I can remember Hoddle during the world cup openly saying he didn't know anything about the team he was watching
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I can't say that I have noticed.
Lots of commentators these days are rubbish as they feel the need to over sensationalise everything as there is so much football on TV (step forward Jonathan Pearce, latter day Motty)
Conversely most of my favourite commentators are from the 1970s and 1980s (Hugh Johns, Gerald Sinstadt, David Coleman, Brian Moore).
The few female commentators that I have noticed have done a better job than many male commentators.