Micah Richards the pundit

[Roachy]

Don't particularly dislike him tbh, just find it embarrassing when someone tries to act a lot cleverer than they actually are.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

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.

Wait, what? This kind of talk has been slowly creeping into this forum for some time but it seems to be the main attraction here now, shame how these type have finally found there way into Bluemoon, can't say I didn't see it coming though, it's been encouraged by some here.

 

[jockblue]

Soccer Saturday. Clinton Morrison.

I had the delight of listening to the whole match on 5 Live yesterday, and Clinton was on co-comms.
Apart from his fractured take on the English language, the main thing that was obvious to anyone listening was that if there was an on-field incident, his immediate take was always wrong. Every time except one - the Stones goal - when he immediately correctly said when it was mentioned that the flag had gone up (something apparantly missed by all the TV broadcasters) that you couldn't be offside from a corner, that the only issue would be if Bernardo was interfering with play as the header came in and that he wasn't...

So, either he gets it occasionally, or he's just less shit than the TV punters looking for a "big take".


And, lets be honest, if Stones had scored in the 70th minute, none of this would be even mentioned...

 

[KDB Fan]

Wait, what? This kind of talk has been slowly creeping into this forum for some time but it seems to be the main attraction here now, shame how these type have finally found there way into Bluemoon, can't say I didn't see it coming though, it's been encouraged by some here.

I love Micah but he doesn't have anywhere near the talent to be a pundit and I'm shocked that he's employed to clown about and barely make an articulate point, and doesn't actually know the basic rules of the game. Contrast with Lescott, Walcott and many others for example who have good speaking skills and provide good analysis.

 

[hcblue95]

I love Micah but he doesn't have anywhere near the talent to be a pundit and I'm shocked that he's employed to clown about and barely make an articulate point, and doesn't actually know the basic rules of the game. Contrast with Lescott, Walcott and many others for example who have good speaking skills and provide good analysis.

So you say he's ticking a box, why don't they get Nedum or someone else if they're ticking a box?

 

[KDB Fan]

So you say he's ticking a box, why don't they get Nedum or someone else if they're ticking a box?

They should, would much rather have Nedum!

 

[Tim of the Oak]

So you say he's ticking a box, why don't they get Nedum or someone else if they're ticking a box?

Micah is ticking the entertainment box. Neutral fans like him, in my experience.

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

Turning into the class clown is Micah

 

[Axel Freed]

Micah is ticking the entertainment box. Neutral fans like him, in my experience.

This is right.

We live in a country where TV is awash with shows like the X factor, Britain's got talent and various reality shows featuring over emoting jovial idiots ...... the public like people like Micah

Blues criticising him don't understand why he's employed by the networks

 

[True blue manc]

Loved Micah as a player.When he burst on to the scene as a pundit his enthusiasm was like a breath of fresh air and it was great to have a blue in main stream media fighting our cause.Unfortunately he is now playing the well paid part as class clown and beating the club that made him with a stick earns him big bucks.People do need to keep the colour of his skin out of it.He is shit because he's shit

 

[Blue Til Death]

This is right.

We live in a country where TV is awash with shows like the X factor, Britain's got talent and various reality shows featuring over emoting jovial idiots ...... the public like people like Micah

Blues criticising him don't understand why he's employed by the networks

It’s actually completely the opposite, Blues understand fully why he’s employed by the networks, they just don’t like what he’s morphed into ..

He’s turned into a complete and utter moron.

 

[jockblue]

He's become this "Big Meeks" character that they seem to love on CBS's coverage alongside Carragher and Terry Henry. And, assuming you are geared up to watching a football/comedy programme, it's a good act.

Problem is that we're used to some attempt at analysis, and expect our commentators and experts to tell us something we don't already know. Neville does this, Keane does this. Not sure what Carragher or Micah or Alan Smith do on that front...

 

[Pezzer2]

He’s become nauseating. I made the mistake of listening to him on the Rest is football podcast. His take on the City goal yesterday is weird trying to make an angle that it should be disallowed because Silva impeded the keeper which stopped him being set for the header FFS.
Then he was waxing lyrical over Liverpool and the atmosphere etc… it sounded terrible from what I heard. He’s a fully fledged member of the Sky Sports Red cartel crew now !

 

[aka blue jambo]

He’s become nauseating. I made the mistake of listening to him on the Rest is football podcast. His take on the City goal yesterday is weird trying to make an angle that it should be disallowed because Silva impeded the keeper which stopped him being set for the header FFS.
Then he was waxing lyrical over Liverpool and the atmosphere etc… it sounded terrible from what I heard. He’s a fully fledged member of the Sky Sports Red cartel crew now !

Red on the inside !!

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

He’s become nauseating. I made the mistake of listening to him on the Rest is football podcast. His take on the City goal yesterday is weird trying to make an angle that it should be disallowed because Silva impeded the keeper which stopped him being set for the header FFS.
Then he was waxing lyrical over Liverpool and the atmosphere etc… it sounded terrible from what I heard. He’s a fully fledged member of the Sky Sports Red cartel crew now !

The same Micah that said 'Ederson should have been stronger' for the Gabriel goal v Arsenal in the 2-2 when Eddie was blocked off?

Sky are obviously pulling his strings, and I don't think he's mastered the art of subtlety.

 

[De Souza]

There is no way this clown is a club ambassador. Maybe once upon a time, but I doubt he is now. I fucking hope not anyway.

 

[Bez]

He’s become nauseating. I made the mistake of listening to him on the Rest is football podcast. His take on the City goal yesterday is weird trying to make an angle that it should be disallowed because Silva impeded the keeper which stopped him being set for the header FFS.
Then he was waxing lyrical over Liverpool and the atmosphere etc… it sounded terrible from what I heard. He’s a fully fledged member of the Sky Sports Red cartel crew now !

Micah talks bollocks. The keeper yesterday was almost 8 inches taller than Bernardo and 20kg heavier. It's laughable that Micah was spouting out that he impeded the keeper. It was a total mismatch.

 

[radcliffe1309]

So sad because he used to fight our corner, now it seems he's towing the line

 

[.db.]

He's become this "Big Meeks" character that they seem to love on CBS's coverage alongside Carragher and Terry Henry. And, assuming you are geared up to watching a football/comedy programme, it's a good act.

Problem is that we're used to some attempt at analysis, and expect our commentators and experts to tell us something we don't already know. Neville does this, Keane does this. Not sure what Carragher or Micah or Alan Smith do on that front...

Kelly Cates told them both off yesterday after the Liverpool v Chelsea game had finished when they were trying to be funny. Told them they weren’t on CBS.

I watched Friday Night Football Leeds v SheffUtd and Jobi McAnuff was on as usual for the EFL game. He’s dead insightful, talks about tactics and technique. Still has a laugh but no nonsense. He puts all the PL pundits to shame.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Kelly Cates told them both off yesterday after the Liverpool v Chelsea game had finished when they were trying to be funny. Told them they weren’t on CBS.

I watched Friday Night Football Leeds v SheffUtd and Jobi McAnuff was on as usual for the EFL game. He’s dead insightful, talks about tactics and technique. Still has a laugh but no nonsense. He puts all the PL pundits to shame.

He’s articulate too. He and Liam Rosenior used to make a great pair of pundits.