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Title: Football Pundits
Post by: Butchers Red on April 01, 2024, 05:31:09 pm
Is it just me ??

Does anyone else get increasingly fed up with them bas**rdizing the English language ??

Since when was "Strike " pronounced "Shtrike "" ??

And when did "Three" points become "Tree" points ??

 :crying: :crying:
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: adamtherover on April 01, 2024, 05:41:12 pm
Irish presenters by any chance?
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: Butchers Red on April 01, 2024, 05:51:15 pm
Actually no - I'm not having a pop at the Irish - it's usually English commentators and predominantly female.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: Branton Rover on April 01, 2024, 05:51:59 pm
Way back when we used to complain about Jimmy Hill. But Jim was a true trailblazer. Player, Union rep, manager, Chairman. Saw off the maximum wage, introduced 3 points for a win. We used to think he talked b*llocks but now we have Farrah Williams who’s only achievement is that she ticks a box.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: Ryaldinhio on April 01, 2024, 06:02:36 pm
I like listening to talk sport but it really grinds my gears when Darren Bent says axed instead of asked! Talking like he is in some sort of London street crew.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: drfchound on April 01, 2024, 06:08:03 pm
Actually no - I'm not having a pop at the Irish - it's usually English commentators and predominantly female.

When listening to the England v Belgium game the other night one of the female pundits kept referring to Bellingham as Bellanum.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: firestarter on April 01, 2024, 06:24:40 pm
Clinton Morrison is my pet hate for this .. and his gangsta mannerisms boil my p**s
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: Colemans Left Hook on April 01, 2024, 06:43:28 pm
Actually no - I'm not having a pop at the Irish - it's usually English commentators and predominantly female.

When listening to the England v Belgium game the other night one of the female pundits kept referring to Bellingham as Bellanum.
when we go to war with Italy in the Euros the  Italian commentator will probably call him "Bellum gerere"  :coat:
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: graingrover on April 01, 2024, 07:27:37 pm
If she would of knew she would of learnt English!
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: Chris Black come back on April 01, 2024, 07:29:34 pm
Is this the worst thread since that one that tried to get people to rank their favourite black players at the club? Quite possibly.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: graingrover on April 01, 2024, 07:32:20 pm
Why?  Is is not PC to call  a commentator a pundit then  lol
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: Iberian Red on April 01, 2024, 07:58:17 pm
If she would of knew she would of learnt English!
Have and of! :aok:
Also when did it become 6th become something totally different?
I rest my fanny pack.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: Bessie Red on April 01, 2024, 08:30:51 pm
I like listening to talk sport but it really grinds my gears when Darren Bent says axed instead of asked! Talking like he is in some sort of London street crew.
He's one of the Chicken kids!! (Credit: Mickey Flanagan)
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: Pliskin on April 01, 2024, 08:48:43 pm
It feels like there is too much football punditry nowadays. And most of it is unnecessary.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: scawsby steve on April 01, 2024, 08:50:28 pm
Way back when we used to complain about Jimmy Hill. But Jim was a true trailblazer. Player, Union rep, manager, Chairman. Saw off the maximum wage, introduced 3 points for a win. We used to think he talked b*llocks but now we have Farrah Williams who’s only achievement is that she ticks a box.

Farrah Williams MBE has almost 200 England caps. Quite a few achievements there.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: Branton Rover on April 01, 2024, 09:37:46 pm
The best summariser of football I used to listen to and highly admire was Jimmy Armfield. The point being they no longer pick the best candidate due to their knowledge and experience it’s all about being virtue signallers by getting a minority on and you end up with diluting the quality of output because you’re only selecting people from a smaller cohort. It’s a mathematical impossibility to get better results from that.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: Ryaldinhio on April 01, 2024, 09:55:42 pm
Dont wanna sound like Joey Barton but.......
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: adamtherover on April 01, 2024, 10:16:11 pm
Is this the worst thread since that one that tried to get people to rank their favourite black players at the club? Quite possibly.
wasn't there a premier league poll last season to vote for your favourite black player?  Now just imagine for one second if that was the other way round..   
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: ForsolongaRover on April 01, 2024, 10:21:49 pm
Is it not the way the language and grammar everywhere has deteriorated since spelling and standard spoken English has been cast aside via a form of political correctness? Political correctness trumps all other forms of correctness. Even BBC journalists frequently make grammatical and spelling mistakes which are missed by editors (assuming they still have them).

Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: EasyforDennis on April 01, 2024, 10:22:02 pm
Dont wanna sound like Joey Barton but.......

I didn't think I would ever say this, but............I agree with JB.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: DMnumber4 on April 02, 2024, 10:05:19 am
The best summariser of football I used to listen to and highly admire was Jimmy Armfield. The point being they no longer pick the best candidate due to their knowledge and experience it’s all about being virtue signallers by getting a minority on and you end up with diluting the quality of output because you’re only selecting people from a smaller cohort. It’s a mathematical impossibility to get better results from that.

The more games that are broadcast, the more pundits there will be....
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on April 02, 2024, 03:46:22 pm
Christ there's some bile being kept down int there?
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on April 02, 2024, 03:54:31 pm
I preferred the days when our commentators could call foreigners out for the cheats they were, and where white middle aged commentators would just go and pull somebody off in a gay cinema rather than force all their woke virtue signalling on us.
Title: Re: Football Pundits
Post by: BobG on April 02, 2024, 10:07:03 pm
And when, Motson always excepted, verbal diarrhoea wasn't de rigueur too....

BobG