Sky Punditry

[Galway saint]

4 hours ago, whelk said:

Think the whole of Saintsweb were slagging him off during a recent England women’s game. I think he’s ok. 

I can’t watch ‘Super Sunday’ with Drury commentating. He ruins the whole thing with his overblown ‘game of the ages’ guff. He’s incapable of letting the game do the talking and seems to view himself as some sort of literary figure 

[Greenridge]

Hinchcliffe is at it again. What a c-womble 

[Badger]

On 17/08/2025 at 08:16, Willo of Whiteley said:

Mark Chapman is probably the best out there currently.

David Prutton could go far, but unfortunately he isn’t a big enough name for Sky to have hosting the Premier League.

Half expect them to call on Joey Barton ahead of David Prutton. 😂

Chapman is a good presenter in my view. Keeps the talk flowing without coming across as a smug know it all, and without making it his own ego trip.

Of course he’s suffered from not having the playing credibility of Lineacre and comparisons with him for that reason. As you add, it’s the “name” that the producers have often gone for. 

[OldNick]

Jobie McInNuff is pretty sound IMO

[saintant]

On 16/08/2025 at 18:43, S-Clarke said:

I miss the days of Tim Lovejoy, Helen Chamberlain in the morning. Then Jeff Stelling, Matt, Charlie, Merson, Phil Thompson for Saturday afternoon.

Maybe it's just me being nostalgic, but you have to say it was just better. 

The likes of Morrison and Sherwood on Soccer Saturday is a total WTF - if you can understand Morrison half the time.

That was before the pc/woke brigade started calling the shots on every aspect of our lives.

[saintant]

On 17/08/2025 at 09:00, Willo of Whiteley said:

In context it made sense. There were several posts from a separate thread that was then moved to create this thread.

To those stumbling on this it looks like I created a random thread 😂 But the first post was in response to another poster who shared similar thoughts.

It doesn’t bother me, Sky is shit, gone are the days of Soccer Saturday when it was fun to watch.

My point was that I hadn’t watched Sky pre/post-match PL analysis for a few years now; but you get off clips pop up and they try to regurgitate the same drama and stories over and over again.

EFL coverage is a lot more fun, more varied, different guests and pundits.

BBC had one of the best pundit teams of Linekar, Shearer and Wright on MOTD. 

If you can put up with Andy Fucking Hinchcliffe!

[S-Clarke]

11 hours ago, OldNick said:

Jobie McInNuff is pretty sound IMO

I think the Championship team is the better rounded setup IMO. The PL punditry team is just full of egos.

I liked Neville and Carragher when they first started out, but they've become parody's of themselves over the years and try too hard now.

[AlexLaw76]

Drury is, by some distance, the most irritating fucker with a mic. Oddly, his peers seem to really appreciate his style.

[whelk]

15 hours ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Drury is, by some distance, the most irritating fucker with a mic. Oddly, his peers seem to really appreciate his style.

I am one of the few who like Drury. Just wish he’d stop shouting player names every time they shoot