Topic: Who is the best pundit? 2021 edition

[bradders1011]

Matterface spent a good minute explaining the climate change pattern on Reading's shirts.

Talk a glass eye to sleep, that prick.

[Bread]

I'll never wrap my head around why ITV made Matterface lead commentator. The notion that there's a man sitting in ITV HQ and deciding that this is the man that viewers of ITV want to listen to for the big games absolutely blows my mind. They need to give their heads a wobble, pronto.

At least with Sky and Tyler, you can claim Tyler was formerly an exciting commentator and Sky are refusing to accept that he's an old man who's slowly losing his mind, but Matterface has nothing in his portfolio to command the position he finds himself in.

[IgorBobbins]

I'll never wrap my head around why ITV made Matterface lead commentator. The notion that there's a man sitting in ITV HQ and deciding that this is the man that viewers of ITV want to listen to for the big games absolutely blows my mind. They need to give their heads a wobble, pronto.

At least with Sky and Tyler, you can claim Tyler was formerly an exciting commentator and Sky are refusing to accept that he's an old man who's slowly losing his mind, but Matterface has nothing in his portfolio to command the position he finds himself in.

Yep. The same can be said about a number of the current crop of commentators/presenters/pundits (both male & female) that TV companies insist on forcing upon us, despite how bad they are.

[slaphead]

I've always said one thing about Materface and the more you listen to him the more you can't get away from it - he spends an awful long time talking about people's appearance. What they are wearing, how their hair looks. It's so so boring.
There's probably a good reason why it doesn't happen but I'd love to see one of the broadcasters take a risk and have someone different each week. There has to be loads of really good ones out there. When you have the likes of Dixon, Keown, McMamanaman, Murphy etc etc etc on week after week, you get the same boring shitty lines week after week. You watch Match Of the Day Tonight too. As sure as in Eastenders a wedding never goes smoothly or Phil Mitchell has a punch up at Christmas, it will be full of "you'd of scored that Gary" or "you strikers are all the same" bullox and them all killing themselves laughing.

[redgriffin73]

McCoist doing our game thank God.

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McCoist doing our game thank God.

Nearly had to turn them off last night....well, yesterday afternoon

[Pistolero]

Particularly enjoyed Ally and Clive's Ronaldo / Dunk freekick piss-take    .....streets ahead of any other commentary duo

[bird_lfc]

Three Paul Merson opinions side by side on sky sports

'Outstanding, a top signing' Merson on Jorginho to Arsenal, who cannot get in the Chelsea side

'He can't get in the Bayern team. It's a panic buy' The same Paul Merson on Sabitzer to United or Chelsea

'Gallagher would keep Everton up!' Another cracker from the man himself

[Elzar]

Just read that Iain Dowie is now a regional sales manager at GOTO surveys.

Even stranger, he has this a linkedin profile with no mention of his football connection

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/iain-dowie-46878b89

[Ghost Town]

Just read that Iain Dowie is now a regional sales manager at GOTO surveys.

Even stranger, he has this a linkedin profile with no mention of his football connection

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/iain-dowie-46878b89

Bouncebackability!

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Three Paul Merson opinions side by side on sky sports

'Outstanding, a top signing' Merson on Jorginho to Arsenal, who cannot get in the Chelsea side

'He can't get in the Bayern team. It's a panic buy' The same Paul Merson on Sabitzer to United or Chelsea

'Gallagher would keep Everton up!' Another cracker from the man himself

He is a complete biff.

[slaphead]

We all know Gaby Agbonglahor isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Being his usual cringy Jack Grealish fan boy he had a pop at Simon Jordan on radio today for suggesting that Grealish goes down far too easy. According to the genius, Jordan doesn't like Grealish because Grealish snubbed him for lunch in Ibiza a few years back. Jordan left Piers Moron in a tizzy so it wouldn't be that hard to put Agbonglahor away but his response was excellent. Not only would he never go to Ibiza, he doesn't like happy meals so wouldn't go for lunch with Jack Grealish even if he was there. And if he did like them, the last person he would want to try to hold a conversation would be Grealish. He then added "the story may have some credibility if it came from someone who could add up, but it came Gabby, and we all know when Gabby does 2 + 2 he gets yellow"
I get Agbonglahor wants to try to stay relevant, but trying to out word people like Klopp and Jordan....

[redgriffin73]

"the story may have some credibility if it came from someone who could add up, but it came Gabby, and we all know when Gabby does 2 + 2 he gets yellow"

What a put-down

[Flaccido Dongingo]

We all know Gaby Agbonglahor isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Being his usual cringy Jack Grealish fan boy he had a pop at Simon Jordan on radio today for suggesting that Grealish goes down far too easy. According to the genius, Jordan doesn't like Grealish because Grealish snubbed him for lunch in Ibiza a few years back. Jordan left Piers Moron in a tizzy so it wouldn't be that hard to put Agbonglahor away but his response was excellent. Not only would he never go to Ibiza, he doesn't like happy meals so wouldn't go for lunch with Jack Grealish even if he was there. And if he did like them, the last person he would want to try to hold a conversation would be Grealish. He then added "the story may have some credibility if it came from someone who could add up, but it came Gabby, and we all know when Gabby does 2 + 2 he gets yellow"
I get Agbonglahor wants to try to stay relevant, but trying to out word people like Klopp and Jordan....

Another complete idiot stealing a living as a "pundit", why do halfwits like Agbonlahor and Merson continue to be employed in sports media?, the vast majority of these ex footballers in the media are either imbeciles, or complete miseries, why can't more of them be like Ally McCoist?, knowledgeable and genuinely enthused by commentating on football?

[oldman]

the guy doing the Sunderland v Fulham game last night was quite good

[slaphead]

What a put-down

Brilliant. The best about it is you can just picture Agbonglahor arguing with himself that 2 + 2 does = yellow
Jordan then had a go at Gary Neville as he usually does. About how he's not talking much about workers rights in Qatar all of a sudden

[Barneylfc∗]

Another complete idiot stealing a living as a "pundit", why do halfwits like Agbonlahor and Merson continue to be employed in sports media?, the vast majority of these ex footballers in the media are either imbeciles, or complete miseries, why can't more of them be like Ally McCoist?, knowledgeable and genuinely enthused by commentating on football?

I often think with Merson that if Sky binned him off he'd just end up drinking and gambling himself to death and they know that so they don't want to risk it.

[AndyMuller]

We all know Gaby Agbonglahor isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Being his usual cringy Jack Grealish fan boy he had a pop at Simon Jordan on radio today for suggesting that Grealish goes down far too easy. According to the genius, Jordan doesn't like Grealish because Grealish snubbed him for lunch in Ibiza a few years back. Jordan left Piers Moron in a tizzy so it wouldn't be that hard to put Agbonglahor away but his response was excellent. Not only would he never go to Ibiza, he doesn't like happy meals so wouldn't go for lunch with Jack Grealish even if he was there. And if he did like them, the last person he would want to try to hold a conversation would be Grealish. He then added "the story may have some credibility if it came from someone who could add up, but it came Gabby, and we all know when Gabby does 2 + 2 he gets yellow"
I get Agbonglahor wants to try to stay relevant, but trying to out word people like Klopp and Jordan....

Jordan is a tit but he is funny and spot on at times.

[slaphead]

Jordan is a tit but he is funny and spot on at times.

Oh he is, he's a right peacock but he has a unique way with words. He's actually very good when it comes to football finances and its nice to have that insight at times as opposed to endless tired boring cliches

[The G in Gerrard]

Christiansen on tonight's game wasn't bad. Better than Osman for sure.

[slaphead]

Christiansen on tonight's game wasn't bad. Better than Osman for sure.

I had the great fortune of listening to Tyler. He's clearly not a Nunez fan either. Accused him of going down easy, his part in the goal was described as his pass just about and no more making it over the defenders head and could have been cut out, Not a good word to say at all. All the while praying for an Everton goal and reminding us every 2 mins that Everton are still in it if they can just get the next goal

[Charlie Adams fried egg]

I had the great fortune of listening to Tyler. He's clearly not a Nunez fan either. Accused him of going down easy, his part in the goal was described as his pass just about and no more making it over the defenders head and could have been cut out, Not a good word to say at all. All the while praying for an Everton goal and reminding us every 2 mins that Everton are still in it if they can just get the next goal

The old trick of talking about what they want to happen, instead of what is happening. Neville and Tyler have perfected the art.

[voodoo ray]

As much of a c*nt as tyler is on comms, saying that kind of thing is basic commentary stuff to stop people turning it off and watching something else instead.

[Terry de Niro]

As much of a c*nt as tyler is on comms, saying that kind of thing is basic commentary stuff to stop people turning it off and watching something else instead.

It has the opposite effect on me. I would rather listen to Bulgarian commentary than that c*nt.

[Ziltoid]

It has the opposite effect on me. I would rather listen to Bulgarian commentary than that c*nt.

[The G in Gerrard]

Carra was dreadful today.

[Elzar]

Saint Maximin getting man of the match is hilarious

[The G in Gerrard]

Saint Maximin getting man of the match is hilarious

No end product. Can't remember a shot on target by him. Joke.

[Elzar]

No end product. Can't remember a shot on target by him. Joke.

He had that one shot in the first half that was saved, other than that, he carried it a bit but thats it.

[SamLad]

he's very skillful but not at all productive.

MOTM?  gimme a break.

it was Ali by a l-o-n-g country mile.

[Son of Spion]

Carra was is dreadful every day.

[gerrardisgod]

Jamie Redknapp doesn’t half chat some wham.

[The North Bank]

Haha redknapp saying this shouldn’t have been a red on pope. Honestly , pundits are as bad as refs these days. There’s no fucker in goal salah would’ve walked it in… what a clown

[Elzar]

Haha redknapp saying this shouldn’t have been a red on pope. Honestly , pundits are as bad as refs these days. There’s no fucker in goal salah would’ve walked it in… what a clown

He was saying the player getting back means it wasn’t a clear goal scoring chance.

Reverse the role, longstaff does that and Pope is still in goal, it’s still a red because its one on one with the goalie. What utter nonsense he is spouting Thought i’d give it a go for Rafa’s thoughts but had to turn it off half way through that discussion

[red_Mark1980]

He was saying the player getting back means it wasn’t a clear goal scoring chance.

Reverse the role, longstaff does that and Pope is still in goal, it’s still a red because its one on one with the goalie. What utter nonsense he is spouting Thought i’d give it a go for Rafa’s thoughts but had to turn it off half way through that discussion

I mean that's a great point. I was just focused on the fact it seemed like he thought longstaff could play fly goalie

[Crosby Nick]

He was saying the player getting back means it wasn’t a clear goal scoring chance.

Reverse the role, longstaff does that and Pope is still in goal, it’s still a red because its one on one with the goalie. What utter nonsense he is spouting Thought i’d give it a go for Rafa’s thoughts but had to turn it off half way through that discussion

It’s mad. As if Mo, through on goal with an outfield player on the loan isn’t a goal scoring opportunity.

Don’t mind Redknapp overall. Nice and pretty, but dim. And fairly harmless.

[red_Mark1980]

It’s mad. As if Mo, through on goal with an outfield player on the loan isn’t a goal scoring opportunity.

Don’t mind Redknapp overall. Nice and pretty, but dim. And fairly harmless.

He upset my childhood crush, so one of them.

Redknapp not Mo

[Crosby Nick]

He upset my childhood crush, so one of them.

Redknapp not Mo

As in your childhood crush, Louise presumably?

Or he upset your childhood crush, who was a big Michael Thomas fan and she was gutted when the 96 Cup Final team news came out?

[bird_lfc]

The difference having a manager like Rafa in the studio compared to the ‘pundits’ they usually have was night and day. Good to see him looking well too

[Terry de Niro]

Jamie Redknapp doesn’t half chat some wham.

Just came here to say the same thing.
He's a massive brain fart.