Worst TV football pundit?

[sparkie]

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How on earth has this PRICK not made it into the selections?
Biased, smug, thick and extremely dull in equal measure.

This !!!!

Why isn't the tedious Mark 'Dim' in the poll ?

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

Worst TV pundit Andy Townsend.

Pundits I hate the most Robbie Savage and Garth Crooks.

 

[W.C.]

Michael Owen is pretty new to the game isn't he? If he wasn't I reckon he might be challenging Andy Townsend for the crown. He is bloody awful. As are most of them really. Can't stand the jobs for the boys matey blokeyness they indulge in all the time. Lawrenson's 'couldn't care less' attitude is irritating too. Arrgh it's too hard.

 

[Luke93]

Why is Gary Nevile there? He's amazing, (though biased)!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Billy Davies. He counts, right?

 

[Luke93]

Billy Davies. He counts, right?

You're confused, he's part of the biggest tosser poll.

 

[Machiavelli]

The answer is obvious -- to me, at least. Step forward Alan Shearer. Never before has someone said so much, to so many, to contribute so little. Utterly devoid of insight. And he looks like either Ross Kemp, a baked bean, or both.

 

[Machiavelli]

Agree totally about Crooks and Bright especially the former.

He has to be worst ever in the history of my football watching!

Crooks' speech patterns are just plain odd.

 

[Machiavelli]

Can't stand Andy Gray and hope his rebirth is short lived.

The poll asks who the worst TV pundit is. If it asked who the most irritating pundit is, Gray would win a prize.

 

[horshamite]

Garth Crooks.

Oh yes, forgot about him (easily forgotten). Absolutely awful.

 

[yxee]

Alan Green. Loses his wig at every remotely poor decision and talks with an air of authority that doesn't correspond to his remarks. Infuriating

 

[withdeanwombat]

His full name is "Steve Claridge, full of schmit, clueless windbag, unaware of the rules of the game, and monotonous as a funeral bell (828 League Appearances, 255 goals)".

You're right. Sorry.

 

[Puppet Master]

God, a million times Andy Townsend. He sounds like my mum would if she was commentating.

 

[Codner's Crackpipe]

I agree that Ron had to go for his uncharacteristic yet unforgiveable racist outburst, but up until that point he was THE DADDY of punditry with some incredible terminology the like of which we haven't seen since. A brief flavour:

Early Doors, Spotter's Badge, Full Gun, Little Eyebrows, Back Stick, Lollipop, Crowd Scene, Going Down By Instalments, Tell You What Clive

I miss Big Ron's analysis (the bits where he knew the mike was on anyway). A proper amusement arcade of a pundit.

 

[Drimble Wedge]

Jamie Redknapp's criminal misuse of the word 'literally' (I quote 'Michael Owen is literally a greyhound Ruud', 'the way Gerrards floated in that ball, he's literally given the defender a hair-cut'...?) and persistent knack of missing the point discussed by colleagues Souness and Carragher but refusing to pipe down particularly grates on me.

 

[Screaming J]

On to the poll then. I admit I have sat on my sofa open-mouthed at the catastrophoc landslide of boulder-shaped 24-carat DRIVEL which erupts forth from that odd, over-gesticulating shambles known as Garth Crooks. This is a man so grotesquely bloated with his own sense of self-importance, and enlightening, razor-sharp perception of the game, that every one of his questions is framed in the manner of an extensive, tedious droning monologue about pension reform from a minor minister at a Tory party conference. This will usually result in a one-word answer, "yes" or "no". That is if the interviewee hasn't already collapsed through malnourishment halfway through, or has simply given up the will to live.

This is why I voted 'Other'. Garth Crooks is a cosmic buffoon.

 

[Simster]

Had Chiles been included in the poll he would have certainly got my vote, shows remarkably little insight for someone who is apparently a huge football fan (though I suppose the same could be said of many supporters!).

As with most people, especially football pundits, a move to ITV has served to massively reduce his talents. Chiles was perfectly decent on MOTD2 back in the day, but is now a fat mong.

Mark Lawrenson is the Dimitar Berbatov of commentary. He can be good when he can be bothered, but that's only 10% of the time.

Superb parallel drawn there, great work.

One more note on the total thicket that is Andy Townsend. Most commentators sound a little odd when their voices are heard on FIFA computer games because they are often out of context and necessarily broad and therefore uninsightful. However, Townsend's banal, bland drivel translates perfectly - when you play FIFA 14, you can imagine him saying the exact same banal, bland drivel in a real football match.

 

[Bwian]

Add me to the Mark Palace Tw@t Bright should be the only contender in this contest list. The man is an oxygen thief and his supply should be cut off immediately.

 

[MuppetMaestro]

voted townsend, but waddle really gets me going hes bloody moronic

 

[rcf0712]

Tommy "Auld Onion Bag" Smyth (ESPN) and Mark Bosnich (Foxtel), what a couple of twats