The standard of punditry

[Goodlove]

Compared to every other sport the standard of punditry in football is absolute horse shit.

Just watching the rugby league last night and the analysis and insight, even the interviews with players, is far far superior to that in football.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

They're not interested in analysis and insight, they're interested in little clips of 'hilarious' banter they can put online. Ironically, if you want decent tactical insight these days, you're more likely to get it on Youtube from someone who's done their coaching badges than someone who's played at the highest level of the game. There's a reason managers are usually better pundits. A lot of players made a career basically doing what they were told by someone who actually knew about tactics.

 

[give it to gordon]

Genuinely football fans are treated like shit.
The standard of punditry in this country is shocking. They follow a clear agenda line from their employer.

I use to enjoy the pundits/commentators on cycling, unfortunately that has now gone to subscription tele :(
Yes they would go on about other things, they had 5 hrs of racing to cover lol. But on the whole it was informative and interesting.

Football pundits is just like a group of people in a pub talking shit. I tend to watch with the sound low or off. It doesn't effect the enjoyment much as the tv companies turn the crowd sound down at City games anyway.

 

[heslops barnet]

They're not interested in analysis and insight, they're interested in little clips of 'hilarious' banter they can put online. Ironically, if you want decent tactical insight these days, you're more likely to get it on Youtube from someone who's done their coaching badges than someone who's played at the highest level of the game. There's a reason managers are usually better pundits. A lot of players made a career basically doing what they were told by someone who actually knew about tactics.

Majority of ex footballers appear to be thick fukers……..

 

[oldius]

Generally, I turn off football commentary now. I find the yearning for any underdog to win skews any objectivity. Of course, this now affects our games more than ever, with any opposition chance exaggerated wildly. Our recent win against Plymouth is a case in point, with the half-time pundit contending that we nearly were given a heart-attack. I think the end-game stats were 27 shots to us and 2 to the opponent and we had more than seventy percent of the ball - it was one-sided yet made out to be something completely different. It feels like it is all about the headline, the click-bait, and the exaggeration, rather than proper analysis. The need to fill every moment with facile stories also is a head-scratcher: just focus on the game...PLEASE!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Cricket punditry is getting much worse.

It’s generally just about holding up in test cricket, but all the rest of it is shouty bantz.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Cricket punditry is getting much worse.

It’s generally just about holding up in test cricket, but all the rest of it is shouty bantz.

Don't know why they keep hiring Aussie commentators ( I understand away ashes tests use the Australian feed) insufferable knobheads the lot of em

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Don't know why they keep hiring Aussie commentators ( I understand away ashes tests use the Australian feed) insufferable knobheads the lot of em

Be careful, you’ll upset @Bill Walker

 

[Bill Walker]

Be careful, you’ll upset @Bill Walker

I'm in tears...

My weekend is ruined.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

The punditry is based on the audience tbf. The general football watching fans want bantz and arguments, soundbites and easy fixes... What do they say on Talksport... Engineered for confrontation.

 

[BlindEyeSeesAll]

I haven't listened to match commentary or punditry for years now, and I consider my life much better for it

 

[richardtheref]

You just have to go back to last week's cup final. The commentator said Liverpool had only lost 1 game in all competitions

 

[The Salford lad.]

Thing is the pundits now have an agenda , look back at the 70 s 80 s , you didn’t know who they supported or wanted, very professional, unlike these amateurs now with their school yard wit .

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

It's all terrible.
Either a woman or a rag or dipper.
The obvious bias towards certain teams make you sick

Then the stopping speaking so we can listen to you'll never murder alone is an absolute fucking joke.
Do they think fans of every team gives a fuck about a load of Scandinavian and Irish tourist singing a song that was sung by almost every club in the country at one time .
Ive said loads of times.
I have IPTV.
I will not watch anything on sky sports.
Or tnt.
I watch every game on optus or whatever foreign channel.
Turn it on at kick off.
Off at half time .
Back on for the 2nd half.
Back off at full time

 

[hertsblue]

Turned on the Wales game on BBC Wales. lasted 2 minutes due to a female co commentator who just wouldn’t shut up.
Now watching it on S4C and even with Welsh commentary its much better.
Why any game needs a co-commentator baffles me, most enjoyable games cor me are when your given the option of crowd noise only.
So many games i stop watching due to who is commenting as i just cannot listen to alot of them.

 

[hertsblue]

You just have to go back to last week's cup final. The commentator said Liverpool had only lost 1 game in all competitions

When the Rags brought on a youngster last week, commentators started on about the crap of their youth academy and always having a player in the squad since the dinosaurs became extinct.
The player they were on about was bought from Watford in 2024.

 

[BlindEyeSeesAll]

Thing is the pundits now have an agenda , look back at the 70 s 80 s , you didn’t know who they supported or wanted, very professional, unlike these amateurs now with their school yard wit .

Hugh Johns, now that was a commentator

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

It's all terrible.
Either a woman or a rag or dipper.

I don't mind a woman one bit but combination of 2 or worse a voice like Melissa Reddy is impossible to like.

 

[The Salford lad.]

Hugh Johns, now that was a commentator

There was a good half a dozen .. not like this shower now unprofessional , like the made up rivalry of Carragher and the bloke that calls himself a Manc from Bury …

 

[nmc]

The worst is the women’s football - like fuckin’ Eastenders - need a translator but I suspect they are banging on about Arsenal. Totally insufferable.