best soccer pundit

Spiritoftheseventies

Given the amount of stick some of our soccer pundits get time to put this to a poll. Who do you consider to be the best.

SlickRic

out of ours? souness.

of all the ones on television. easily Gabriele Marcotti on UTV Champions League Highlights.

and i promise, that was before i knew of his sympathy towards rafa last week.

very knowledgable and level headed in all his analysis.

also, it's great to listen to someone who knows the european game, in particular, the italian league.

gimmick

Graham Hunter.

The_Kew_Tour

Ken Doherty;)

Eire-Dearg

Best has to be Eamonn Dunphy for the entertainment value involved. He talks a lot of crap, but he makes you tune in or wait for the analysis.

Worst is probably Jamie Redknapp who isn't in the poll, and of course Whelan. But above all I really hate Tony Cascarino when TV3 cover games. Terrible.

I actually like Kenny Cunningham a lot when he pundits on RTE. Very knowledgable, well spoken and his views are usually bang on.

Eire-Dearg

gimmick wrote: »

Graham Hunter.

Does he be on TV? I've only seen him on the phone to SSN when they're covering Spanish transfers or whatever.

Headshot

best for me is

Eamon Dunphy
Ronnie Whelan

Frisbee

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

I actually like Kenny Cunningham a lot when he pundits on RTE. Very knowledgable, well spoken and his views are usually bang on.

Can't stand Cunningham, all he ever does is sit on the fence.

Bill: "Will there be goals in this Kenny?"

Kenny: "Eh possibly there will be goals Bill, but possibly not."

He uses the word possibly like it's going out of fashion.

Spiritoftheseventies

Yes was very impressed with Trevor Steven last night. Explains the game well

Bubs101

James Richardson by miles.

Glico Man

Agree re: Graham Hunter.

It's a terrible waste he's stuck on Revista.

His knowledge of Spanish football is unrivaled, even by Guillem Balague

Barney Rubble

One Cold Hand

No Pat Dolan? Poll fail.

Melion

All the ones mentioned are shíte, Souness is the best of that awful bunch.

JPA

Lee Dixon and Hansen are good IMO. I dislike almost all the others on the list.
Souness is arrogant.

Eire-Dearg

Bubs101 wrote: »

James Richardson by miles.

+1

Best out there, ever.

Memories of his show on C4 a few years back.

BERBA

sounness top notch imo

eZe^

Sid Lowe for sure, even if I only ever see him being a pundit on biased Real Madrid shows.

efb

Souness, and extra points for putting up with Xfactor panto anctics of Dumphy et al

Kev_ps3

Giles and Dunplhy for me:)

drkpower

When you are abroad watching an Irish game, what do you miss most?
Eamo, obviously.

He may not be the best pundit, but he is the best.:eek:

Spiritoftheseventies

Who did James Richardson play for. Maybe I should have specified well known

MR NINE

I voted for Lee Dixon, very good pundit, always offers an interesting insight on MOTD2. Souness is a close second IMO.

Shame on anyone who voted for Ronnie Whelan, joke of a pundit. I've lost all respect for the man for the pathetic way he attempts to criticize and insult Rafa Benitez every week on the premiership (and i mean literally every week).

OPENROAD

Voted Keown, Dixon would be a very close second but for pure entertainment it has to be Dunphy, can't wait until Tuesday night hopefully they will be talking about Roy Keanes comments.

Horsefumbler

Pat Dolan

Het-Field

Best
1.Alan Hansen

Entertainment Value
1.Eamonn Dunphy/John Giles/Liam Brady
2.Chris Kamara

Worst
1.Jamie Redknapp
2.Phil Thompson
3.Paul Merson

Most Annoying
Jimmy Hill

tony1kenobi

Saint n Greavsie.

UnitedIrishman

James Richardson by a country mile.

Ruud Gullit and Charlie Nicholas are fairly honest and provide good insight too.

90% on that list have agenda's, or talk comple sh*te with the old clichés thrown in.

flahavaj

Never thought of Richardson, hes outstanding.

Shocked Souness is winning this, seems like when hes on RTE hes only saying what he thinks Giles and Dunphy want to hear.

callaway92

Shouldn't Andy Gray be on this poll?? He is great on The Last Word

mike65

Hard to make a judgement as they are working within the confines of particular formats and with presenters who tend to either encourage or discorage "iconoclastic" outbursts. Lee Dixon is nicely calm and striaghtforward.

I liked Gordon Strachan when he was on World Cup/Euro Champs duty.

OPENROAD

Who voted for Alan Shearer

Dimitri

For me it has to be Sounness, very knowledgeable, reasonably articulate and isn't afraid of criticising people if your to listen to Redknapp you'd never think anyone had a bad game.

orourkeda

No such thing exists. They all talk cliched bullsh*t.

jamsieboy86

Andy Townsend for me

Gillington

Picked Souness but then someone reminded me of James Richardson,he's a legend I pick him instead,undo,undo,undo!

Smegball

Sid Lowe, Gabriel Marcotti, James Richardson.

Also like Patrick Barclay on The Game sometimes.

raven136

Richardson,Marcotti,Oliver Kay(On the game podcast)

Most pundits seem to come with an agenda and stick to it no matter what its front of their eyes.

antomorro-sei

Eamo Dunphy... He's a hero


Ah c'mon, who really voted for Ronnie Whelan?

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Frisbee wrote: »

Can't stand Cunningham, all he ever does is sit on the fence.

Bill: "Will there be goals in this Kenny?"

Kenny: "Eh possibly there will be goals Bill, but possibly not."

He uses the word possibly like it's going out of fashion.

I don't mind Kenny but that's spot on. Can't stand his jumping eyebrows mind. :eek:

staker

Voted Ronnie for RTE, for his knowledge of the game.
I really enjoy Stiles and Grumpy, but Souness' knowledge is lost out on cos of Eamo's constant barracking:rolleyes:
Voted Keown on the BBC. He's good to analyse imo

tdv

Has to be Dunphy. Not really up to date with the modern game. But for entertainment purposes he's miles ahead of everyone.

Warper

I chose Souness as he is the best out of that list though Dunphy is the most entertaining.

Carcharodon

James Richardson is quality and very knowledgeable. Was excellent when he covered Italian soccer on Channel 4.
Dunphy might be entertaining but he knows a hell of a lot less than he thinks he does.

Aidric

Smegball wrote: »

Also like Patrick Barclay on The Game sometimes.

Good call. He's on the Sunday Supplement a fair bit as well.

OPENROAD

Alan Shearer posts on this board :eek:

Spiritoftheseventies

flahavaj wrote: »

Never thought of Richardson, hes outstanding.

Shocked Souness is winning this, seems like when hes on RTE hes only saying what he thinks Giles and Dunphy want to hear.

I think Sounness heart problems means he has to be a bit more restrained when dealing with Dunphy and Giles. Dunphy pushes his luck sometimes.
Would be great if we could get Roy Keane on as a pundit.
"What are you laughing at Bill?"

Mossy Monk

Souness from the list. James Richardson is great too. Is he on tv anymore after Setanta going tits up?

Kinetic^

I voted for RTE's three amigos. I think they make a great panel and they've lovely bottoms.

Spiritoftheseventies

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Souness from the list. James Richardson is great too. Is he on tv anymore after Setanta going tits up?

Did I say pundit or host. Richardson is a host.

Esse85

Wheres the option for Robbie Savage?