Micah Richards the pundit

LongsightM13 said:
Agree with your last paragraph, there are actually some really good, interesting, articulate, younger pundits coming through like Nedum, Jobi McAnuff, Steve Sidwell and Liam Rosenior etc. But I sadly suspect their opportunities will be limited due to their club CVs and when so many Redshirt cheerleaders get pushed to the head of the queue
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Sidwell's a good un and did pop up on nbc a lot
 
LongsightM13 said:
Agree with your last paragraph, there are actually some really good, interesting, articulate, younger pundits coming through like Nedum, Jobi McAnuff, Steve Sidwell and Liam Rosenior etc. But I sadly suspect their opportunities will be limited due to their club CVs and when so many Redshirt cheerleaders get pushed to the head of the queue
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Yes, I like Sidwell too, good shout.
 
franksinatra said:
Worth noting mate and Im not a fan of Murphy but on Talksport they have whats called a 3-2-1 of the players of the week. Murphy chose Foden as number 1 over Fernandes and Abraham and could not stop raving about him, and how seeing him live he realised, even more, what a special player he is. It was pretty gushing to be fair.

Rightly or wrongly I think the Cheltenham player got it because of the nature of the match. No issues with that for me.
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I know what you mean but I always thought the man of the match award should go to the best player on the pitch, not the best player from the weaker or the losing side due to some kind of sympathy vote.
 
Micah is doing a good job, he is a blue and sticks up for us, not like a lot off them on TV, he is always happy which i like, to many miserable people knocking about. Watched his documentary tonight and enjoyed it, we should and take something from it, and as supporters of Man City show support.
 
franksinatra said:
Worth noting mate and Im not a fan of Murphy but on Talksport they have whats called a 3-2-1 of the players of the week. Murphy chose Foden as number 1 over Fernandes and Abraham and could not stop raving about him, and how seeing him live he realised, even more, what a special player he is. It was pretty gushing to be fair.

Rightly or wrongly I think the Cheltenham player got it because of the nature of the match. No issues with that for me.
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Good point, in the context of the game I could understand it and the lad will remember it for the rest of his life, but it just seemed that all through the game Danny boy seemed to have it in for us.

Either that or I was pissed playing the drinking game, after every mention of 'magic of the cup', 'no VAR' and 'Oasis' :)
 
Semper aggressus said:
I completely agree with him! He makes some very good points in his article, even if Costa only got us an extra 10 goals it could make a huge difference. He’d be perfect on a short term contract til summer.
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If Costa was capable of getting 10 goals he wouldn't have been let go by Atleti. He's only managed 9 goals total in the last 3 seasons, and 3 of those were penalties.

Now, I don't blame you for not knowing just how shit Diego Costa is these days, because you probably don't watch Spanish football. You wouldn't know that he can barely run, and the fight has gone, and he's just...shit.

But you're not being paid a lot to write a column by the BBC, Micah should be ashamed of this article, it's so fucking lazy and if he spoke to anyone in Spain who reports on Spanish football they'd have told him it was a non-starter.

Might as well recommend signing Raul
 
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I watched his documentary on racism last night. Not groundbreaking but he asked some good questions. Nice to see him with his dad and at his old school. He became a little emotional when meeting and describing his old primary school teacher who helped him on his way. The man was a lovely contrast to all the stories of racism and prejudice and nicely demonstrated what the world could be like if we all shared his values. Worth watching.
 
Churchlawtonblue said:
I know what you mean but I always thought the man of the match award should go to the best player on the pitch, not the best player from the weaker or the losing side due to some kind of sympathy vote.
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I would probably agree but I think Phil Foden is going to win a lot bigger awards through his career so happy for the Cheltenham lad to have his day in the sun.
 
He needs a better agent, Micah is already in danger of becoming over exposed.

I see no reason for him continuing to freelance across Sky, BBC and BT Sport, coupled with the column in Daily Mail.

Sky does seem the best fit for him because of his rapport with Keane and Souness, but there is a fine line to be walked between likeability and annoying, which comes with being over exposed across various platforms.

His technical understanding of the game is quite limited and, like Thierry Henry, there comes a moment where all the goodwill previously built up, whether it stems from being a great player or likeable personality, is exposed due to not really offering anything apart from some charisma and a barrage of superlative words.

I actually prefer Joleon. He seemed extemely uncomfortable at first but you can see he has worked hard on his punditry and dovetails quite nicely with Wio on the technical discussions.
 
Micah is becoming the male version of Alex Scott....he's everywhere! Like Jim Royle said "Like shit in a field"
Hope he stops his campaign for Foden to play more....I was actually thinking he needs a rest as he's played a lot recently! Also Costa? I'd rather we had Edin back for 6 months!
 
It is just a bit of a cliche - recommending a striker that has 'done it in the Premier League'. He is simply not that player anymore and we are on a great winning run with a squad that clearly are together and making chances. In my view, the argument for a traditional frontman is not straightforward: we may not create half the chances with one that we create now. Now, Dzeko is on his way from Roma and if we wanted a finisher who can really cut it in the air, give me him over Costa any day of the week.
 
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