Yeah, Souness is not an idiot. He's got that in-built anti-United thing but you can accept that when it's more nuanced than just laughing like a hyena.
Micah Richards - The Pundit
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
he's a pain in the arse and he's not funny
Why does he feel the need to shout every time when he speaks? It’s absolutely annoying to hear and damage to my ears. Neville was right to tell him to stop ranting at one point of time
All the pundits are annoying
Keane repeats the same crap. Heart and desire is all he talks about.
Souness lives in the 80s
Jamie Rednapp is there just for his fading looks.
Carragher is good, but I’ve noticed how he tries to be clever by always have a little dig at Utd and mentioning how great Liverpool are. Like a kid in the play ground!
As for Richard’s, what a joke!
The best pundit I’ve heard on sky in the last few years was Jose Mourhino !
Keane repeats the same crap. Heart and desire is all he talks about.
Souness lives in the 80s
Jamie Rednapp is there just for his fading looks.
Carragher is good, but I’ve noticed how he tries to be clever by always have a little dig at Utd and mentioning how great Liverpool are. Like a kid in the play ground!
As for Richard’s, what a joke!
The best pundit I’ve heard on sky in the last few years was Jose Mourhino !
when mourinho or wenger etc are on its great because they all go pure deferential in the face of actual footballing knowledge outside of playing
I quite liked that road to Wembley thing he did with Roy Keane. That's the sort of environment is what Micah is good for, and that sort of light hearted content will get you a million views in an instant. But when he's talking like he did yesterday, he is unbearable. He's either just shouting like a madman, or just laughing when he doesn't have an answer.
G.Nev looking silly again. No shock there though. I wonder if Micah is still a loud mouth shite talker. 5-0 Conte.
Why qas neville looking silly
Tried to belittle him like he normally does when he talks rubbish but no one agrees with him.
Like when he refused to call out Ole. He still thinks there’s something about us as a club which means Conte is beneath us.
I find it incredible that anyone could watch that clip and think anyone other than Micah comes out of it looking silly. Micah has been and will continue to be a loudmouth shite talker.
Ummmmmmmm. Make him sound like Chris Jericho
I thought he had a poor showing after the derby.
He reminds me of my mate when you disagree with him about something football related. He just starts shouting over you and then asks a stupid rhetorical unrelated question to try and prove a point.
The Keane/Richards pantomime is just a little embarrassing.
Keane brooding and moody and Richards laughing so loud I nearly shat myself and dropped my wine, he just seems childish at times.
Keane brooding and moody and Richards laughing so loud I nearly shat myself and dropped my wine, he just seems childish at times.
A bit too Kriss Akabusi for me, and even as a City fan, I find him embarrassing.
I'd much rather listen to Nedum Onouha, but for some reason he doesn't tick all the Sky Football Boxes.
I'd much rather listen to Nedum Onouha, but for some reason he doesn't tick all the Sky Football Boxes.
Name I've not heard in a while.
You're absolutely right, and it's a shame because whilst sounding educated and tactically aware, Onouha doesn't appeal to a wider audience (unlike City's version of Kriss Akabusi who I personally can't stand as a pundit)
The fact Onuoha doesn't get more high profile media appearances is something I've been harping on about a bit (I created a thread about him last summer which got the grand total of 1 response
), he really deserves it. He's great.This prick is a raving fecking idiot....and I can see why Skysports have him there which tells us a lot about Skysports.
Mediocre player mediocre at everything, but someone has given him a job because they had to. Talks bollocks but 99% of them do anyway.
I thought he was right to laugh at Roy…I was in stitches myself - he just kept going on. I didn’t really get the Neville debate - Micah seemed genuinely angry at how incompetent we are. It was weird. I generally like him though - he offers very little insight but none of them do really. It’s about entertainment.
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The guy just fecking sucks at his job. One of the most obvious offenders in the ‘I clearly forget football exists outside of the Premier League’ crowd.
I regret what I said before. He's offensively thick.
With pundits these days it's hard to tell if they're genuinely clueless or are told to "dumb it down" so the average armchair fan can actually understand what's being said. But i actually want really insightful analysis, and i think if they gave more detailed observations about a team, manager or player it might make us fans understand more and be less critical. Because while a lot of criticism is justified i do think it goes too far sometimes and we get on peoples backs for the smallest mistake.
But if they're going to persist with this "banter" approach without any real insight then why are they employed? They're not telling us things we don't know and in certain cases it looks like them being employed is basically like a charity. And at this point i'd much rather have no punditry and do some actual good with the pundits wages and give it to some proper charities who need and deserve it far more than these guys do.
But if they're going to persist with this "banter" approach without any real insight then why are they employed? They're not telling us things we don't know and in certain cases it looks like them being employed is basically like a charity. And at this point i'd much rather have no punditry and do some actual good with the pundits wages and give it to some proper charities who need and deserve it far more than these guys do.
It was kinda clear what Micah Richards was from the beginning. Just a good laugh. Now the laugh is wearing thin. He's about as insightful as a vacuum. The Benzema clip above is beyond embarrassing. You should never sit in a pundit's chair again after that.
Reminds me of that Shearer quote about Ben Arfa, like there’s a whole generation of English footballers who weren’t aware France existed
Average armchair fans want to hear expert opinions, not dumbed down or simplified.
I know nothing about cricket or boxing but when I watch it I love hearing the commentators and pundits talk in detail about what's happening.
That's one thing (as well as the cost obviously) that I feel sky sports do wrong. They treat the audience like children.
Spoken like a bit of a casual fan with all due respect.
A lot of people care a lot more than it sounds like you do!
This is just opinion.
It's the same on CBS with Richards and Carragher. I doubt US viewers enjoy their childish antics.
Robbie Savage is extremely knowledgeable about football though and carries 606 for years with Sutton. If a fan rings in and tries to stump him he immediately has a response backed up with stats off the top of his head, a lot better than Richards ever will be. I get that he doesn’t seem to be everyone’s cup of tea but he’s really quite good and I enjoy him.
These are the same people that voted Trump for President. They'd probably make Carragher a senator
Would just like to say that I saw it first in the OP. Zero football knowledge
Savage is pointlessly argumentative to the point of hounding people sometimes on 606, I think he ruins that show. Been doing it a long time though so obviously enough people disagree. I think he’s ignorant as, though.
He can be argumentative sometimes but there are a lot of eggs ring in as well, some of the takes are crazy, City fans ringing in saying Pep has gone stale should be replaced and the like.
Honestly he's smarter than most US senators. I'd much prefer him over the likes of Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, Joe Manchin, Rick Scott, etc.
That is actually one of the worst takes I've ever seen on TV by a former professional. Insane.
Henry's reaction says it all.
He also said something on the same show about Mbappe should be wanting to go to City over Madrid if he wants to win the UCL, apparently they have been more consistent in the UCL.
Consistently shit. I don't think he got the memo that City are the English version of PSG. CL bottlers.
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At least someone likes him then.
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I was a big fan of Alan Green and fully understand that I am in a minority. But I will not forgive BBC for the underhanded way they sacked him.
Yes he was controversial. But no other football commentator has come remotely close for his passion and knowledge of the game.
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I don't know about his football knowledge, as I was never one to listen to radio football shows outside of live coverage, but his live game commentary was always top notch.