[Football] More Garth Crooks wisdom

[Robinjakarta]

'What a pity Chelsea couldn't summon the effort or have the will to do what a side like Chelsea should have done and knock Brighton out of the park. They beat Spurs but let the game they really should have won slip away.'

.. a side like Chelsea .. teams like Brighton .. 'pundits' like Crooks ..

He's actually managing to get worse ..

 

[bhafc99]

But in fairness, their game against us was well past the Chelsea players' bedtimes, and they were very very very tired.

 

[BadFish]

But I’m fairness, their game against us was well past their bedtimes, and they were very very very tired.

Both of them! Who would have thought it? lucky they got over their tiredness for the Spurs game. Maybe they need a bigger and more expensive squad to compete again #teamslikebrighton.

I really don't know how these massive rich clubs manage to compete in the modern game, they are ****ing troopers!

 

[Swansman]

I could do his "job" for half the money

 

[Hugo Rune]

Chelsea had both the will and effort, they simply were not allowed to execute any of their plans. Why is the BBC ‘team of the week’ picked by a guy who watches very few of the weekly matches and is unaware of most of the players outside the big six? Does he own the concept or something? The BBC try and keep him at arms-length in the rest of their output!

 

[BBassic]

Chelsea had both the will and effort, they simply were not allowed to execute any of their plans. Why is the BBC ‘team of the week’ picked by a guy who watches very few of the weekly matches and is unaware of most of the players outside the big six? Does he own the concept or something? The BBC try and keep him at arms-length in the rest of their output!

It's not just him to be fair.

When Carragher and Neville each did their Team of the Season last year it was basically full of City and Liverpool. Maybe one United player slipped through.

You wonder just how well players from other clubs have to perform to get noticed.

 

[GT49er]

It's not just him to be fair.

When Carragher and Neville each did their Team of the Season last year it was basically full of City and Liverpool. Maybe one United player slipped through.

You wonder just how well players from other clubs have to perform to get noticed.

TBF, if you are picking a team of the season you'd expect most of the players picked to be from the teams that finished in the top two or three.

 

[GT49er]

Chelsea had both the will and effort, they simply were not allowed to execute any of their plans. Why is the BBC ‘team of the week’ picked by a guy who watches very few of the weekly matches and is unaware of most of the players outside the big six? Does he own the concept or something? The BBC try and keep him at arms-length in the rest of their output!

Of course they do! They have a schedule to run to - they can't just let programmes over-run to give him time to finish his rambling pontifications about - well, about whatever it was - nobody would remember what it started about by the time he'd finished anyway. And he almost certainly wouldn't either.......... ... ..................

 

[Stat Brother]

I guess we're just going to gloss over the fact that he's right and stick with the:-

'Crooks knows nothing' mantra.



If you're triggered by that, Garth Crooks isn't the pundit for you.

Begging the question:-
why are you still paying attention to his output?

 

[portslade seagull]

The guy is clueless, was there a better performance than Lampteys, I don't think so

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I guess we're just going to gloss over the fact that he's right and stick with the:-

'Crooks knows nothing' mantra.



If you're triggered by that, Garth Crooks isn't the pundit for you.

Begging the question:-
why are you still paying attention to his output?

He's not though, is he? It's only a 'pity' that the team didn't 'knock Brighton out of the park' if you're a Chelsea fan.

Otherwise it's merely 'strange', 'baffling' or... just the way football goes sometimes – given that any team can beat any other team ON THEIR DAY.

Crooks is a numpty stealing a living with his 'team of the week' guff.

And no, I'm not 'triggered' by him, I just find his take on a lot of Brighton-related matters very strange. And at odds with most other 'pundits' out there. I wouldn't say he knows 'nothing', either. Because he's not exactly backwards in coming forwards about how much he DOES (claim to) know.

 

[martin tyler]

Both of them! Who would have thought it? lucky they got over their tiredness for the Spurs game. Maybe they need a bigger and more expensive squad to compete again #teamslikebrighton.

I really don't know how these massive rich clubs manage to compete in the modern game, they are ****ing troopers!

2 days off has obviously worked wonders. They needed it after chasing shadows the previous game maybe.

 

[studio150]

TBF Does Crooks even know that only City out of the current top 7 have beaten Brighton this season

 

[zefarelly]

I could do his "job" for half the money

Trouble is, being a cluless twunt drags more people in than just stating facts, wheres the controversy in that ? its about as interesting as an honest hard working MP. ( I think such a thing exists, somewhere. )

 

[Bombardier]

Trouble is, being a cluless twunt drags more people in than just stating facts, wheres the controversy in that ? its about as interesting as an honest hard working MP. ( I think such a thing exists, somewhere. )

I came to the conclusion years ago that he was an irrelevant pundit who steals a living. The same applies to John Barnes. If it still gripes you then don't click on the link and you won't be feeling any worse for it. For what it's worth I have also started to shy away from Lawro's predictions too.

 

[swindonseagull]

But the superstars were tired and emotional

 

[B-right-on]

Sorry but 'Garth Crooks' and 'wisdom' go together like a Big Mac and a bottle of Château Lafite Rothschild.

 

[Wozza]

I guess we're just going to gloss over the fact that he's right and stick with the:-

'Crooks knows nothing' mantra.

If you're triggered by that, Garth Crooks isn't the pundit for you.

Begging the question:-
why are you still paying attention to his output?

Well, as licence-payers, we're funding his drivel.

 

[monty uk]

The guy is clueless, was there a better performance than Lampteys, I don't think so

But Lamptey is ex-Chelsea.

Which probably goes to prove his point. If he had one that anyone understood or cared about.

Or maybe it disproves his point. Who cares?

We got a point. Great.

 

[trueblue]

Garth Crooks? That windbag? Isn't he still in the middle of a question that he started asking Sven Goran Eriksson in 2002?