Merson, Crooks, Sutton,Townsend, Dixon, Shearer - the list can go on of useless pundits who get the gig because they aren't good enough to get a proper job in football.
I don't know what we have done to Merson to earn his disdain?
I used to idolise Merson as a player when I was a kid. Wonderful player.
Him and Ian Wright both have it right in for us though. Wrighty I can understand given his spell at Palace and the failed trial, but I don't know what we have done to Merson to earn his disdain?
On Sky Sports web site re transfers in last transfer window:
MERSE SAYS: I look through the list of signings and I don't really know any of them. When you get promoted to the Premier League, you need to bring in a few seasoned professionals. This league will be new to almost everybody in that squad and for me that approach isn't going to work. I'm not happy with that.
Seems like his view is based on ignorance.
I don't think it's anything personal, it's what was mentioned above, that former players simply "know the game" and therefore don't actually study or research what is going on. Something has to happen to smack them in the face to notice the teams that come up. Merson has heard of Newcastle, so he's ok with them, and Huddersfield had a great opening day, so that was the "smack" to make him notice them. We started slowly, he's probably never played against us, we've just come up, so yeah, that team (whoever we happen to be) is the team that he will just dismiss.
To be fair, most of us had never heard of any of them either!On Sky Sports web site re transfers in last transfer window:
MERSE SAYS: I look through the list of signings and I don't really know any of them. When you get promoted to the Premier League, you need to bring in a few seasoned professionals. This league will be new to almost everybody in that squad and for me that approach isn't going to work. I'm not happy with that.
Seems like his view is based on ignorance.
Didn't he play for Portsmouth against us at Withdean the year they got promotion to the prem?
Didn't he play for Portsmouth against us at Withdean the year they got promotion to the prem?
I really can't be arsed to take any notice of so-called pundits who haven't been in the game for over 20 years.
I mean, Chris Waddle FFS!!!
Then add Pardew to the mix to illustrate the points being made. There really are too many tossers adding their experience to punditry.I really can't be arsed to take any notice of so-called pundits who haven't been in the game for over 20 years.
I mean, Chris Waddle FFS!!!
Didn't he play for Portsmouth against us at Withdean the year they got promotion to the prem?