MOTD pundits

[citymad]

Not very impressed with MOTD last night. Too much negative talk again about Hughes sacking (Shearer having his say) and too many negative comments during the actual match commentary.

When will someone fire these pundits and get some decent ones ?

There seems to be a dearth of any original thinkers. Shearer is a waste of a sofa place, Hansen, Lineker and Lawro are now Establishment and would just maintain the status quo for a fat fee. There is the absence of controversy which often is what footy is about.

We need someone with a new agenda.

Don't worry there's plenty of the low lifes on Fleet St.

 

[hgblue]

They're desperate for our new manager to fall on his arse. What a good story that would make. Impatient bastards sacked the footballing equivalent of Mother Theresa, and it all blew up in their faces. Also, they can't resist giving Robinho a good kicking when he's down. It's a good job we're all 100% behind them both isn't it?

 

[RockawayBeach]

Lineker, Shearer & Lawrenson are proof that being a decent player doesn't always mean that you would make a good manager or have an objective & balanced opinion of the game. In fact I find it amazing that some ex pro's can spend most of their lives playing football at the highest level & offer very little in terms of insight, knowledge or originality in the comments that they make. Lineker's article is typical of real St Gary, it reels of bias towards the status quo despite his comments about the top 4. He understandably let's off steam about the Hughes dismissal because he was/is a friend, but the comments which he makes about Mancini are a bit '5th Form' sulk. Anything to do with Mancini's short lived relationship with your beloved Leicester Gary? Feel a tad let down that he had a better offer in coaching? It's a childish insinuation I'm making which reflects some his punditry generally.

Shearer can make some decent observations & has come a long way since the wooden personality he was at first. But you do get the impression he has a very rigid view of how the game should be played - his way. The way in which he took apart Robinho was mischief making of the highest quarter. He was implying that Robinho was in some way responsible for Mark Hughes dismissal. Don't get me wrong we've all seen Robinho go missing at times, but I thought it was a cheap shot designed to whip up the calls for Robinho to be scapegoated out in January.

Lawrenson? I'm afraid I stopped listening to him a long time ago. He was Hanson's funny man at first with the odd quip which made me laugh, but now he's like Stan Boardman in Jongleurs. It just doesn't fit mate.

I'm equally non-plussed about Garth Crooks & most of the 'reserves' they wheel out at the BBC. The exception being Martin Keown.

I think the Sky team are a bit better but Jamie Redknapp is fast becoming my least respected pundit for one very objective reason - he talks bollocks!

To finish on a positive my dream team for MOTD would be Jeff Stelling with Charlie Nicholas, a less biased Andy Gray & Hanson with Tim Lovejoy for jokes....

 

[simon23]

They're desperate for our new manager to fall on his arse. What a good story that would make. Impatient bastards sacked the footballing equivalent of Mother Theresa, and it all blew up in their faces. Also, they can't resist giving Robinho a good kicking when he's down. It's a good job we're all 100% behind them both isn't it?

agree...the media are going to have plenty of ammo to have a go at us for the rest of this season no matter what we do. We need to build a seige mentality within this club from this point on.......

there is not a lot i like about ferguson but he has done this well within his football club and it works....his players rarely become unsettled cause he doesnt allow the media to get at them and they are scared of him

 

[Freestyler]

Nice of them to mention how barry literally ran the game, and our cast iron penalty with bellers, if stoke won they would of had to extend the programme for 15 minutes, cause they wouldn't of stopped going on about it.

 

[TheRevolution]

Funny how they don't say negative things when Lee Dixon's on because they know what they'll get haha.

 

[2sheikhs]

I think I should be a MOTD pundit. I'd be consistent at least.

I'd be consistant aswell.I'd only ever point out the good things we do and ignore the bad.If the others concentrated on the bad,I'd say if they speak about City like that again,I'll rip their fucking ears off.(I might need some help with linekers.)