Pundits

[aws]

1 hour ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

But you have to admit that the same rules, by definition, makes it the same game. I've got no interest in Sunday league matches or the Cambodian third division, but I'm not going to pretend they're not football; that'd be silly.

Why don't we have pundits from the Sunday or Cambodian leagues though? That would only be fair. 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, aws said:

Why don't we have pundits from the Sunday or Cambodian leagues though? That would only be fair. 

Probably closer to understanding what the English PL players have been through than the women though.

[m0e]

7 hours ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

But you have to admit that the same rules, by definition, makes it the same game. I've got no interest in Sunday league matches or the Cambodian third division, but I'm not going to pretend they're not football; that'd be silly.

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

23 hours ago, m0e said:

 

Well, yeah. A game - any game - is defined by the rules by which it's played.

 

This isn't controversial.

[m0e]

6 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Well, yeah. A game - any game - is defined by the rules by which it's played.

 

This isn't controversial.

You've picked your side and now want to filter any arguement through it.

 

It's nothing new, but I'm certainly not engaging with it.

[lifetime fan]

I know he’s not a great pundit but I can’t help but  like Merson. 
 

He’s always spoken well of us, he adores Thommo and listening to him of the Guardian football podcast today you just think…there but for the grace…

[Street Preacher]

54 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

I know he’s not a great pundit but I can’t help but  like Merson. 
 

He’s always spoken well of us, he adores Thommo and listening to him of the Guardian football podcast today you just think…there but for the grace…

I used to be a bit anti-Merson but I think he's a decent fella who's had a few ups and downs and he does chat a load of shit but then so do 99% of pundits. He was good player too. 

[aws]

I'd rather listen to Merson than most of the others. A sense of humour and no axes to grind. 

[YorkshireRed]

He’s a likeable, flawed, chap who’s made many a mistake but probably suffered greatly for them.
 

A great player who seems to know very little about football. Being the former no longer seems to be a prerequisite for a career in punditry but, fortunately for him, neither does football knowledge. 
 

I think he needs it a great deal, so I hope he continues to spout his nonsense for the foreseeable.

[VladimirIlyich]

Merson is an absolute dick. He's probably no bigger a dick than the rest of them though.

[Creator Supreme]

Merson's a twat, but he's got issues, must be fucking tough for him to get through the day sometimes!

[lifetime fan]

2 hours ago, Street Preacher said:

I used to be a bit anti-Merson but I think he's a decent fella who's had a few ups and downs and he does chat a load of shit but then so do 99% of pundits. He was good player too. 

Yeah that makes perfect sense. 
 

He’s not a great, insightful pundit. Not even close. 
 

But he’s a self confessed dyslexic kid from a not privileged background who ended up in a world he had no preparation for. 
 

How many posters on here alone grew up not

paying attention in class daydreaming of making it pro as a footballer? 

[lifetime fan]

1 hour ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Merson is an absolute dick. He's probably no bigger a dick than the rest of them though.

He doesn’t come across as having any agenda. 
 

That makes him better than 50% of pundits at least. 
 

A piss poor level I accept. 

[lifetime fan]

On 06/10/2021 at 18:38, lifetime fan said:

I know he’s not a great pundit but I can’t help but  like Merson. 
 

He’s always spoken well of us, he adores Thommo and listening to him of the Guardian football podcast today you just think…there but for the grace…

Paul Merson: Football, Gambling and Me

BBC1 tonight at 9. 

[Bjornebye]

Always loved this Harry Redknapp story about Merson when he was at Pompey

 

 

 

 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Merson is Rinus Michels compared to Micah Richards. He was on with two women’s presenters the other week, 5 tits.

[Pete]

18 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Merson is Rinus Michels compared to Micah Richards. He was on with two women’s presenters the other week, 5 tits.

but only one cunt

[lifetime fan]

On 11/10/2021 at 14:09, lifetime fan said:

Paul Merson: Football, Gambling and Me

BBC1 tonight at 9. 

For someone with an addictive personality that was fucking hard watching. 

[Creator Supreme]

5 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

For someone with an addictive personality that was fucking hard watching. 

It was, and I haven't got an addictive personality, grew up with a few who have though.

 

He knows he's made a bollocks of his life, and he is trying to sort himself out.

 

Noticed when I was watching that he has a fucking big skin lesion on the side of his head too, needs to get that fucker checked out!

[Tony Moanero]

42 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

For someone with an addictive personality that was fucking hard watching. 

I don’t mind Paul Merson, he was a good player. I only watched the first half as I watched to catch the second half of Coronation Street on ITV +1. I agree it was a touch watch. A bit too close to home, given I’ve had problems with alcoholism and gambling.

[DJLJ]

According to the ‘great’ Micah Richards, Rose is normally great at 1v1’s, after losing approx 50 of them to Salah in the Watford game. They are absolutely rubbish, every single one of them. Not a single word of wisdom across the whole lot.

[Pete]

4 hours ago, DJLJ said:

According to the ‘great’ Micah Richards, Rose is normally great at 1v1’s, after losing approx 50 of them to Salah in the Watford game. They are absolutely rubbish, every single one of them. Not a single word of wisdom across the whole lot.

Micah Richards is a complete and utter knob.  

[m0e]

Worst pundit ever.

[sir roger]

Matterface and Dean Ashton were gushing in their praise of us on Talksport commentary.

[Jairzinho]

On 17/10/2021 at 05:55, DJLJ said:

According to the ‘great’ Micah Richards, Rose is normally great at 1v1’s, after losing approx 50 of them to Salah in the Watford game. They are absolutely rubbish, every single one of them. Not a single word of wisdom across the whole lot.

To be fair to Micah, he would know all about being a fucking shit full back that used to be able to run fast.