[Football] MOTD

[Ooh it’s a corner]

I guess it’s a time thing. Lineker certainly tweeted(Xd?) he thought the pen against Dunky was ludicrous

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

No analysis on either pen? Odd.

I'd much rather they used the time to talk about actual football rather than always spending half of it waffling on about decisions when they barely know the rules to start with.

 

[trueblue]

I’d much rather have 3 or 4 good journalists in the studio. I really don’t understand the enthusiasm for ex-footballers to act as pundits and analysts. With very few exceptions, all they ever do is state the bleedin' obvious.

On the flip side, most of the journalists that talk tactics are full of bullshit. Happy to hear journalists conveying news but would rather find out about what to look for on the pitch from someone who’s actually been there and done it.

 

[portlock seagull]

Show more football. Less boring interviews and analysis. Save the licence fee holder millions by binning off already extremely wealthy former pros. This formula worked for decades.

 

[portlock seagull]

I guess it’s a time thing. Lineker certainly tweeted(Xd?) he thought the pen against Dunky was ludicrous

Agree. Lineker well past his time.

 

[Triggaaar]

Micah has a seriously pumped torso.

And fly hair

 

[jimhigham]

Show more football. Less boring interviews and analysis. Save the licence fee holder millions by binning off already extremely wealthy former pros. This formula worked for decades.

It's Match of the Day. No need to go all "Culture War" about it.

 

[PeterT]

I’m not sure I can cope with another season of Micah Richards, talentless bore, he can’t string a coherent sentence together and clearly does zero research. The next Garth Crooks.

I really like him. Very likeable personality and a nice contrast to the serious Shearer.

Still the best football highlight programme.

Me too, I like him. Can’t see why he deserves comparison to Garth Crooks of all people!

 

[swindonseagull]

Record and fast foward past all the rubbish you dont want to see/hear.

 

[Machiavelli]

I’d much rather have 3 or 4 good journalists in the studio. I really don’t understand the enthusiasm for ex-footballers to act as pundits and analysts. With very few exceptions, all they ever do is state the bleedin' obvious.

Me too. Shearer is the most guilty about stating the bleedin' obvious.

 

[A1X]

I can understand not focusing on the penalties as on the first game of the season they want to talk more about how the teams shape up going forward, which they by and large did (us about losing Mac and Moises, them about being generally shite)

 

[jimhigham]

I can understand not focusing on the penalties as on the first game of the season they want to talk more about how the teams shape up going forward, which they by and large did (us about losing Mac and Moises, them about being generally shite)

Discussing the penalties would also be more or less a moot point, seeing as how they really wouldn’t have impacted on the outcome. Might have been different if there’d only been a single goal in it but the win was comfortable enough so the penalties were hardly that controversial.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Bring back Des.

 

[gripper stebson]

Micah Richards is Banter in human form!

 

[Comrade Sam]

Personally I don't mind the pundits and analysis, I just wish they wouldn't show matches that don't feature Brighton. If they're before our game I just fall asleep and if after, I've switched off so irrelevant.

 

[el punal]

Analysis was fair though. We were rusty today and they were v poor.

Micah has a seriously pumped torso.

Word is that he’s joining our physio team on trial.

 

[Sirnormangall]

Analysis was fair though. We were rusty today and they were v poor.

Micah has a seriously pumped torso.

I also have a seriously pumped torso, though admittedly not in the same places as Micah.

 

[herecomesaregular]

MOTD2 punditry unwatchable with that collar combo.

 

[jamie (not that one)]

I think Richards is a breath of fresh air. You need him to balance out Roy Keane (who is also great but I don't know if he's on MOTD) otherwise it'd just be dullards doing the punditry.

 

[The Fish]

Match of the Day is caught between two things and succeeds at being neither. Either do serious, in-depth analysis on each game. Or just have the goals.

Although, just doing the goals seems pointless because you can get that on youtube a couple of hours after the match has finished.

The time limit means they don't really have space to go into formations, or systems, or whatever. It's just "And he gets the ball, goes round him and puts it away." I'm getting nothing from that. Like, in your game, talk about how the debutants play. I watched Match of the Day but I'm still not really sure what Dahoud is.

I love Shearer, but he's not adding anything really. Go to him to explain the reason why he rates Ferguson so highly, give him time to show his working. If it's just "the defending is poor, it's naive of Luton", I don't get anything from that.