Your Five Most Annoying Football Commentators/Pundits...

[biddleingy]

who is the bloke that is on the midweek football league show who always wears shirts that are too tight for him so that the buttons are ready shoot off, proper pretentious about everything and thinks he knows it all.

 

As an aside bring back Andy "take a bow son" Grey and Ian Dark

[Santa]

who is the bloke that is on the midweek football league show who always wears shirts that are too tight for him so that the buttons are ready shoot off, proper pretentious about everything and thinks he knows it all.

Do you mean Gary Birtles on Sky?

 

Ian Darke was on BT Sport the other day. Always been an excellent commentator.

 

I like Jamie Carragher, if there's one thing you want people like him to do, it's to give some proper insight as an ex-pro, and he does that well, even if it's not always done too articulately.

[Howjy04]

Do you mean Gary Birtles on Sky?

 

Ian Darke was on BT Sport the other day. Always been an excellent commentator.

 

I like Jamie Carragher, if there's one thing you want people like him to do, it's to give some proper insight as an ex-pro, and he does that well, even if it's not always done too articulately.

 

Eeeee tanks Santi la.;)

[biddleingy]

Do you mean Gary Birtles on Sky?

 

Ian Darke was on BT Sport the other day. Always been an excellent commentator.

 

I like Jamie Carragher, if there's one thing you want people like him to do, it's to give some proper insight as an ex-pro, and he does that well, even if it's not always done too articulately.

 

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[robf]

I guess some will disagree but I cannot listen to Alan Green. He seems to think he's there to get a bee in his bonnet and not to describe the match. He just gets riled at everything and hence it is all about him, not the game. I once heard one game where he spent five minutes moaning about motorway traffic delaying him- is that really what we tune in to listen to?

 

I also dislike the commentators who bellow excitedly whenever a "famous" player tries a shot. The likes who shout "ROONEY!" or "GERRARD!" at top volume even when they shank a shot wide.

 

I actually really like the Lee Blakeman/Mick Cullerton combination on Radio Stoke.

[JOHNNYAITCH]

In no particular order

 

Robbie Savage

Michael Owen

Alan Brazil

Shaka Hislop (ESPN)

That chap who is now manager of Torquay (he was/is a pundit on the local news down here)

[Santa]

Is that Steve Frogatt on BBC Midlands?

[robf]

I used to watch Mark Lawrenson on HTV West when based in Bristol. He was simply average then (thankfully he didn't think he was as funny as he does now) and I was stunned when he got a job on BBC nationally...

[JOHNNYAITCH]

I also dislike the commentators who bellow excitedly whenever a "famous" player tries a shot. The likes who shout "ROONEY!" or "GERRARD!" at top volume even when they shank a shot wide.

 

That really gets me too; the tone they use implies that cos it's Rooney/Gerrard the shot is bound to go in..very annoying

[Howjy04]

Is that Steve Frogatt on BBC Midlands?

 

Looks like him.Ex Wolves and Villa.

[Guppy 4 England]

David Pleat. Or should it be David Pratt. Hasnt a clue.

[Bails]

Andy Townsend

Clarke Carlisle

Jonathan Pearce

Jacqui Oatley

Garth Crooks

 

Bunch of absolute pipes!

 

(John Motson is starting to **** me off, but he's a legend, so he escapes.... just!)

[Bails]

There's actually too many. Names keep cropping up all the time!

 

Martin Allen just lately. And can we include Adrian "Robbing a living" Chiles ????

[Jacko51]

Agree with many on here, particularly Alan Green, Martin Allen, Lawrenson, Crooks, Shearer, Owen, etc, etc. Best one is Gary Neville and although I find his industrial scouse accent really grating, Carragher does talk sense.

[Portvalefc]

Chris kamara every time he speaks its unbeleable geff.