But the last few ends were also on BBC2 when the skiiing was cancelled. I agree that there should be an expert discussion, but probably that will be kept for the finals. I can just imagine the public outcry there is going to be anyaway about the cost of the BBC covering the Games for a few million winter sports fans - and so they have probably got a fairly restricted (though still large) budget.

As for miking up the players - maybe other countries run their commentaries differently - they are not just miked up for BBC coverage I presume.

I agree that the snowboard cross commentary has been awful too.... (bbc and eurosport )but it hasnt stopped my enjoyment of watching it.
Sorry Bob, it must just be JMLB that we ALL disagree with
I watched the swedish ladies v denmark game last night (on eurovisiontv) and there was no commentary and the players were miked. I will be interested to watch scotland v china tonight and see if there is no commentary, I guess it will depend where their feed comes from. (I hope the use of the word feed made it look like i know what i am talking about!!). If the players are miked up and there is no commentary BBC will be one viewer down..

Like others I was disapointed in not hearing the players. Otherwise whats the point of being miked up. Lets listen to them during the time outs and then let Rhona demonstrate/explain using one of those screen pens to enlarge on what they are thinking of doing.
Otherwise I thought Rhona did well and that Crammy was better thaan I thought he was going to be.
Good curling but too many misses or wrong weight shots for a team at that level. Gone off the boil???

Any early thoughts on last nights curling? I thought GB struggled to get out of 2nd gear but I had a feeling they would lose. They are best suited when they are being aggressive and losing a couple of early games seems to be their best M.O. Although I am sure they would rather win. Canada v Norway seemed a good game, the canadians all shot in the 90's (according to the stats) and still had to hit the 4 foot to win...which martin managed (this time!). I think USA men will struggle and are likely to be whipping boys and hopefully switz can be in contention. (i have a preference for teams which havent been selected!). In the ladies sweden managed to steal a win but I do not think team GB should fear them today. Good to see andrea and team germany keeping their good form going. I still think mens will come down to gb and canada but in the ladies it is completely open.(now is the time to bet gb men by the way..odds have drifted)

Sounds fair to me!

China should be going for the freeze to get a 3?

Surely not.

afraid i am going to slag off the national olympic institution of Rhona.
Player she was - commentator she is not
And the BBC should be ashamed at shoehorning steve cram to do it - stick to athletics.

You want people to watch - you have to make it interesting and more importantly exciting. The commentator needs to know what they are talking about and be able to put it across in an interesting and entertaining manner. This duo just doesn cut it. Like listening to paint dry!!!

Think about all thr best commentators and what made them great to listen to - Bill McLaren, David Vine, david coleman, motty (maybe even old archie M - nah maybe not!) They knew their sports inside out and were enthusiastic when they commentated on it.

As soon as eurosport starts covering it ...thats where i,ll be - not brilliant but miles better than the beeb.

BBC send a plane for kenny and logan

DA beat me to it, I was going to post the same this morning. Commentary for both curling and skiing was so poor, we switched the sound off in the end. I'd rather listen to paint!