Steve Staunton - Worst pundit ever

Pisco Sour

Great player, shocking pundit!

ntlbell

worse gaffer

Cypher_sounds

hes not a pundit hes an embarrassment to the irish public

MonkeyTennis

I love him.

jaykay74

any quotable quotes from stan so far

bonerm

I haven't even heard him but my imagination leads me to believe the thread title is 100% correct.

keane2097

I think he's alright.

Nailz

He's hardly Fox Sports Super Duper Lightening Fast Soccer Entertainment now, is he?

String

"argies"

SuperSean11

He's been alright so far

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Never mind stan, your man the presenter is a smarmy prick...

builttospill

Stan is looking and sounding more and more like Joesph/John Merrick every day. He was obviously kitted out in that suit by the powers that be and told to perform on the tellybox for the morbidly curious.

micks

DrMorphine wrote: »

"argies"

So embarrassing can you imagine the uproar sky had someone on calling us paddies

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micks wrote: »

So embarrassing can you imagine the uproar sky had someone on calling us paddies

There's a huge difference between 'Argies' and 'Paddys' nowadays, ffs.

At one time 'Argies' was probably seen as derogatory, but now it's just accepted as an abbrevitation.
Paddy is in no where near an abbreviation for Ireland, it's a derogatory term which some find offensive, I personally don't but I know a lot that would if an English person called them that.

keane2097

If you'd genuinely be offended by somebody calling you "paddy" you really need to get some perspective in your life IMO.

greendom

baz2009 wrote: »

There's a huge difference between 'Argies' and 'Paddys' nowadays, ffs.

At one time 'Argies' was probably seen as derogatory, but now it's just accepted as an abbrevitation.
Paddy is in no where near an abbreviation for Ireland, it's a derogatory term which some find offensive, I personally don't but I know a lot that would if an English person called them that.

"Accepted as an abbreviation" - perhaps - if you're a journalist for The Sun.
Agreed though - Paddy is worse

Carlos_Ray

DrMorphine wrote: »

"argies"

Yea what was the story with him saying this again and again??? I noted he stopped after the add break. Probably told to stop.. came across like a total tool

Pisco Sour

I suppose the people who are offended at being called a Paddy are the same people calling the Americans "Yanks"!!

micks

baz2009 wrote: »

There's a huge difference between 'Argies' and 'Paddys' nowadays, ffs.

At one time 'Argies' was probably seen as derogatory, but now it's just accepted as an abbrevitation.
Paddy is in no where near an abbreviation for Ireland, it's a derogatory term which some find offensive, I personally don't but I know a lot that would if an English person called them that.

I wouldn't be offended I simply find it ridiculous someone commenting on a match is talking like that

IamtheWalrus

Whoever combed his hair like that has a sense of humour.

homerjay2005

the lad lacks charisma more than any person ive ever met. he really is an embarrassment.

i saw him on SSN before doing a Leeds game and he was absolutely shocking, having a pop off the FAI bringing in Trappatoni, saying his english wasnt great.

thats a bit rich considering not only does noting much come out of his mouth when he talks, but hes from louth on top of that.

PaddyBomb

"That boy Fahey has a nice left peg on him. He can whip in some wonderful balls."

Faheys right footed and rarely uses his left. Hes naturally a centre midfielder but played left wing for Birmingham mostly last season. If only Stan did a bit of research.

Whats the odds for Stan to get the Villa job?

Mental Mickey

I had to turn it off. On top of it being a sh1t match, Staunton's "contributions" were embarrassing.

Joeyjoejoe43

Ya has to be said he's a terrible pundit. He's worse than Jamie Redknapp, and that says it all really..

IamtheWalrus

Joeyjoejoe43 wrote: »

Ya has to be said he's a terrible pundit. He's worse than Jamie Redknapp, and that says it all really..

To be fair to Stan, he was a guest pundit because of the country playing. Jamie Redknapp is the face of Sky's premiership coverage.

ctrl-alt-delete

He was terrible on Sky last night,

He kept looking out the window when he was asked about the stadium, "hopefully we can get a euros over here sometime.....yeh know...".

Can you just imagine how he was in the Ireland dressing room as a manager, i don't even want to think about it, i still can't believe he got the job.

Mental Mickey

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

To be fair to Stan, he was a guest pundit because of the country playing. Jamie Redknapp is the face of Sky's premiership coverage.

They could've got someone like Liam Brady or Niall Quinn?? Or at least someone who comes across well on tv, unlike Stan.

ColeTrain

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

He was terrible on Sky last night,

He kept looking out the window when he was asked about the stadium, "hopefully we can get a euros over here sometime.....yeh know...".

Can you just imagine how he was in the Ireland dressing room as a manager, i don't even want to think about it, i still can't believe he got the job.

It was the 'German Model', a disgrace alright.

He should have been sacked right after the 5-2 game against Cyrpus. Thank god he some how managed to make things worse, or else he could have still been in charge for the last campaign.

IamtheWalrus

Mental Mickey wrote: »

They could've got someone like Liam Brady or Niall Quinn?? Or at least someone who comes across well on tv, unlike Stan.

Sky think Stan is the quintessential Irish man.

IamtheWalrus

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

He kept looking out the window when he was asked about the stadium

Noticed that. He isn't comfortable in front of the cameras.

Mental Mickey

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Sky think Stan is the quintessential Irish man.

PMSL. That's the funniest thing I've read on boards..........ever!!!

Pal

04072511 wrote: »

Great player, !

Beg to differ.

He is the original McShane

parker kent

Pal wrote: »

Beg to differ.

He is the original McShane

That line is almost as bad as some of Stan's punditry

whatnext

baz2009 wrote: »

There's a huge difference between 'Argies' and 'Paddys' nowadays, ffs.

At one time 'Argies' was probably seen as derogatory, but now it's just accepted as an abbrevitation.
Paddy is in no where near an abbreviation for Ireland, it's a derogatory term which some find offensive, I personally don't but I know a lot that would if an English person called them that.

Try that same logic with someone from Pakistan and see where it gets you:rolleyes:

ColeTrain

whatnext wrote: »

Try that same logic with someone from Pakistan and see where it gets you:rolleyes:

Yeah but the word you are referring to is a derogatory word used for people that may look like someone from Pakistan, which a broad description.

'Argie' is used for Argentinian people, not because of what they look like or what continent they are from, it simply means a person from Argentina, which in my view isn't insulting.

parker kent

ColeTrain wrote: »

Yeah but the word you are referring to is a derogatory word used for people that may look like someone from Pakistan, which a broad description.

'Argie' is used for Argentinian people, not because of what they look like or what continent they are from, it simply means a person from Argentina, which in my view isn't insulting.

It became a bit derogatory during the Falklands war with headlines like Argie Bargy. I guess it was originally no different to calling Australians Aussies, but it did get an element of nastiness. But it entirely depends on the person saying it. I doubt the Argentineans would love being called it.

jaykay74

"Argie" is sun-reader speak.

JerryHandbag

Pal wrote: »

Beg to differ.

He is the original McShane

I wouldnt go that far! But he was a liability in the Irish backline from about 96 onwards

Pal

JerryHandbag wrote: »

I wouldnt go that far! But he was a liability in the Irish backline from about 96 onwards

I used to count the number of times he lost possession for Ireland.
It was unreal.

Mostly he just kicked the ball into Row Z