Micah Richards the pundit

[toffee balls]

Shit pundit and painful to listen to! On the racism issue, he rambled and didn’t speak particularly well! Love his enthusiasm and his smile is infectious, but he’s a shit pundit!

It takes two , cos you are a shit poster.

 

[gkmcfc]

The fairness of Neville, behave GNIAC these days he is snide on the telly.

Neville is always pretty decent and honest in his appraisal of City.

 

[Zubrman]

Saw him in Hale this lunch time

Was he wearing a mask?

 

[Metalartin]

Completely disagree with the criticisms on Micha's own personal views, based on his own personal experiences and how he sees things. Michael Holding and Ebony Rainford-Brent wont have the same experiences as Micah. One person is from a different generation completely, the other a different gender. Both are from different sports, who grew up, lived and worked in a different areas. Their interviews were also taken at the start of July and touched on the George Floyd aspect which was still very raw(that context is important).

I'm not having this: "He did a shit job because he didn't cry enough or make me cry" talk either. Deary me. He gave some original angles on the matter at the very least. I agree with what he said about how some white people feel attacked, although he could have said it better I guess(I got his point though). That's the reason some people lash out at BLM, not because they are racists, they have this idea that it's some agenda to say all white people are racist. That's a pretty balanced view from his position when you think about it.

As a pundit, for me he's enthusiastic, has charisma(which most of them don't have lets face it), speaks from the heart and I can see he is working at his craft(knowledge, communication etc). So he will get better over time. I don't mind seeing him on the telly at all and get the feeling a few stuck up blues are weirdly embarrassed by him. To which I'd say: Grow a pair, he's fine.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

You want to hear black people talk about the problems with racism, then listen to Michael Holding and Ebony Rainford-Brent talk about it on the cricket commentary! That is a more personal and moving punditry! It is a real problem and people with the platform to use it, should be using it... I’m afraid Micah didn’t do that, at one point he said white people feel as though they’re being tarnished with the racist brush and then went on to talk about how privileged he was to work at Sky. That is not taking advantage of your privilege to make your point on racism! I’m sorry Micah, I love your enthusiasm, but please be strong against abhorrent racism, when you have the platform to do it!l

It's nice to have a refreshing, honest, considered take on it.

 

[Bill Walker]

For me Micah is a breath of fresh air, ok he's not incredibly articulate but he speaks from the heart.
His little speech on the subject of racism was emotional, if you're black, it's an emotional subject.
He comes across as a sincere and very likeable guy.
I like that.

 

[Craig]

Looks like some here are already tearing one of our own down. Wondering how long it would take before they decide to tear Vinny down!

Ha

 

[Segga]

Micah is very average as a pundit but he will get better with experience and I’m glad he is on in our corner. Sky have changed direction with the punditry in the last few years where they have moved from attempted unbiased punditry to cheerleaders having banter with each other because they think it makes good tele, Since Carragher came in really because he couldn’t hide his bias. Nevilles punditry has changed in that time too because when he first came in for the first few years he was very very fair with us infact he was over glowing at us on occasions which I know riled United fans up at times.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

I would welcome another opportunity to offend in a more up to date way.
Many years ago my son and l drew level in the Tesco car Park in Handforth with a little open top Lotus (a car not a yoga position). In it were the so called "Baby faced assassin" and his wife who was studying for some professional qualification. I am afraid l was rather rude to him for no other reason that he was a rag.
Its was like swearing at a choir boy and girl and it still embarrasses me to this day, although my son loves to recount it.
Having said that l would love to do that to certain others, mainly pundits with Martin Tyler leading the field.

Let's just play it out;

You're driving passed the McDonald's going towards the ASDA at COMS (not even called that anymore is it?), anyway queuing up for a happy meal with his Mrs in a 2 seated Porsche convertible (the car not the yoga position) is Rat-Boy along with Mrs Rat-Boy.

You can hear that he is playing Fairground by Simply Red and is tapping his fingers to the beat of the song on the steering wheel. The car is at the end of the queue far enough out to encroach your path to said ASDA providing you the perfect opportunity to slow down / stop.

Over to you @Mike Cledford ..............

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

The fairness of Neville, behave GNIAC these days he is snide on the telly.

Always was, some people just believed him to be the Messiah until his coaching and managerial ventures with England and 'Gary Neville's Valencia' respectively..........