Yeah he gets more stick than he deserves. He's probably a better pundit than most, but that's undermined in the eyes of many by his unusual style, and the odd bizarre tangent.
Yes, I realise that his style gets up the odd nose, but behind that he does talk a lot of sense. Incidentally, Mark Bright, Robbie Savage and Kevin Kilbane have been quite entertaining today on Final Score. On a thoroughly boring day [No Saints] they've been a highlight.