Micah Richards the pundit

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Tell Carragher and Neville that.

They definitely don’t represent the feelings of City fans tbf.

 

[cookster]

They definitely don’t represent the feelings of City fans tbf.

Don't be a dick. You know exactly what I mean.
You little dancer.

 

[Ric]

Probably because we hadn’t been relevant to them in years.

They never lamented that they always won the derbies and wished they were tighter contests, from my memory anyway.

Fair point. Still think people are being a bit hypersensitive about that article though.

Anyway, for the sake of balance, let’s enjoy some of the times Micah rubbed their faces in it:

Richards laughs off suggestions he disrespected Keane by celebrating Man City win

Micah Richards could not hide his emotions in Man City’s emphatic win over Manchester United, even if it meant irritating Roy Keane. A 4-1 victory for the hosts at the Etihad showed the gulf …

talksport.com

 

[cookster]

Fair point. Still think people are being a bit hypersensitive about that article though.

Anyway, for the sake of balance, let’s enjoy some of the times Micah rubbed their faces in it:

Richards laughs off suggestions he disrespected Keane by celebrating Man City win

Micah Richards could not hide his emotions in Man City’s emphatic win over Manchester United, even if it meant irritating Roy Keane. A 4-1 victory for the hosts at the Etihad showed the gulf …

talksport.com

That's natural. Not the manufactured shit he has to put out to appease the Sky contract.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Fair point. Still think people are being a bit hypersensitive about that article though.

Anyway, for the sake of balance, let’s enjoy some of the times Micah rubbed their faces in it:

Richards laughs off suggestions he disrespected Keane by celebrating Man City win

Micah Richards could not hide his emotions in Man City’s emphatic win over Manchester United, even if it meant irritating Roy Keane. A 4-1 victory for the hosts at the Etihad showed the gulf …

talksport.com

I don’t get annoyed by much pundits say. Most of them aren’t the brightest and having to fill an hour of TV is hard enough for literate people.

I’d much rather Onuaha had the airtime that Richards has. He’s informative and fair in a world of mediocrity and banter.

No one would bat an eyelid if Richards had said he hoped City smacked 10 past united as a former City player.

I guess he feels he has to pander to their audience though as there are hoards of middle aged glory hunters all over the country.

 

[Ric]

That's natural. Not the manufactured shit he has to put out to appease the Sky contract.

Sorry, you’ve lost me there.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Don't be a dick. You know exactly what I mean.
You little dancer.

I wasn’t trying to be. Why would @Ric tell Neville and Carragher that they don’t represent the views of City fans. They already don’t!

 

[cookster]

I wasn’t trying to be. Why would @Ric tell Neville and Carragher that they don’t represent the views of City fans. They already don’t!

You know exactly what I mean. Carragher and Neville are anything but neutral.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

You know exactly what I mean. Carragher and Neville are anything but neutral.

I know mate, they don’t need to pander to us as the vast majority of armchair fans are of the clubs they played for.

 

[cookster]

Sorry, you’ve lost me there.

Lost? Micah's emotions took over, instead of following the Sky script.
Buzzer went off script, funny he was never asked to come back.

 

[Ric]

I don’t get annoyed by much pundits say. Most of them aren’t the brightest and having to fill an hour of TV is hard enough for literate people.

I’d much rather Onuaha had the airtime that Richards has. He’s informative and fair in a world of mediocrity and banter.

No one would bat an eyelid if Richards had said he hoped City smacked 10 past united as a former City player.

I guess he feels he has to pander to their audience though as there are hoards of middle aged glory hunters all over the country.

I think they all have to rein it in in for newspaper columns. They have to “write” for a wider audience, after all. Don’t think I’ve ever seen even Carragher say he hopes Liverpool “smack 10” past anyone.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I think they all have to rein it in in for newspaper columns. They have to “write” for a wider audience, after all. Don’t think I’ve ever seen even Carragher say he hopes Liverpool “smack 10” past anyone.

I may have been guilty of hyperbole, but has Carragher ever suggested he wished Scouse derbies were closer?

 

[Ric]

Lost? Micah's emotions took over, instead of following the Sky script.
Buzzer went off script, funny he was never asked to come back.

That still doesn’t make sense. You’re saying Micah also went off script, yet is still a Sky mainstay?

 

[Ric]

I may have been guilty of hyperbole, but has Carragher ever suggested he wished Scouse derbies were closer?

I don’t know tbh. I doubt it would be particularly noteworthy, or cause as much hand-wringing, if he had though.

 

[cookster]

That still doesn’t make sense. You’re saying Micah also went off script, but is still a Sky mainstay?

No I'm saying in the moment his emotions took over but as you said is reined in to pander to the masses.
I'd rather have an honest opinion, than sanitised for the wider audience.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I don’t know tbh. I doubt it would be particularly noteworthy, or cause as much hand-wringing, if he had though.

Not in Manchester, but probably would in Liverpool, Norway and RAWK.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

No I'm saying in the moment his emotions took over but as you said is reined in to pander to the masses.
I'd rather have an honest opinion, than sanitised for the wider audience.

It could well be his honest opinion. He’s not a lifelong City fan. He played for us.

 

[cookster]

It could well be his honest opinion. He’s not a lifelong City fan. He played for us.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

Indeed. We don’t know either way.

 

[Ric]

No I'm saying in the moment his emotions took over but as you said is reined in to pander to the masses.
I'd rather have an honest opinion, than sanitised for the wider audience.

I think you’re being a bit unfair. He consistently backs the club in the media, but you’re taking exception to one fairly innocuous article.