Pundits/co Commentators?

Mrs Q, who knows sweet FA about football, has changed my mind about them; she listens to the stupidity of their pronouncements and we have a good giggle.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
And yet millions of working class Brits across the country manage to not sound like infants like football pundits seem to.

It’s nowt to do with, sorry, wivv, social class… it’s to do with not developing language after being an infant through, sorry, ffrough, laziness.

There’s nothing wrong with colloquialisms and local accents, but not being able to say words without sounding like an infant is something I really dislike about too many people in this country, especially football pundits.
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I'll raise you those twats who do the sly sports "infomercials." They're putting on their black working class accent on with the subtlety of a brick through a window, it's really jarring and just makes you think why..........are..........you......... talking..........so.......... slowly........?

I am all for regional accents but this particular guy is dreadful. There's a couple of continuity announcers on the BBC who are equally bad, one sarrrrrrrrf Laaaaaaandaaaaan, one northern, just sound like cocks.

In contrast there's tons of decent ones including Geordie men and women, Welsh, Scots and Irish who all maintain their regional identity with sounding like self conscious parodies. As PC says, it doesn't sound great.
 
jimharri said:
I'd love to see the Gallagher family ensconced in a stately home. It'd be a bit different to the Chatsworth estate!
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Just a docusoap of Liam and Noel in their mansions, would be the same effect!
 
GAZZA said:
Player has a shot from outside the penalty area - co-commentator "He can do that, he has that in his locker".
Now if you tell me that before he does it, it's information, afterwards, not so much.
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More irritating is the fact that this particular skill set that the player has usually involves the shot ballooning way over the bar so in effect we are being told that this player has the ability to be utter garbage.
 
KentBlue said:
Agreed. Myself and my family are all avid readers, from Enid Blyton to George Orwell: our idea of heaven genuinely is a library. And the stick that everybody likes to beat us with is that because we are all well-read we are 'toffs.' Which is so very very wrong - my dad was a carpenter and my mum was a part-time office cleaner. I mean, I always thought 'Shameless' was just another 'Downton Abbey.'

As psychedelic says, class has nothing to do with the way you project your thoughts verbally, why would it?
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Your erudition is on show for all to see with your excellent rants, I am often half way through reading one of your posts and think "This is KB's work"
 
Hes the left back remember said:
Has anyone ever heard anything they have not already seen by a pundit or given an insight that we hadnt seen ourselves?
Dion Dublin- That was a good run ,he crossed it but the header went wide!
John Hartson- Good pass that but nothing on the end of it.

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Stuart Pearce is the worst pundit. Clueless about tactics for such a great player.
 
wattle said:
I used to turn the sound down when he was on - now I quite enjoy it. He’s so bad it’s funny. And he seems like an ok guy so nothing really to hate - even being a plastic rag. He sounds like he’s speaking to an under 8’s team all the time haha
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Listening to his attempts to pronounce the South Koreans names (in full) amused me no end, hope he’s on again this afternoon for the Japan game ..
 
DrBlueBob said:
More irritating is the fact that this particular skill set that the player has usually involves the shot ballooning way over the bar so in effect we are being told that this player has the ability to be utter garbage.
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Heard a good one yesterday, "The opposition could create a tactic overload"
 
It’s come to something when I switch on the telly and I’m actually fucking pleased to see Keane, Neville and Wright on the panel rather than the equivalent of an episode of Loose Women with unfamiliar unknown female footballers who’ve apparently earned 1200 caps for France or scored 370 goals for England
 
Stupid commentator just claimed he’s got a 50/1 double on Japan and South Korea winning today and it’s still live, even though the Japan game was in extra time when he said it.
 
The standard of football punditry winds me up. Why do we even need a co-commentator at all? What value do they bring? There's no insight, more inanity.

If we have to have one then I want them to tell me why one team is winning the midfield battle, how the defence is set up or what tactical tweaks the manger has made to change the game. To educate me, in other words.

In virtually any other sport, the pundits are knowledgeable and articulate. In football, they're gener banal and just blather on about anything that comes into their heads.

That's why Gary Neville was a breath of fresh air initially, as he provided insight that you didn't see for yourself. But since he turned into Bury's answer to Tony Benn, he's not been worth listening to.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
The standard of football punditry winds me up. Why do we even need a co-commentator at all? What value do they bring? There's no insight, more inanity.

If we have to have one then I want them to tell me why one team is winning the midfield battle, how the defence is set up or what tactical tweaks the manger has made to change the game. To educate me, in other words.

In virtually any other sport, the pundits are knowledgeable and articulate. In football, they're gener banal and just blather on about anything that comes into their heads.

That's why Gary Neville was a breath of fresh air initially, as he provided insight that you didn't see for yourself. But since he turned into Bury's answer to Tony Benn, he's not been worth listening to.
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It's because they want to be seen as being more important and knowledgeable rather adding something to the game itself , whereas they just spoil it.

I don't need any of them for their incite with the exception of Souness who I think does add something of interest to the watching experience.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
The standard of football punditry winds me up. Why do we even need a co-commentator at all? What value do they bring? There's no insight, more inanity.

If we have to have one then I want them to tell me why one team is winning the midfield battle, how the defence is set up or what tactical tweaks the manger has made to change the game. To educate me, in other words.

In virtually any other sport, the pundits are knowledgeable and articulate. In football, they're gener banal and just blather on about anything that comes into their heads.

That's why Gary Neville was a breath of fresh air initially, as he provided insight that you didn't see for yourself. But since he turned into Bury's answer to Tony Benn, he's not been worth listening to.
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Top corner though
 
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