Robbie "state the bleeding obvious" Earle

[cadmium]

Is a ****

[Sprouty]

[El Jefecito]

Is a ****

You just worked that out????????

[cadmium]

No, Just haven't seen a game on ITV for a while and it all came flooding back

[Sydney Vicious]

What did he say? Was putting the boy to bed

[rushscored4]

When I was at that game in Istanbul, everybody at work was invited by L&G to a 'do' at the very posh Radisson Edwardian Hotel in Manchester. It was a three-course meal, a free bar and the match on big screens with Robbie Earle as compere.

Apparently at half time he was slagging us off (most of the people there were freeloading Mancs) saying we had no chance but, being honest, we all thought the same. One of our guys, a Man Citeh fan who'd enjoyed more than his fair share of the free bar, went up to Earle after the match and told him what a ****** he was!!

[Fiddy]

Him and Townsend were perhaps the worst TV footy duo EVER.

Especially when they were stood round their little table at the side of the pitch, usually freezing their nuts off

[rushscored4]

Him and Townsend were perhaps the worst TV footy duo EVER.

Especially when they were stood round their little table at the side of the pitch, usually freezing their nuts off

But be fair, they were both great players weren't they?

[Fiddy]

But be fair, they were both great players weren't they?

true. They just demanded to be put on TV didn't they?

[rushscored4]

true. They just demanded to be put on TV didn't they?

Earle will always be remembered as one of the greatest midfield players in Port Vale's long and glorious history...

[simey85]

i have to watch these matches on itv as i don't have sky or rte but the punditry is poor. surely they can get some pundits in that have actually played in the european cup! david pleat is a joke aswel can't stand him!

[ronan]

id rather itv over sky any day of the week
cant please everyone.

[marcgerard]

i have to watch these matches on itv as i don't have sky or rte but the punditry is poor. surely they can get some pundits in that have actually played in the european cup! david pleat is a joke aswel can't stand him!

David Pleat's problem is that in his life so far he has failed to complete a full, coherent sentence. His analysis is usually pretty good.

David Platt however is a knobjob.

I think ITV, Townsend, Earle and Ryder are all deserving of each other.

[Reece]

It amuses me how people can get so wound up over a bloke on the tv.

[Shaggy]

Pleat is the best summariser/analyst out there, along with Graham Taylor. They both understand the game and don't just state the bleedin' obvious..."Yes, he's crossed it in, and he's met it at the far post and nodded it in".

They offer insightful tactical analysis. They may both be deeply 'unfashionable' (can you have uncool co-commentators? ) and stutter incoherently at times, but they're a cut above the rest.