hackneyfox Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 Could you link a commentary for me then, that I can get for every game. Ta
Bettsj2 Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 Stringer is about one thing in my opinion, himself. If he makes enough waves he may just get noticed. I think he is fully aware that his interviews with Sven are listened to by more than just the local media and fans, and he is hoping to get a bigger gig. I agree with Stringer that paying fans have their right to speak their mind on players or issues affecting the club, however Stringer and Young need to be more measured in what they say as I fear too many form an opinion from sitting at home and listening to what they say and treating it as gospel. Exactly right. There have been away games this season that i've gone to on my own (boo hoo) where i've listened to their commentary on the radio and sometimes the difference to what they say to what is happening on the pitch is ridiculous. Preston away was a prime example where they were making out that Jack Hobbs was having the game of his life, when the reality was quite different. Young's witchhunt for Yakubu reminds me of his hatred for Bednar earlier in the season (even though Bednar was pretty poor, Young went well over the top in his critisism) and his continuous calling for 'Big' Stevie. They are both completely one dimensional in their point of view. Run around loads = Good Everything else = Bad
Finnegan Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 Complete joke of a "professional" journalist. By far the worst we've had over the last, ugh, however long. I'd rather Barber. Oh but sorry, he's got PASHUN.
Babylon Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 Agreed No doubt one would be their own opinions on what they are seeing Of course. There is always some truth behind the gripes no doubt about it eg. Ricardo being a flapper and Yakubu not running. Stringer or these boards can't turn the crowd against a player on their own, what they do is whip up hysteria around it until that's the only thing people see, any good stuff is forgotten. Poor old Ricardo gets blamed for absolutely everything now, people are in such a state over him they can't actually see that he's not done much wrong, but for a few wayward punches.
muzzy1981 Posted 9 March 2011 Author Posted 9 March 2011 I think Stringer asked those questions to Sven last night because that's what everyone was talking about, I thought they were fair questions tbh, fair play to him. If he hadn't have asked him, I can assure you people would be wanting to know why he pussyed out of the important questions. He does however need to trim down the personal opinion, but he is a fan first and a commentator second. Could you do that job and stay unbiased? I certainly couldn't. I'd much rather have an un-biased commentator/reporter and let fans form their own opnions based on watching, games, listening to games and interviews etc If his bollox continues the petition starts!!
Lesta Legend Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 Could you link a commentary for me then, that I can get for every game. Ta How old are you five? research them yourself
hackneyfox Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 They don't exist do they? Just voices in your head!
Trav Le Bleu Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 I'd love to have Nev back, so much better and nowhere near as stupid. I often listen to the commentary whilst at a match and the number of times he gets players wrong is getting worse.
muzzy1981 Posted 9 March 2011 Author Posted 9 March 2011 I'd love to have Nev back, so much better and nowhere near as stupid. I often listen to the commentary whilst at a match and the number of times he gets players wrong is getting worse. Yeh get Nev back! I say we monitor Stringer and if he doesn't get better campaign 'Get Nev back begins' begins!!!
B52 Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 Stringer getting paid to cause commotion... As a journalist you always get more attention if you write shit and people get angry. Stringer, though, has to be gentle at sight because he stills wants interviews with people at the club. But no one can denie him the pleasure of unresting the players doubting different performences. The bits and pieces about Ricardo/Weale is interesting.....
acooling08 Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 I honestly think he's just a fan saying what most of us are thinking most of the time.
Wymsey Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 I honestly think he's just a fan saying what most of us are thinking most of the time. What, such as him saying when he had Bednar in: 'Bednar is just what we need to turn our opportunities into goals.'
smudgerfox Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 Well half of this board is full of idiots who want to ship out most of his signings. People still calling for Weale, Dyer, Hobbs, Berner, Fryatt, Waghorn. Waghorn has done very little but Yakubu and Vassell get the stick Ricardo gets the stick for last night some how. Berner is apparently the best left back at the club. Dyer just gets worse each game but apparently must start every game. I'm hoping that some on here are going to have a very unhappy summer as many of their pinups are sold. It's such a shame that it isn't possible to discuss LCFC without being put into one extreme camp or another - pro-Sven, anti-Sven, pro-Stringer, anti-Stringer. In this case you take valid criticisms and exaggerate them to discredit those of us who have some doubts about Sven's approach and have yet to be convinced about this new era mullarkey...so in detail then People still calling for Weale, Dyer, Hobbs, Berner, Fryatt, Waghorn. You make the common mistake of thinking that we don't need all those jobbing players who got us to the play-offs last season. It's a mistake first Sousa and now Sven also made. We've moved on - looking at a higher calibre of player these days. But hang on, despite all the to-ing and fro-ing we're not going to make the play-offs this season and we've just lost to three of the top six. This despite the new generation of unprecedented stars Sven has brought to the club. Players we could only dream of before Sven, yet we still won't make the play-offs. I'm not "calling for" Weale, I'm making the simple observation that if you didn't know one of them was a "jobbing" signing from Yeovil and the other was a Portugese international with World Cup and Euro experience, you'd be unable to determine which was which from their performances. Sven has undermined Weale - probably fatally - with first Kirkland and now Ricado - yet hasn't improved the goalkeeping one iota. I'm not sure why Dyer is in the list - we all know he's a moderately effective player who has his limitations - a lack of precision and composure which can render his tireless running pointless. Hobbs - has gone from Player of the Season to Bambi on Ice - and like Weale, Sven clearly couldn't wait to get him out of the team. There's nothing wrong with his ability he just needs a manager who supports and rates him. Berner - no-one is calling for Berner. But this loyal servant of LCFC has been treated shamefully by Sven. Dropped immediately for Cunningham, persuaded to re-sign after Cunningham was injured, then immediately replaced by Van Anholt, then by Mee and finally given a game last night. He could not only be forgiven for lacking match fitness but for not feeling 100 per cent committed to the cause of Leicester City Fryatt - simply not given a chance by Sven despite having a goalscoring record at Championship level which Vassell would die for. Waghorn - ditto. All the above are or were Leicester City signed players. They have/had commiitted themselves to the cause of the club. Unless we can get replacements and/or sell them, all but Fryatt will be here next season. A sizeable chunk of a squad which made the play-offs only last season with every reason to be disillusioned - because we don't need such jobbing players any more. But who has replaced them? Players with an undying committment to LCFC? Notice Yakubu's quote the other day - he'd be delighted to sign if "we make the Premiership.." So the squad everyone is so in love has not only failed to impose its superior Premiership pedigree on the Championship but it isn't ours anyway. It's like a Ferrari parked on the drive of a tumbledown two-up-two-down. It looks good and impresses the neighbours until one day the finance company call in the debt because it never belonged to the owners in the first place. If we sign Naughton and Mee in the close season I will accept that this season will not have been a season of wasteful and needless change. Bamba is obviously a good addition. But what else? Vassell? He's scored four goals in 22 appearances, yet week in week out he keeps his place.
cc_star Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 Getting sick of this bloke and his opinions, he is a sports journalist/ commentator, not a pundit. He hasn't got the background or experience in the game to comment on the team. His position in local media is very powerful and his favouritsm of certain players (Waggy, Bruno) and subtle bad mouthing of others (Ricardo, Kirkland, PVA), can have a great influence over some fans, who are likely to be the idiots booing or calling for other players to come on. Its a long shot but I hope he reads this and thinks about his influence and how valid his opnions are. there's nothing worse than a bland local reporter who tows the corporate line & is nothing more than a mouthpiece for whatever propaganda people want to ram down the fans throat, we've been cursed with one for as long as I've listened. I'm glad we now have a someone who says it like they see it, coupled with the frank and forthright Alan Young its a breath of fresh air What's wrong with favouring some players - its just being honest. Waggy hasn't been given a crack in an improved side, sure he's better in a front 2 than formation we're playing, but he's 100 times the player for us than the undroppable DV is turning out to be, and whilst I know the Yak con conjure a goal out of nothing, for the overwhelming majority of the time its like we've got 10 men. Disliking Ricardo & Kirkland? 99.999% of fans dislike them, the majority of those hate them. Stringer is being representative and asking questions of the manager that the fans want answering, fair enough Sven bumbrigade may dislike that, but thankfully they're confined to a small number on this website. PVA? Meh - What's he ever done apart from hang around with Ashley Cole? Berner creates & scores goals & is a far better defender - Pace is nothing without a football brain. If you want one side of the story like we used to get before Stringer came along, then just read the official club website
Collymore Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 The trouble with Young and Stringer is that they are not a" good cop bad cop" partnership which you need to form biased commentary. They both speak their mind, with Stringer never really thinking about what he is going to say. It gets even worse when they send it back to the studio (can't remember the annoying guy's name,Charles maybe???) who huffs and puffs at how bad life is. A caller normally asks him poiltely how he is to start a conversation and all you hear is "I'm feeling so down, it's as bad as it gets" For fu*k sake, you're paid to be a professional broadcaster!!! not a Leicester fan! there's 100 thousand of us who could moan on air on how bad things are Take Gary Lineker for example, if he covers a Leicester or England game on TV and they lose, he is so professional in defeat. I suppose that's why local radio staff are in local radio.
Kenners Posted 9 March 2011 Posted 9 March 2011 Its more annoying that people who don't get to many games take their word for it rather than either getting to games or believing what you say even though you were there aswell.
bettso Posted 10 March 2011 Posted 10 March 2011 The thing that really grinds me about the bloke is he keeps on saying that we can't beat the teams in the top 6. Leicester 2 - 1 Cardiff Leeds 1 - 2 Leicester Leicester 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest Leicester 2 - 1 Swansea Was he not at these games? or did he just have his head too far up Alan Young's backside to notice?
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 10 March 2011 Posted 10 March 2011 Young's just as bad, might've been a fan's favourite back in the day but he's a piss poor co-commentator. They seem to blow things up out of all proportion, can't fault their passion but their unrelenting criticism / praise of certain players regardless of how they're performing doesn't make for balanced listening.
hackneyfox Posted 10 March 2011 Posted 10 March 2011 It's such a shame that it isn't possible to discuss LCFC without being put into one extreme camp or another - pro-Sven, anti-Sven, pro-Stringer, anti-Stringer. In this case you take valid criticisms and exaggerate them to discredit those of us who have some doubts about Sven's approach and have yet to be convinced about this new era mullarkey...so in detail then People still calling for Weale, Dyer, Hobbs, Berner, Fryatt, Waghorn. You make the common mistake of thinking that we don't need all those jobbing players who got us to the play-offs last season. It's a mistake first Sousa and now Sven also made. We've moved on - looking at a higher calibre of player these days. But hang on, despite all the to-ing and fro-ing we're not going to make the play-offs this season and we've just lost to three of the top six. This despite the new generation of unprecedented stars Sven has brought to the club. Players we could only dream of before Sven, yet we still won't make the play-offs. I'm not "calling for" Weale, I'm making the simple observation that if you didn't know one of them was a "jobbing" signing from Yeovil and the other was a Portugese international with World Cup and Euro experience, you'd be unable to determine which was which from their performances. Sven has undermined Weale - probably fatally - with first Kirkland and now Ricado - yet hasn't improved the goalkeeping one iota. I'm not sure why Dyer is in the list - we all know he's a moderately effective player who has his limitations - a lack of precision and composure which can render his tireless running pointless. Hobbs - has gone from Player of the Season to Bambi on Ice - and like Weale, Sven clearly couldn't wait to get him out of the team. There's nothing wrong with his ability he just needs a manager who supports and rates him. Berner - no-one is calling for Berner. But this loyal servant of LCFC has been treated shamefully by Sven. Dropped immediately for Cunningham, persuaded to re-sign after Cunningham was injured, then immediately replaced by Van Anholt, then by Mee and finally given a game last night. He could not only be forgiven for lacking match fitness but for not feeling 100 per cent committed to the cause of Leicester City Fryatt - simply not given a chance by Sven despite having a goalscoring record at Championship level which Vassell would die for. Waghorn - ditto. All the above are or were Leicester City signed players. They have/had commiitted themselves to the cause of the club. Unless we can get replacements and/or sell them, all but Fryatt will be here next season. A sizeable chunk of a squad which made the play-offs only last season with every reason to be disillusioned - because we don't need such jobbing players any more. But who has replaced them? Players with an undying committment to LCFC? Notice Yakubu's quote the other day - he'd be delighted to sign if "we make the Premiership.." So the squad everyone is so in love has not only failed to impose its superior Premiership pedigree on the Championship but it isn't ours anyway. It's like a Ferrari parked on the drive of a tumbledown two-up-two-down. It looks good and impresses the neighbours until one day the finance company call in the debt because it never belonged to the owners in the first place. If we sign Naughton and Mee in the close season I will accept that this season will not have been a season of wasteful and needless change. Bamba is obviously a good addition. But what else? Vassell? He's scored four goals in 22 appearances, yet week in week out he keeps his place. I think we have differing opinions on the players mentioned above, except for Dyer.
FuriousFox46 Posted 10 March 2011 Posted 10 March 2011 Completely agree, he clearly has his favourites and he can't admit that they aren't good enough/aren't performing i.e. Berner, Hobbs, Fryatt etc. I think last night put the nail in Bruno Berner's coffin, he clearly isn't good enough anymore. I am sick of his clear dislike of Ricardo as well, every week it is "So Sven, is Ricardo position in the team justified" FFS he wasn't at fault for any of the goals last night. The likes of Oakley need to be gutted from the squad, I think I would rather see Moussa or Moreno in midfield. Moussa seems to be playing well for Donny and perhaps worth a gamble. All in all Sven needs to go back to the 4-3-3 and get a settled team. I don't think you can judge that on one game but it is fair to say he plays better with competition. After Cunningham went out injured he put in two/three great performances to try and keep his place in the squad but now Van Aanholt's out. He's the only 'real' left back.
B52 Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 The thing that really grinds me about the bloke is he keeps on saying that we can't beat the teams in the top 6. Is he the one talking about our bad away record too?
Heart-Shaped Fox Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 I think Alan Young has saved Radio Leicester, it wasnt good last season and isnt now, but Alan Young I like listening to. If it was still Stringer and Sinclair or Stringer and Piper we would be in trouble. As for Stringer's commentating, well its not good. He exaggerates, and doesnt give the real picture of the game. I remember at Cardiff a couple of weeks back we should have had a penalty, yet Radio 5 Extra nor any of the reports said this.
Jimmy Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 Fryatt - simply not given a chance by Sven despite having a goalscoring record at Championship level which Vassell would die for. he didn't want a chance judging from how he played at Swansea away, didn't fit the system either and wanted out, Sven was saying he wanted him to stay and fight, he chose to pack his bags so why would you want a player like that anywhere near the club?
MC Prussian Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 there's nothing worse than a bland local reporter who tows the corporate line & is nothing more than a mouthpiece for whatever propaganda people want to ram down the fans throat, we've been cursed with one for as long as I've listened. I'm glad we now have a someone who says it like they see it, coupled with the frank and forthright Alan Young its a breath of fresh air What's wrong with favouring some players - its just being honest. Waggy hasn't been given a crack in an improved side, sure he's better in a front 2 than formation we're playing, but he's 100 times the player for us than the undroppable DV is turning out to be, and whilst I know the Yak con conjure a goal out of nothing, for the overwhelming majority of the time its like we've got 10 men. Disliking Ricardo & Kirkland? 99.999% of fans dislike them, the majority of those hate them. Stringer is being representative and asking questions of the manager that the fans want answering, fair enough Sven bumbrigade may dislike that, but thankfully they're confined to a small number on this website. PVA? Meh - What's he ever done apart from hang around with Ashley Cole? Berner creates & scores goals & is a far better defender - Pace is nothing without a football brain. If you want one side of the story like we used to get before Stringer came along, then just read the official club website You sir, are a complete tool and a disgrace to this football club as well as this forum and I shall stick to this opinion forever. You have also shown signs of no football knowledge whatsoever, instead refraining to simple assumptions and accusations. Van Aanholt has been quality for most part ever since he joined us. And that, apart from Kirkland, you omit any British players from your criticism (so Waghorn, King, Wellens, Oakley or Dyer never put a foot wrong in the past?) make it quite clear that you belong to that one set of our "fans" that makes their life very easy by accusing the "foreigners" of being lazy and/or not good enough, which in my eyes, makes you look like one of these closet racists that only vent their anger before, during and after football matches because there's more and more of this idiotic and sorry sort of human beings in this country and because the likes of you only feel powerful in numbers, but not on their own. I bet you wouldn't be so outspoken about your feelings if I talked to you one-on-one in the street. And Berner, as much as it hurts myself, has not been performing as well as he did last season. Sorry, mate. Bugger off and share your views with the EDL or whatever floats your boat. As for Stringer - I might just as well send a message to the Phone-In next Monday to inquire about his favouritism. Honesty is one thing - provoking extreme opinions on the radio on purpose and being subjective is another.
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