Talksport

[andyhinch]

Have you heard the song 'Rex Bob Lowenstein' by Mark Germino?

You on the drugs again Colin ?

 

[T_C]

Can't be easy for Shrek running (waddling) about balancing a shredded wheat on your head.

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Have you heard the song 'Rex Bob Lowenstein' by Mark Germino?

 

[waspish]

World Cup was 2002 and 2006.
It was the Euros at Portugal in 04 and he limped out of the tournament (as I think he did in Germany 06??)

Yep I stand corrected I meant his first World Cup

 

[2sheikhs]

Just listening to parry saying minnows shouldn't be allowed in the euros and world cup. He said clubs the size of Real, Barca and MAN YOO don't want to release their players to play them!!!

 

[BlueNirvana]

Buzzer on my sporting life tonight at 10pm

 

[bluethrunthru]

Just listening to parry saying minnows shouldn't be allowed in the euros and world cup. He said clubs the size of Real, Barca and MAN YOO don't want to release their players to play them!!!

I heard that. He was babbling fucking nonsense - firstly the idea that there should be some sort of pre-qualification for the minnows. It would just constant group qualifying matches for them. What he / they want is just the favourites in each tournament to play each other over and over again ( and in domestic and European club comps too ). He was citing sports like golf and tennis where the same to players just rock up and play each other week after week. His raison d'etre for this was that that is what the punters all want ffs.

That logic flies in the face of things like the success of Denmark and Greece in the Euro's - if he had his way this would never happen. And of course that logic neatly sidesteps the truth that Steve Davis, Eric Bristow, Jimmy Connors, Ian Woosnam and many many others whilst fitting his stereotype about what the punters want to watch do inevitably wane BUT get replaced by other new talent. To follow the Parry Method would mean that however dire England or say Italy get they would be safe in all tournaments never likely to drop out and be replaced by Ivory Coast or the USA - mental. However it is the sort of mentality of someone who despite his age probably now doesn't accept there was football before the PL and nothing worthwhile happens outside the PL....... I wonder how he rationalises promotion and relegation to and from the PL in his little world ?

 

[Bodicoteblue]

I heard that. He was babbling fucking nonsense - firstly the idea that there should be some sort of pre-qualification for the minnows. It would just constant group qualifying matches for them. What he / they want is just the favourites in each tournament to play each other over and over again ( and in domestic and European club comps too ). He was citing sports like golf and tennis where the same to players just rock up and play each other week after week. His raison d'etre for this was that that is what the punters all want ffs.

That logic flies in the face of things like the success of Denmark and Greece in the Euro's - if he had his way this would never happen. And of course that logic neatly sidesteps the truth that Steve Davis, Eric Bristow, Jimmy Connors, Ian Woosnam and many many others whilst fitting his stereotype about what the punters want to watch do inevitably wane BUT get replaced by other new talent. To follow the Parry Method would mean that however dire England or say Italy get they would be safe in all tournaments never likely to drop out and be replaced by Ivory Coast or the USA - mental. However it is the sort of mentality of someone who despite his age probably now doesn't accept there was football before the PL and nothing worthwhile happens outside the PL....... I wonder how he rationalises promotion and relegation to and from the PL in his little world ?

Same kind of befuddled thinking that gave us FFP .
Some people seem to think that excluding others from competition is somehow a way foreword. In the case of FFP , it was inspired by greed and fear, in Parry's case it's either a desire to appear controversial , or plain stupidity.

 

[Ducado]

I heard that. He was babbling fucking nonsense - firstly the idea that there should be some sort of pre-qualification for the minnows. It would just constant group qualifying matches for them. What he / they want is just the favourites in each tournament to play each other over and over again ( and in domestic and European club comps too ). He was citing sports like golf and tennis where the same to players just rock up and play each other week after week. His raison d'etre for this was that that is what the punters all want ffs.

That logic flies in the face of things like the success of Denmark and Greece in the Euro's - if he had his way this would never happen. And of course that logic neatly sidesteps the truth that Steve Davis, Eric Bristow, Jimmy Connors, Ian Woosnam and many many others whilst fitting his stereotype about what the punters want to watch do inevitably wane BUT get replaced by other new talent. To follow the Parry Method would mean that however dire England or say Italy get they would be safe in all tournaments never likely to drop out and be replaced by Ivory Coast or the USA - mental. However it is the sort of mentality of someone who despite his age probably now doesn't accept there was football before the PL and nothing worthwhile happens outside the PL....... I wonder how he rationalises promotion and relegation to and from the PL in his little world ?

You have to remember he just saying what he is told to say and from their buisiness model it makes sense, it does not mean it is right but if you want to listen to that station you have to be prepared to know what they are all about, and that is selling advertising space to Builders Merchants mainly, facts and fair comment have nothing to do with it it's sell, sell, sell and then some more

 

[DiscoSteve]

who is this wanker interrupting buzzer - he keeps trying to stage manage mike's story