I couldn't agree more. We'd be better off with just commentaries, reports and scores like in the 60s. Sod the analysis.
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Just watched the yam game on catch up,what a joke that penalty was and the ref just couldn't wait to give it.
Maybees naw but he did work as a presenter on Granada TV's The Big Match from the early 80s. Sometimes they rerun them on ITV4.
And it was proper work too as we saw the Lawman reading out results and introducing highlights. No analysis or oafish banter were involved. His colleagues were Elton Welsby and Jim Rosenthal.
He's still there, working for Canal+.
http://www.culturepsg.com/news/match...ffusions/22797
If the Hearts penalty was a penalty then I am a jambo! :greengrin
You can hear him well enough in the background here (it's the first video, but you might have to click "voir" or "watch" to see it because of Franck's bad language).
https://twitter.com/i/status/1041641540584660992
Keep meaning to watch Sportscene, but after watching the highlights on Hibs.TV I never usually bother. Think I’m with Steven Thompson in that I’m not reall that fussed about watching football.
I think he’s a really good pundit, as is Michael Stewart.
I’m surprised he doesn’t like football but maybe that’s just what he says to separate himself from all the Rangers dafties and all that goes along with playing for them, as he did for a while.
Also maybe having the ability to detach himself from the game might actually help him in a strange sort of way.
Is his passion not music? I seem to remember he was in a band and perhaps wrote a cup final song for one the teams he played for.
Marc Libbra is the same. I remember him saying when he was with us was that the reason he didn't really celebrate goals and always looked in a mood, was that he didn't like football and only played it because he was good at it. For him, football was just a job.
:agree: I agree and I think there's a lot of truth in the 'can't see the wood for the trees' catchphrase. Sometimes we do so much of something we don't step back and see the wider picture.
This is why walk-up supporters are far more knowledgeable than season ticket holders :greengrin