[Football] Gary Lineker, Micah Richards, Roy Keane, Alan Shearer and Eni Aluko

Kosh said:

Micah Richard’s is absolutely sodding awful… it actually hurts seeing him sat there alongside some superb ex players, both male and female … he wasn’t a great footballer… really bang average… as a pundit he’s like a thinks he’s funny overweight sixth form kid, with WAY too much confidence… he’s a total and utter dick head, and that’s being polite… that laugh would make me walk off set and never return.

If we’re wanting fairly average former footballers who are actually superb pundits then look no further than Nedum Onuoha - Insightful, informative, well read researched and often spot on… but no, we get Micah Richard’s, like a demented muppet long bereft of anyone actually pulling the strings, actually quite terrifying.

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Uh_huh_him said:

Lineker is poor, Shearer is appalling, Richards even worse.
The rest is football podcast, keeps popping up on my spotify playlist.
Absolutel trash. The 3 of them have already run out of "funny" anecdotes and banter.

Now that Ian Wright has jacked in MotD, I will be only watching on iPlayer and fast forwarding through the "analysis"
ITV have , for once, got the better line up.

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anygivensunday said:

I agree about the rest is football podcast. Lineker who I like as a presenter is interminably boring when in the podcast format. His stories ramble on and on and even though they don't go anywhere it still takes forever to get there.

Richards gets a lot of stick but personally I don't mind him. Better than the eternal miserabilists of Murphy or the likes of Lawrenson in the past. Or the dulcet monotones of Owen, P Neville, Jenas et al.

I wonder if there's actually a pundit that everyone agrees on is good then. McCoist seems to be the most popular and even he's got some critics on here.

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Justice said:

Here’s a tip at half time switch channels or do something else for 15 minutes.
I was working last night and had the radio on, to hear Murphy already moaning about the automated offside saying it’s to precise, after listening to him bleat on about VAR all season and how it’s not been implemented correctly I was left wondering just how f***ing stupid is this guy

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herecomesaregular said:

Surprised by how much I've enjoyed the Lineker, Shearer, Rooney and Fabrigas combo this evening.

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Han Solo said:

Exactly, and thats the good stuff.

In club football I want more analytics and deeper discussions. Club football is for football people.

International football - not the same thing. Its either boring or entertaining. The English lads looking to create a viral video and the Swedish ones dissecting the birth conditions of Cristiano Ronaldo while fearing to have any even remotely controversial opinions both fall into my definition of "boring".

VdV, PvH etc at least express (seemingly) honest opinions. It’s certainly not my favorite gang of Dutch footy pundits but I take it (when I can't be arsed to turn the stream off..). Rafael van der Vaart after 5 beers is still less brain damaged than Roy Keane and Alan Shearer.

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Ali_rrr said:

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Would like to point out again this is exactly why Dutch commentary and punditry is absolutely awful. Found the screenshot in English because when I heard it in Dutch I laughed (but I think you have/had some family in Den Bosch) and in any case what an absolute joke it is.

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Cheshire Cat said:

Anyone calling themselves "Chappers" needs to be shifted out of his smugness zone FAST.

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Uh_huh_him said:

The stick to football podcast with Carragher, Neville, Keane and Wright (youtube i think) is significantly better than Lineker's vehicle.

I was surprised Wright wasn't added to the Rest is football instead of Richards, as he elevates shearer and Lineker to bearable levels, when he's with them.

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herecomesaregular said:

Surprised by how much I've enjoyed the Lineker, Shearer, Rooney and Fabrigas combo this evening.

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Sid and the Sharknados said:

Anybody who doesn't like McCoist goes straight on my list of people I'm never going to see eye to eye with.

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