I too am finding the mix of sound levels between crowd and the commentary team to be much too biased towards the crowd levels. This has to be something the editors in the outside broadcast control vans can adjust.
I'm watching the first game of the new 2025/26 season, and during half time the presenters and pundit’s levels were perfect, but as soon as it went back to the match commentary the spoken volume noticeably dropped and we’re back to trying to hear the spoken word over the cheering and singing.
They did it perfectly during covid, when crowd noise was ‘added’ to the background of the commentary. I'm all for being able to join in and revel in the reactions of the crowd to what's going on on the pitch, but do we really need to have it so loud it's making the commentators inaudible? Come on Sky, you're the best sports broadcaster out there, but your football coverage is being spoilt for many viewers, and it can't be too much of a problem to fix.
