Mark Lawrenson raging against being dropped by BBC

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Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

Someone like Micah Richards [Sky], a giggling buffoon who hasn't got a serious or sensible thought in his head.

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Exactly - I quite agree. And yet he seems to be very popular, maybe for the reasons above.

Very few of the newer pundits add ANYTHING in my view - only Neville, Carragher, Keane and occasionally Rio offer any form of genuine insight that is beyond what an armchair viewer can see. Which is the whole point of punditry, rather than saying 'that was great' etc etc. :facepalm:

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Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff

Exactly - I quite agree. And yet he seems to be very popular, maybe for the reasons above.

Very few of the newer pundits add ANYTHING in my view - only Neville, Carragher, Keane and occasionally Rio offer any form of genuine insight that is beyond what an armchair viewer can see. Which is the whole point of punditry, rather than saying 'that was great' etc etc. :facepalm:

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Pundits generally don't add much, I agree, and I'm not interested in being entertained by them, as if they're the reason we're watching. I bet most of us feel like that.

But in the case of Lawrenson, it's not that he just doesn't add much or is annoying to listen to - he's a mood hoover, he speaks as if he is having the worst day of his week. If he'd gone gracefully into the night that's one thing, but he's played the woke card. Just take it on the chin.

Even Tyldsleys video was better than this :hehe:

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Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

Someone like Micah Richards [Sky], a giggling buffoon who hasn't got a serious or sensible thought in his head.

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I think he is a good pundit .A breath of fresh air...

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Originally Posted by lardy

Pundits generally don't add much, I agree, and I'm not interested in being entertained by them, as if they're the reason we're watching. I bet most of us feel like that.

But in the case of Lawrenson, it's not that he just doesn't add much or is annoying to listen to - he's a mood hoover, he speaks as if he is having the worst day of his week. If he'd gone gracefully into the night that's one thing, but he's played the woke card. Just take it on the chin.

Even Tyldsleys video was better than this :hehe:

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:hehe::hehe: Too true..

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Originally Posted by lardy

Pundits generally don't add much, I agree, and I'm not interested in being entertained by them, as if they're the reason we're watching. I bet most of us feel like that.

But in the case of Lawrenson, it's not that he just doesn't add much or is annoying to listen to - he's a mood hoover, he speaks as if he is having the worst day of his week. If he'd gone gracefully into the night that's one thing, but he's played the woke card. Just take it on the chin.

Even Tyldsleys video was better than this :hehe:

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This is so true with lots of them - they are there to inform and not entertain. The footballers entertain (unless they wear Cardiff City shorts of course - lol)

And yes that video was funny.

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Originally Posted by lardy

Pundits generally don't add much, I agree, and I'm not interested in being entertained by them, as if they're the reason we're watching. I bet most of us feel like that.

But in the case of Lawrenson, it's not that he just doesn't add much or is annoying to listen to - he's a mood hoover, he speaks as if he is having the worst day of his week. If he'd gone gracefully into the night that's one thing, but he's played the woke card. Just take it on the chin.

Even Tyldsleys video was better than this :hehe:

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Thinking about this though......wasn't that Lawrenson's way or style of punditry? The humorously gloomy outlook, I mean. It was funny on occasion and certainly didn't bring me down!

If the alternative is the quite ridiculous Micah Richards laughing like a child at absolutely everything, I know which one I'd chose.

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Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff

Thinking about this though......wasn't that Lawrenson's way or style of punditry? The humorously gloomy outlook, I mean. It was funny on occasion and certainly didn't bring me down!

If the alternative is the quite ridiculous Micah Richards laughing like a child at absolutely everything, I know which one I'd chose.

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Nah. I think Lardy's post pretty well sums him up.
Huge superiority complex.

Agree with the latter though. Micah works as he ticks many boxes and his loud laughter at nothing is infectious to other pundits making for light-hearted viewing.

I bet there are people out there who fast forward the football.

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Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff

Thinking about this though......wasn't that Lawrenson's way or style of punditry? The humorously gloomy outlook, I mean. It was funny on occasion and certainly didn't bring me down!

If the alternative is the quite ridiculous Micah Richards laughing like a child at absolutely everything, I know which one I'd chose.

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Don't think I've forgiven him for moaning his way through a world cup in Brazil. It doesn't get much better than that, your job is to be in the stadium for half the games. And that still wasn't good enough for him :hehe:

Cod psychology time, but I wonder if he was bitter that he retired just before the premier league started. Players often struggle with retirement anyway but to see inferior players earning 10 times what he did must have rankled.(knowing his personality).

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Originally Posted by life on mars

Welcome to the world of woke ..

Tune into Andy Gray / Richard Keys on beIN Sports.

Cull has been going on for a while .

White ladies of age were under attack a few years ago ..

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Welcome to the world of white men not being automatically given everything. I'm one of them and I see that things need to get fairer, work on yourself :thumbup:

I had to give that photo of him a second look. He looks old as ****.