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Post by slother on Jul 19, 2012 7:37:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 7:41:30 GMT
Good pundit.
Don't blame him for leaving. More than once I've seen Hansen take the piss out of him for actually having done his research. Seeing pricks like him and Shearer collect tens of thousands for doing four fifths of fuck all while you actually try and take some pride in your work must be murderously galling.
That said, if he's off to ITV I don't know what he's expecting to find different there. Sitting about playing straight man while Chiles farts around for a dodgy quip and Roy Keane shuffles in his straitjacket.
The problem with terrestrial football coverage is that they don't give a shit about actual football fans. They're desperate to attract the floating voter who watches once in a blue moon because Corrie isn't on. So we get stuck with inane, state-the-obvious bullshit instead of anything resembling insight.
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Post by stokeramblers on Jul 19, 2012 7:47:34 GMT
That's a real pity, his column on the Beeb website was normally a good read. Provided a lot more insight than either of the two Alans and you could tell he had a more in depth knowledge than both of them put together.
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Post by philb on Jul 19, 2012 7:52:11 GMT
Sky probably poached him with 5 times what he was earning at the Beeb. No wonder my Sky subscriptions gone up  |
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Post by jeycov on Jul 19, 2012 7:53:18 GMT
We are in the market for a new full back ??
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Post by metalhead on Jul 19, 2012 7:57:25 GMT
Great, so the one pundit worth listening to on Match of the Day has now gone. Looking forward to a year of mindless babble.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Jul 19, 2012 7:58:19 GMT
Spot on Rob. The 2 Alan's have become a complete borefest to listen to. Lawrenson is still bareable as he at least comes up with the odd funny bit. Dixon did at least put some homework in and try to provide some insight.
Not sure why the BeeB continue with the current format because most football fans are bored of their cliched inaninities
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 8:27:01 GMT
Spot on Rob. The 2 Alan's have become a complete borefest to listen to. Lawrenson is still bareable as he at least comes up with the odd funny bit. Dixon did at least put some homework in and try to provide some insight. Not sure why the BeeB continue with the current format because most football fans are bored of their cliched inaninities To be honest, someone could drop Lawrenson off a building and I'd struggle to feel any emotion other than relief. Otherwise I agree though. |
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Post by superjonnywalters on Jul 19, 2012 8:29:18 GMT
Rumours he's off to BT.
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Post by str8outtahampton on Jul 19, 2012 8:45:20 GMT
Lee Dixon is one of the better pundits, I agree. But that's a bit like saying Mengele was less cruel than Eichmann. It's a relative assessment only, not an absolute one, and so does not necessarily say a great deal.
I do not think pundits - either as sidekicks to the commentator, or in the studio - add anything. But one imagines they do so very expensively.
The ITV Panel for the World Cup in 74 and 78 (when there was a need for a bit of ballast to compensate for the fact that England failed to qualify) has a lot to answer for. They added nothing either, but at least it kicked off a bit in the studio when Pat Crerand, Brian Clough, Malcolm Allison, Jack Charlton, etc got together.
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Post by captain577 on Jul 19, 2012 8:47:21 GMT
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Post by metalhead on Jul 19, 2012 8:52:49 GMT
Spot on Rob. The 2 Alan's have become a complete borefest to listen to. Lawrenson is still bareable as he at least comes up with the odd funny bit. Dixon did at least put some homework in and try to provide some insight. Not sure why the BeeB continue with the current format because most football fans are bored of their cliched inaninities Barely. Lawrenson is the ultimate no information pundit. He tells you everything you already know, gives you no new information. "if that guy shoots and the ball, it goes in the back of the net, then that's going to be a goal" cheers Mark. |
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Post by PerCyfilth ....Captains Log on Jul 19, 2012 9:41:40 GMT
What is mind numbing is that the bell end that is Lineker is seen as a "star" in the BBCs eyes and paid £2M a year.
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Post by greenhoff74 on Jul 19, 2012 11:50:34 GMT
He's probably fed up of travelling to Salford from London, I bet with BT he will in hometown.
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Post by lordb on Jul 19, 2012 11:55:50 GMT
He's probably fed up of travelling to Salford from London, I bet with BT he will in hometown. thought he was a manc? |
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Post by StokieBoy31 on Jul 19, 2012 11:59:28 GMT
He's probably fed up of travelling to Salford from London, I bet with BT he will in hometown. The studio moved to Manchester last year. |
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Post by foster on Jul 19, 2012 12:06:29 GMT
What is mind numbing is that the bell end that is Lineker is seen as a "star" in the BBCs eyes and paid £2M a year. +1 Wish I got paid that much to read an auto cue and make shit jokes. As it stands I don't get paid anything for the shit joke part. |
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Post by wembley4372 on Jul 19, 2012 12:09:47 GMT
To be honest, someone could drop Lawrenson off a building and I'd struggle to feel any emotion other than relief. It doesn't happen all that often but I am in complete agreement with you on this one rob!!!! |
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Post by foster on Jul 19, 2012 12:25:14 GMT
To be honest, someone could drop Lawrenson off a building and I'd struggle to feel any emotion other than relief. It doesn't happen all that often but I am in complete agreement with you on this one rob!!!! I agree, but if Lawro wasn't there any more then I fail to see where Rob would get all his strategical insight from? |
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Post by PotteringThrough on Jul 19, 2012 12:27:34 GMT
I don't like Dixon. He annoys me.
I can't stand Mark Bright as a commnetator either.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 12:55:17 GMT
It doesn't happen all that often but I am in complete agreement with you on this one rob!!!! I agree, but if Lawro wasn't there any more then I fail to see where Rob would get all his strategical insight from?  Spotter's badge, Clive. |
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Post by stokerambler on Jul 19, 2012 13:36:37 GMT
Shame as at least he could provide some defensive analysis. MOTD needs a good shake up - far too cosy. Gary Neville has set the bar much higher for punditry and the Beeb ought take notice.
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Post by wembley4372 on Jul 19, 2012 13:39:27 GMT
It doesn't happen all that often but I am in complete agreement with you on this one rob!!!! I agree, but if Lawro wasn't there any more then I fail to see where Rob would get all his strategical insight from? ;D |
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Post by stokeyscrew on Jul 19, 2012 15:00:52 GMT
Good pundit. Don't blame him for leaving. More than once I've seen Hansen take the piss out of him for actually having done his research. Seeing pricks like him and Shearer collect tens of thousands for doing four fifths of fuck all while you actually try and take some pride in your work must be murderously galling. That said, if he's off to ITV I don't know what he's expecting to find different there. Sitting about playing straight man while Chiles farts around for a dodgy quip and Roy Keane shuffles in his straitjacket. The problem with terrestrial football coverage is that they don't give a shit about actual football fans. They're desperate to attract the floating voter who watches once in a blue moon because Corrie isn't on. So we get stuck with inane, state-the-obvious bullshit instead of anything resembling insight. Bang on  |
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Post by Pricey on Jul 20, 2012 16:37:51 GMT
He's gone to ITV.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2012 16:55:09 GMT
Pity he talked some sense , when you compare him to Lawrenson it was no contest maybe hel will turn up on Sky ?
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Post by Pricey on Jul 20, 2012 22:39:22 GMT
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Post by arniepieinthesky on Jul 22, 2012 12:59:50 GMT
Shame as at least he could provide some defensive analysis. MOTD needs a good shake up - far too cosy. Gary Neville has set the bar much higher for punditry and the Beeb ought take notice. Hands down by far the best pundit on the box at the min, Gay Neville has really suprised me, his insight into the game is second to none. |
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Post by samcooke91 on Jul 22, 2012 13:33:13 GMT
Yeah i'll second that, was set on hating Gary Neville but he's often the one who makes by far the most sense
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Post by Staying up for Grandadstokey on Jul 24, 2012 13:18:03 GMT
Talking about stating the obvious ,winner in this category must be Andy Townsend.
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