That’s exactly what it was about!
He broadcast from the Yellow Wall once and it went well for him with the fans and he became a fan of their fans. This was a follow through, which would have inevitably resulted in him talking about how the Etihad was dead with the exception of the game long “super support” of the traveling Yellow Wall…and Micah would have been expected to big up City games, and the Rag host (Kate Scott) would have scoffed, as would Thierry Henry, and there you have it!
In his interviews after the Liverpool game (Shock, he was at Klanfield with Schmeichel the night before!), when they threw it back to the studio for questions of the player guest, it was all about “Do you know Big Meeks?” with Richard’s (can’t even bring myself to call him Micah anymore!) asking each player “Who do you like better, me or Carra on the show?”
They did have a good, somewhat funny exchange with Slot, which was started by Henry saying his name in Dutch, and they acted like they had invented live, off the cuff, TV, because Slot had a joke with them!!
However, Richards only question was “What do the Liverpool players think of Carra?” because he’s been a bit vocal during their run of losses. Slot took it in stride, and in good humor, but it was THE ONLY THING THEY ASKED A BIG CLUB MANAGER ON A EUROPEAN NIGHT WHEN THEY BEAT REAL MADRID!!! Fucking painful!!
Gareth Bale took Carragher’s place in the studio and he was as brain dead and vacuous as you already imagined he would be! He was there as the Real Madrid foil to Henry’s Barcelona & Arsenal lovedest, but boring?? OMG!!
Like someone said above, I set an alarm for 5 mins before the game starts so I avoid all the childish bullshit and just watch the game.l, but occasionally stick with it after the game for player/manager interviews. I’m thinking of fucking that off, too, after this week!
Lastly, we have Spanish language (Mexican) coverage of the games on my cable package, and I often watch their coverage with the volume on about 2 rather than do the English feed from CBS/Paramount, but if Barcelona or Real Madrid are playing, they’re nearly always the game they show! This time, sadly, that was the case!
How Richard’s earns a living from analysis and punditry begs belief. Henry is occasionally interesting, but he is also so up his own arse. He likes to speak a bit of “foreign” as often as possible thinking it elevates him! After the City game, he spoke a bit of German and then French to Doku, who answered in German and then French, and then literally said, on an English language feed, “I’m sorry but we will have to continue in English!” Smarmy ****!!
Last season, they had a running joke about Richards and the Brest, the French team. He literally couldn’t get the name out of his mouth without a (pardon the pun!) titter.
It was embarrassing to watch as the studio broke down in laughter every time they tried to cover one of their games and it vacate a focus of their coverage of the team that they would say the name of the team at every opportunity.
Lastly, on Carragher, he has clearly seen that Richards is printing money on multiple platforms, as he’s an independent operator. Carragher has picked up Richards juvenile schtick, rather than sticking to the old MNF Analysis that created this career for him, and is now ALWAYS going for a bigger laugh, or more pointed comment, or bigger personal slam, than Richards and it is painful to watch the childishness of it all.
