This isn’t particularly pointed at Micah, just pundits in general; but, after MOTD the other night I couldn’t be arsed finding the remote so just left the NFL show on that was on after it.
Listening to the two pundits that were on there made MOTD look like something off CBBC.
The two lads were knowledgable and insightful about tactics, something you rarely see in football punditry. There was insight about why certain teams have got to where they have in the season, pinpointing individuals’/teams’ strong/weak points. At no point did they mention “top top player” or “world class”, and despite being Yanks there was none of this toddler English that doesn’t even make sense you get from football pundits (“ah ffink he done a good cross dare”).
Then watch cricket and rugby union and they’re even better. Rugby league to a lesser extent because Sky often pick the same level of pundits as football, with Terry and Barry not being particularly tactically insightful either. However, Peackock and Wilkin are very good on the BBC.
It’s about time we demanded better from pundits in this sport. I’m more arsed about them being insightful and talking like they’re older than a 3 year old, and that they know the fucking laws of the game and not give us their stupid opinion on the laws of the game (all week, a huge number of them have appeared to be simply stupid when it’s come to the offside law with the City-Villa goal and then the Villa-Newcastle goal); than I am about their anti-City/pro-United+Liverpool guff.
Hopefully Micah keeps improving and becomes a decent pundit. He’s of the new breed, young, not long out of the game, hasn’t played for United/Liverpool and does come across as a nice and enthusiastic lad. And I hope he doesn’t just tread down the same path as all the others because he’s around them and learns all the bad traits from them.
