JohnDTraynor Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 There are many to choose from. Often, it seems that becoming a sports journalist or broadcaster is what you do if you can't do anything else in journalism. My least favourite, of those who are reasonably well-know, are: Alan Green - Loudmouth, opinionated, unthinking, etc. Being opinionated might be a good thing except Green's opinions are almost always negative and unhelpful. He seems happiest just having a go at someone: Players, administrators, referrees, supporters. He casts himself as a "voice of the people" but whenever a journalist casts himself in that way it is certain that he views the public as midless gobshites and that is the audience he is pandering to. Also, he is a very, very poor commentator. Radio commentary requires description of action, it's a difficult skill, a skill that is absent from Green. Mihir Bose - What an oxygen thief. He should be working as a columnist in Heat magazine discussing Big Brother or following Britney Spears around. He is the antithesis of being a journalist. Investigation, acquiring facts and compiling a report are not in Bose's skills list. He merely trawls the websites of the world picking up unsubstantiated gossip and then regurgitating it in newspapaers and on the BBC website. (Have people seen his "article's" on the BBC website? They are bedecked with phrases like "my source said", "I have been told by someone", etc.) And, his gossip-filled articles are so vacuous that I fall asleep reading them. Garth Crooks - What is Garth Crooks? What is he? Why is he? Is it a joke that I don't get? Will he reveal all one day saying "aha, I fooled you"? He is vacant, a blank canvas, a lack, an absence...there's nothing there, no-one is at home, Captain Kirk has a five-year mission to discover life, in Garth Crook's brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 :D good post and i'm with you on Alan Green. Sky sports Saturdays so called Pundits, especially Phil "Concorde" Thompson, and even more so that other twat who sits next to Charlie Nicholas, somebody Macnally. Christmas time they were discussing Evertons game, Arteta's name was mentioned and MacNally comes out with the Statement "Graveson has turned them around this season" Charlie Nicholas says Theres a rumour that he will be going back to Celtic in January, MacNally says "Oh thats a real blow, Graveson has been an awesome player for them this season and they'll really miss him. I Think it was Tommy's first start of the season, he had only made a couple of sub appearances before. What a plonker, shows how little homework he'd done, and how little he knows to come out with a shit statement like that. Pundits !! I've shit better than them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Gotta go with Garth Crooks. Very strange person, arrogance eptomised, doesn't make eye contact with people which betrays serious deep seated issues. Troubled man I think. Carlton Palmer....shite footballer, failed manager, crap clueless pundit, fuck off. Jim Rosenthal. How do you get a job on TV when you have no personality at all? Could be replaced by a cardboard cutout (or a cardboard box come to that). Bring back David Icke, that's what I say ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Im going to keep this short and sweet. Paul "Fat Crack Head" Merson. Idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko 1990 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Jamie as you like Merson so much, here are some Qoutes he has made in 07. THE THOUGHTS OF PAUL MERSON "They haven't got that player around the box with a bit of guile, that can open a can of worms." Another Paul Merson classic.... everyone wants to open a can of worms eh, Paul? Merson gives a trademark celebration "He was all over him like a wetsuit." Comment made by Merson on Soccer Saturday. "Liverpool were all mishy-mashy, I know that isn't a word, but it should be." After Liverpool were drubbed by Arsenal in the Carling Cup. "I'm not saying we shouldn't have a foreign manager, but I think he should definitely be English." More words of wisdom from Merson. I tHate that Reporter that did the Report on the Chelsea website about The CC game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 My god the man is such an idiot. I can't stand him. I have a soft spot for Walsall FC and he properlly fucked them over, he only trained the team 2 times a week and got the whole team down the pub on fridays. He is an embaressment to football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko 1990 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Chris Camara- Most Over Enthusiastic BAstard i have ever seen, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 I don't mind Kamara that much tbh. I mean he is a bit of a prat but he's quite funny simply because how excitable he is. Would love to have seen him at christmas as a child, he would have exploded with excitement. I loved when Kamara did the tour of Goodison and necked a bottle of Chang half way through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Berno Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) :D good post and i'm with you on Alan Green. Sky sports Saturdays so called Pundits, especially Phil "Concorde" Thompson, and even more so that other twat who sits next to Charlie Nicholas, somebody Macnally. Christmas time they were discussing Evertons game, Arteta's name was mentioned and MacNally comes out with the Statement "Graveson has turned them around this season" Charlie Nicholas says Theres a rumour that he will be going back to Celtic in January, MacNally says "Oh thats a real blow, Graveson has been an awesome player for them this season and they'll really miss him. I Think it was Tommy's first start of the season, he had only made a couple of sub appearances before. What a plonker, shows how little homework he'd done, and how little he knows to come out with a shit statement like that. Pundits !! I've shit better than them. MacNally Shud av gone to specsavers!! Ethier that or he was watchin vids from years ago. Garth Crooks nobed John Motson prik Kamara legend! I think its ally Macnally but hes goin on the list defo. Edited January 11, 2008 by Josh Berno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Chris Camara- Most Over Enthusiastic BAstard i have ever seen, that man is a legend, one of the funniest pundits ive ever seen. I hate paul merson too and alan hanson. Hanson is far too bias. wankstain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Effan Ekoku callas many games on Tv Down under. ( "Effan No clueco" I call him) Hard to believe a former Pro could be so un informed & gen uneducated in a footy sense. Drives me to tears. Oh & cant forget the ESPN dewds who have a basketball, NFl, Baseball term 4 all things footy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_Blue Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Ian Gwyn Hughes not cos I particularly dislike the man just because we always get stuck with him on our highlights, and it's blatantly obvious if they have sent him Match of the Day intend to give us a five second spot right at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gethinO Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 john motson or johnathan pierce! as a welsh man i hate them, so biased towards england its disgrace!! if robinson makes a good save they will say ' great save from the england number 1'!! goes on my nerves so therefore those are my worst! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 andy grey! the redest blue on the planet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ivetimes Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Gotta be that fat prat Andy Gray for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraccerC Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) gray, chiles, lineker Edited January 28, 2008 by CraccerC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko 1990 Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 gray, chiles, lineker Doesnt know Jack Shit About football, should fuck off backto the One Show and never come back to MOTD2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Andy Gray all the way.... twit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Colin Murray - I don't like his voice :\ I don't like Alan Green or Mike Parry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwlad Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Sorry I'm late, just found this topic! Detest Steve Rider. Jumped from Beeb to ITV and they've lost F1 next year. He's no good for football either. And it goes without saying Andy Gray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jopo Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Andy Gray is CLASS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsmith69 Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 No doubt John Barnes and Mark Lawrenson - not because they used to play for the shite - just because they are shite Kamara = Legend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlmc25 Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 how has no one mentioned Mark Bright? he's by FAR the worst pundit ever to grace television and Ian Wright was absolutely abysmal as well. I still remember the England match where we lost and it went back to the studio, Ian Wright said he just couldn't talk as he was so devastated - THANKS Ian, glad our license fee is paying for you to watch the match and not do your job. He's a total div and when he's on everyone is scared to say what everyone watching knows - SWP had ANOTHER abysmal match. Apart from that the usual suspects - Crooks, Desailly is pretty bad, Pat Nevin is an absolute joke, that guy who presents on 5, Clive Tyldsley (who always brings up Man Utd even when they aren't playing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 ^^^ Good post Carl, you got them all pretty much spot on. ^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Kevin Sheedy. He is absolutely awful and comes across as a total tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 We should probably just change this to who is your favourite sports journo as everyone seems to hate almost everyone so it will be more interesting now to see if there is anyone that is actually liked. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Martin Tyler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 Jeff Steling makes me laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 John Motson is the Dogs Bollox, he's my all time favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted July 12, 2008 Report Share Posted July 12, 2008 big des lynam is a legend! anybody on the bbc seems to get paid to not have a personality! champagne charlie is funny too, and kammy as already said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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