To be fair to BT, Moore is a lifelong Portsmouth fan who enjoys a dig at Southampton.
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Good post, and I completely agree. As an example, listening to Atherton, Hussein, Key etc on Sky's cricket coverage, you feel they are communicating genuine insights about the game which the average viewer (or even most keen fans), wouldn't have appreciated for themselves. The large majority of football pundits merely describe what you've just watched, and resort to tired cliches whilst doing so.
The feeling is mutual.
But he's spot on though. BBC did point to the challenge as being crucial and then the ruthlessness of the finishing instead of VAR
I haven't watched a after game analysis for atleast a decade.
Granted I hear SKY do a decent show of it but, in the main, I never feel like I'm missing out of anything amazingly insightful, especially when your pundits are Rio, Owen, Scholes and Sherwood.
Granted I hear SKY do a decent show of it but, in the main, I never feel like I'm missing out of anything amazingly insightful, especially when your pundits are Rio, Owen, Scholes and Sherwood.
While we're on the subject of pundits trying to fabricate controversy, it's long overdue that Sky replace Geoff Shreeves as their post-match interviewer. That cnut can suck the life out of any victory for a player or manager with some truly bizarre questions. Always trying to stir something up.
True that. I like to stick around to get Ole's comments but I don't care too much for what anyone else has to say. I can form my own opinion.
City win 3-0 and all you hear is how they're the best team in Europe right now, no one plays better football, heir to the crown, all that bollocks. United win 9-0, let's talk for 15 minutes solid about VAR and red cards because that red card and penalty at 6-0 was a match-defining moment.
It's infuriating. They deliberately try to take the joy out of any United win by looking for the slightest little reason the other team were badly done to. Last night they were really clutching at straws.
Just ask Branislav Ivanovic
That was awful. I would have cheered if he had punch Shreeves in the face.
I don't get it to be honest? I also feel like the general public mostly accepts VAR now for what it is, we know how it works even if we don't understand all the refereeing decisions still. It doesn't matter if someone is 1mm offside, guess what? They're offside.
But for some reason, the media, which is mostly ex-players and dinosaurs, think everything is a travesty and VAR is to blame so they keep pushing this narrative.
The ref calls a penalty because he thought there was contact, VAR says "you might want to take a look, it looks minimal". Ref checks, stands by his decision, penalty stands. Where is the fecking controversy in that?
Shiiiiit, forgot about that one. Wanker.
But VAR was supposed to fix everything !!
They decided at half time that was right after looking at it once from one angle.
Trouble with Jake Humphries is that he thinks he is one of the pundits. He keeps butting in with his opinion when it is the pundits opinion that people tune in to hear. I am actually impressed with Kelly Cates on Sky ( I know she is Kenny' daughter), she will put a question out there and let the pundits discuss it, then when that is done, moves onto the next point. That is professional.
Yep, cricket (and those three actually!) is one sport that really highlights footballs failings, but the cricket broadcasters are helped by the nature of the game which gives them a lot more time to fill and to analysis and draw out less obvious things.
Still, you can tell Hussain and Atherton spot something about a batsman's technique within two or three deliveries. There's no comparitive football pundit who seems to be able to spot trends or patterns of play so quickly, hence the need to react with clichés and descriptive analysis.
Without VAR it would still have been a penalty and red card and they’d have still been complaining. Cavani would also have had a penalty, which I’m sure they’d have reviewed 40 times had it been given.
Funeral atmosphere on BT now.
Jake Humphrey sounds gutted. Definitely not a closet Liverpool fan though. 
They will probably still mention that penalty decision last night amidst the post match reaction.
There was last night too.
I was just about to post this! So glum in there, talk about impartial reporting
yes Brighton won today, but football lost last night at Old Trafford
Great stuff from Joleon Lescott there. Liverpool are still in the title race, but Utd aren’t, apparently.
"not capable of going on a run"
Lost one EPL game in 16 matches, I don't mind. We will just carry on to the next game Everton - tough game
Congratulations to the co-commentator for the Leeds-Everton game. God knows who he was but he was a complete moron.
Weirdly they were getting onto every MAnutd VAR decision but no mention of the foul that should have been a pen on Cavani but was given outside the box. ... hmmm
They get a lot of stick but the Manager Mode function on the iOS app is fantastic. Real time player tracking and tactical overview in a non-obtrusive way. It’s like a football video game but for real life. Wonderful.
Their app is 10000x better than anything Sky Go can offer. Sky Go is the worst app ever written on PC.
Their app is 10000x better than anything Sky Go can offer. Sky Go is the worst app ever written on PC.
They actually went back and revisited the Bednarek incident again, before going off air. 
Welcome to the Europa League on their advert, you cheeky little feckers
Everyone is worried the Devil might be awakening from his slumber sooner than they would have liked.
They all hope we have a barren run similar to Liverpool.
Agreed on both points. Jake Humphries is a bit of a smarmy git anyway, but he definitely fancies himself as one of the lads rather than just the presenter. He's even included on the pre-match predictions along with the pundits. The CL coverage is a lot more tolerable, mainly because he's replaced by the much more likeable Gary Lineker, and the 'ladz' rhetoric makes way for some actual analysis. Rio is a good pundit, Hargreaves is decent, and less Robbie Savage is a bonus as well.
All programming has been cancelled and they will talk about VAR for the rest of the day despite it being correct.
Just said on BT this bad run should be taken into context Liverpool are playing without TEN, yes TEN first team players. What the duck is this nonsense I keep hearing.
As they would say if it was us. 'Isn't that squads are for?'
Who are these ten players they're missing ?
Incredible bias the way they say Liverpool are without 10 first team players. What about Leicester?
Maybe they re counting Alison and Thiago too
)And Mane.Maybe they re counting Alison and Thiago too