McCoist is good but it was glaringly obvious if you've seen him on QoS that his personality is top notch and would transfer well to punditry as he wouldn't be robotic and boring.
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To be fair, the creativity he shows in pulling nonsense out of his arse in defence of referees and VAR can't be easy. Doesn't matter how obviously wrong the decision is, you can always count on him to explain why referees are amazing.
Jermaine Jenas being co-commentator on BBC makes me lean towards ITV. One of the worst. Picks a narrative and has to stick with it. It was Sterling today. How he gave him MOTM when Phillips was hands down the best player on the pitch. It wasn’t even close.
Could listen to mccoist commentate all day long, esp compared to jenas
The ITV commentary duo of Tyldesley and McCoist shits all over the BBC’s pitiful offering of Mowbray and Jenas earlier on.
although it does sound like he finishes every sentence with a question mark?
much better than the BBC - but that’s a given when Jenas is the competition.
Yeah, ITV winning here. Great duo on commentary
Like the fact McCoist sounds like he actually wants to be there.
Easily pleased you lot.
But that's just it, I would stop short of declaring Ally great but unlike Jenas, who for some reason acts like he's too cool for it all, Ally wins on enthusiasm and relative likability alone
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I'm waiting to see which station will have the first ****** Colour Commentator or Pundit.
It's bound to happen the way things are going.
It's bound to happen the way things are going.
I've always been BBC over ITV, mainly because of ads. But with McCoist, Keane and most importantly a lack of Jermaine Jenas, ITV are well on top this year.
I'm happy that you won't be here to tell us about it when it happens.
You what?
BBC is full of monotonous voices and Shearer is as dull as dishwater. Mowbray also is irritating.
ITV are smashing it so far. Good panels and mccoist and Tyldesley are great together.
BBC will be seething about how good a game that was.
ITV are smashing it so far. Good panels and mccoist and Tyldesley are great together.
BBC will be seething about how good a game that was.
same
No heard the radio called the ****** in a long time. They have colour commentators on the radio, have done for years.
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ITV has been much better. McCoist is much better than Jenas and Keane is great.
Imagine watching that game tonight co-commentated by Jenas.
I quite like Guy Mowbray but Jenas is terrible, Just keep him on the One show.
with the ways things are going, these days, if you say you're English, you'll get arrested and thrown in jail!
Where the feck did this come from
Do people sit around waiting to get triggered?It's okay to like both channels, I don't mind Jenas but I absolutely adore McCoist and Clive, could listen to them all day.
Jon Hartson made the Austria game difficult to watch. Try and fake some enthusiasm please?!
Jon Hartson made the Austria game difficult to watch. Try and fake some enthusiasm please?!
I'm really really hoping the ITV curse doesn't strike for the England Scotland game
Can someone translate this because it surely doesn't mean what I think it does?
Please tell me this is a joke
Well aren't you a dickhead
It's a joke, a common phrase by Gammons now being parodied by the rest
It is. It's a Stewart Lee bit.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Absolutely awful commentator. Why is he even on there? His clean cut image is all he has going for him,for feck sake.
Thank god
He'd be the Michael Owen of punditry if Michael Owen wasn't already the Michael Owen of punditry.
Whoever gets keown, gets the win.
I usually watch RTE over either of the British stations but with most of the old guard gone it's not been up to the usual standard.
I switched to ITV/BBC today and ITV's definitely doing the best job this tournament.
I switched to ITV/BBC today and ITV's definitely doing the best job this tournament.
I used to be indifferent to Jermaine Jenas, but the more exposure he gets, the more he grates. For a man who is paid to talk, he's not very good at talking, particularly as a co-commentator.
For now, ITV is doing a bit better. Their pundits seem to have done their homework beyond knowing who the Premier League players are. Shearer's depth of punditry appears as if the only football he watches is those 10 minute segments on Match of the Day.
For now, ITV is doing a bit better. Their pundits seem to have done their homework beyond knowing who the Premier League players are. Shearer's depth of punditry appears as if the only football he watches is those 10 minute segments on Match of the Day.
Used to prefer BBC, but ITV are better this tournament (although still far from great).
What the likes of Shearer, Jenas and Murphy have done to be BBC’s regulars over the years is beyond me. They’re awful.
I’m also getting really sick of English pundits in general knowing absolutely nothing about football outside of the PL. It’s hard to listen to sometimes as they squirm trying to think of stale cliches to describe players they’ve never watched before, hoping to kill enough time so the presenter moves the conversation on. Shearer talking about Immobile the other night was painful.
What the likes of Shearer, Jenas and Murphy have done to be BBC’s regulars over the years is beyond me. They’re awful.
I’m also getting really sick of English pundits in general knowing absolutely nothing about football outside of the PL. It’s hard to listen to sometimes as they squirm trying to think of stale cliches to describe players they’ve never watched before, hoping to kill enough time so the presenter moves the conversation on. Shearer talking about Immobile the other night was painful.
ITV are using Michael Kiwanuka as their theme song, so they're definitely winning.
I long for the day either one of these two broadcasters replace their 'experts' with actual people who are far more informed, especially ones who cover foreign leagues, onto their panels.
Honigstein, Lowe, Horncastle, Wilson, Marcotti to name but a few who could comfortably add more depth and charisma to their coverage.
Honigstein, Lowe, Horncastle, Wilson, Marcotti to name but a few who could comfortably add more depth and charisma to their coverage.