birch-chorley Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: It woulsn't surprise me if they were aiming for a more diverse panel, but I think Le Tissier's recent tweets probably forced their hand, and then whilst they're getting rid of one they might as well get rid of the other deadwood. Wanting a more diverse panel would indicate positive discrimination I’m against any discrimination personally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 minute ago, birch-chorley said: Wanting a more diverse panel would indicate positive discrimination I’m against any discrimination personally It could equally, perhaps even more likely, be the case that they wanted to change a stale line-up. Thompson's been there for 22 years, and I'd have fucked Charlie Nicholas off ages ago as I'm not sure what he's contributing at all. It'd make sense, with all the changes in football in the last few years, that they'd want a panel of experts who played or have been involved in it more recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: It could equally, perhaps even more likely, be the case that they wanted to change a stale line-up. Thompson's been there for 22 years, and I'd have fucked Charlie Nicholas off ages ago as I'm not sure what he's contributing at all. It'd make sense, with all the changes in football in the last few years, that they'd want a panel of experts who played or have been involved in it more recently. Agree it’s got a bit stale, but you could have said d that 5 years ago, why now? Maybe I’m naive If they put more females on then it hardly ticks the box of ‘wanting a panel of experts involved more recently’ which is what they should be doing for me Edited August 30, 2020 by birch-chorley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, birch-chorley said: Agree it’s got a bit stale, but you could have said d that 5 years ago, why now? Maybe I’m naive If they put more females on then it hardly ticks the box of ‘wanting a panel of experts involved more recently’ which is what they should be doing for me It would if it was Alex Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 16 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: It would if it was Alex Scott. Don’t have a clue who that is? Assuming female footballer? I don’t class them as someone more recently involved in Premier league / Championship football Given that’s what the Soccer Saturday pundits are commenting on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, birch-chorley said: Don’t have a clue who that is? Assuming female footballer? I don’t class them as someone more recently involved in Premier league / Championship football Given that’s what the Soccer Saturday pundits are commenting on She knows a lot more about it than Charlie Nicholas. And I meant more involved in football generally. It's changed massively since Nicholas' and Thompson's day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: She knows a lot more about it than Charlie Nicholas. And I meant more involved in football generally. It's changed massively since Nicholas' and Thompson's day. Don't have a clue who she is so I couldn’t comment Sure you could find someone down the pub who could talk a good game but not sure punditry would work the same if it was random people sitting on the sofa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birch-chorley Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Tennis and athletics it tends to work better, but then again those Sports take place at the same time / event so your likely to watch both at the same time. Then the pundits are familiar Just watching the Tour De France highlights, both pundits have ridden the race previously (Boardman and Kenaugh), it gives them gravitas, they can relate to this event Crow barring a women in to pundit on Premier League footy, might as well be someone from down the pub for me, no matter how much sense they talk Perhaps I should just watch more women’s football so they are more familiar. However, if I had more time to watch football it would probably be more Seria A or Bundesliga. On that note, it would feel odd seeing Paulo Maldini being a pundit on soccer Saturday, commenting on Premier league / Championship football. Stick him on BT Sport for Champions League night and it would make more sense to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted August 30, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2020 ^ All this screeching and they STILL haven't announced any new presenters yet. Give your heads a wobble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted August 31, 2020 Members Share Posted August 31, 2020 7 hours ago, Cheese said: ^ All this screeching and they STILL haven't announced any new presenters yet. Give your heads a wobble. Thought we could say what we want without needing proof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted August 31, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2020 No scousers. That would be my only caveat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted August 31, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Rudy said: Thought we could say what we want without needing proof Only if you are a dairy product 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted August 31, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2020 14 hours ago, ZicoKelly said: And experience of winning stuff and playing at the highest level also sets up Steve McManaman as one the best Not fer me Zico, did you miss your own point made a few posts earlier? 14 hours ago, ZicoKelly said: Like i already said, the best insightful pundits I've come across are journalists, probably because they can string a coherent sentence together Some of the PLs best managers never played top level football If you know your stuff, you know you're stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted August 31, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Rudy said: Thought we could say what we want without needing proof You can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted August 31, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2020 Obviously! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted August 31, 2020 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, MickyD said: Zico, did you miss your own point made a few posts earlier? no, why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 I hope they get rid of Gary The rat Neville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted August 31, 2020 Members Share Posted August 31, 2020 16 minutes ago, tomski said: I hope they get rid of Gary The rat Neville More chance of them hiring his dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Just now, Rudy said: More chance of them hiring his dad Wouldn’t put it past them. I have to mute him at times. He would be seen as over biased on their own tv channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted August 31, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted August 31, 2020 I prefer him to Chhharagggger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, tomski said: I hope they get rid of Gary The rat Neville See I like the Neville carra banter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted August 31, 2020 Members Share Posted August 31, 2020 Souness I don’t mind because he hates United and Pogba Keane does not give a fuck and I quite like that Redknapp talks shite Neville is never wrong and a dirty red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 54 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said: See I like the Neville carra banter It’s horrendous unless Neville is on the end of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 11 minutes ago, Rudy said: Souness I don’t mind because he hates United and Pogba Keane does not give a fuck and I quite like that Redknapp talks shite Neville is never wrong and a dirty red I’d go with most of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 hour ago, MickyD said: I prefer him to Chhharagggger! Horrific statement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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