Hack Watch

These pundits are ex-footballers. It is well known , that on the whole, most footballers aren't the most intelligent. They may be/have been very good footballers but alot of them were not the brightest sparks in school-if they even finished school.

 

Of course, if they had a pundit from a broadcasting or journalistic background, it wouldn't be long before we had the Robbie Savages of the world shout them down for not playing at the top level of football no matter how much more insightful or knowledgeable their contributions were.

 

This is true, on the other hand they have had the benefit of listening to top managers and coaches team talks and tactics week after week so, may just have picked up a bit more than the average intelligent supporter watching from the stands or on TV.

 

I think we would like to think that, that would be the case and I am sure that this why the broadcast media employ them in such numbers, but in the main is there is very little insightful information given out my ex players just opinions mainly based on favouritism, from that point of view they are no better than us.

 

Imagine that you had a footballer who had achieved great
things during his playing career, but had the intelligence and
eloquence to actually be a football journalist.

< Danny Blanchflower >

 

As manager ??
Pile onto Skybet while the odds of Kane replacing Zidane
before the start of next season are still high.

 

When my daughters were younger I used to warn them about checking any 'fact' in the media or on the net before believing them.
To illustrate my point I used football punditry on tv and in the written and electronic media to show how inaccurate these 'facts' can be.
The one that surprised them the most was when they read that Defoe's 5 goals v wigan was the first time a Spurs player had scored nore thsn 3 goals since Colin Lee had in 1977.
They were at the Wigan match...and were also at the Burnley match 3 months prior when Robbie Keane scored 4 goals!
My eldest also remembered Berbatov getting 4 goals against Reading 2 years earlier.
Both now check everything they read before believing it so to the over paid dumbasses for teaching my girls an important life lesson.

 

The mantra of today appears to be 'Everyone is entitled to their opinion' this drives much of the media. As an example, reporters can often be heard asking joe punter what he thinks about the Brexit negotiations. To this question we will be given the benefit of Mr.Punters spectacularly uninformed opinion, although even this pales into insignificance compared to asking Boris for his.
Or Mr Nowt so strange as folk from Bradford who when asked why he voted to leave the EU replied, "Too many Pakistanis in Bradford." I must have missed the point when Pakistan joined the EU !

That's just my opinion of course.

 

well said, sir!

 

Top managers and coaches who may be brilliant at football but are not necessarily intelligent.
I accept a football pundit saying that a player was out of position-they know better than me. I don't accept them telling me that player X would be better off playing for another team (for example).

 

http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/11/1...ests-ruben-loftus-cheek-would-be-better-off-a

I assume the reason for this is that our Jamie would
like the kid to play for another of the usual suspects,
but is contractually obliged not to openly say it
(Spurs are his <Standard> Liege) .

 

Alright, what dirt has Louise given to Levy?

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...nham-spurs-obituaries-barcelona-a8051646.html

Can they not just say that he is another of those
overseas players with decent talent, but just cannot
cut it in the PL in a team that is not miles beyond
the ability of their rivals (and that is being kind
when you consider the likes of Shevchenko etc) .

 

The hack-o-sphere is reporting that Spurs have
made an official bid for Bale in the mid 50 £millions.

Not considering source credibility etc, but that
sum would be a <standard> Levy opening salvo.

 

A lot of money to pay for someone who's had so many injuries. Great when he is fit but that is not often nowadays. About 30M with add ons for appearances would be about the right mark.

 

The Sun decided the best idea was to run a front page story of BBC new staff being asleep at their desks.

BBC journalists didn't take kindly to it...

 

It's the standard practice of right-wing media attacking one of their competitors.
The Mail and Express do something similar on a daily basis.

 

The Guardian is saying that the gap between Spurs and Arsenal is big - and getting bigger.
I assume that's a positive.

 

It was 4.4 miles. I think it will soon be 4.5

 

This is the photo that MSN are using for their report on Malcolm Young's death

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Looks an awful lot like Angus Young, doesn't it? I wonder why...