Another daft thing is how when the dippers are occasionally on a good run of form the media is suddenly mysteriously awash with these points comparison charts from random date A to random date B arbitrarily chosen to offer the illusion of equality.Micah's harmless enough he just isnt the brightest spanner in the tool box , he gets criticised for not being bias enough , but really that's a compliment , twats like Carragher and Murphy are just brainwashed Dippers and they shoehorn the Dippers into anything and everything.
Their favourite saying is ourselves and the Dippers are the two best teams in the world , but only one team can be the best in the world and its not Clubshop and his merrymen , the Dippers may consider themselves to be second best, which is debatable but we are the bestand have been for a long time look at our trophy cabinet Dippers , you four trophies of note in a decade under Klippety isnt cutting it
God help us if we end up like aMerkin football (which isn’t football at all, just organised crashing into the opposition).The use of the word quarter back also anmoyed me .
Slowly changing terminology perhaps to seduce the US market
It's being going on for a good few years now and this together with the numerous commercial breaks and significant additional 'injury ' time which keeps fans in the ground longer all part of the move to mimic American football fan experience,imo.
Don’t forget the expected rather than actual goals.Another daft thing is how when the dippers are occasionally on a good run of form the media is suddenly mysteriously awash with these points comparison charts from random date A to random date B arbitrarily chosen to offer the illusion of equality.
The only points comparison chart of any interest is the final league table at the end of each season.
Micah's harmless enough he just isnt the brightest spanner in the tool box , he gets criticised for not being bias enough , but really that's a compliment , twats like Carragher and Murphy are just brainwashed Dippers and they shoehorn the Dippers into anything and everything.
Their favourite saying is ourselves and the Dippers are the two best teams in the world , but only one team can be the best in the world and its not Clubshop and his merrymen , the Dippers may consider themselves to be second best, which is debatable but we are the bestand have been for a long time look at our trophy cabinet Dippers , you four trophies of note in a decade under Klippety isnt cutting it
You’re aware of the bizarre “I’m a superfan” mindset amongst some blue moon posters which manifests itself in criticising blues who leave early or go for a beer at HT or sing on the concourse etc etc.
Another way that this bizarre affliction rears its ugly head is in criticism of ex players in the media.
Anything less than rabid unconditional praise for City in every imaginable scenario marks these pundits out as anti city. It can be something as trivial as agreeing with a booking that a City player receives or something as absurd as a mates wife’s cousin’s babysitter’s teacher saw Hinchy smile once in a restaurant when Liverpool scored.
The (poorly) hidden subtext to all their silly ramblings is “I’m a massive blue, look at me”
I couldn't care less who he'd played for or supported. The point is he's a dreadful pundit.
You ask a question then answer it.Depends on your view of a pundit, Sky are definitely favouring the mates at the pub banter talking football over anything too in depth.
There are some amazing podcasts and x feeds that provide wonderful tactical insight out there (but they are not as popular as things such as the Overlap).
I’d say the whole what a pundit is or what you want out of a pundit has changed as opposed to he is a bad one.
Nedum is always good value for more in depth and very polished way of describing and breaking down complex tactics for people to understand.
You ask a question then answer it.
Never a truer paragraph than that last one.I wasn’t disagreeing with you but trying to say Micah is not a bad pundit.
It’s just what you are looking for and Sky are different.
It’s really changed over the years and even more so now.
I think it’s fairer to say not what you look for in a pundit rather then bad, as I’m sure Sky have plenty on the roster and a bad pundit would not get many games.
Michael was a genuinely bad pundit and his work on the main Uk channels dried up because of it, no tactical insight nor any banter.
FWIW I think everything is getting dumbed down, with people watching whilst on their phones, WA groups etc. It’s not just football.
But savvy enough to be running a multi million pound property business with multiple homes in Leeds and Manchester.Micah's harmless enough he just isnt the brightest spanner in the tool box ,