So what if he is really red through and through? He has never said otherwise. He is also not like their tw@t of a goalie who whored himself to us for money reasons for a year. Who has since tried to erase history, and is on a one man mission to over compensate by trashing us at every opportunity.
I'm also not naive, I would fully expect him to pick up the rag mantra once/if he ever comes out of punditry.
I can also understand why many rags hate his neutrality. Imagine how we would feel if Zabba started praising them lot when he finally retired and went into punditry?
He has praised City on many occasion, but only when we deserved it. Other times he has been critical, but i can take it because he sticks to the facts, not his emotions or bias like many other (so called) pundits.
My opinion of him changed before he started presenting. There was a prank being played Camel Gob involving fake traffic police. In the prank, he told he had committed a traffic offence. The officers offered to rip up the ticket if he agreed to pose for a selfie with them. Most celebs would jump on the chance of using their fame to get off. To he credit, he refused point blank. He looked annoyed at being coerced, but still offered to let them have a selfie once the traffic offence had been processed. I don't have to like him, but i do respect what he did there.