The mainstream channels have really missed a trick not inviting either Laura McAllister or Jayne Ludlow, for our games at least. Dear God these two know their football inside out. I’d have either of them down the City pulling the strings.
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The mainstream channels have really missed a trick not inviting either Laura McAllister or Jayne Ludlow, for our games at least. Dear God these two know their football inside out. I’d have either of them down the City pulling the strings.
McAllister is really impressive.
I'd rather listen to her than Earnie any day of the week.
If we ever went down the director of football route, McAllister would be a hell of a shout. Intelligent, football knowledge and a City fan to boot, something she mentions quite regular. Of course I don’t know her personally but I’d bet my bollocks she’s no shyster who’d be in it to line her own pockets, she portrays common sense and integrity.
Elis James had James Chester, Danny Gabbidon and Jayne Ludlow on his podcast after the Switzerland game and Ludlow was by far the most interesting.
Give me Emma Hayes over Danny Murphy, Jermaine Jenas, John Hartson, Robbie Savage etc. as well.
Micah Richards is the best….. IMO. Although he’s not female !
We have Kelly Anne whatsherface. I think she might have been an England player. I'm not impressed.
On the other hand, we have Rebecca Lowe hosting the EPL. She's very good.
Get all the women off the screens on match days. None of them are any good. I’m not having some woman telling me what’s right and what’s wrong in the first half. They are only on there because it’s politically correct.
I see Alex Scott (and Jermaine Jenas for that matter) are now hosts on the One Show. How they got that gig I don't know as they are crap on MOTD. As for women as pundits I do like Jayne Ludlow and Laura McAllister, especially Laura McAllister. Generally, I have heard commentators such as Jacqui Oatley and Vicky Sparks (both terrible, sound like they were trained by Clive Tyldsley!). As for summarisers I think Sky's Michelle Owen (ex Cardiff player), Bianca Westwood and Sue Smith are very good. And Kelly Cates is good too.
Listen!
I caught a little of Emma Hayes and I have to admit that I didn't understand a lot of what she was saying - I am still stuck on a "low block". FFS.
Political correctness gone mad.
What’s mad is employing dull ex-footballers as pundits simply because they played the game at a decent level when listening to them is as entertaining as watching wood warp.
As a viewer, I genuinely couldn’t care less about the sex of the football reporter, summariser or pundit provided the person concerned is good at the job, and many of the men who regularly pop up on our screens these days simply aren’t.
https://soccerdetail.com/2021/06/13/...4-2-low-block/
A low block is just defending deep and usually in numbers.
Basically parking the bus in old money.
Thank you, Mr.K.
Have to agree with you here. Earnie and Ledley were an embarrassment the other day. Earnie comes out with phrases that he obviously has used in training kids "everyone loves the ball" inanity.
Emma Hayes is the lady I was thinking of in my earlier post. I have no doubt she has spent the last few weeks watching each of the teams she is covering. Stupid girly swot is what some of them are thinking. Let's be honest here, Keane, Sounness, Neville, Earnshaw, Ledley, Savage, Shearer, Micah Richards they just show up. They appear great because they know England, Scotland, Wales inside out. Well, they pretend they do.
Earnie put a video of himself on Twitter walking into the ITV studio. Emma Hayes is sat there getting some makeup and she is talking about Macedonia, the left back, and some lesser known players. She has a pile of notes in front of her. Earnie just walks in, sits down and has a real "look at me" attitude. Disappointing.
Is that the one who sounds like a female Glenn Hoddle, both vocally and in her turn of phrase ? If so, she is excruciatingly bad.
While the analysis provided by some of the female pundits is OK, what I dislike intensely is them being introduced as FA Cup Winners, European Cup Winners etc etc, like that puts them on a par playing-wise with their male counterparts. Sorry it doesn't, it's a million miles away from the standard of the men's game. Same set of rules but a different game.
In an FA Cup game not so long ago they had a male and female pundit in the studio. He was introduced as having played in 1 cup final, whilst she had played in 3 or 4 finals. Really pi**ed me off that did !
Not overly impressed with any of the pundits (male or female) currently on offer but my heart sinks when I hear laughing boy Micah Richards, Mark Hughes, Alan Shearer and Ashley Cole. And not forgetting Vicky Sparks....aaarrrgh !!
I think that Earnie comes across pretty well, certainly a hundred times better than Hartson. Lee Dixon is OK, Keane is nasty but watchable, Wrighty I used to dislike but is now quite entertaining. Of the female pundits, Eniola Aluko is quite good and Alex Scott is obviously very knowledgeable.