I'm not a fan of Souness to be honest. He's not too bad, much better than, say, Glenn Hoddle or Ray Wilkins, but there's something about the way he talks that just irritates me.
Is there any way of getting the BBC to at least review the clowns they employ as 'pundit'? Surely as a publicly funded organisation, the very people who are paying for it should have some say on the quality of people it employs? Or their over-inflated salaries?
It's been acknowledged that Lee Dixon was probably the best BBC pundit, but they let him leave for ITV. I'm quite sure he was earning only a fraction of what the likes of Hansen and Shearer earn.
Would be good to know how much it costs to listen to the pre-scripted cliches of Hansen, Shearer and Lawrensen for just one MOTD program.
The article's very good. Particularly agree about Merson, surely the most biased, ignorant, Premier League-championing pundit. A couple of weeks ago he said that Radamel Falcao 'isn't fit to lace Robin Van Persie's boots'. Well he clearly hasn't seen Falcao play then. He's a serial offender too, said last year that Luka Modric would get in to any midfield in Europe, including Barcelona's. Who out of Xavi and Iniesta does Merson propose Modric would displace?
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posted on 23/1/13
I'm not a fan of Souness to be honest. He's not too bad, much better than, say, Glenn Hoddle or Ray Wilkins, but there's something about the way he talks that just irritates me.
posted on 23/1/13
Is there any way of getting the BBC to at least review the clowns they employ as 'pundit'? Surely as a publicly funded organisation, the very people who are paying for it should have some say on the quality of people it employs? Or their over-inflated salaries?
It's been acknowledged that Lee Dixon was probably the best BBC pundit, but they let him leave for ITV. I'm quite sure he was earning only a fraction of what the likes of Hansen and Shearer earn.
Would be good to know how much it costs to listen to the pre-scripted cliches of Hansen, Shearer and Lawrensen for just one MOTD program.
posted on 23/1/13
The article's very good. Particularly agree about Merson, surely the most biased, ignorant, Premier League-championing pundit. A couple of weeks ago he said that Radamel Falcao 'isn't fit to lace Robin Van Persie's boots'. Well he clearly hasn't seen Falcao play then. He's a serial offender too, said last year that Luka Modric would get in to any midfield in Europe, including Barcelona's. Who out of Xavi and Iniesta does Merson propose Modric would displace?
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