Yes I see your point mate, and I agree that Giles is a very good pundit. He's a bit like Graham Taylor (don't laugh) - both offer insightful comment rather than just stating the obvious, kissing arse or being controversial for the sake of it.
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Good post.Originally posted by Jazzmaster View PostYou're right in some ways. However, Giles offers the most balanced insightful opinions of any pundit on tv at the moment. He picks up on the inoccuous elements of professional football (bread and butter defending etc) and highlights such things that other pundits ignore because they are not sensational. I agree that Brady is an arsenal-loving tit, and Dunphy is overly-controversial at times but the three of them together make for a fine and entertaining mix of views.
Im not saying that they're right all the time, or even most of the time, but at least they're giving their own honest opinions on players, matches, managers - something which is sorely lacking in relation to the Uk punditry.
I dont watch them because I agree with everything they say, but rather that I know im going to get honest straight talk about football, and not the rose-tinted infuriating drivel that is offered by sky and to a lesser extent the bbc.
Giles is definitely the best of the lot.
Just because he appears on the same show as Dunphy, he shouldn't be lumped in with him.
Dunphy can be good, but is more entertaining that analytical. He's inconsistent as hell, sure, but that's probably down to him being a cokehead.Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it
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FLMAO!Originally posted by thesilverfoxlfc View Post
Its the most free speaking analysis on tv they tell it how it is. I enjoy it but as you've said you dont, different strokes i guess
Free speaking... should not equate to speaking a load of bollocks.
I don't have much time for any panels, but RTE is sensationalist nonsense akin to the gutter press... stuff for plebs. They're 'in-depth' analysis is probably equal to Townsend and that fud Earle.
Giles is the only one i have a modicum of time for....
Don't take life too seriously or you'll never get out alive.
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So you'd rather listen to jamie redknapp metaphorically sucking lampard's or ronaldo's c**k then would you? Or Grey with his blue****e bias? Or lawro with his inane ramblings that nobody finds funny except himself? Or Ian Wright with his outrageously unbalanced views? Hansen is the only one i have a modicum of time for, but even he's not great these days.....Originally posted by Bob View PostFLMAO!
Free speaking... should not equate to speaking a load of bollocks.
I don't have much time for any panels, but RTE is sensationalist nonsense akin to the gutter press... stuff for plebs. They're 'in-depth' analysis is probably equal to Townsend and that fud Earle.
Giles is the only one i have a modicum of time for.Fernando Torres
I dont just love him, I'm IN love with him
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If you read the post again you'll find me saying something like 'i don't have much time for any panels'.Originally posted by Jazzmaster View PostSo you'd rather listen to jamie redknapp metaphorically sucking lampard's or ronaldo's c**k then would you? Or Grey with his blue****e bias? Or lawro with his inane ramblings that nobody finds funny except himself? Or Ian Wright with his outrageously unbalanced views? Hansen is the only one i have a modicum of time for, but even he's not great these days.....
If i've people round the TV gets turned down low and it's beer and chat time till KO... I rarely listen to them, they irritate me....
Don't take life too seriously or you'll never get out alive.
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Agree entirely. All panels are muck.Originally posted by Bob View PostIf you read the post again you'll find me saying something like 'i don't have much time for any panels'.
If i've people round the TV gets turned down low and it's beer and chat time till KO... I rarely listen to them, they irritate me.
Fernando Torres
I dont just love him, I'm IN love with him
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Originally posted by Bob View PostIf i've people round the TV gets turned down low and it's beer and chat time till KO... I rarely listen to them, they irritate me.
Turn all the lights off and don't answer the door. They'll soon go away.
Problem solved.
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Originally posted by King Kenny 07 View PostFunny enough I read his column in the star yesterday and he was calling Jose a genius!!
I remeber after the CL semi at Anfield in 2005 ,Dunphy calling him a nothing manager and he'd been found out.
Changes his mind every two minutes,******.
He really is a loon.
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Don't take life too seriously or you'll never get out alive.
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Originally posted by King Kenny 07 View PostFunny enough I read his column in the star yesterday and he was calling Jose a genius!!
I remeber after the CL semi at Anfield in 2005 ,Dunphy calling him a nothing manager and he'd been found out.
Changes his mind every two minutes,******.
My point exactly. Incidentally I met the real KK at the National on Saturday."With Ron Yeats in defence, we could play Arthur Askey in goal."
Bill Shankly
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Are they moving to Setanta, could be worth subscribing if they are! I would happily pay the subs then.Originally posted by Jazzmaster View PostYou'd think that from reading the above but really he's a great pundit. He gets really caught up in each match and slates eveyone and everything if the match is not played in an efficient professional manner. I dont think he really meant that about gerrard, but was frustrated by the amount of ball that Barca were allowed to have in the second half of the 2nd leg. As we all were to an extent.
Between himself giles and brady - its the best punditry around. I cant watch bbc sky or itv's punditry because frankly its appalling, whereas the rte pundits have no agenda, no fear of the media's interpretation of their comments etc. Its such a pity you cant get rte in england cos i think these three pundits would be cult heroes if you could.
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True, rather listen to them than the dribble you get on BBC, ITV and SKY. They don't sit on the fence.Originally posted by Jazzmaster View PostYou'd think that from reading the above but really he's a great pundit. He gets really caught up in each match and slates eveyone and everything if the match is not played in an efficient professional manner. I dont think he really meant that about gerrard, but was frustrated by the amount of ball that Barca were allowed to have in the second half of the 2nd leg. As we all were to an extent.
Between himself giles and brady - its the best punditry around. I cant watch bbc sky or itv's punditry because frankly its appalling, whereas the rte pundits have no agenda, no fear of the media's interpretation of their comments etc. Its such a pity you cant get rte in england cos i think these three pundits would be cult heroes if you could.Did you see the size off those chickens?
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