What’s he on about?
Nedum is more educated than the average football player. Stayed on at college doing A levels whilst a trainee, and comes from a family of well educated people - seems very smart as well overall and self aware.Don't know about anybody else but I much prefer Nedum Onouha's take on city matters. Aware he doesn't get the same exposure as Micah and you don't really see him in the studios as he probably isn't high profile enough for mainstream tv. Seems far more knowledgeable and articulate to me.
Pretty much agree with all of this. Believe Micah gets so much work more to his happy go lucky nature than his actual punditry and analysis skills. In addition to the fact he is one of the very few English players from when the team started winning trophies again.Nedum is more educated than the average football player. Stayed on at college doing A levels whilst a trainee, and comes from a family of well educated people - seems very smart as well overall and self aware.
As you say his vocabulary stands out against the majority of pundits like carragher, thompson, merson et al who jabber one sentence out, forget to finish it then start another one. Verbally those types of proper football men pretty much cannot find the words to express themselves and state a fact “not for me Jeff” without backing it up with examples or stats.
I like Micah but he struggles sometimes when talking to presenters like Mark Chapman and even Linekar who speak with much better fluidity. He can stammer at times trying to find the words and rarely gives you something insightful. His whole USP is laughing his tits off.
Shearer speaks really really slowly to sound knowledgeable but mostly gets the gig by being one of the best footballers the premier league has seen.
Murphy’s opinions and bias towards liverpool and spurs especially annoy me but he does actually do tactical analysis which shows you something you might not have noticed and speaks well.
I'd rather be in a box with him too, but I'm not, I'm watching it on the tv. Don't dispute that he's probably a really decent bloke either but putting sentences together is quite an important part of his role when he's doing punditry. If being a city fan and winding up Keane is his USP then I'm sure there's plenty of blues that could fill in for him.a few years ago, every blue hated sky because when our games come on, it was utd liverpool people talking about it, now we have Micah wh stand our corner and city fans dont like it because he carnt put a few sentances together, he is a city fan and just because he says we dont play well or do something else he gets dogs abuse for it. look at some of his banter with keane, he loves to wind him up and when city wins against them he takes the piss, not alot but still does it, i know who i would rather be in a box with and thats micah because he is a great laugh and i bet hes a great bloke as well, i dont need other people tell me how well/ shit we have played because i have eyes and can see it
Don't know about anybody else but I much prefer Nedum Onouha's take on city matters. Aware he doesn't get the same exposure as Micah and you don't really see him in the studios as he probably isn't high profile enough for mainstream tv. Seems far more knowledgeable and articulate to me.
I don’t just prefer Nedum in the pro-City pundit category, comparing him to Micah; I prefer Nedum to most pundits out there.Don't know about anybody else but I much prefer Nedum Onouha's take on city matters. Aware he doesn't get the same exposure as Micah and you don't really see him in the studios as he probably isn't high profile enough for mainstream tv. Seems far more knowledgeable and articulate to me.
Lee Hendrie and Warnock are unlikely to cover city games though. Can't really picture Lee Hendrie in the studio alongside Spitty and the Mayor of Salford covering the big games.I'm not disagreeing with what you say but it is worth pointing out that Nedum is every bit as high profile as Steve Warnock, Lee Hendrie, both if whom who get much better platforms than him. Also, at the risk of sounding like one of those gammon-faced misogynistic goons, surely he's more high profile than any of the female pundits (bar Alex Scott, maybe)?
I think it's more likely down to the dispiriting fascination with 'avin' a laugh, isn't this just like your mates down the pub, banter style punditry that Micah's likeable buffoonery gets the nod over Nedum's more considered musings.
PS: apologies for inserting quote in the middle of my text but in my defence, when it comes to technology, like so many other things, I am a bit of a moron.
Agree totally.Don't know about anybody else but I much prefer Nedum Onouha's take on city matters. Aware he doesn't get the same exposure as Micah and you don't really see him in the studios as he probably isn't high profile enough for mainstream tv. Seems far more knowledgeable and articulate to me.
I felt pretty pissed off with him when he says "I didn't like to see United struggle last season"Not sure why people are getting animated about this. It’s not in Mica’s nature to talk negatively or disparagingly; he’s just being himself and trying to earn a living.
He’s not employed just to represent the feelings of City fans tbf.I felt pretty pissed off with him when he says "I didn't like to see United struggle last season"
I didn't feel that represented the feelings of City fans, after decades of them laughing at us.
I fully appreciate that, and the fact that a portion of fans don't mind what he said. I think it annoyed me when I read it particularly when he preceded it by saying he was a "true blue".He’s not employed just to represent the feelings of City fans tbf.
When did any pundit say they didn’t like to see City struggle though? The ex rag pundits are thrilled when we don’t win a game.He’s not employed just to represent the feelings of City fans tbf.
Maybe my memory is clouded, but I don’t remember ex-United pundits really sticking the knife in when we were shit either? Tended to be a similar condescending tone that Micah adopted from what I can recall, i.e. sad to see such a big club becoming a laughing stock.When did any pundit say they didn’t like to see City struggle though? The ex rag pundits are thrilled when we don’t win a game.
Aren’t they supposed to be impartial too?
Probably because we hadn’t been relevant to them in years.Maybe my memory is clouded, but I don’t remember ex-United pundits really sticking the knife in when we were shit either? Tended to be a similar condescending tone that Micah adopted from what I can recall, i.e. sad to see such a big club becoming a laughing stock.
Joe Hart?We’re under represented in the media compared to other big clubs
What blues could you see going into punditry over the next few years?