Seem an odd time of the season to bow out. Why not wait till the season ends? Not a month before.
Must be some reason.
Must be some reason.
Graeme Sourness | Retires from “punditry”
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Interesting. I must admit to being one of those who expected the opposite.
That said, I’m still delighted to hear this news. Off you jolly well feck, Mr Souness.
Good riddance to him. Awful pundit.
He's not been used much for months. Been on Talksport more often.
They’ve marginalised him there too. He’s absolutely rubbish.
He's 70 next week so probably planned to retire then
It's just not the same for him without Pogba this season.
Sometimes he sounded weirdly reactionary and old fashioned but he was also vegan and pro-gay rights. He's comes across like a stereotype but he does seem more interesting than that.
He'd finally chased Pogba out of England so he could retire gracefully.
I'm surprised by how many comments have claimed he's a good pundit and we'll miss him when he's gone.
He has defended the Glazers on more than one occasion by saying that they "took a huge risk when buying United" and that United fans are only protesting against their owners because they're not challenging for the top honours anymore.
He clearly was ill-educated on the subject matter but has still felt the need to be staunch in his defence of the Glazers. And the less said about his weird agenda against Pogba, the better. Having to watch him come out with some proper tripe over the years has made for painful viewing. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
He has defended the Glazers on more than one occasion by saying that they "took a huge risk when buying United" and that United fans are only protesting against their owners because they're not challenging for the top honours anymore.
He clearly was ill-educated on the subject matter but has still felt the need to be staunch in his defence of the Glazers. And the less said about his weird agenda against Pogba, the better. Having to watch him come out with some proper tripe over the years has made for painful viewing. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
This was one of the moments Souness shone the brightest as a pundit.
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Yeah he spoke really well there. Fair play.
He quit TalkSPORT after becoming a laughing stock. Couldn’t hack the backlash.
And what's worse was he would have it explained to him over and over, usually by Neville although I'm sure Keane did it once too, why Utd fans hate the Glazers and why it's total nonsense to claim they put any of their own money into the club and he'd just ignore it and parrot the same ill-informed bollocks whenever the topic came up.
He was a fecking shite pundit and I'm glad to see he's gone.
It is what it is, producers target big reputation ex-players who is clearly biased or a fan of the ex-club.
To gain what? To gain wind ups, banter and controversial takes on players on their rival clubs. It worked.
Anyway, good riddance Greame Souness! Enjoy your retirement!
To gain what? To gain wind ups, banter and controversial takes on players on their rival clubs. It worked.
Anyway, good riddance Greame Souness! Enjoy your retirement!
You must be on a wind up? The guy is a grade A bellend. Biased prick!
Really? Never knew that, my doctor has prescribed a low sourness diet so I avoid him but fair play, because yeah, like you say, not exactly what I'd expect!
Good shout from whoever said he'll be in Qatar at BeIn with hairy hands and old gray whistle test.
Exactly. He struck me as a bitter old man who is too stubborn to admit when he's wrong. Same thing when calling Casemiro a 'steady Eddie' after United signed him. Neville called him out on it a couple of months ago and Souness refused to admit he got it wrong.
Sometimes he sounded weirdly reactionary and old fashioned but he was also vegan and pro-gay rights. He's comes across like a stereotype but he does seem more interesting than that.
He'd finally chased Pogba out of England so he could retire gracefully.
You can justify that if you're Talksport or a YouTube fan channel but you'd expect better from Sky Sports as they charge their audience a pricey subscription fee. For that kind of money you'd expect their pundits to do their research before going on-air, and maybe even offer the occasional tactical analysis, instead of continuing to employ dinosaurs like Souness so that they can go on the wind up for the bants.
About time.
Didn't he get a heart attack or something? Looks good for 70
Like Roy Keane?
Most ex players are absolutely clueless. Michael Owen has a whole list of stupid things he has said including liking a player with 2 feet (should hope so). Scholes, Jenas, Richards. Countless names of players who don’t do research and go on air just to launch click bait style rants or primary school level analysis.
Souness is just another one who said too much although he did bring up valid points at times. I don’t particularly care for the man as a pundit but he has my respect for the flag incident with Galatasaray and actually coming out of that alive.
Boring pundit that just mostly rehashed the same tired clichés. Didn't understand modern football or the modern footballer and offered nothing of note.
No wind up
Spoke really well on social issues at times.
But he was a dreadful pundit. And he cannot mask his contempt for us to a level that is wildly unprofessional. Good riddance. Off to TalkSh*te you go.
But he was a dreadful pundit. And he cannot mask his contempt for us to a level that is wildly unprofessional. Good riddance. Off to TalkSh*te you go.
Loved his stuff on the Zouma incident and as above the gay rights section.
He’s joined an Italian football TV channel. Their equivalent to Sky pretty much.
He never contributed anything intelligent except trying to denigrate United in any way possible.
Good riddance.
Good riddance.
Good riddance. He has all the footballing insight of a house brick, as shown by his managerial efforts, and he almost single handedly led a public witch hunt against one of our players.
Best news I’ve seen for ages!!
I’ll miss him an Keanes little spats, however the guy is a grade a cnut
Pogba is fecked
Yep. Keano is hardly my favourite pundit either but at least he's not defended parasitic owners on multiple occasions. He usually sticks to topics that he's well-equipped to comment on.
The number of times since then where he's used faux-outrage to say things like "Mourinho could've caused a riot with his celebration" or "I could've been seriously injured from an empty beer can thrown by United fans" has lost him all credibility. If you're going to incite a riot in a Turkish Derby (and continue to stand by actions) then you can't pretend to offended by far more trivial incidents.
Souness was bang out of order with the flag. Why respect that?
Yeh he has had heart issues.
Makeup and Botox certainly help! But yes agreed he is in great shape and form for a 70 year old
I like him as a pundit and will miss his straight talking. Ok he didn’t like us mancs but he knew the game inside out. Brutal on the pitch in his day. No doubt we will now get another new pundit who knows Jack shite about the game. There’s too many of them now. 
He is the perfect pundit for the Sky subscribers demographic but I'm sure he's fed up of it and having to be careful with what he says. His time has moved on. He was great on RTE in the mid 00s.
He’s still going to be a Mail columnist. Expect some crazy ABU headlines.
Think when he called Casemiro a “steady eddy” . He showed clearly by that stupid comment he doesn’t watch much football bar Liverpool. Heard from older fans he was a good player. But way before my day so never saw him. As a pundit didn’t offer a lot.