Micah Richards the pundit

The title of this thread is “Micah Richards The Pundit,” and the ONLY serious answer to the posit is “awful.”

Micah the lad? Seems sound.
Micah the City fan? No doubt.
Micah the clown? Peerless.

But, Micah the pundit? Embarrassing.

His specialty should be doing football stories, man of the people type stuff, road-trip interviews, etc…but we get Micah, Spitter and Henry as the in studio pundits for Champions League games (Paramount +/CBS) over here and he LITERALLY PLAYS THE FOOL…but I’m not sure he’s playing!

As others have mentioned, as City fan pundits go, it’s hard to beat Nedum. He actually understands the game, can speak intelligently about his observations, and is clearly a very nice fella with a good sense of humor. I also like the fact that he hasn’t signed any exclusive deals, which allows him to work anywhere and not have to suck up to any long term employer.

See him most on ESPN (ABC) over here, which covers the League Cup & FA Cup, which is a shame, because he’d be brilliant on NBC’s Premier League coverage!

Micah has created a rod for his back and only his repartee with Keane has elicited any interest in him imho.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
The title of this thread is “Micah Richards The Pundit,” and the ONLY serious answer to the posit is “awful.”

Micah the lad? Seems sound.
Micah the City fan? No doubt.
Micah the clown? Peerless.

But, Micah the pundit? Embarrassing.

His specialty should be doing football stories, man of the people type stuff, road-trip interviews, etc…but we get Micah, Spitter and Henry as the in studio pundits for Champions League games (Paramount +/CBS) over here and he LITERALLY PLAYS THE FOOL…but I’m not sure he’s playing!

As others have mentioned, as City fan pundits go, it’s hard to beat Nedum. He actually understands the game, can speak intelligently about his observations, and is clearly a very nice fella with a good sense of humor. I also like the fact that he hasn’t signed any exclusive deals, which allows him to work anywhere and not have to suck up to any long term employer.

See him most on ESPN (ABC) over here, which covers the League Cup & FA Cup, which is a shame, because he’d be brilliant on NBC’s Premier League coverage!

Micah has created a rod for his back and only his repartee with Keane has elicited any interest in him imho.
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I think we’d all love to see Nedum on one of the big UK broadcasters, but they aren’t interested in his type of commentary, incredibly unfortunate as it is.

Micah delivers exactly what they’re looking for. It’s not a bad thing necessarily, it says more about the broadcasters than anyone else, but at least it’s a friendly face in our corner… something we desperately need considering the rag/dipper stranglehold on the industry.

Good luck to Meeks. A key part of our journey and rise to the top, a club legend who bleeds blue and who deserves a lengthy post-playing career, as well as great respect *from us especially*. Once a blue, always a blue
 
ChicagoBlue said:
The title of this thread is “Micah Richards The Pundit,” and the ONLY serious answer to the posit is “awful.”

Micah the lad? Seems sound.
Micah the City fan? No doubt.
Micah the clown? Peerless.

But, Micah the pundit? Embarrassing.

His specialty should be doing football stories, man of the people type stuff, road-trip interviews, etc…but we get Micah, Spitter and Henry as the in studio pundits for Champions League games (Paramount +/CBS) over here and he LITERALLY PLAYS THE FOOL…but I’m not sure he’s playing!

As others have mentioned, as City fan pundits go, it’s hard to beat Nedum. He actually understands the game, can speak intelligently about his observations, and is clearly a very nice fella with a good sense of humor. I also like the fact that he hasn’t signed any exclusive deals, which allows him to work anywhere and not have to suck up to any long term employer.

See him most on ESPN (ABC) over here, which covers the League Cup & FA Cup, which is a shame, because he’d be brilliant on NBC’s Premier League coverage!

Micah has created a rod for his back and only his repartee with Keane has elicited any interest in him imho.
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Who is Micah embarrassing for. Are you seriously saying you are embarrassed for him? I suggest you don’t watch or listen to Micah if you are so sensitive. I hardly do because I’m either at the game or watching in a noisy pub,

Nedum is intelligent and articulate and he is getting more gigs as a consequence. Nedum is at a disadvantage because he was just short of being an elite player. It shouldn’t be a case of Nedum Vs Micah either.

Both lads could do with improving their analysis as I haven’t heard anything particularly insightful from either of these Blues in a while (but I don’t hear them often like I said).
 
ChicagoBlue said:
The title of this thread is “Micah Richards The Pundit,” and the ONLY serious answer to the posit is “awful.”

Micah the lad? Seems sound.
Micah the City fan? No doubt.
Micah the clown? Peerless.

But, Micah the pundit? Embarrassing.

His specialty should be doing football stories, man of the people type stuff, road-trip interviews, etc…but we get Micah, Spitter and Henry as the in studio pundits for Champions League games (Paramount +/CBS) over here and he LITERALLY PLAYS THE FOOL…but I’m not sure he’s playing!

As others have mentioned, as City fan pundits go, it’s hard to beat Nedum. He actually understands the game, can speak intelligently about his observations, and is clearly a very nice fella with a good sense of humor. I also like the fact that he hasn’t signed any exclusive deals, which allows him to work anywhere and not have to suck up to any long term employer.

See him most on ESPN (ABC) over here, which covers the League Cup & FA Cup, which is a shame, because he’d be brilliant on NBC’s Premier League coverage!

Micah has created a rod for his back and only his repartee with Keane has elicited any interest in him imho.
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Just be glad that we have a pundit flying the flag for us finally.
It has been dominated by rags & rats for years!

Sit back and enjoy Micah. Absolute gold when he sat there giggling at Roy Keane when we smashed them.

Nedum - different gravy (nicked that from Aguero)

CTID
 
Tim of the Oak said:
Who is Micah embarrassing for. Are you seriously saying you are embarrassed for him? I suggest you don’t watch or listen to Micah if you are so sensitive. I hardly do because I’m either at the game or watching in a noisy pub,

Nedum is intelligent and articulate and he is getting more gigs as a consequence. Nedum is at a disadvantage because he was just short of being an elite player. It shouldn’t be a case of Nedum Vs Micah either.

Both lads could do with improving their analysis as I haven’t heard anything particularly insightful from either of these Blues in a while (but I don’t hear them often like I said).
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TOTO,

I’m sorry my answer to the OP caused you such consternation, especially considering you openly admit you rarely see him acting as a pundit, because (backhanded swipe) you’re too busy at the game or in a noisy pub.

He embarrasses himself and looks completely out of his depth…unless that depth is how stupid and clownish can you behave on TV for a crust.

Clearly, you don’t see much of Nedum because he makes Micah look even more of a clown!

I agree, it’s not Nedum VS Micah, but if the subject is Blues as pundits, Micah has to be the worst City FOOTBALL ANALYST out there.

I readily admitted he is more suited to the puff pieces and greatly enjoyed his roadtrips with Keane and they bounce off each other really well, but that’s NOT what I would deem “punditry.”

To each their own.
 
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njblue said:
So is Micah actually an Arsenal fan at heart then?
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I feel he tries very hard not to over-do his love for City.
Like others, I like the lad (ever since his interview after scoring at Villa) but he’s not a great pundit - much better as a “personality” and definitely not an analyst. His £600 a week haircut spend revelation wasn’t a smart move but hey he’s a wealthy ex-footballer and always seems very happy with life.
 
Micah’s analysis is so uninsigtful, he’s a hard watch.

Constantly starts talking about one thing and by the time he’s finished he’s talking about something else. And he states the bleedin obvious but acts like he’s breaking ground with what he’s saying.

He kept turning the post-match analysis to Arsenal last night n’all, I don’t think it was on purpose, he just doesn’t know where he’s going with what he says so it ends up being a jumble of topics in the same answer.

Him and Sturridge analysing Haaland was really substandard n’all. Compare those two to what Henry was doing the other week and it was just amateur.
 
I feel a bit sorry for Micah sometimes, as the presenter or fellow pundits often seem to "put him on the spot".
Which Micah tends to get past by guffawing in an over-the-top manner. It can be a touch uncomfortable.

But would still rather have an ex-City player commenting on our games than all the dozens of Liverpool & Utd people we've had to put up with for the past 25 years.
 
PDBLUEMOON said:
Just be glad that we have a pundit flying the flag for us finally.
It has been dominated by rags & rats for years!

Sit back and enjoy Micah. Absolute gold when he sat there giggling at Roy Keane when we smashed them.

Nedum - different gravy (nicked that from Aguero)

CTID
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Yes but they have an ex City player playing the fool who can’t be taken seriously. They wouldn’t dare put Nedum up against Spit or Ratface.
 
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ChicagoBlue said:
TOTO,

I’m sorry my answer to the OP caused you such consternation, especially considering you openly admit you rarely see him acting as a pundit, because (backhanded swipe) you’re too busy at the game or in a noisy pub.

He embarrasses himself and looks completely out of his depth…unless that depth is how stupid and clownish can you behave on TV for a crust.

Clearly, you don’t see much of Nedum because he makes Micah look even more of a clown!

I agree, it’s not Nedum VS Micah, but if the subject is Blues as pundits, Micah has to be the worst City FOOTBALL ANALYST out there.

I readily admitted he is more suited to the puff pieces and greatly enjoyed his roadtrips with Keane and they bounce off each other really well, but that’s NOT what I would deem “punditry.”

To each their own.
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With a bit of luck punditry will be a dying art soon.
 
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