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Alan Shearer.

He tells it how it is.

He was so 'on the fence' and boring when he first started.

Chris Sutton is also a breath of fresh air and won't hold back.

Graeme Souness, Jamie Carragher, Gary Neville.

Jermaine Jennas speaks well, a bit wet though, as Danny Murphy. Phil Neville good (better than his commentating!).

Mark Lawrenson, sorry mate, you are well past date and your irritating 'sniffs' when you think you have made a funny remark.

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Also like Claridge, but then again he's a Titchfield lad so he's bound to talk sense. He quite clearly watched and attended a **** load if games so actually knew how teams were performing rather than just rely on motd clips and a league position. Quite like Jenas on his Friday night bbc5 live radio show.

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David Preece (ex goalkeeper - now journo) I hate the fact ex goalkeepers aren’t used as much as they should be. Need to eradicate the usual ******** of ‘shouldn’t be beaten at his best post’ or ‘the keeper has to do better there’.

 

Danny Higinbotham: tactically intelligent and very articulate.

 

G Neville as above.

 

Souness

 

Cannot stand:

Danny Murphy

Stan Collymore

Lawrenson

Redknapp

Owen Hargreaves

Jenas (as a commentator but do like his insights on 5 live to player issues)

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David Preece (ex goalkeeper - now journo) I hate the fact ex goalkeepers aren’t used as much as they should be. Need to eradicate the usual ******** of ‘shouldn’t be beaten at his best post’ or ‘the keeper has to do better there’.

 

Danny Higinbotham: tactically intelligent and very articulate.

 

G Neville as above.

 

Souness

 

Cannot stand:

Danny Murphy

Stan Collymore

Lawrenson

Redknapp

Owen Hargreaves

Jenas (as a commentator but do like his insights on 5 live to player issues)

 

I agree with most of yours (never heard of the goalie, sorry) but this one?! Can you name something specific so I can look at it. Most of what he's said I've found to be him sounding like he's just reading an autocue. To me he comes across as someone who's there because they can't find anyone else (apart from maybe Savage).

 

I like Rio Ferdinand's punditry and commentary and views.

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David Preece (ex goalkeeper - now journo) I hate the fact ex goalkeepers aren’t used as much as they should be. Need to eradicate the usual ******** of ‘shouldn’t be beaten at his best post’ or ‘the keeper has to do better there’.

 

Preece is very good on James Richardson's 'Totally Football Show'. As are James Horncastle and Julien Laurens. Of the BBC/Sky/BT crowd Danny Murphy speaks sense. Also Sutton and Wright make me smile. How Gary and Phil Neville are just light years apart is also funny.

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The most knowledgeable co-commentator IMHO is Davie Provan (very insightful and articulate) !

My favourite though is still MLT because he's entertaining and (of course) THE Saints legend !

As an aside, I used to watch Terry Paine quite a lot on South African TV and he really wasn't very good !

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Agree Shearer has massively improved. Podcast journos and pundits so much more insightful that the tv mob generally although familiarity breeds contempt I think and only so much you can say and keep it fresh, research helps though! But likes of Talksport guys are just lazy cliched goons aka ‘proper football men’ - not that I ever listen these days.

Ian Mackintosh is excellent

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Neville by a mile, but it helps that he has a long show. There's a reason the pundits are more insightful/analytical on specialist shows or podcasts. Shearer, Souness and Higginbotham are among the best in 20 seconds on highlights shows, and I think Jenas/Kilbane are coming on too.

 

Chris Sutton is one of very few who will actually make me turn off.

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Franny

 

Thought he did really well after being called into to doing expert commentary on the Arsenal game on Sunday due to Owen Hargreaves being stuck in snow. He was certainly far better than the monotonous delivery of Hargreaves who basically does no more than describe what it happening in 4 word bursts.

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Gary Neville's become a parody of himself. Also now a failed manager - the football equivalent of being caught masterbating in public, can never quite look at him the same way.

 

The softly-spoken Jermaine Jenas is underrated. Clarridge is good too.

 

Merse and Wrighty are good value for the s**ts and giggles, though Wrighty is also now a bit more informed.

 

Hoddle is better in the studio than co-commentating.

 

Martin O'Neill is excellent, though clearly in love with himself. By contrast, Niall Quinn is/was a complete simpleton who'd jump off a cliff if you asked him - given how he impressionable he was as a pundit.

 

In general, though, the standard of football punditry is p*ss poor compared to other sports -and ex-professionals don't bring more to the table than informed journos/fans, except visibility.

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Danny Higinbotham: tactically intelligent and very articulate.

 

 

Articulate yes, but pretty much every single thing he says is absolute ******** IMO. I listen, listen and listen a bit more. He goes into great detail about a tactical subject like overlapping or dropping off or suchlike, and I listen intently hoping to learn something from an ex pro. Fair play to him for offering this insight,but at the end of this and every little lecture I just think, thats a load of horse **** Danny. You sound great, but despite 30 years of experience you simply don't seem to know what you are bloody talking about. Obviously that conclusion is based on me thinking I know something about the game. Opinions, opinions.

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When we were lower league we used to get Steve Claridge a lot on that football league show despite being a Skate he generally spoke a lot of sense and was pretty fair. A lot of current lot seem a bit to partisan.

I'm glad someone else said that before me as he's a skate I wasn't sure it would be acceptable to say you liked him on here! Incidentally he came up with a great stat recently that stoke had out spent saints by £90M over the last 3 years- worth bearing in mind when looking at our league positions.

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I like Shearer too, especially with his insight from a forward's point of view. He's perfectly qualified to comment on practically any attacking move, by any team, as far as I'm concerned. I actually don't mind Keown from the defensive POV, but only to a point.

 

I also like Henry, and would say Jenas is quite good on air and in the studio, but not so great in the commentary box. Souness talks sense, but just can't be dealing with hoddle.

 

And yes, Sutton is a reason to switch off. Awful!

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