Hansen, Lawrensen and Shearer bring shame on the BBC

[The Future's Blue]

This is my honest take- quality of football is a matter of national pride. Many countries would say their football is the best in the world. For an African-Italian to come in all "uppity" and clearly be able to outplay the best homegrown players in the league, and do so on a team with Arab owners and an Italian manager clearly hurts their pride.

Why don't they complain about the South Americans? Maybe because they look "white", or maybe because the league play in South America is generally shit, so it's understandable for the top talents to come to Europe. In fact it could be called flattering. Mario, however, they would rather stayed in Italy.

He used to get shit at Inter too.

 

[Pam]

Lawrenson is a right fucking bellend, saying that Mario doesn't work hard for City? Always got to have a dig the fucking scouse ****!

This is total slander. He is open to a law suit with that remark. Scandalous.

 

[Pam]

Thankfully that twat Hansen isn't on tonight. They have Vialli & Klinsmann so the standard of punditry should be a bit better. There is still Shearer to dumb things down though.

Hansen will be in the crowd leading the monkey chants

I saw him. He had bananas.

 

[Cityfan]

I don't think Shearer adds a lot to punditry and his comments the other night were a bit silly but he was very fair tonight about Mario.
Lawrenson on the other hand just has a grudge and lets it get in the way of the story. He really was awful tonight and idiotic in the England match.

Sorry but the only reason he was fair about Mario tonight was after that performance if he didn't do anything less than flop it on the desk and bash one out he would have placed no-one in any doubt what an agenda ridden weapon he is. Plus Vialli and Klinnsman would have shot him down.

Hansen and Lawrenson would still have found reaon to criticse. Shearer raved about him, personally I think he is a bit dim (Shearer) but not vindictive.

 

[johnbmcr]

Mario had the last word and the two goals

 

[bluebc]

Would it not be easier to just ignore them, they`re entitled to their opinion regardless of them being factually incorrect.
We`re champions of England,Mario has a champions medal, that`s all that matters, it`s not worth worrying about others opinions.

 

[Pam]

Would it not be easier to just ignore them, they`re entitled to their opinion regardless of them being factually incorrect.
We`re champions of England,Mario has a champions medal, that`s all that matters, it`s not worth worrying about others opinions.

They're entitled to their opinion but they are not entitled to use a BBC bully pulpit to belittle and slander people. Not on my dime, as the Yanks would say.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Would it not be easier to just ignore them, they`re entitled to their opinion regardless of them being factually incorrect.
We`re champions of England,Mario has a champions medal, that`s all that matters, it`s not worth worrying about others opinions.

Would you buy a newspaper and ignore it?

why should i pay my licence fee and ignore them?

 

[Cityfan]

Would it not be easier to just ignore them, they`re entitled to their opinion regardless of them being factually incorrect.
We`re champions of England,Mario has a champions medal, that`s all that matters, it`s not worth worrying about others opinions.

In general I agree with that and let pundits opinions roll, however from some there is a xenophobic vindictveness in their reaction to Balotelli that is unpleasant amd wholly lacking in humour insight or reason.

 

[scenecreamer]

This is my honest take- quality of football is a matter of national pride. Many countries would say their football is the best in the world. For an African-Italian to come in all "uppity" and clearly be able to outplay the best homegrown players in the league, and do so on a team with Arab owners and an Italian manager clearly hurts their pride.

Why don't they complain about the South Americans? Maybe because they look "white", or maybe because the league play in South America is generally shit, so it's understandable for the top talents to come to Europe. In fact it could be called flattering. Mario, however, they would rather stayed in Italy.

He used to get shit at Inter too.

Yep, and it's similar IMO, as many Italians consider him African and not Italian.