Micah Richards the pundit

fulabeer said:
I wish Micah would just make his mind up. Say what he thinks, even if that comes across as anti City.
This bumbling and none committal stance is just arse licking nonsense.
If SKY was serious about football, they should dump Micah for Nedum Onuoha.
Nedum's knowledge and match analysis is way above Micah's, as well as most of the current SKY lineup.
As it is, they prefer to keep the comedy pundits and "company" yes men.
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Totally agree with you Micah never stands on anything he's backtracking already on Twitter. I don't think he is cut out for the job he never looks confident in his analysis and the jokey persona has worn thin. I've never understood how someone hasn't snapped Nedum up he is brilliant.
 
fulabeer said:
I wish Micah would just make his mind up. Say what he thinks, even if that comes across as anti City.
This bumbling and none committal stance is just arse licking nonsense.
If SKY was serious about football, they should dump Micah for Nedum Onuoha.
Nedum's knowledge and match analysis is way above Micah's, as well as most of the current SKY lineup.
As it is, they prefer to keep the comedy pundits and "company" yes men.
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It's probably the reason why Nedum Onuoha wouldn't go on it.
 
Wonder how much of the sporting public actually watch pundits?

My only sight/knowledge of them is from here.

I've watched football long enough to not need an ex-player to tell me something. It's a funny old world though that an ex-player is deemed expert enough to be a pundit. Because they've played football at some level has no bearing on intelligence.
 
Mike N said:
Always liked Micah when he played for us. I can remember a number of times he made really big contributions to our team.

I think we already knew he was very rich. I’m happy for him.

It doesn’t change the fact he’s a shocking pundit and not very bright. That’s not a problem in our game though. Some focus groups like his shtick.

He laughs a lot though and is now even more rich.
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Spent more time in the physio room making “funny” YouTube videos with that dickhead kit man than he did actually playing football as far as I recall.
 
Bluewonder said:
The secret of idiot pundits is switching it off.

People complain about them and sit through their shite anyway.

If everyone switched off they wouldn't have a job
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Spot on. I stopped listening to the punditry a long time ago. Before the game, make a brew at half-time and switch off after the game. We have a panel of four making their comments and two or three commenting during a game. Six or seven are overpaid for being on a soapbox. I think it makes more sense watching a bin man empty my bin!!
 
Easier said than done to just switch off. We want to hear the players and managers interviews afterwards, so we will put ourselves through their nonsense if we value it or not.

Ultimately Micah is a clown, he is there for cheap laughs and provides no insight whatsoever. The fact he claims everyone is "second to none" shows his wisdom. It is annoying that we finally get someone prominent in the media who doesn't have our back. Something happens when they get into that studio, I remember Lescott saying the Bruno Rashford goal was right to be given and wasn't offside at the time. All because he was sat with Ferdinand and Scholes. Sometimes common sense just leaves them, if they had it to begin with.
 
I was a big fan of Micah as a player but he's not a great orator, he's not a great analyst.

I don't think he was being malicious or biased when he first said that Bernardo was interfering in play, I think he genuinely didn't know one of the first rules of football: that you can't be offside from a corner. By the sounds of it, neither did Sturridge or Cates.

Shocking day for Sky Sports and the main reason this 'controversy' exists is because of how poor the broadcasting line-up is. Sky need to start employing pundits who know the rules of the game as a bare minimum otherwise they'll continue to whip-up fake outrage.
 
Just because he is an ex-City player in no way makes him supportive of City, nor as a pundit requires him to be imo.

He is exactly like ex-arsenal player Lee Dixon, another whose opinions count for the grand total of fuck all as far as I am concerned.

Micah is just a fucking idiot imo playing up to the audience and taking shite for the most part.

Childlike personality or stooge -???
 
Colin Bells Boots said:
Just because he is an ex-City player in no way makes him supportive of City, nor as a pundit requires him to be imo.

He is exactly like ex-arsenal player Lee Dixon, another whose opinions count for the grand total of fuck all as far as I am concerned.

Micah is just a fucking idiot imo playing up to the audience and taking shite for the most part.

Childlike personality or stooge -???
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You would hope considering him being on our payroll he would be on our side on any possible 50 50s.
 
fulabeer said:
I wish Micah would just make his mind up. Say what he thinks, even if that comes across as anti City.
This bumbling and none committal stance is just arse licking nonsense.
If SKY was serious about football, they should dump Micah for Nedum Onuoha.
Nedum's knowledge and match analysis is way above Micah's, as well as most of the current SKY lineup.
As it is, they prefer to keep the comedy pundits and "company" yes men.
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Pretty sure Nedum won't play the fool, and that's why his opportunities are limited. He appears on podcasts and always comes across as balanced and knowledgeable.
 
ShedDweller said:
Pretty sure Nedum won't play the fool, and that's why his opportunities are limited. He appears on podcasts and always comes across as balanced and knowledgeable.
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Absolutely no comparison between Nedum and Micah.

I would say that Nedum is the knowledgeable and considered individual who is a consumate professional when talking football and giving his insight on matters.

Micah is happy to play the village idiot roll but presumably gets well paid for his lack of integrity.

Turn the sound off and watch - your eyes provide a much more sensible option.

Each to their own I guess - but " pundits " in general provide fodder for the hard of understanding and are totally unnecessary .
 
KDB Fan said:
I was a big fan of Micah as a player but he's not a great orator, he's not a great analyst and if we're honest, he's only been employed because of the colour of his skin.

I don't think he was being malicious or biased when he first said that Bernardo was interfering in play, I think he genuinely didn't know one of the first rules of football: that you can't be offside from a corner. By the sounds of it, neither did Sturridge or Cates.

Shocking day for Sky Sports and the main reason this 'controversy' exists is because of how poor the broadcasting line-up is. Sky need to start employing pundits who know the rules of the game as a bare minimum otherwise they'll continue to whip-up fake outrage.
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Employed because of the colour of his skin, what evidence have you got for that?

I think he's employed because a lot of people like him, he's a character. I personally think he talks a lot of shit, especially against city, but I still think he's very likeable.
 
Pundits will say what you want to hear if the price is right. The first rule of a pundit is never to bite the hand that feeds you, Micah-Richards has done very well out of football and even better-talking shit about football
 
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