Worst Ex Red Pundit

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Prompted by the Houghton thread.

 

IMO it is and always will be, Ian St John.

 

The way he spat his dummy out when Evans got the bullet and then proceeded to call Houllier 'The Frenchman' for the next six years, and never - ever, give credit where it was due.

 

His football understanding with regards the modern game is also virtually nil, and he begins every footy insight with the words 'Shanks used to say...'

[Woo]

Prompted by the Houghton thread.

 

IMO it is and always will be, Ian St John.

 

The way he spat his dummy out when Evans got the bullet and then proceeded to call Houllier 'The Frenchman' for the next six years, and never - ever, give credit where it was due.

 

His football understanding with regards the modern game is also virtually nil, and he begins every footy insight with the words 'Shanks used to say...'

 

Mark Lawrenson with out a shadow of a doubt

[stringvest]

Lawrenson is by and large fair. I don't like Redknapp as a pundit.

[wiiksie]

Jamie Redknapp has to be the worst.

 

Jim Beglin (if he can be classed as a pundit).

[kopitegaz]

Funny how St John virtually dissapeared from the airwaves when it became apparent that 2001 might actually turn into a decent season, and I dont think he really appeared again until early 2003 when it was becoming apparent that everything was going tits up.

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Funny how St John virtually dissapeared from the airwaves when it became apparent that 2001 might actually turn into a decent season, and I dont think he really appeared again until early 2003 when it was becoming apparent that everything was going tits up.

 

The phone-ins were the nadir of St John's media career, every caller would start with the words "I didn't get to the game today saint but..."

 

Then St John would start spouting shit about whoever, and then say something 'Shanks always used to say pass it back to the keeper and slow the game down, and we're no doin that, and the Frenchman has to take some of the blame!'

[Paul Don]

'Hello and welcome to the John Barnes Soccer Night, with me, John Barnes'.

 

By no means the worst, but certainly the most wooden.

[Gav]

without a shadow of a doubt it's Houghton,followed closely by Lawro and Beglin-bitter to the core the 3 of them

[Anny Road]

'mmmppphhh mmmppphhh pppfffddd'.

 

Thank you Mr Beardsley

[gkmacca]

McMahon, Spackman, Beglin, Houghton, Redknapp, St John, McManaman - all shite.

 

Of the tame ones on LFCTV, Gillespie is okay, Fairclough is likeable but hopeless at the job and Uncle Roy could make a vacuum cleaner sound eloquent.

[robslappa]

Beglin for me

[Stephen Adams.]

Phil Thompson.

Fantastic.

[gkmacca]

'mmmppphhh mmmppphhh pppfffddd'.

 

Thank you Mr Beardsley

 

You missed out: 'To be fair...' :wallbutt:

[hamstrung]

Mcmahon. Never has anything positive to say, ever.

[Mendoza]

'Hello and welcome to the John Barnes Soccer Night, with me, John Barnes'.

 

By no means the worst, but certainly the most wooden.

 

He reads an autocue like a hostage reading a prepared statement.

[Anny Road]

And the winner is MACMANAMAN

[Anubis]

St John has to be the worst. The man isn't just bad, he's spiteful and vindictive, which you can't say about the others. I actrually think Lawrenson is ok - he talks shite sometimes, but still obviously loves the club, as does Hansen. Thompson and Aldo are the best. They not only love the club but still feel every kick of the ball.

[kopitegaz]

The phone-ins were the nadir of St John's media career, every caller would start with the words "I didn't get to the game today saint but..."

 

Then St John would start spouting shit about whoever, and then say something 'Shanks always used to say pass it back to the keeper and slow the game down, and we're no doin that, and the Frenchman has to take some of the blame!'

 

During Houlliers time in charge, my dad was listening to the phone in while waiting to pick me up after a game. He said this caller came on and asked St John why he didnt have the decency to call GH by his name instead of the Frenchman, and would he like it if he was referred to as the Scotsman. He was promptly cut off, and the "wonderful" Phil Easton said, "thanks for that, oh well you cant please everyone Saint".

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St John has to be the worst. The man isn't just bad, he's spiteful and vindictive, which you can't say about the others. I actrually think Lawrenson is ok - he talks shite sometimes, but still obviously loves the club, as does Hansen. Thompson and Aldo are the best. They not only love the club but still feel every kick of the ball.

 

Agree with all of that.

 

Passion and first-hand expert knowledge is what you want from your pundits and you get that from both Aldo and Thomo, they have no agenda either and will give full credit to the other side if they deserve it.

 

With St John you get the feeling he'd rather be in his back garden having a cider, and that all this 'modern football nonsense' is just getting in the way of his day, but that to amuse himself, he might just slag somebody off while he's there.

 

During Houlliers time in charge, my dad was listening to the phone in while waiting to pick me up after a game. He said this caller came on and asked St John why he didnt have the decency to call GH by his name instead of the Frenchman, and would he like it if he was referred to as the Scotsman. He was promptly cut off, and the "wonderful" Phil Easton said, "thanks for that, oh well you cant please everyone Saint".

 

Think I remember that Gaz! He was well protected on that show, which made it even more annoying.

[Anubis]

Didn't St John once threaten Chris Bascome, because Bascome had written about him in the Echo? I'm sure I've seen Mr Usher allude to that somewhere in the mag.

[Anubis]

During Houlliers time in charge, my dad was listening to the phone in while waiting to pick me up after a game. He said this caller came on and asked St John why he didnt have the decency to call GH by his name instead of the Frenchman, and would he like it if he was referred to as the Scotsman. He was promptly cut off, and the "wonderful" Phil Easton said, "thanks for that, oh well you cant please everyone Saint".

The night Evans left there was a phone-in on City, and i got through to St John and called him on it (I always felt it was thinly veiled racism because of the way he talks about foreign management or players). I couldn't hear it on the other end of the phone, but apparently he went apeshit. Ha.

[paulie1969]

has to be redknapp.good player but pundit!he does my head in. get him off now.

[rek]

St John without doubt ... bitter nasty bag of shite he is.

 

Digga was a very astute pundit ...just a complete bag of shite as a presenter.

 

The worse pundit of all time from anywhere in the known universe (ie - non-ex red) has to be ...........

 

Paddy Crerand

 

That man is and always has been one total fucking bag of shite. Indeed I apologise for the mental image I may have now placed in people's heads of that whining cunt ... just thinking of him has my teeth on edge.

 

Sorry for wandering off topic a bit Section 31.

[Captain]

He reads an autocue like a hostage reading a prepared statement.

 

Fucking class.

[Jorge Borge]

Beglin for me just because of the negativity.

 

Special note to Lawrenson but only for his:

 

*turn from whoever is hosting the show, camply cross legs (uncomfortably tightly), look smug, say:"How bad was that, by the way?" (also performed camply)*