Topic: Football commentator/pundits

[DiggerJohn]

That's insightful I remember them being shite in the 1980s. I started supporting Liverpool in the 80s when we were dominating so losing in 90s 00s you learn pain. Probably have to give Nev another 10 years losing treatment to help him.

[Nick110581]

Neville is a really weird bloke.

Says Jota one isn’t a penalty as he delayed the fall and wasn’t touched. He sees the replay and says he was caught but can’t back down.

Why would Jota go down when he had an open goal ?

[Lad]

I would genuinely have Martin Tyler back over this Peter Drury fella. Drives me fucking insane. Like medieval scripture where the start of every sentence has a flamboyant flourish on the first letter his commentary peaks with the players name shouted as he is about to shoot.

When Mo had the ball in his hand to take his second pen he spouted some bollocks like 'Salah is nothing if not courageous'...honestly the man was about to take a penalty kick not go into to armed conflict.

[wah00ey]

Was listening to 5 live in my barn the other day (building a poly tunnel frame) and Top 10s came on.  Micah Richards was howling out his standard buffoonery when the missus walks in and just says "who on earth is that idiot?"

Makes you wonder what the other pundits really think of him.  He's probably a nice fella but this howling buffoon schtick has gone way too far, surely Shearer and Lineker must at least suspect this?

[elsewhere]

Neville is a squealing ballbag. Him and Carraghers chuckle brothers act is truly odious.

He can pretend to be an objective pundit all he wamts in other matches but matches like ours, he show his cretin side easily the fucking rat face.

[elsewhere]

Neville is a really weird bloke.

Says Jota one isn’t a penalty as he delayed the fall and wasn’t touched. He sees the replay and says he was caught but can’t back down.

Why would Jota go down when he had an open goal ?

First he insisted there was no touch then the fucker got a bit silent for 2 seconds when he saw keepers touch, yet again went on afterwards

[Nick110581]

First he insisted there was no touch then the fucker got a bit silent for 2 seconds when he saw keepers touch, yet again went on afterwards

He always has to be right as someone else mentioned.

He has been public about hating us so shouldn’t be on our matches.

[MonsLibpool]

Why does the media love downplaying us? Our players are so underrated.

[Funky_Gibbons]

Neville’s commentary last night was possible the most and prejudiced I’ve ever had the misfortune to listen to. I ended up having to mute the TV after about half an hour as it was driving me crazy (turned it on again after we scored as I wanted to hear his reaction). 

The difference in his tone between our disallowed goal (to paraphrase, “Nunez has gone too early there, I think it’s his right knee that’s got him in trouble there”) to Newcastle’s offside goal (“it’s a tight one, Konate looks very close” etc etc). Before the VAR check Mike Dean said he agrees with the decision and Neville sounds surprised and asks him “You think that’s offside?”. Both off-sides looked about the same when they put the lines up……

When they were watching a replay of our first goal he said something stupid like “Nunez is in a good position and you hope that he squares the ball to Salah but I’m surprised he actually did”.     

[killer-heels]

Neville’s commentary last night was possible the most and prejudiced I’ve ever had the misfortune to listen to. I ended up having to mute the TV after about half an hour as it was driving me crazy (turned it on again after we scored as I wanted to hear his reaction). 

The difference in his tone between our disallowed goal (to paraphrase, “Nunez has gone too early there, I think it’s his right knee that’s got him in trouble there”) to Newcastle’s offside goal (“it’s a tight one, Konate looks very close” etc etc). Before the VAR check Mike Dean said he agrees with the decision and Neville sounds surprised and asks him “You think that’s offside?”. Both off-sides looked about the same when they put the lines up……

When they were watching a replay of our first goal he said something stupid like “Nunez is in a good position and you hope that he squares the ball to Salah but I’m surprised he actually did”.     

Thats because he has been proven wrong again. He is so obsessed with getting a prediction right and trying to ram his narratives down peoples throats that he doesnt have the humility to even acknowledge it.

Even Carragher said yesterday that it’s probably because he is wrong, when asked by the presenter why Liverpool and their title credentials are getting downplayed. Neville though still cannot acknowledge it and says we have ‘found ourselves’ in a title race, like we have stumbled upon it like Leicester City.

[Elzar]

Neville constantly looks for a headline to make us look bad. The Arsenal and United games he has come out with "Klopp has lost it, he's gone" when Klopp was having one of his rants on the sideline, then every little thing on the pitch he picks up as some kind of  major incident. He knows perfectly well he can control a narrative and people will talk about it more if he pushes it a little bit.

Had he pointed out that Jota was caught by the goalkeeper, and that's enough to take someone off stride and therefore a foul, when running at such a speed (as he well knows, being an ex footballer) then everyone else would have gone along with it, but he used the word dive about 6 times in 2 sentences before the replay was even shown.

It must have been a tough Christmas for him though, having his sister, aunty and wife all round his house and still only making a turkey dinner for 2.

[Crosby Nick]

Well played.

[Mahern]

It must have been a tough Christmas for him though, having his sister, aunty and wife all round his house and still only making a turkey dinner for 2.

But surely for that to be true Nev Nev must have shagged his own mum/mother-in-law? All sounds a bit confusing.

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

Neville constantly looks for a headline to make us look bad. The Arsenal and United games he has come out with "Klopp has lost it, he's gone" when Klopp was having one of his rants on the sideline, then every little thing on the pitch he picks up as some kind of  major incident. He knows perfectly well he can control a narrative and people will talk about it more if he pushes it a little bit.

Had he pointed out that Jota was caught by the goalkeeper, and that's enough to take someone off stride and therefore a foul, when running at such a speed (as he well knows, being an ex footballer) then everyone else would have gone along with it, but he used the word dive about 6 times in 2 sentences before the replay was even shown.

It must have been a tough Christmas for him though, having his sister, aunty and wife all round his house and still only making a turkey dinner for 2.

Yesterday Trent "snapped".

Replays shows him softly kicking the ball 10 yards away.

[Nick110581]

Neville’s commentary last night was possible the most and prejudiced I’ve ever had the misfortune to listen to. I ended up having to mute the TV after about half an hour as it was driving me crazy (turned it on again after we scored as I wanted to hear his reaction). 

The difference in his tone between our disallowed goal (to paraphrase, “Nunez has gone too early there, I think it’s his right knee that’s got him in trouble there”) to Newcastle’s offside goal (“it’s a tight one, Konate looks very close” etc etc). Before the VAR check Mike Dean said he agrees with the decision and Neville sounds surprised and asks him “You think that’s offside?”. Both off-sides looked about the same when they put the lines up……

When they were watching a replay of our first goal he said something stupid like “Nunez is in a good position and you hope that he squares the ball to Salah but I’m surprised he actually did”.     

The Nunez one was hilarious.

He was battering him most the match then he had an amazing spell and he had to eat his words.

[HeartAndSoul]

Neville can fucking do one the biased inbred c*nt. Goes on about Nunez fee all the time but ignores Antony, sancho and Hojlund fees. He’ll be cheering on city soon

[JRed]

Neville sounded like he had money on us to lose last night.

[bradders1011]

What does having Mike Dean on during the game add?

At one stage, think it was the check for the first offside, he goes "In my opinion it's offside."

It's not opinion though is it, dickhead? That's the entire point of these 3-minute checks.

[Redbonnie]

 I sometimes wonder if  VAR can hear the broadcast and he is trying to influence their decision, so biased is he against LFC and for Man U.

[Jwils21]

My vote is for Gary Neville because he's somehow managed to convince the world that he's the fountain of all knowledge and sound opinions

[Barneylfc∗]

One of the most stupid things Neville said last night wasn't even anything to do with the match.

He referred to Bobby Firmino as an unsung hero.

Clearly doesn't know what an unsung hero is, the stupid little rat faced c*nt.

[Skeeve]

Neville sounded like he had money on us to lose last night.

That'd require him to actually put his money where his mouth is and he's hardly going to do that because deep down he knows we are great and his team are shite.

[Elzar]

What does having Mike Dean on during the game add?

At one stage, think it was the check for the first offside, he goes "In my opinion it's offside."

It's not opinion though is it, dickhead? That's the entire point of these 3-minute checks.

Dean showed during the match that referee's are completely clueless and why VAR will never work with them all being such a group of mates rather than a professional organisation.

Joelinton dragged back a player on the half way line, Neville even said it was a clear yellow despite an advantage, because it is. Dean tried to say Liverpool didn't lose their counter attack as advantage was played, so no yellow is needed. Stupid enough. Then in the second half, Neville referred to it again and Dean went "Yeah it probably should have been a yellow". He's changed his mind in 30 minutes, yet these are the best referees in the league and the ones that sit and are supposedly meant to challenge their mate when they make a wrong decision.

It was the same all the time with that fella on BT last season, he would change his mind in a matter of seconds depending on what VAR or the ref did.

[rob1966]

When they were watching a replay of our first goal he said something stupid like “Nunez is in a good position and you hope that he squares the ball to Salah but I’m surprised he actually did”.     

I'm not one to defend the rat faced fucking c*nt, but in his post match, Kloppo was enthusing about Nunez and said in that situation 99% of players will shoot, he was delighted Darwin put the team first and gave Mo an easy tap in.

[rushyman]

Honestly there isn't one. They're all shit stirrers

McCoist is the popular choice because he's pretty inoffensive but he never shuts up and is repeatedly wrong about things happening on the pitch

If I had to choose I'd say Keane because at least he isn't a skybot. Even though his factory settings when talking about us is 'they didn't win the league for 30 years. Even though United didn't win for 26 before that. And 11 now

[DiggerJohn]

I quite liked Pablo Zabaleta when he was on. But when you go through the list I can't see any no else. Keane has his funny moments but too stuck in a past era for me. I like the nba nfl their commentators are better. Though they love the superstars more than have any obvious team bias.

[Learpholl]

Not just saying it to be anti-Barton but Lucy Ward is usually good. I never get annoyed listening to her which is a good sign of someone doing their job well as a co-commentator

[slaphead]

Honestly there isn't one. They're all shit stirrers

McCoist is the popular choice because he's pretty inoffensive but he never shuts up and is repeatedly wrong about things happening on the pitch

If I had to choose I'd say Keane because at least he isn't a skybot. Even though his factory settings when talking about us is 'they didn't win the league for 30 years. Even though United didn't win for 26 before that. And 11 now

I don't mind that really, so many people like Neville and McManaman are wrong but their vanity won't let them admit they're wrong and they just double down. Nah nothing in that fletch.
Take Jota the other day. Neville called it a dive, then he looked again and seen there was contact. But he said it was a dive and he can't go back on that (especially as its a Liverpool player)

[Terry de Niro]

Dean showed during the match that referee's are completely clueless and why VAR will never work with them all being such a group of mates rather than a professional organisation.

Joelinton dragged back a player on the half way line, Neville even said it was a clear yellow despite an advantage, because it is. Dean tried to say Liverpool didn't lose their counter attack as advantage was played, so no yellow is needed. Stupid enough. Then in the second half, Neville referred to it again and Dean went "Yeah it probably should have been a yellow". He's changed his mind in 30 minutes, yet these are the best referees in the league and the ones that sit and are supposedly meant to challenge their mate when they make a wrong decision.

It was the same all the time with that fella on BT last season, he would change his mind in a matter of seconds depending on what VAR or the ref did.

Dean's a huge Tranmere fan and a lot of them have a weird and twisted hatred and bitterness towards Liverpool for some mad reason.

[bradders1011]

90% of BBC's jobs for the boys commentary is "Remember when you played in a match in the Victorian era?!"

[Legs]

90% of BBC's jobs for the boys commentary is "Remember when you played in a match in the Victorian era?!"

“How many cup goals did Lineker and Murphy score?!”

“who needs medals, hey ?” 😂😒

Still trotting this out about Shearer not winning an FA Cup it is tedious as f**k but obviously still better than listening to those dickheads on Sky

[Cafe De Paris]

Guy Mowbray and Shearer were shocking today on bbc. So fkn biased it was embarrassing. You’d thought an ale house team had turned up at the emirates not a team who was top of the league.

[bradders1011]

The sad part is if the BBC primetime tie of R4 is something like Man United v Newcastle they'll be having identical conversations for 120 tedious minutes.

[JRed]

The sad part is if the BBC primetime tie of R4 is something like Man United v Newcastle they'll be having identical conversations for 120 tedious minutes.

This is part of the problem with modern commentary. It has now become a 90+ minutes of conversation about any old shite. Rather than just making insightful comments about the match in progress.
Not only do the officials want to be the star of the show, but also the commentators and pundits also want to be the star of the show. They try to make it about themselves. It’s tedious.

[Pistolero]

Guy Mowbray and Shearer were shocking today on bbc. So fkn biased it was embarrassing. You’d thought an ale house team had turned up at the emirates not a team who was top of the league.

Nah. Half decent commentary that today..they both enjoyed the game..and the enthusiasm came across...which is more than can be said for the cack BT/Sky/Amazon dish up......made a nice change not having to mute the TV

[Bread]

I thought Shearer was mostly poor, but it was still far better than Neville. In a match where the opposition actually give us a game, I'll take a commentator over-praising the opposition (Shearer) over a commentator that slags us off at every available opportunity (Neville).

[mattD]

Nah. Half decent commentary that today..they both enjoyed the game..and the enthusiasm came across...which is more than can be said for the cack BT/Sky/Amazon dish up......made a nice change not having to mute the TV

I agree, thought Mowbray and Shearer were far superior to the utter drivel served up by Sky/Amazon/BT. Any perceived bias towards Arsenal was probably them being swept up by the crowd more than anything. With the exception of Tyldesley (who is flawed but has always put in a good performance when we perform) and McCoist, there's not many more who are just fine.

[slaphead]

I don't think it very often but I thought Shearer was alright. He seems to like Nunez too which is good to see since everyone else wants to put the boot in.
Wasn't too keen on Mowbray though and his original "the man beside me would have scored that one" lines

[Elzar]

Shearer was better on commentary than when he does the pundits job.

Wasn't amazing, but didn't annoy me at any point.

[tubby]

Shearer was fine.  Arsenal played really well in the first half, we couldn't get out and they had plenty of great opportunities that they managed to squander and he was basically saying as much.  That doesn't make him a biased pundit.