England v Scotland | Euro 2020 Group Stage

I’m currently stopped for a break at Tebay services and there are loads of Sweaties on the way down to London.

Kilts and thongs seem to be the order of the day..
 
KentBlue said:
For me at least this tournament has been marred by the awful commentating and studio punditry. A game kicks off at 7pm but coverage starts at 6pm…why?
Why do we have to have an hour of the same old faces wheeling out the same old tired soundbytes before the game?
Ratboy Snivel sits there in the warmth and comfort of the tv studio and lectures a watching audience of perhaps millions and millions on what Roberto Mancini needs to do in order to win the game…absolutely incredible, absolutely mind-bendingly incredible! And Mark Pougach sits there nodding vigorously in agreement as if the rat-faced mutant had uttered something so deeply profound, something so wonderfully beneficial to the game of football, that we mere mortals are left wondering why the Sniveler isn’t being buried alive under the mountains of Nobel prizes he’s been awarded.

Ian Wright seems more interested in pursuing his Cockney ‘geezer about town’ persona than adding any kind of analysis to the game we’re watching, like he’s auditioning for a role in some upcoming tv drama starring Danny Dyer and ‘Twitcher’ Redknapp as a couple of lovely down-to-earth cockernee wide boys.
Meanwhile Roy (‘Fuck me! My bonce is suddenly the same size as Canterbury Cathedral and yet my body has seemingly been replaced by that of a banjo string) Keane is sitting there glowering and snarling at everyone as if he’s weighing up whether or not to just say: ‘Fuck this for a career choice, I’m going to allow my violent mood swings to have their day out in the sun and kick fuck out of that 2nd cameraman on the left, over there.’

And still Pougach sits there trying to convince everybody he’s on top of things by continuing to hang on to every word the Sniveler utters, but really all he’s doing is looking like fucking Danny DeVito’s ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ character: bewildered, confused, and looking like he hasn’t got a fucking clue what planet he’s currently co-existing on.
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With his insightful knowledge of tactics you would have thought Neville would have gone into management, he always knows what the top managers should do to win every game......im sure he would walk the prem league if he took over at any mid table team.....teaching Pep a thing or 2 whilst he's at it ;)
 
Never understand why people get so worked up about commentators and analysis. I’d never turn up an hour before kick off to hear what someone else thinks I’ll see, and I wouldn’t wander over to the away end at half-time to ask the opposing fans for their perspective. Similarly, I can see what is happening in front of me so don’t need someone chirping in my ear, let alone two.

Talking of which, England by two.
 
Gabriel said:
Never understand why people get so worked up about commentators and analysis. I’d never turn up an hour before kick off to hear what someone else thinks I’ll see, and I wouldn’t wander over to the away end at half-time to ask the opposing fans for their perspective. Similarly, I can see what is happening in front of me so don’t need someone chirping in my ear, let alone two.

Talking of which, England by two.
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Exactly. The standards are low so it's not a surprise to hear shite. With Wales at least you get passion from Savage. Complete bias, but passion. And with McCoist you get someone who has some personality and love of the game and isn't afraid to say things bluntly. Dixon and Hoddle are painfully dull and the analysis in the studio is always drivel.

I don't know why the bar is so low with football, but I've accepted it and just watch the game and switch off to the analysis/commentary for the most part.

Rugby you get Woodward, Wilkinson, Dallaglio and greats from other nations that know the game and give a proper insight. Cricket is generally a good standard of analysis and commentary as well. If you get a dull game of football and Glen Hoddle then you're in real trouble!
 
supercity88 said:
Exactly. The standards are low so it's not a surprise to hear shite. With Wales at least you get passion from Savage. Complete bias, but passion. And with McCoist you get someone who has some personality and love of the game and isn't afraid to say things bluntly. Dixon and Hoddle are painfully dull and the analysis in the studio is always drivel.

I don't know why the bar is so low with football, but I've accepted it and just watch the game and switch off to the analysis/commentary for the most part.

Rugby you get Woodward, Wilkinson, Dallaglio and greats from other nations that know the game and give a proper insight. Cricket is generally a good standard of analysis and commentary as well. If you get a dull game of football and Glen Hoddle then you're in real trouble!
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Players in those two sports are generally better educated
 
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