Uncle Albert Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 I just thought I would start a thread on peoples feelings and views on this man, I personally think he is a bell end and only employed by TalkSport to get ratings up and to infuriate listeners into calling the show.
Stuliasz Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 From today's Mediawatch feature on Football 365 (http://www.football365.com/mediawatch/8826463/Mediawatch): You're Hurting Us, Daily MailBefore embarking on a successful television career, Alan Partridge hosted a chat show on BBC radio. On one of these chat shows, he was joined by a model, about whom he made a vaguely derogatory remark. After this remark, Partridge said:"Please, don't write in saying that's sexist - it's not."Mediawatch was reminded of that statement when reading Adrian Durham's column on The Daily Mail website this morning. It's quite a feat when Durham argues that Steven Gerrard should have moved to Manchester United and it's the Liverpool fans' fault that he stayed, and that's not the most naked, trolling, attention-seeking bucket of bullsh*t in his column.It's not even the bit when he champions the idea of playing a round of Premier League games in 'Australia, USA, South Africa, the Far East, Qatar and Russia' in the middle of the season, and that obviously everyone will be cool about this.No. For Durham makes the following argument:'My talkSPORT colleague Andy Jacobs read my mind when he suggested on air this week that women's football teams should have male goalkeepers. He was joking, but I am serious.'But please, don't write in saying that's sexist - it's not. Or so says Adrian, anyway:'If the women's game is to progress they need men in goal. If you're thinking this is the start of some sort of chauvinistic rant you're wrong, and you obviously didn't read my column last week.'That's that cleared up, anyway. He continues:'The following day I watched Robert Green nearly keep a clean sheet in a pre-season friendly and was reminded how men make mistakes with the gloves as well.'Imagine that! If you put a chap in nets he might nearly keep a clean sheet too! Sold!We can't really get beyond the blindingly obvious point here, in that if men played women's football, then it wouldn't be women's football. And it's also worth noting that Durham thinks this move will make people take women's football more seriously. But luckily Durham doesn't really leave room for nuance and deep-thinking, as can be seen by the following comment:'I watch women's football when it's on and the goalkeeping is shocking, I don't even think Germaine Greer would disagree.'The idea of him typing out 'I don't even think...' then sitting back in his large, masculine leather armchair, swilling a brandy, chewing on a phallic cigar and pondering 'Hmmm, now who's a woman, who says things, who I've heard of...?' is in theory most amusing, we hope you'll agree.But unfortunately it's not amusing. It's not amusing that a national newspaper, even the repellent sh*trag that is The Daily Mail, feels it must resort to such offensive ****c*ntery in order to get a few (or, as is sadly more accurate, quite a lot of) cheap hits. We poke fun at the papers for using slightly misleading headlines to get attention, but they're not the same league as this vicious, misogynistic poison.Jon Stewart once went on the CNN political discussion show 'Crossfire', a show he'd been critical of in the past, and told the presenters: "It's not that I think you're bad - it's that you're hurting America."So to The Daily Mail and Adrian Durham we say this: "It's not that we think you're bad - although you very, very obviously are - but you're hurting us."Once More For The Road'I genuinely believe Harry will lead QPR to a higher finish than Spurs under AVB' - Adrian Durham, November 23.
Guest ttfn Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 If you accept him as an agent provocateur then he's fine. He makes a valid point about women's goalkeeping. It's shit. The point about replacing them with men is pretty insulting though.
Bert Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 First Post is spot on. Condescending, arrogant, jumped up ****.
Corky Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Well done to him on getting a newspaper column, which is basically an extension of his radio personality, so he gets paid twice to produce his often contradictory nonsense. I've heard that he used to be a serious broadcaster, doing European football shows with Gab Marcotti and Guillem Balague. Now reduced to shouting at Darren Gough.
Tommy G Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Think he is great. Listen to his show every day, think Goughie is decent aswell Best radio show by far
The God Emperor Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 depends on how you listen to his show. I listen to it on the way home from work and imagine its a sitcom. Adrian is the brains of the out fit and Goughie is the simpleton sidekick who gets laugh from saying stupid things and saying his catch phrase. Adrian wants to be taken seriously as a journalist and is frustrated with his lack of success which leads to his out bursts. Every episode takes places partly on air and partly behind the scenes where he comes up with plans to take the breakfast show off of Alan Brazil and become the main man at talk sport but they always fail. Goughie: "so Ade. what are we going to do today?" Durham: "the same thing we do every day Goughie. Try to take over the station!"
Super_horns Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 He is quite serious doing the Saturday afternoon scores but is certainly a wind up presenter..like most on Talksport.
AKCJ Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 He's a **** but he's engaging. He gets his audience involved with debates and for that reason you have to tip your hat to him to be fair. He is good at his job.
Bayfox Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 he's a posh fan. who after we suggested the away end this year was a hole and unsafe. baaically told us to feck off live on air. so as far as im concerned i wish he had died in a crush at hillsborough.
Guest Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 He is quite serious doing the Saturday afternoon scores but is certainly a wind up presenter..like most on Talksport. That's why I can't stomach the network to be honest. I just don't get why anyone would tune in to be pissed off all the time. Would anyone on here tune in to a Dangerous Tiger radio programme? I doubt it.
Adster Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 He's a massive, massive c*nt and is deliberately controversial to raise eyebrows. He'll NEVER EVER admit when he's wrong and come out with some bullsht reason why.I suppose you could say he's good at his job. He's a massive bellend though.
Guy1960 Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Adrian Durham is the ultimate troll of the airwaves. He tosses grenades and waits to see what happens. He can argue that black is white and provides an entertaining show once you realise what he's about.
IndCoope Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 Hey there... city fan and epic non-contributor (generally just hang around here being nosey). Anyway I spotted this on Durham and figured you might like to read a piece I wrote on the guy a couple of weeks ago... http://www.sickchirpse.com/adrian-durham-golf/ ...you equally might not to, I won't hold it against you. If the general consensus is that you hate him though you should probably check it out.
Dan Posted 16 July 2013 Posted 16 July 2013 He's definitely on one big wind-up and if he isn't, then he's a world class nobhead.
Guest Basildon Fox Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 What's happend to ronnie Irani?? He was sacked. Adrian Durham provokes debate which is what he is paid to do. I enjoy listening to his and Darren Goughs show.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 People listen to TalkFootball? (You can't call it TalkSport, they don't talk about any other sport except a bit of cricket in summer.)
Ford Super Sunday Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 He's paid to get people to call TalkShite's 10p per minute phone number to disagree with him. Unfortunately as a result he is not a valid football pundit and shouldn't be classed as such. He's the equivalent of Samantha Brick and Liz Jones; professional trolls who give true journalists a bad name.
Super_horns Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 He wasn't the most popular presenter by all accounts but then Alan Brazil has got away with "murder" as he would say over the years"
theessexfox Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 RVP a bully for chipping a penalty Watch it - it's class http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NHO-CWXDC6c#at=351 Surely he can't be serious?
Guest MattP Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 You can meet the talksport staff in the pubs neat smithfiel market around London most days. All comes across as good guys.
cambridgefox Posted 17 July 2013 Posted 17 July 2013 You can meet the talksport staff in the pubs neat smithfiel market around London most days. All comes across as good guys. Andy Jacobs can sometimes wind me up,but he plays cricket for one of my customers Teenage Cancer charity matches and comes across as a very nice bloke and so does that Harry fella from Mcfly.Now he is a handy cricketer.Didnt mention it as a claim to fame but Roger Daltrey chatting to me and the kids over lunch at the above bash.
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