Andy Gray on Sky sports.

[Easy 10]

Sky disappear up their own arses with this analysis gubbins. As soon as Andy's colourful arrows start flying all over the place, I glaze over completely and think about something more interesting, like painting the skirting boards.

The only meaningful stat is the one in the top left-hand corner.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

He is pretty rubbish, every goal is the refs fault!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

or Dimitar Berbatov ran 3??

lies, damned lies and statistics. He's never run 3kms.

 

[Austrian Gull]

I am so relieved to be able to watch English matches without having to listen to the gubbins Gray and Keys come out with.

There just seems to be a lack of knowledgeable ex-pros on British TV - none of them could lace the boots of Günther Netzer or Jüurgen Klopp in Germany or Dugarry in France.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Don't know why people keep bringing up Keys - he's a presenter, not a commentator. He's not very good, granted, but he is playing straight-man to the lead, and he is the hairiest man on TV.

 

[Westdene Wonder]

Apart from the Blackboard item Gray also annoys me by often stating when a move breaks down , that the player could have done this or that instead, its obvious and we dont want to be reminded so often,still it does help to decide when to take a toilet break.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

And another things, in the old days of the 70's (as far as I remember), all be it mainly highlights, commentators used to do just that and commentate, nowadays they seem to be bloody experts of the game and give their two pence worth... why? What gives them the right to analyse a game? Just commentate, tell us who is passing to who and shut the fcuk up when it comes to your 'expert opinion'!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr rant over.

 

[MJsGhost]

nothing wildly exaggerated, just proper analysis.

Really

 

[redneb]

[yt]ienZj9onV0Q[/yt]

Quality. Love the cock up and then the looping effort off the shin for the equaliser to make it 1-1 . Reminds me of the first ever game you have of a new footy football game.

 

[sir albion]

Listening to his voice drives me insane
He calls all the chelsea and manure players by their first name's and is proper anti arsenal,He tries to make out the premier league is out of this world by pumping it up way to much.

I despise the twat

 

[New Carpet?]

I don't mind Andy Gray, there are far worse on the telly at the moment - Alan Shearer's just plain dreadful and blinkered, and don't even get me started on Mark Bright or Andy Townsend.

As already mentioned in this thread, it's a shame Gavin Peacock gave up the punditry, as he made very sharp observations as opposed to the downright plain obvious ones that most pundits come out with. I've also got a feeling that if he goes down that route when he finally retires, and judging by some of his pieces in The Observer on a Sunday, that David James may become a surprisingly good panellist or co-commentator.

I have to admit though, if Sky are ever thinking of replacing Andy Gray though, there's only one candidate:

[yt]lQZadh4ByVc&feature=related[/yt]

 

[hitony]

Andy Gray is one of the best pundits you will see on TV.

I won't argue with that.........................................HEARING the freak is a differant matter though!!!!!!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

No better co-commentator ? Oh do me a favour. A couple of years ago when Liverpool were getting turned over in Italy by Fiorentina in the Champions League, I remember him comiing out with this pearler:

"Its not just Liverpool they're beating here - its a PREMIER LEAGUE side they're beating here"


Struth. Its toe-curling isn't it ?

Yes, yes it is. This misguided impression that all other nations must be in awe of the Premier League. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Did I just hear someone suggesting Jamie Redknapp at the start of this thread?


These are (literally) some of Jamie's finest quotes as a summariser


"These balls now - they literally explode off your feet."

"He's literally left Ben Haim for dead there."

“Drogba literally destroyed Senderos today.”

"He’s literally turned him inside out"

“That cross to Rooney was literally on a plate"

“Centre forwards have the ability to make time stand still. And when Chopra got the ball, it literally did just that.”

“He literally turns into a greyhound”

“Scholes has such a great footballing brain. He’ll see a picture in his head and literally paint it in front of you.”

“He had to cut back inside onto his left, because he literally hasn’t got a right foot”

“He literally chopped him in half in that challenge”

“The ball is literally glued to Messi’s boot”

“Messi literally sends people out of the stadium with his skill”

“Wayne Rooney literally destroyed Tottenham on his own.”

“He literally turned on a sixpence”

“Gerrard has been amazing. He’s literally covered every blade of grass on the pitch”

“He’s literally sold the defender a dummy”

“Martin Jol’s head is literally on the chopping block.”

“The crowd behind the goal are literally going insane.”

 

[pottert]

We have James Richardson in the chair with Curbs and Southgate and they do a bloody good job. Occasionally we get Andy Bell End but you can't have everything.

bollocks.

whether we like it or not sky is the daddy of football coverage.
if you support a premier league team you can watch full coverage of all your matches on (football first)
every week.
on top of that they show over 100 live matches from the other 3 divisions.
how many commentators do they have to use to cover that.
or maybe we should switch to bbc when we could watch a least 1 match a month
interrupted by the news or something else.

lets not forget andy gray has been there from day one
most football fans dont agree with the concept of sky
but have learned to live with it,i suggest we do the same with andy grey

 

[hitony]

Did I just hear someone suggesting Jamie Redknapp at the start of this thread?


These are (literally) some of Jamie's finest quotes as a summariser


"These balls now - they literally explode off your feet."

"He's literally left Ben Haim for dead there."

“Drogba literally destroyed Senderos today.”

"He’s literally turned him inside out"

“That cross to Rooney was literally on a plate"

“Centre forwards have the ability to make time stand still. And when Chopra got the ball, it literally did just that.”

“He literally turns into a greyhound”

“Scholes has such a great footballing brain. He’ll see a picture in his head and literally paint it in front of you.”

“He had to cut back inside onto his left, because he literally hasn’t got a right foot”

“He literally chopped him in half in that challenge”

“The ball is literally glued to Messi’s boot”

“Messi literally sends people out of the stadium with his skill”

“Wayne Rooney literally destroyed Tottenham on his own.”

“He literally turned on a sixpence”

“Gerrard has been amazing. He’s literally covered every blade of grass on the pitch”

“He’s literally sold the defender a dummy”

“Martin Jol’s head is literally on the chopping block.”

“The crowd behind the goal are literally going insane.”

I literally cant see what he has done wrong? all he is doing is literally stating what has literally happened, he clearly literally saw what he has spoken about, so he has literally explained it to literally everyone.
Edna, I literally think you are being literally unfair to him, please literally explain to me what he has done or literally said wrong, i literally dont think you like him..........literally......

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I literally cant see what he has done wrong? all he is doing is literally stating what has literally happened, he clearly literally saw what he has spoken about, so he has literally explained it to literally everyone.
Edna, I literally think you are being literally unfair to him, please literally explain to me what he has done or literally said wrong, i literally dont think you like him..........literally......

He is...not literally...an absolute SPANNER