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Overpaid pundits - fcuking Henry

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It’s been said ( somewhere else ) before but Michael Johnson is currently the gold standard.

Sadly he doesn’t do football.

Very many / most of the “ experts “ , that do , should be done under the Trade Descriptions Act IMO

FWIW : I think Townsend is actually ok
(maybe it’s an age thing ) but I fear he’s had to dumb down to get any work. It’s a race to the bottom in my view .
 
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It’s been said ( somewhere else ) before but Michael Johnson is currently the gold standard.

Sadly he doesn’t do football.

Very many / most of the “ experts “ , that do , should be done under the Trade Descriptions Act IMO

FWIW : I think Townsend is actually ok
(maybe it’s an age thing ) but I fear he’s had to dumb down to get any work. It’s a race to the bottom in my view .
I remember when Danny Murphy first started (at World Cup) he was doing halftime analysis, which was fucking excellent, by the time he got the MOTD gig he was garbage. I think Jenas was also really good early doors, he was far more understanding of the football played by Pep, Klopp and Poch, knew what they were doing. There is a now famous spat between Shearer and him where Shearer just says there’s only one stat that matters and that the score (fairly sure it was a Spurs semi final or final where we were the better team but losing). I think the penny dropped then for Jenas that it pays to just dumb down and talk to the thickest in the room.
 
I remember when Danny Murphy first started (at World Cup) he was doing halftime analysis, which was fucking excellent, by the time he got the MOTD gig he was garbage. I think Jenas was also really good early doors, he was far more understanding of the football played by Pep, Klopp and Poch, knew what they were doing. There is a now famous spat between Shearer and him where Shearer just says there’s only one stat that matters and that the score (fairly sure it was a Spurs semi final or final where we were the better team but losing). I think the penny dropped then for Jenas that it pays to just dumb down and talk to the thickest in the room.
Was this before or after the cock shots?
 
Maybe it's been said already but I find micah Richards and his over the top laugh insufferably shit

It’s always good to be happy; but he’s become a parody IMO . And his comments are inane ( to put it mildly) . I trust his agent is well connected and on 60% plus . His shtick has been done before.

See below:


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1nPd7hezM&pp=ygUWdGhlIGxhdWdoaW5nIHBvbGljZW1hbg%3D%3D#bottom-sheet

Oh and he’s my left field pick to take over from Lineker ; the role as a presenter would suit him better than pretending to be something he’s not particularly good at .
 
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Maybe it's been said already but I find micah Richards and his over the top laugh insufferably shit
Depends what you want from a pundit. In terms of actual footballing analysis, he’s completely worthless. I can’t recall a single point of interest he’s ever made regarding tactics or formations etc.

But as a comedic foil, he’s amusing in small doses. I think he has that niche carved out for himself and he sticks to it.
 
It’s always good to be happy; but he’s become a parody IMO . And his comments are inane ( to put it mildly) . I trust his agent is well connected and on 60% plus . His shtick has been done before.

See below:


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hI1nPd7hezM&pp=ygUWdGhlIGxhdWdoaW5nIHBvbGljZW1hbg%3D%3D#bottom-sheet

Oh and he’s my left field pick to take over from Lineker ; the role as a presenter would suit him better than pretending to be something he’s not particularly good at .

This music has now replaced the whale in my nightmares...can I be the only one who finds it utterly terrifying
 
I just cannot believe that Henry gets paid a reported 4 million pounds a year by Sky. What the fcuk for?

If the guy was any good it would be a ridiculous amount but he is so average and so incapable of deciphering the nuances that it is unbelievable.

And he worked for BBC as well, no doubt being paid handsomely for that short stint.

It beggars belief it really does.

The same as most pundits, Shearer being one who are plain average, with the better pundits actually having been average players or genuine sports' journalists as opposed to footballers.

Makes me seethe.
Haha this must be Notabadsquad 's old account.
 
Wrong thread but oh well. Saw Dean Ashton on Sky last week and thought he came across really well. Wasn’t a try hard or anything. Just spoke from his experience. Seems a good bloke.
 
Wrong thread but oh well. Saw Dean Ashton on Sky last week and thought he came across really well. Wasn’t a try hard or anything. Just spoke from his experience. Seems a good bloke.
I can’t have this bloke. In the mid 80’s I had the misfortune of working for Ashton Dean. It was MFI’s attempt to move into the high end furniture market . They only had one store in Colindale and it was a total clusterfuck , I was there about 6 weeks and got the hell out . It went tits up within a year but it was a depressing 6 weeks the time I was there . I realise it’s illogical to hold it against him but whenever I see his name I have flashbacks to wearing a cheap black and white dogtooth jacket with an even cheaper yellow polyester tie .

I doubt prime Warren Beatty could have pulled in that uniform
 
I sincerely hope that you're not suggesting that she got a gig on the telly because she's a pretty blonde who also ticked a few corporate inclusivity boxes?

Because that would be sexist.

On a totally different matter , completely unrelated to you post :

There’s a great female social commentator called Nikki Glaser (whose female ) ; she’s got a clip out there ; which has nothing to do with anything you’ve mentioned.

Aaaanyway ; the point she’s making is at 2 mins and 50 seconds.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LhOXGYtWvIw&pp=ygUWTmlra2kgZ2xhc2VyIGJsb3cgam9icw%3D%3D
 
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