is a better presenter though. It was his career for decades after all. Still think the abuse Tanner gets is out of order, definitely not ‘Hibs class’’.

Shrekko

13-07-2021, 11:02 PM

Like Tanner he won’t have great knowledge of Hibs but the difference between him and DT is he’s just so natural and laid back.
No awkwardness and thankfully no cheesiness. A class act.

lord bunberry

13-07-2021, 11:15 PM

Like Tanner he won’t have great knowledge of Hibs but the difference between him and DT is he’s just so natural and laid back.
No awkwardness and thankfully no cheesiness. A class act.
There was a few awkward silences during the halftime review, that might have been down to the guests right enough. On a related note I wouldn’t have had yogi on again after his comments about Boyle last season.

BILLYHIBS

14-07-2021, 06:29 AM

There was a few awkward silences during the halftime review, that might have been down to the guests right enough. On a related note I wouldn’t have had yogi on again after his comments about Boyle last season.
At one point Yogi admitted to being a HIBS fan which had been open to some debate as many thought he might be Celtic ? ?

I personally am in no doubt he is a Hibby

I like him

bigwheel

14-07-2021, 08:21 AM

At one point Yogi admitted to being a HIBS fan which had been open to some debate as many thought he might be Celtic ? ?

I personally am in no doubt he is a Hibby

I like him

Yogi was certainly a Celtic fan as a teenager

BILLYHIBS

14-07-2021, 08:24 AM

Yogi was certainly a Celtic fan as a teenager growing up …..
Yip remember reading that on here used to get on the Leith CSC bus allegedly

But he’s alright now

Used to see him loads at ER as a fan when he was starting out in his career

KWJ

14-07-2021, 09:42 AM

I think it's fair to say that Yogi is a Hibs and Celtic fan, as weird as that might sound to so many of us.

Dougie made Hibs TV considerably more watchable than Tanner's Hibs TV last season. It wasn't perfect, he seemed to be looking at another camera for much of it but he was much more calming rather than the stifled atmosphere Tanner created.

blackpoolhibs

14-07-2021, 01:00 PM

I thought he was good last night, not once did i shout **** off at the telly.

EI255

14-07-2021, 02:56 PM

I thought he was good last night, not once did i shout **** off at the telly.Who, Dougie Donnelly?

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worcesterhibby

15-07-2021, 10:26 PM

I thought he was good last night, not once did i shout **** off at the telly.

high praise indeed, that’s basically the Blackpool Hibs equivalent of a BAFTA

Carheenlea

15-07-2021, 10:57 PM

At one point Yogi admitted to being a HIBS fan which had been open to some debate as many thought he might be Celtic ? ?

I personally am in no doubt he is a Hibby

I like him

I suspect whatever team Yogi claims to support will be based on his audience.

BILLYHIBS

15-07-2021, 11:17 PM

I suspect whatever team Yogi claims to support will be based on his audience.
Caley next week Falkirk the next :greengrin

Since452

16-07-2021, 04:12 AM

So do we have an option to buy Donnelly or was it just a loan? Really think if we get him on a permanent deal it could be huge for our season. Wonder if it will depend on us managing to punt Tanner? Could always send Tanner out on loan to Civil Service Strollers.

silverhibee

16-07-2021, 12:36 PM