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Who is the worst BBC pundit?

Who is the worst BBC football pundit?

  • Alan Shearer - tedious Geordie

    Votes: 24 12.2%
  • Mark Lawrenson - the world's funniest man (in his own head)

    Votes: 15 7.6%
  • Mark Bright - one-eyed Palace thicko

    Votes: 69 35.0%
  • Alan Hansen - same act for the last 20 years

    Votes: 2 1.0%
  • Steve Claridge - rabbit in the headlights

    Votes: 18 9.1%
  • Leroy Rosenior - lower league as a player, lower league as a pundit

    Votes: 6 3.0%
  • Robbie Savage - argument in empty room

    Votes: 14 7.1%
  • James Beattie - get off the fence, man!

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Gordon Strachan - hates the media yet glad to take their money

    Votes: 1 0.5%
  • Garth Crooks - it's football not a government inquiry

    Votes: 47 23.9%
  • Other

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • Total voters
    197


Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,827
Uffern
Never seen Bright as a pundit but can't believe anyone would look beyond Shearer, a man who revels in his own ignorance. He sees his lack of knowledge of foreign players as something to admired while in reality, as others have pointed out, it smacks of laziness.
But I'd even put up with his little Englander attitude if he said something worthwhile now and then but he comes out with meaningless cliche followed by dull platitude. What a cock.

Should have said that to Lineker last night.
 




s5.bha

New member
Aug 3, 2003
837
Can someone answer this question.........is Crooks gay ???
He always seems to come across as incredibly camp.....
 


SK1NT

Well-known member
Sep 9, 2003
8,762
Thames Ditton
All of them are the nuts compared to Andy Townsend
 




piersa

Well-known member
Apr 17, 2011
3,155
London
Garth Crooks is a mong of a tv presenter, how can he not be winning?!
 






dejavuatbtn

Well-known member
Aug 4, 2010
7,574
Henfield
Spoilt for choice! Crooks get my vote for being a pompous and pretentious ex player of limited ability.at least Shearer could play a bit.
 


Krusty

Active member
Sep 9, 2006
622
mmm Crooks and Bright way out in front... :whistle:
 




Stat Brother

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
73,888
West west west Sussex
As bad as Bright is, Crooks should have 100% on this poll.

Anyone not voting for Crooks is clearly unbalanced.
 








Austrian Gull

Well-known member
Feb 5, 2009
2,497
Linz, Austria
Can't argue with a top 3 of Bright, Crooks and Shearer. NSC shows once again it's a place of impeccable taste!

The Head of BBC Sport has a lot to answer for looking at that sorry list - even ITV have got better pundits for Christ's sake.
 


JBizzle

Well-known member
Apr 18, 2010
6,230
Seaford
But you could tell that in the guys' mind the Premier League IS the world of football. He didn't even try to think of anyone outside the Prem. He said Messi and Ronaldo because he knows you have to include them, then he just thought of the best 3 players in the Prem currently.

Yeah. It's the lack of pretense or effort. "Nothing outside the Prem matters" which is why I prefer watching the goals on MotD, skipping the shoddy analysis and listening to Football Weekly and The Game podcasts on a Monday. Far more insightful.
 


Box of Frogs

Zamoras Left Boot
Oct 8, 2003
4,751
Right here, right now
Difficult to choose between Bright and Claridge but Bright gets it on the tie breaker due to his Palace connection.

I like Leroy as it goes, simple but effective and says good things about us.
 




Jimmy Grimble

Well-known member
Nov 10, 2007
10,095
Starting a revolution from my bed
It really is amazing how many dire pundits there are, for a job that millions of people would do for a shit wage. Makes you wonder if there is some kind of gap in the market that could be exploited.

The terrible punditry on show is even more unjustifiable when you consider the quality pundits there are for cricket and golf coverage.
 


Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
32,468
Brighton
Yeah. It's the lack of pretense or effort. "Nothing outside the Prem matters" which is why I prefer watching the goals on MotD, skipping the shoddy analysis and listening to Football Weekly and The Game podcasts on a Monday. Far more insightful.

Would highly recommend The Football Ramble. Bunch of funny knowledgeable lads. Better than Football Weekly.
 




Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
16,046
Not a regular, granted, but didn't the BBC get complaints about Seedorf during the World Cup, basically mumbling his way through the 'analysis'?

I also seem to remember someone on MoTD2 being completely useless and hardly talking at all. Can't remember who it was, but its not ideal for a pundit, which is why a) I've forgotten who it was, and b) he's not been invited back.

Crooks is pretty useless, Bright needs to show some impartiality, but I don actually mind Claridge. At least he knows and recognises that there is life outside the Premier League.
 






murphy's law

Member
Nov 24, 2008
232
Sky - Ian Dowie, nothing to do with his Palace history, everything to do with his inability to form coherent sentences.
 


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