of late, i am finding Gary Linekar , Sky & BT all to be annoying and patronising with their commentary. Too much politics, propaganda and distracting guff about the new soap dispensers at the toilets in the Emirates.

And so now, at half time , i pause the telly, make a cup of tea and fast forward to the kickoff of the second half.

Roy Keane.....a plastic hard man. A broken record with only one or two stock phrases. Ditto Graeme Souness.

Female presenters who are eye-candy and last week hosted the business programme or a cookery programme. And seem to barely know the offside rule.

Ex players who can barely string a sentence together having finished their formal education at 12 years old.

Press conferences .........snore.

Post-match interviews......with journalists who seem to love the sound of their own idiotic voice.

Patrice Evra.....i struggle to understand what he is on about most of the time. And lost all respect for him when he outed the Zaha rumour on live tv.

Even the charming Jeff Stelling seems to spend much time championing womens football, mens' cancer and the latest charity fun run for St Barts hospital.

Retired referees doing an autopsy on the performance of VAR this week. Boring.

A 5 minute article about the groundsman at Wembley and what equipment he uses to mow the lawn.....as boring as a getting a root-canal at Croydon dental practice.

Remembrance Sunday, wreaths, poppies, bands, silent vigils,

1 minute silence for the death of a 1950's player i never knew was alive in the first place ?

These morning chatshows with footballers and a crowd of eejits in the studio. Like Top Gear in red shorts.......boring.

Do you want to know about Grassroots urban yoof playing footy to stay away from gangs & drugs, interviewed by Rio Ferdinand ?... dull and uninteresting (and no mention of the never ending story of Ferdinand losing his driving license again )

And do i honestly give a flying f...ck whether or not those nasty football fans in Russia will or won't be flying the LGBT rainbow flag at their stadium ? And the sincere and stern face of Linekar while lecturing me.

Even the journalistic coverage of Palace is getting tedious and annoying. So why would i want to watch similar documentary pieces about some team i don't even like ?

What about you ?

do you Switch on the footy just after the BLM bowing and turn off the second the ref blows his final whistle ?

watch just the footy live or watch all the other peripheral guff too ??

Edited by PalazioVecchio (06 Dec 2020 9.07pm)

Eze Peasy at Anfield....

Years ago whilst abroad(spain & portugal), in the right bar, you could watch the game 'live' & listen to Radio5 live. Happy days.

I'm a blind man, i'm a blind man, now my room is cold,
When a blind man cries, Lord, he feels it from his soul.
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I never watch the pundits, particularly Lineker. I'm never surprised by their complete lack of knowledge about Palace. It's basically always been about that. I can't believe how much Sky try to make people interested in the Women's football. I don't know anyone who is. Surely grass roots women's football is more interesting and better followed than any of this Women's Premier League stuff, which seems frankly cringe worthy.
Where I will disagree with you is Remembrance Sunday, I have no issue with that. A couple of years ago now, I went Away to Liverpool, our match was on around midday on Remembrance Sunday, the fellas and myself all went to the parade, stood to attention and saluted the minute's silence. It was a great day. I think we won too so it must be a while ago. Lest we forget.

Red and Blue Army!

Yep Vecchio sums it all up pretty well.

Edited by Stirlingsays (06 Dec 2020 2.30pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

what I would like to see is the match referee being interviewed after a game , now that could be worth watching

Sky Sports News keeps blathering on about 'speedway'...that dumb motorbike crap , baseball, american football and other rubbish that seems to all have the logo of a burger chain slapped onto the pitch.

...you may as well discuss planting flowers into window boxes for all the interest it garners.

Eze Peasy at Anfield....