Media Muppet of the Month, September 2012...

For those of you who know me fairly well now, you will know I have a distinct dislike for Craig Burley. I liked him as a player but as a commentator and possibly as a person, he is a Class A penis! Which is why I found this article particularly interesting...

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Craig Burley

By Paul Tomkins.

In a Scottish tabloid, a gap-toothed buffoon lived up to one of the main definitions of ‘Burlesque’:

Or should that be Craig Burlesque?

I won’t pretend to be angry at Burley. It’d be like mocking the mentally underarmed. It’s clearly an effort to gain the newspaper hits, and also, an effort for Burley to stroke his own oversized ego. Look how he tears into Rodgers, who is presumably someone he doesn’t know:

Yes, clearly the correct place for such a thoughtful gift is in the bin, tossed there with a sneer. Bloody disabled people, eh? Bloody charities.

Not only does Rodgers give to charity, he respects the gifts he receives. Clearly he’s a monster.

Well, he obviously wants to come in and act like he belongs. Going around saying “bloody hell, I’m not good enough” is not really the way to handle the role, is it? Surely his job is to exude confidence? Or maybe he’d be better off standing around rubbing his face, looking like he hasn’t got a clue what he’s doing?

You only saw the inside of a couple of rooms, and the car belonged to the club. I’d expect that he knows exactly where he lives. It showed him with his family, and his wife of two decades, who was not some pretty little bimbo. Presumably not having a trophy bride makes him even more of an egotist in the eyes of Burley, who lives in Bizarro land.

No, but as Rodgers is part of a unique documentary, he can’t exactly keep himself in the background, can he? Presumably if a documentary was made about Manchester United that involved going into the manager’s home, we’d see that it’s rather palatial?

This is where the weed smoking seems at its most evident. Ferguson’s achievements cannot be questioned, but Moyes’? He’s done a good job at Everton, but his achievements?

Trophies? None. Top four finishes? One. Promotions to the top flight whilst managing lower league clubs? None. Choking when the pressure’s on? Plenty.

Moyes has usually taken a team that ranks 7th or 8th in terms of the cost of the side to around 7th or 8th in the table; sometimes taking them a bit higher, a couple of times taking them much, much lower (15th in his first season, 17th in his third). Any time Everton reach a big occasion, his tactics have been found wanting, although his team are undoubtedly playing some excellent stuff right now, and I’ve no doubt that he’s a pretty good manager overall.

But “remarkable”?

If so, why haven’t Chelsea or Spurs come calling? Why aren’t Europe’s top clubs falling over themselves to land him?

Rodgers got Swansea promoted and took by far the cheapest XI (on average) of 2011/12 up to mid-table. His entire Swansea side cost less than Marouane Fellaini. That’s a pretty good achievement. Of course, he’s only 39, so it’s not like he’s got European Cups to his name. Then again, nor has David “Davie” “Moysey” Moyes.

Yes, **** off Mancini with your league title. You’ve done nothing. Nothing!

Hysterical. Clearly Luis Suarez spent yesterday’s game thinking “this boss knows nothing”, as he enjoys his most prolific spell in a Liverpool shirt.

Yes, damn him with his support of the owners. That’s never the way forward.

And so it continues, with the kind of rising steam evident with a big pile of manure.

Having grown to like Rodgers after reading up on him – having been a little worried when his name was first linked to the job – I’ve been steadily warming to him in recent weeks, having seen Liverpool play increasingly good football with a very young side. He may use the occasional cliche, but then again, compared to Craig Burley he’s Søren Kierkegaard.

Rodgers talks a good game, admittedly, but why does that have to be such a bad thing? Maybe – just maybe – he knows what he’s talking about.

As I discovered with Rafa Benítez, I tend to find my respect for a Liverpool manager increase depending on the credibility of those attacking him (or in the case of Roy Hodgson, decrease with those defending him).

At this rate, Brendan looks every inch a winner.

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What's Burley's agenda with BR then? All seems a bit over the top. And yes, ferguson is undoubtedly a shrinking violet

 

Talking of Comedy roasts on the American thread, good comedy roast of Burley, Gerrez!

I particularly liked the bit about Roberto 'what's he ever won compared to Moysey' Mancini, but my favourite line was:

Brilliant. Keep up these satirical articles, they're class! You keep writing 'em and I'll keep reading and commenting on 'em.

 

Good stuff Gerrez you should blog this.

 

Okay, people seem to think I wrote this but it is not my work guys.

I did put at the top 'By Paul Tomkins' and I did add a link at the bottom too.

 

I think he has an agenda against Liverpool Football club rather than Rodgers, Brendan is guilty by association IMO.

Burley has an issue with Man Utd too. He even irritates me with the things he says about them when commentating on their games purely because everything he spouts is complete bollocks!!!

Oh, and he was (and still is) worse than Andy Gray when it came to zonal marking too

 

We know you didn't write it but your comments are spot on.

 

Expect a few more of these bile filled none entities to raise their head above the parapet if we keep winning.

You have to feel a little bit sorry for them really, devoid of any talent, and only able to jump on the nearest bandwagon rolling by, this ilk have had a couple of years of mocking Liverpool, calling us every name under the sun, and blowing every incident out of all proportion. But we are still here, starting to win, looking good, and that f***ing forward of ours is scoring goals, hell he even comes over as a nice guy in that television program. Worse still the fire the club has come under seems to have galvanised everyone and to top it all the contrast between the, young, exciting, happy, personnel walking around the place, and those old bitter journo's desperate to be retained by whatever rag they speak for is clear to see.

Keep on doing what we are doing I say, and laugh at these non descript's because that is what they are.

 

They weren't his comments, luv. they are Tomkins'

 

Sorry! Should have checked the link. Thought it was from the original article where Burley said these things, which was written Paul Tomkins. My mistake.

 

Ok up to speed now.

 

Get the ale in for everyone, you tight twat

 

Seconded

 

I'm off the beer just had 3 nights with a free bar.

 

Took my mum to the airport yesterday morning. When she got to the resort she text to say she had arrived but really she just had to say that it was £1.25 a pint during happy hour!

 

I was in Spain and having a free bar with San Migues 5.4 and Mahou 5.5 is not a good idea after a while, I was twated.

 

Explains your behavior on this thread

 

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That may have a different meaning as we move around the uk but down here it means drunk.

 

It can mean drunk or that you got punched here. I assumed the former

Of course, a 'twat' can also be a female lady part too