Poor TV pundits with sh#te opinions

[Collibosher70]

21 minutes ago, Bob Weasel Fox said:

He is a plonker for saying that isn’t he

 

what are we supposed to do? I know accept shit play and shit results for the rest of our supporting days just to appease to egotistical commentators 

 

fvck off Keown 

Yep short memories them arsenal fans.

[Ian Nacho]

3 hours ago, willie-bell-in-rothley said:

When the footage of the lap of appreciation was shown on Match of the Day, former City and Arsenal defender Martin Keown leaned forward . “Short memories, Gary, haven’t they?”

Not short enough, i can easily remember the 6 month pay day  Keown came here for, he was sh#te, and clearly didnt want to be here

Didn't have the details regarding the communication error did they. 

[inckley fox]

I remember a chat with a journalist a few years back when he explained to me that a key thing in the press is to form a narrative, your own narrative, to go hand-in-hand with the story. So when Leicester became a fairy-tale, this was the beginning of one of these narratives.

 

Naturally, the press had an idea of where they wanted it to go. For Leicester to win the title and then for them to return to their hole. They liked the idea of the instant relegation and they loved the notion of the fairy-tale being tainted by serpents plotting in the shadows. It made for a perfect story with a perfect shape, with a rise and fall, with heroes and villains.

 

So they invented a whole load of guff about Ranieri's sacking. They cast Shakespeare as a snake, Ranieri as a martyr, the players as traitors. Plenty of pundits wanted us to go down last season and they will continue to leap on any chance to call our players a bunch of backstabbers.

 

As for us fans, the popular view is that we have no right to expect anything other than a return to obscurity. We're ungrateful and spoilt.

 

This isn't a persecution complex because I believe there's a narrative out there for lots of other clubs too, and which goes hand-in-hand with their stories. Nonetheless, it's a shame to see former City players and even some of our own fans falling for this rubbish.

[Albert]

9 hours ago, willie-bell-in-rothley said:

When the footage of the lap of appreciation was shown on Match of the Day, former City and Arsenal defender Martin Keown leaned forward . “Short memories, Gary, haven’t they?”

Not short enough, i can easily remember the 6 month pay day  Keown came here for, he was sh#te, and clearly didnt want to be here

He tried to snake Micky Adams job off him which backfired and led to him being binned off into retirement so he’ll always be negative towards us! 

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

There are very few pundits who have the detailed insights a supporter has. They have to an overview of every club, whereas we are experts in one. 

[Hammo]

49 minutes ago, bmouth_fox said:

There are very few pundits who have the detailed insights a supporter has. They have to an overview of every club, whereas we are experts in one. 

Perfectly put. The problem of punditry in a nutshell.

[UniFox21]

1 hour ago, bmouth_fox said:

There are very few pundits who have the detailed insights a supporter has. They have to an overview of every club, whereas we are experts in one. 

Those that sit and watch about 6 games on the TV and bits of highlights. Yet still think they know exactly what we, the fans, are thinking. They all assume we have deluded expectations when the vast majority wanted 7/8/9/10 and decent play. If they'd sat through some of our performances in the last few months

[volpeazzurro]

One 'pundit' that is more cause for concern for me is our own Michael Appleton having read some of the transcript of his interview. 

 

He gives a litany of excuses for his players poor play from Silva's transfer to more recently, a lack of motivation due to his players having nothing to play for compared to other teams. He also sites his experience of having been a player as being able to understand it.

 

If your coach has this understanding and acceptance of mediocrity then what chance the players having the motivation to fight and perform? What about working hard for your inflated wages, being honourable and giving of your best for your fans who earn considerably less yet pay good money to watch and, not least, having a will to win a being a thorough professional!

 

We have a mixture of attitudes in our squad. Albrighton, who whilst not always being the most technically blessed of players, always appears to bust a gut for his wages. Gray sometimes has the appearance of a young man who thinks he's already made it whilst the reality is precisely the opposite when compared with the new in, keen to achieve Diabate. Then the enigma Marhez, if he ever does get to Man City under Guadiola he has a rude awakening coming to him! Regardless of any natural talent he thinks he has, he will be expected to be twice as fit as he currently is and to concentrate and bust a gut for an entire 90 minutes. Failure to conform and he won't play. To constantly turn in a masterclass will reveal what a fraud he has been here at times as brilliant as he can be.

 

We need an inspirational coach and back up team ... who I don't know. We need a huge clear out of overpaid players in the comfort zone some of which think they know more than the manager. They are a disgrace. I'd sooner have the keen young lads and imported 'up and comings' and achieve less than accept this.

[leicesterseddon]

12 hours ago, willie-bell-in-rothley said:

When the footage of the lap of appreciation was shown on Match of the Day, former City and Arsenal defender Martin Keown leaned forward . “Short memories, Gary, haven’t they?”

Not short enough, i can easily remember the 6 month pay day  Keown came here for, he was sh#te, and clearly didnt want to be here

 

Could have pointed out that the ground was (pretty much) full yesterday, as it has been largely all season - and almost all away ends. 

 

Sold out against Palace last week despite nothing to play for and problems on the trains. 

 

Given the lack of effort on the pitch from the players over the last month they ought to be glad we're still turning up tbh. 

[Corky]

This empty stadium argument is going to be completely twisted, isn't it?

 

Did they mention that it was taking place well after the match, some of the players had already applauded the fans and plenty had left before the end of the match in any case?

 

We'll get the entitled fans, short memories, ungrateful crap but if we win on Wednesday the fans will stay to applaud.

[Sublime_Coatsworth]

17 hours ago, willie-bell-in-rothley said:

When the footage of the lap of appreciation was shown on Match of the Day, former City and Arsenal defender Martin Keown leaned forward . “Short memories, Gary, haven’t they?”

Not short enough, i can easily remember the 6 month pay day  Keown came here for, he was sh#te, and clearly didnt want to be here

Keown's a tool. The kind of guy in your local pub who thinks he's got something insightful to say - but reveals a stunning lack of intelligence. Plus he looks like that alien in Men in Black who kept having his head blown off

 

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Edited 7 May 2018 by Sublime_Coatsworth

[BenTheFox]

Glenn Hoddle saying that we play better football now than when we won the league is also up there. 

[ithuriel]

1 minute ago, BenTheFox said:

Glenn Hoddle saying that we play better football now than when we won the league is also up there. 

Just shows they do not actually watch us that much, the supporters who have sat and watched the team over the last decade know when we are playing well or not and this is the worst I have seen us play for a fair few years and this with two England internationals.

[BenTheFox]

9 minutes ago, ithuriel said:

Just shows they do not actually watch us that much, the supporters who have sat and watched the team over the last decade know when we are playing well or not and this is the worst I have seen us play for a fair few years and this with two England internationals.

It just highlights his snobbery.

[ithuriel]

Just now, BenTheFox said:

It just highlights his snobbery.

Think it highlights he has a screw loose, when he was England manager he consulted a fortune teller or some such didn't he?

[BenTheFox]

1 minute ago, ithuriel said:

Think it highlights he has a screw loose, when he was England manager he consulted a fortune teller or some such didn't he?

Yeah he's an odd one. I really when England got knocked out of the Euros by Iceland and he was slating them for long throw-ins coming out with nonsense like 'oh it's an eighties throwback' and 'our players don't have to defend things like that'. It was so embarrassing. 

[Dan LCFC]

Martin Keown could only wish we had short memories. Then we'd have maybe forgotten what a shit, wankstain he was for us. Typical media snob. Don't ever feel guilty for not accepting this shit we're seeing now.

[Dan LCFC]

52 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

Glenn Hoddle saying that we play better football now than when we won the league is also up there. 

Glenn Hoddle's weird, I think for analysis he isn't bad but for commentary he's unbearable.

 

We haven't played good football in ages though. God knows what he's been watching.

[Sharpe's Fox]

Martin Keown is the missing evolutionary link between ape and early homo sapien

 

[Corky]

33 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said:

Martin Keown could only wish we had short memories. Then we'd have maybe forgotten what a shit, wankstain he was for us. Typical media snob. Don't ever feel guilty for not accepting this shit we're seeing now.

I do like Micky Adams but piling our squad with near-40 year old has-beens like Keown held us back for years.

[Ian Nacho]

1 hour ago, BenTheFox said:

Glenn Hoddle saying that we play better football now than when we won the league is also up there. 

He would say that considering he's bum buddies with Puel.

[somebum]

Detest Hoddle with a passion absolute twat

[dynamark]

Hoddle remind me of Pleat  verbal diiarehoa (is that right ?) .Anyway he lalks it

[winteriscoming]

Majority of pundits simplify things when there is more to it. You can hear them saying as soon as the season is over 'they finished in the top 10 what more do they want' and 'the fans seem to think they should be in the top 6 after winning the League'. I remember last season when puel left southampton le tiss said there was more too it than finishing 8th and that the football was boring and negative. This was accepted as gospel in the Soccer Saturday studio however when ranieri was rightly sacked as imo we were going down the panel critised everyone - the owners, players Shakey etc. Pundits are rarely interested in any club outside the top 6 and only see the odd game and decide to judge without watching regularly. 

[BenTheFox]

I can't wait for all the 'I told you so's' to come out next season if it all goes tits up under a new manager.