Pundits you actually like?

[cyberman]

Rio for me, he talks sense and doesn't take himself too seriously.
Alan Smith is also criminally underrated

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Neville & Carragher are the best for me... but after them there's a fair few that I like.

As an aside, Wright, Shearer and Lineker are usually pretty good when it comes to England.

 

[whatwha]

Carragher, Lampard. Rio's okay I guess. Jenas possibly. Dislike most of the rest.

 

[Jeppers7]

Henry. Loathed him when he played for Arsenal. But what a really great guy with good insight and charisma. By far the best for me.

 

[ObieDeMoon]

I don't mind Dixon but you can tell he hates United so much!

 

[Hugh Jass]

Carragher for me. Neville too.

 

[westmeath]

Carragher is a great pundit but can’t believe he’s allowed back on TV after what he did.

I don’t really rate Neville as much as others here and elsewhere do. I really don’t think he’s as insightful as he thinks he is. (Some would say the same about me )

My favourite is Graham Hunter, by far. I also like Ken Early (Irish - Second Captains podcast).

I will never understand how Guillem Balague gets work as a pundit.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Danny Higginbotham

 

[whatwha]

Carragher is a great pundit but can’t believe he’s allowed back on TV after what he did.

I don’t really rate Neville as much as others here and elsewhere do. I really don’t think he’s as insightful as he thinks he is. (Some would say the same about me )

My favourite is Graham Hunter, by far. I also like Ken Early (Irish - Second Captains podcast).

I will never understand how Guillem Balague gets work as a pundit.

One instance of landing a bit of saliva on someone should get you fired and kicked off TV forever? Why?

 

[tomaldinho1]

Carragher is a great pundit but can’t believe he’s allowed back on TV after what he did.

I don’t really rate Neville as much as others here and elsewhere do. I really don’t think he’s as insightful as he thinks he is. (Some would say the same about me )

My favourite is Graham Hunter, by far. I also like Ken Early (Irish - Second Captains podcast).

I will never understand how Guillem Balague gets work as a pundit.

This confuses me greatly also

 

[poleglass red]

Owen Hargreaves was pretty unbearable when he first started, recently though I've found him to be really good, especially as a co-commentator.

Phil Neville by far the worst.

It's Hargreaves accent that is more annoying than his actual analysis.

 

[spwd]

Carragher and Jenas are the best at the minute, Gnev used to be good but hes gone too far the other way now, Higginbottom, Dixon, Le tissier, Alan Smith and Rio are all decent too.

 

[Revaulx]

Owen Hargreaves was pretty unbearable when he first started, recently though I've found him to be really good, especially as a co-commentator.

Phil Neville by far the worst.

Spot on re Hargreaves. There’s no doubt he carried a residual bitterness towards United when he started out, but that disappeared long ago.

Phil Neville is awful. I find Gary’s bravado rather wearing as well.

I used to think Lee Dixon was decent, but he was very cliché-ridden at the World Cup. Zabaleta was great though; he hadn’t got any great insight but came across as a really nice chap.

 

[Josh 76]

The usual suspects which are already mentioned. I was impressed with Trevor Francis during the world cup. Also starting to like what Steve McMahon (not McManama) has to say.

The ones that drive me mad:
Phil Neville
Phil Thompson
Jamie Rednapp
Souness
Belamy

 

[Johan07]

Mourinho was pretty entertaining while punditing on Russian TV during the WC. Even if he made everything sound like he was talking about himself and United. Or maybe the latter was more in my mind. He will not lack for offers when/if he decides to retire from managing thats for sure.

 

[Slevs]

Paul Robinson is a very good speaker and actually knows what he's talking about.

 

[westmeath]

One instance of landing a bit of saliva on someone should get you fired and kicked off TV forever? Why?

Thank you, you have asked and answered your question

 

[cyberman]

Carragher and Jenas are the best at the minute, Gnev used to be good but hes gone too far the other way now, Higginbottom, Dixon, Le tissier, Alan Smith and Rio are all decent too.

I don't understand the love for Jenas, he has a great talent for speaking without saying anything.
He seems to be a follow the narrative type of pundit.

 

[#07]

Mourinho was pretty entertaining while punditing on Russian TV during the WC. Even if he made everything sound like he was talking about himself and United. Or maybe the latter was more in my mind. He will not lack for offers when/if he decides to retire from managing thats for sure.

Agreed, the best punditry I've heard in recent times came from Jose Mourinho at Russia 2018.

Besides Mourinho, I obviously respect Gary Neville's punidtry and I've also got a lot of time for Danny Higginbotham. Generally speaking I like it when the pundits come prepared with stats and data and don't just say things you'd hear down the pub. A lot of pundits seem to get away with making totally unfounded claims about players, simply because they are never challenged to evidence the views they give.

 

[Speedicut75]

Danny Higginbotham. Great analyst, and decent pundit.

 

[Johan07]

Agreed, the best punditry I've heard in recent times came from Jose Mourinho at Russia 2018.

Besides Mourinho, I obviously respect Gary Neville's punidtry and I've also got a lot of time for Danny Higginbotham. Generally speaking I like it when the pundits come prepared with stats and data and don't just say things you'd hear down the pub. A lot of pundits seem to get away with making totally unfounded claims about players, simply because they are never challenged to evidence the views they give.

For someone that lives in Kyiv I have not had the pleasure to hear or see Higginbotham on TV. I do have an enormous respect for his written columns. Very astute tactically.
What broadcaster does he work for?

 

[Class of 63]

01:19 Kam the Man

 

[#07]

For someone that lives in Kyiv I have not had the pleasure to hear or see Higginbotham on TV. I do have an enormous respect for his written columns. Very astute tactically.
What broadcaster does he work for?

I've seen him do tactical previews on Sky Sports News, although I understand that he is a co-commentator for some coverage in the States.

 

[fergies coat]

Paul Merson for me. He’s an outstanding pundit. The guy really knows his stuff.

 

[.Rossi]

Myself

 

[tomaldinho1]

I think Jenas is actually decent, G Nev/Carra are ok (I think it would help if one was an attacking player because their analysis is so much better when they focus on defensive tactics etc). Rio is good as well actually.

There must be some recently retired footballers who can speak well on camera and are better than the Bellamys, Redknapps and Keys of this world though.

 

[The White Pele]

Carragher and Rio are my favourites. Rio doesn’t over analyse things and gives some good insight on the mindset of a player or a dressing room.

Neville is obviously good too but he can go way over the top sometimes when trying to land a point.

I always think that Lineker could give much better insight than most of the pundits he finds himself asking questions to.

 

[Berbaclass]

Didn't think it would be too popular opinion here but I quite like Bellamy to be fair. Watched a few championship games this season too and I didn't mind Keith Andrews as a pundit. Sky seem to be pushing him as the Neville or the championship with his video analysis bits.

 

[tentan]

Like - Neville, Carragher, Lampard, Ferdinand, Savage

Dislike - Keane, Souness,

 

[Scroto Baggins]

I was surprised by Belamy, dont mind him as a pundit, Jenas, Rio, Lampard the others. Carragher is in that so so boat, cant condone his actions but dont mind his punditry.

 

[Hound Dog]

Chris Kamara

 

[sp_107]

Danny Higginbotham

Yes, Inlike him lots

Him, Lampard and Jenas for me
Gary, Carraghar and Rio are next

Souness is worst of all

 

[whatwha]

Thank you, you have asked and answered your question

Not really...

 

[francobaresi]

Neville
Carragher
Jenas
Ferdinand
















Keown

 

[T00lsh3d]

Strachen is a good pundit. The way I rate a pundit is basically ‘tell me something I don’t already know’. The vast majority wheel out the bleeding obvious. Strachen is always one that tells me something that I wasn’t expecting

 

[The Cat]

Never seen Bellamy as a pundit but I'll look out for him.

I respect the hard work and detail Neville and Carragher bring to the trade - they've changed punditry really with the indepth analysis and insight they add and they're both very good at getting their points across. Neville just tries too hard to be unbiased for me and although it might be his commentary that annoys me more than his punditry - his trying to start a red card fuss about an absolutely innocuous challenge from Lukaku last year really pissed me off.

Eamon Dunphy, Michael Owen, Don Hutchinson, Danny Murphy and Owen Hargreaves are the 5 pillars of punditry evil though. I'd pay a years salary to have them all banished to a remote island for the rest of their days. Hell, I'd even listen to Phil Neville commentating and analysing every United game for a year if it meant I never had to watch those 5 clowns again.

Bellamy is pretty good on the Debate.

 

[Physiocrat]

No-one has mentioned Ruud Gullit at all. He's not on that much but he's a likeable presence and has insightful analysis of the games. I wish he was on moem

 

[TAA]

Hated him as a player but love him as a pundit, Gary Neville

Him and Carra are the best by far. Cant stand sutton

I also really like collymore

 

[SER19]

I thought danny murphy started off well but has gone along with narratives more lately. Danny Higginbotham is a good commentator. Neville and carragher usually good even if i disagree. Sherwood wright redknapp are awful.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Like: Carragher, Neville, Dixon, Lampard, Shearer, Gullt & Keano (for entertainment value)
Neutral: Jenas, Rio, Savage, Bellamy, Michael Owen
Dislike: Souness, Redknapp, Ian Wright

I always think that Lineker could give much better insight than most of the pundits he finds himself asking questions to.

always find it funny when he asks someone like Murphy "how do you break down this defence?" when he himself is clearly the best person to answer that question