I'm used to watching the yoof games where there's only a handful of people there, so I can imagine what it's like with these PL games. I find that the commentator is far more intrusive when there's barely any crowd noise, so a good and likeable commentator can be very effecive whereas a really tiresome one can drive you nuts even quicker than usual.
But there's a third option - watching with the sound down. Martin Tyler irritates me too much to listen to him, and I can well do without Carra's chronically alarmed and chipmunk-pitched co-commentaries, too, so I think I'll stick to silence. That tends to let you concentrate a bit more, so I'm going to be fascinated to see how different the pace of the game will seem.