Rate your top six Football commentators pundits

I quite like Lineker, shearer and wright. They'll have a bit of a chat without taking themselves too seriously. Will never understand the fascination with Neville. His main 'act' appears to be looking at a passage of play and then saying 'i knew that would happen'.

Got to be honest mind I miss as much of the commentary and punditry as I can. Turn on at kick off and switch off as the final whistle blows

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Originally Posted by chrisp_1927

I quite like Lineker, shearer and wright. They'll have a bit of a chat without taking themselves too seriously. Will never understand the fascination with Neville. His main 'act' appears to be looking at a passage of play and then saying 'i knew that would happen'.

Got to be honest mind I miss as much of the commentary and punditry as I can. Turn on at kick off and switch off as the final whistle blows

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Can't stand Shearer and Lineker personally although I like Ian Wright.
Lineker tries too hard to be a comedian, Shearer completely wooden.

I agree with you about trying to not watch much of the punditry, although I tend to watch BT Sport with Glen Hoddle.
Great player and knows his stuff, he's especially good at spotting detail that only a player could comment on as oppose to people who have simply watched all their lives.
There seems to be plenty of them around.

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Originally Posted by MacAdder

Can't stand Shearer and Lineker personally although I like Ian Wright.
Lineker tries too hard to be a comedian, Shearer completely wooden.

I agree with you about trying to not watch much of the punditry, although I tend to watch BT Sport with Glen Hoddle.
Great player and knows his stuff, he's especially good at spotting detail that only a player could comment on as oppose to people who have simply watched all their lives.
There seems to be plenty of them around.

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Good shout on hoddle actually, he's pretty good. Although I think I'm normally disappointed waiting for him to say something religiously motivated and career shattering again. He seems to have learnt his lesson and just talks about football now unfortunately. That academy he was running had great reviews aswell, and got a few players back into the game if I remember rightly.

I know someone who worked at Sky Sports with Carra, they say he is completely obsessed. He'll watch 3/4 games a day, reads loads of books, articles etc on football. He's not for everyone but he really puts the time in.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

I know someone who worked at Sky Sports with Carra, they say he is completely obsessed. He'll watch 3/4 games a day, reads loads of books, articles etc on football. He's not for everyone but he really puts the time in.

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I like him, he knows what he is talking about, explains things well and uses his magic screen well. He speaks well (for a scouser) and I notice he is polite. He always looks at whoever is talking and never interrupts, which I think is very good.

Watching him as a player I'd have never reckoned he would be as good as he is at this.

Jamie Carragher makes my skin crawl.

That squeeky scouse voice hurts my ears and there are times when I genuinely cannot understand what he is saying as he talks so quickly with that thick accent.

As for his punditry, he's Liverpool this, Liverpool that and draws on his past experiences. Never won the league and got a CL medal after finishing, what was it 5th in the league?

Carragher's not a patch on Gary Neville who speaks clearly, eloquently, very good at debating and draws on massive experience from being a serial winner.

While he wasn't a pundit, Colin Murray was absolutely fantastic presenting the EFL on Quest.

ally mccoist, gary neville, jamie carragher, roy keane,nedum onuoha, danny murphy.

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Originally Posted by Garth Blue

ally mccoist, gary neville, jamie carragher, roy keane,nedum onuoha, danny murphy.

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Nedum Onuoha is excellent on whichever podcasts they get him on (Football Weekly or Totally Football Show)

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Originally Posted by jon1959

I agree with all of that - except I also think Gary Neville is good when he’s laying into Man U.

Not changing my top six though, and even more so after reading the Clinton Morrison knocking posts. Some people just don’t recognise genius when it’s right in front of them .

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Surprise Surprise

Andy Hinchcliffe
Alan Smith
Glenn Hoddle
Don Goodman
Gary Neville
Roy Keane

In no particular order
Micah Richards
Phillipe Auclair
James Richardson
Rory Smith
Pat Nevin
Jamie Carragher

I think a lot of the best pundits are on radio/podcasts these days

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Originally Posted by bluesp

I always think Pat Nevin speaks well, and gives some good insights.
If you watch the golf coverage on Sky the commentary team are on a different level to pretty much anyone in football. In the NFL Tony Romo is outstanding, highlights things you wouldn’t necessarily notice in a way that’s easy to understand.

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Have you listened the the episode of 'Great Lives' on Radio 4/BBC iplayer where Pat Nevin nominates Johan Cruyff as his chosen subject?
It's really worth a listen and Cruyff comes over as a very interesting and uncompromising individual responsible for a number of developments in the game at the highest level. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0019rjr

Most of the people who do stuff for the Athletic have a good knowledge of football.

BBC ex-pros just seem a little bit boring and obvious for my liking. They seem more like TV personalities on the gravy train than people who can say insightful things about football.

after the city beat man u the greatest pundit ever said at last ole gunner solskjaer has got cardiff playing well , hail stunt peg

Laura Woods
Steffan Garrero
Adrian Durham
Darren Bent
Jamie Carragher
Alex Scott