The TV pundits thread

[Norbs]

Not sure if there is one or if one's needed but hey ho

BT's line-up is pretty decent. Would've loved to dislike Ferdinand and Lampard but they're pretty decent. Michael Owen always praises us too, he feels the love

[Shaggy]

Lampard is very good, ****ing Tory.

[Norbs]

John Barnes is a Tory. Footballers politics doesn't count

[Shaggy]

Is he bollocks. Surely not.

[Tee]

Macca is an awful co-commentator

[Fosterbloke]

Once these people are no longer players, I don't mind them.

You realise they're elite employees playing for a club, you just have to admire they were players at the top of their game.

Of course some were cunts but the majority aren't.

[Tee]

Roy Keane is a cunt

[Buzzo]

Not sure if there is one or if one's needed but hey ho

BT's line-up is pretty decent. Would've loved to dislike Ferdinand and Lampard but they're pretty decent. Michael Owen always praises us too, he feels the love

Yeah Frank and Rio were decent tbf. Good chat with the two of them Owen and Lineker.

Carra is pretty good with Gary Neville.

Can't abide Phil Neville. Shearer is incredibly dull.

[Fosterbloke]

Roy Keane is a cunt

Yup.

[BobTheCharmer]

Once these people are no longer players, I don't mind them.

You realise they're elite employees playing for a club, you just have to admire they were players at the top of their game.

Of course some were cunts but the majority aren't.

All the Utd players remain utter cunts to me and always will. Although the only one I don't mind is Keane. He doesn't pretend to be anything else apart from a cunt.

[maxwellbaxter]

Owen ****ing Hargreaves...the guy cannot string a full sentence together whilst he plunges his tongue up Man Utd's hole.

Manchester United attacking...........show wonderful football..........precision passing as always...........One of the best in the world......I am a monotone cunt...........

I have had to start switching over when he comes on.

[Fosterbloke]

All the Utd players remain utter cunts to me and always will. Although the only one I don't mind is Keane. He doesn't pretend to be anything else apart from a cunt.

such irrational hatred of grown men that represent nothing any more.

[baitman]

All the Utd players remain utter cunts to me and always will. Although the only one I don't mind is Keane. He doesn't pretend to be anything else apart from a cunt.

he doesnt lick uniteds arse so you have to give him that.
he was a cunt, and still revels in that hard man role even from the sofa, an eternal cunt.

[RedProf]

Does Ray Parlour still get asked to be a pundit? He is one of the thickest pundits I've ever witnessed.

[dom9]

Once these people are no longer players, I don't mind them.

You realise they're elite employees playing for a club, you just have to admire they were players at the top of their game.

Of course some were cunts but the majority aren't.

There's a multitude of threads on this topic already, but my main problem with the majority of pundits is that they don't possess the analytical skills to tell me something that I can't see for myself, or provide any nuanced insight into what is happening on the pitch, and the reasons why.

They have preconceived ideas of what they think they should or should not happen, and when something falls outside of that narrow narrative, they pontificate about how wrong a player or manager is, and how right they are.

How about taking the time understand a scenario, and maybe provide an explanation for a particular decision being made by a manager?

And even if our pundits possessed such a skillset, many don't have the communication skills to articulate their thoughts effectively, so they just resort to spouting cliches and mixed metaphors.

And to be honest, that's all fair enough. These people are largely uneducated. They have typically spent their lives on a combination kicking footballs, socialising, shopping, gambling, playing computer games and so on. I would have done the same. They are not journalists.

So it's unfair to expect these guys to the job at hand. But that doesn't excuse giving them the airtime.

It is yet another reason why I barely watch any football on TV anymore. It is excruciating to listen to the drivel.

But yes, some of them are just cunts.