Anyone else sick and tired of Gary Neville? He was a breath of fresh air when he first appeared but Jamie Carragher now dwarfs him on every aspect of being a pundit. Not to mention Roy Keane and Michah Richards.
He can't give a straight answer as he's trying to cover his pals back. He looks lifeless, tired and washed up. He advocates giving managers time yet sacks more Salford managers than Paul Scholes sucks toes. He's made some very dodgy comments alluding to the vaccine being unsafe on his Sky Sports podcast and is constantly looking for political angles to get cheap shots in at Boris Johnson. I think he should be removed right away if it wasn't for the fact it's brilliant seeing his demise week by week. He's been exposed as a total fraud in management (his tenre at Valencia and joke role as Hodgsons assistant at England) and literally everything single thing he's said about Ole has been wrong. Sky are trying to promote equality yet he's in business with someone who is on trial for slapping women around
. As you say he has branched into political statements and stances, popping up on GMB occasionally to peddle his thoughts on pension credit, etc. He fumbled around a bit on Sun trying to indirectly back-up Ole whilst not backing him up. He needs to wind his neck in and stick to football punditry and I would say try and limit his Man U bias, but when you are faced with Souness, Redknapp and Carragher, it's very difficult not too!!
Haha, I know. In my system, the best way I could highlight my dislike of him was to type him 1st on the list. However, I should probably add Stan Collymore to the list, and he equally gets on my nerves. But, to be honest, I can't remember him being a mainstream pundit on any channels in a while, so maybe he has been relegated to internet streaming channels like youTube?
I think this sums up my feelings as well, although Neville claims he didn’t get involved in politics until politicians started getting involved in football.I can see why you and others now think like this. I was a big fan of GN but recently I'm a bit more
I don't mind ex-players being pundits on matches they were an ex-player. OK, they may have certain barriers if it involves them talking about a "mate". However, they are passionate about their clubs. So, if they are playing well they are likely to passionately discuss that. If they are playing badly, they are likely to be passionate about criticising. I'd rather have Neville, Keane, Souness and Carragher as pundits for Liverpool - United than Shearer, Wright, Defoe and Richards. Not that they have nothing to offer, it is just they have little / no emotional attachments to the clubs. To be fair, regardless of the match, you often see the TV broadcaster tries to get ex-players in for the teams that they are showing.
Yeah, I guess in the studio it's fine if you have one for each team and a third who is neutral for balance. But if there is one co-commentator then he should certainly be neutral.
The next step for VAR?
The next step for VAR?
The next step for VAR?
as you say makes zero sense It would have taken a brave pundit to criticise Sir Alex, regardless of what club they played for. If they did, they'd have probably been mocked by more fans than supported. Just in the same way I don't expect any pundits to come out and be negative towards Klopp or Pepe, especially the longer they stay and are successful.
To be fair, Jermaine Defoe just sat there like a mute, whilst the other 3 went at it. Felt quite awkward for him. Had they brought Lewis Hamilton in instead of a Defoe, I doubt it would have made any difference to the show. I suspect Defoe was dragged in last minute as Keane had personal issues, who knows.
i don’t understand how a pundit changes how someone views a result ?
Sometimes I’ll watch them - actually enjoy when Richards and Keane are on
Phil Neville was the latest to come out and support OGS , in fairness I can understand why they won’t demand a manager to be sacked or leave etc - they aren’t there to give that but you would hope that they would give a fair outlook on how things are going - and Neville bottled saying that OGS is not good enough to manage the club , I think Keane would have no issues saying it. Souness in the past stated it about Rodgers etc
