Football Pundits

[Butts]

In order to deflect the hail of opprobrium aimed at my good self can I conclude by simplifying things and saying I prefer male to female pundits and leave it at that.

 

[Bald Rick]

In order to deflect the hail of opprobrium aimed at my good self can I conclude by simplifying things and saying I prefer male to female pundits and leave it at that.

Each to their own, I prefer female pundits, much better looking.

 

[Old Yard Dog]

What really bores me stupid is the amount of time wasted after each set of highlights picking out a random player and analysing what he has done during the game. I cannot watch Match of the Day live. I have to record it then watch the recording at midnight fast forwarding through all these bits.

 

[DarloRich]

I quite like listening to Ally McCoist - I don't think he does much in the way of analysis but he always sounds happy and is clearly having a great time. He also seems to have a good sense of humour.

I also like Dion Dublin - he isn't very good but seems happy and almost seems to think that someone will rumble him at any moment so he may as well enjoy it before they do.

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I, similarly, have an issue with people commenting on Rail Forums who have not worked in the rail industry at the top level.

I am league 2 level at best. Maybe league 1 for a couple of seasons if I got lucky. Nothing higher than that.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

also like Dion Dublin - he isn't very good but seems happy and almost seems to think that someone will rumble him at any moment so he may as well enjoy it before they do.

Does he actually cover football? Thought he just did Homes Under The Hammer...

 

[Loppylugs]

I watched the Sweden v Slovakia game today, a bit of a yawn, but have to say I was very impressed with commentator Robyn Cowen. She was very professional, very knowledgeable, and was calm throughout. Well done to her.

 

[bearhugger]

I think Gary Lineker was only watching part of the England v Scotland game last night. Tweeted "Game of the tournament so far. Absolute Thriller.". https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1405991620663812100

The reply from Specsavers was good.

 

[AlterEgo]

I think Gary Lineker was only watching part of the England v Scotland game last night. Tweeted "Game of the tournament so far. Absolute Thriller.". https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1405991620663812100

The reply from Specsavers was good.

I think you missed the sarcasm.

 

[bearhugger]

I think you missed the sarcasm.

Oh, looks like that tweet was like an aeroplane then - right over my head. In my defense I had just got up and was only halfway through breakfast. But still a good reply from Specsavers!

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

What about pundits writing, especially in the Guardian? I saw that Philipp Lahm, who used to play for Germany, wrote a couple of articles, but are the other experts former players too?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

What about pundits writing, especially in the Guardian? I saw that Philipp Lahm, who used to play for Germany, wrote a couple of articles, but are the other experts former players too?

When a famous player / ex-player has their name attributed to a newspaper article, I invariably wonder whether the piece has actually been written by them, or "ghost written" by some newspaper staffer / hack?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I can't believe that people will grumble about Robbie Savage for going a bit overboard with enthusiasm... would they rather listen to Danny Murphy who has all the personality of a breeze block and about half the vocabulary? He's so dull he could stop paint from drying.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I can't believe that people will grumble about Robbie Savage for going a bit overboard with enthusiasm... would they rather listen to Danny Murphy who has all the personality of a breeze block and about half the vocabulary? He's so dull he could stop paint from drying.

Savage is fine when it’s a Wales game and his natural enthusiasm for his country. It’s when he’s doing “ordinary” games and seems to go for controversial stuff and/or everything is either fantastic or a shambles. See also Chris Sutton in this regard

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Savage is fine when it’s a Wales game and his natural enthusiasm for his country. It’s when he’s doing “ordinary” games and seems to go for controversial stuff and/or everything is either fantastic or a shambles. See also Chris Sutton in this regard

Rather that than Monotone Murphy.

Savage on radio definitely goes for the controversy for the sake of it at times, but that's the nature of a call-in show like 606- get folk riled up so they call in. He's very good when doing the cup games on BBC or BT, as he treats every team with the same amount of respect. Rather than drooling over the same teams that are on MOTD each week anyway, and treating lower division teams as an inconvenience. Ian Wright is among the worst for this, despite starting out in non-league himself.