Pundits/co Commentators?

[Fred_Quimby]

Mrs Q, who knows sweet FA about football, has changed my mind about them; she listens to the stupidity of their pronouncements and we have a good giggle.

 

[Aba452]

And yet millions of working class Brits across the country manage to not sound like infants like football pundits seem to.

It’s nowt to do with, sorry, wivv, social class… it’s to do with not developing language after being an infant through, sorry, ffrough, laziness.

There’s nothing wrong with colloquialisms and local accents, but not being able to say words without sounding like an infant is something I really dislike about too many people in this country, especially football pundits.

I'll raise you those twats who do the sly sports "infomercials." They're putting on their black working class accent on with the subtlety of a brick through a window, it's really jarring and just makes you think why..........are..........you......... talking..........so.......... slowly........?

I am all for regional accents but this particular guy is dreadful. There's a couple of continuity announcers on the BBC who are equally bad, one sarrrrrrrrf Laaaaaaandaaaaan, one northern, just sound like cocks.

In contrast there's tons of decent ones including Geordie men and women, Welsh, Scots and Irish who all maintain their regional identity with sounding like self conscious parodies. As PC says, it doesn't sound great.

 

[Lupo]

I'd love to see the Gallagher family ensconced in a stately home. It'd be a bit different to the Chatsworth estate!

Just a docusoap of Liam and Noel in their mansions, would be the same effect!

 

[DrBlueBob]

Player has a shot from outside the penalty area - co-commentator "He can do that, he has that in his locker".
Now if you tell me that before he does it, it's information, afterwards, not so much.

More irritating is the fact that this particular skill set that the player has usually involves the shot ballooning way over the bar so in effect we are being told that this player has the ability to be utter garbage.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Agreed. Myself and my family are all avid readers, from Enid Blyton to George Orwell: our idea of heaven genuinely is a library. And the stick that everybody likes to beat us with is that because we are all well-read we are 'toffs.' Which is so very very wrong - my dad was a carpenter and my mum was a part-time office cleaner. I mean, I always thought 'Shameless' was just another 'Downton Abbey.'

As psychedelic says, class has nothing to do with the way you project your thoughts verbally, why would it?

Your erudition is on show for all to see with your excellent rants, I am often half way through reading one of your posts and think "This is KB's work"

 

[KentBlue]

Thank you, kind sir. Truth be told, I'm one of those who uses a thousand words when ten would suffice - verbosity abounds.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Has anyone ever heard anything they have not already seen by a pundit or given an insight that we hadnt seen ourselves?
Dion Dublin- That was a good run ,he crossed it but the header went wide!
John Hartson- Good pass that but nothing on the end of it.

??

Stuart Pearce is the worst pundit. Clueless about tactics for such a great player.

 

[Blue Til Death]

I used to turn the sound down when he was on - now I quite enjoy it. He’s so bad it’s funny. And he seems like an ok guy so nothing really to hate - even being a plastic rag. He sounds like he’s speaking to an under 8’s team all the time haha

Listening to his attempts to pronounce the South Koreans names (in full) amused me no end, hope he’s on again this afternoon for the Japan game ..

 

[Gazza]

More irritating is the fact that this particular skill set that the player has usually involves the shot ballooning way over the bar so in effect we are being told that this player has the ability to be utter garbage.

Heard a good one yesterday, "The opposition could create a tactic overload"

 

[Dodgy Gangster]

It’s come to something when I switch on the telly and I’m actually fucking pleased to see Keane, Neville and Wright on the panel rather than the equivalent of an episode of Loose Women with unfamiliar unknown female footballers who’ve apparently earned 1200 caps for France or scored 370 goals for England