father_and_son
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Which says so much more about his abilities as a pundit and less about our season.
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[Football] MOTD
- Thread starter Sarisbury Seagull
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Which says so much more about his abilities as a pundit and less about our season.
BensGrandad
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He was probably alluding to the points that we have achieved but he did say on MOTD he didnt expect either Norwich or Bournemouth to stay up so that only ;leaves 1 spot.
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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Both MOTD & MOTD2 irritated the hell out of me this weekend with their chummy 'isn't he a character?' eye rolling appreciation of The Complete And Utter Shyster. No he isn't a character, he is arrogant, dismissive and, more often than not, very bad at his job. He acts like a parent or boss who makes bad snap decisions based on gut instinct and, when challenged, doubles down to convince himself that he is still in charge. Supporters of every team can produce examples of when his total incompetence and arrogant pigheadedness has ruined football matches and yet there he still is, 500 games in.
The clubiness in football often annoys me. Amongst referees and those who manage them, it really is unspeakable. A good proportion of the problems with VAR are down to the people using it looking after each other and subsequently themselves to the detriment of the game and yet here are the BBC pundits, gathered in the 19th hole in their golf leisureware chuckling at the antics of a man who has always shown an utter disregard for ruining football matches, providing it fuels his own narcissism.
The clubiness in football often annoys me. Amongst referees and those who manage them, it really is unspeakable. A good proportion of the problems with VAR are down to the people using it looking after each other and subsequently themselves to the detriment of the game and yet here are the BBC pundits, gathered in the 19th hole in their golf leisureware chuckling at the antics of a man who has always shown an utter disregard for ruining football matches, providing it fuels his own narcissism.
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I am not sure the defending was the problem. It looks awful, if you run it from the moment the pass is played becuase he is in acres of space. He was gambling (or lazy) , as our side pushed up to recycle the ball and to be fair, the pass, his first touch and the finish were really top-notch - and if any of them hadn't quite been there, a goal doesn't get scored. The misplaced pass, causes us the issue so that the defence is caught out, advancing and of position. Webster gets pulled across because Dunk is advanced and taken out of the game. You can argue the point from a "styles of play" perspective, that maybe Montoya could have been holding his ground at that stage of the game (see other threads), but at the same time, he has made himself available assuming that we will switch the play from Mooy's back pass. More a case of Villa taking full advantage of a turnover (as we did) rather than the defending being poor?
The other example you COULD have used, was when he had a shot, didn't rush back, and 10 seconds later WE were putting the ball in their net..
Well said. The man's a childish prick.
Taybha
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Bloody last again
clapham_gull
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- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,876
Extended interview with the opposition manager on OUR pitch regarding his view of the game.
Bizarre.
Bizarre.
World of Sport
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Either it's a Watford love-in or i've now tuned into Watford TV
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Brighton Bhuna Boy
It was embarrassingly cringeworthy wasn't it? The Watford show. Pearson with his back handed compliments and a Palace T##t saying he didn't think we would ever score.
FFS
Edit: I don't normally bother with the usual threads about MOTD bias
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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I don't think we need to worry - no-one in their right mind would have bothered watching motd tonight other than Everton fans and the odd fan of Watford and bha
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Brighton Bhuna Boy
I agree mate but it was still up there in a "David Brent" way of cringe.
Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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Why no analysis of the Schellotto penalty call?
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,777
It’s because Potter is so boring. The media like personalities. The public like personalities. Graham says nothing each week in an equally monotone voice. Oh, and no one knows who he is which doesn’t help.
There was - they said he fell over his own feet. It wasn't, admittedly, a very lengthy analysis.
Harsh, but has a ring of truth. He's not a media star, is he?
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Thought that was quite a disturbing appearance by Pearson. Looked every inch a person battling to just about keep highly aggressive impulses under control. It won't last
Garry Nelson's teacher
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This. There's something about the guy that is just sinister. And the calmer and more measured he is, the more sinister he becomes.....
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Particularly when he was asked to comment on what we did right in the second half, which he turned into talking about Watford (naturally)
Can only assume Potter declined to be interviewed next to the psycopath, after doing him out of a much needed win, with a lucky goal.