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Carragher, Neville & MNF On Sky

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  • #242
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    he's a div


  • #243
    smileyj1987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭smileyj1987


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    Tonight confirmed it, as a pundit he is brilliant. Best on Sky by some considerable distance. However, as a commentator, he is ****ing beyond diabolical.

    He does seem to call it down the middle and never lets his emotions call it for him I know on a few occasions last season he ripped into united after they had played bad . I do find him bad at commentating on games he seems so boring or there is something I find that bores me when he commentates . I hated Keyes and Gray I though they where grade a pr1cks but they where entertaining . They seemed very smug or had the we are always right opinion of themselves .


  • #244
    tim_holsters
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭tim_holsters


    A particularly ludicrous comment from Neville re Kagawa and the Goodison atmosphere I think he actually realised what he was saying as he just seemed to fade out and then he picked up on something else.

    The Goodison atmosphere is one of the better ones in the Prem for sure but Dortmund is a different level.


  • #245
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    In fairness I think the Champions League games last year showed how biased Neville is towards the EPL

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #246
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »
    FFS, he's falling for the sky hype....."Kagawa won't have played in an atmosphere like this before". Suppose some people lap this **** up though

    Yes because this isnt a patch on Goodison Park :rolleyes:

    In fairness he got half way through the sentence and realised he was wrong, he didnt backtrack but he did go silent.

    and he didnt say "Kagawa won't have played in an atmosphere like this before". He said he might not have played in an atmosphere like this before. Half way through the sentence he slowed down and seemed to realise that he was wrong.


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  • #247
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    He's just probably clueless about leagues outside the premiership
    Decent pundit though for sky, poor commentator


  • #248
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Nev is not clueless about leagues outside the Prem though, either way, excellent pundit imo


  • #249
    batistuta9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,629 ✭✭✭batistuta9


    hello Philip


  • #250
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 45,738 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Perhaps just clueless about the German league


  • #251
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    rarnes1 wrote: »
    Perhaps just clueless about the German league

    It was pointed out, he started off his sentence, then seemed to realise what he was actually saying!

    Brain farts are common enough


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  • #252
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    tim_holsters wrote: »
    A particularly ludicrous comment from Neville re Kagawa and the Goodison atmosphere I think he actually realised what he was saying as he just seemed to fade out and then he picked up on something else.

    The Goodison atmosphere is one of the better ones in the Prem for sure but Dortmund is a different level.

    That in itself is a damning indictment on the atmosphere in Prem grounds. Goodison, while there is at times a decent atmosphere, is often brutal in that regard


  • #253
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Generally speaking, whenever United play away from home the atmosphere is pretty good


  • #254
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    kryogen wrote: »
    Generally speaking, whenever United play away from home the atmosphere is pretty good

    The atmosphere is always good among away fans. United's home support however, is by and large ****


  • #255
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Yep


  • #256
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    I'm not specifically pointing to Utd, its the same in most Prem grounds I've been to. You can't compare the atmosphere in any Prem ground to the likes of Dortmund, Celtic or St Pauli etc


  • #257
    smileyj1987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭smileyj1987


    LiamoSail wrote: »
    I'm not specifically pointing to Utd, its the same in most Prem grounds I've been to. You can't compare the atmosphere in any Prem ground to the likes of Dortmund, Celtic or St Pauli etc

    I think the atmosphere has died big time because alot of premiership clubs have lost their regular match goers to people looking for a day out on the drink and to say I was in such and such a stadium . My first Prem game was in December 1996 and I have to say Anfield was electric that night even though we lost to Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 . Plus the Price of tickets doesn't help at all .


  • #258
    [Deleted User]
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    Utd away fans are pretty quiet when losing. I've seen it myself. Far from the best away fans tbh.


  • #259
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    The United away fans put it up to any others in the league tbh


  • #260
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    smileyj1987 wrote: »
    I think the atmosphere has died big time because alot of premiership clubs have lost their regular match goers to people looking for a day out on the drink and to say I was in such and such a stadium . My first Prem game was in December 1996 and I have to say Anfield was electric that night even though we lost to Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 . Plus the Price of tickets doesn't help at all .

    There's that of course, any rise in the price of a ticket has a far higher relative effect on the local match goer then the tourist, so to speak.

    The other issue is the difficulty in getting tickets in groups. A group of fiends together will always contribute far more to an atmosphere then a few strangers sat together


  • #261
    Paully D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    kryogen wrote: »
    The United away fans put it up to any others in the league tbh

    The best away fans in the Premier League in my experience anyway.


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  • #262
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    kryogen wrote: »
    The United away fans put it up to any others in the league tbh

    I've never really noticed Utd fans being any more vocal then others. WBA have a decent vocal away support. People often mention Stokes away fans, but I've always thought they were ****. Oh when the...go marching in on fcuking repeat. Villa I remember being impressed with


  • #263
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    Paully D wrote: »
    The best away fans in the Premier League in my experience anyway.

    Says the Utd fan


  • #264
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    LiamoSail wrote: »
    Says the Utd fan

    Sunderland


  • #265
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    LiamoSail wrote: »
    Says the Utd fan

    Pretty big fail there eh


  • #266
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    The Great Chinholio wrote: »
    Sunderland

    He may be a Sunderland fan primarily, but he's as much a United fan as most in the Utd thread


  • #267
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    kryogen wrote: »
    Pretty big fail there eh

    It was deliberate. I was on here for a few years under a previous alias, and remember his United inclination. Not a slight on him as a poster btw


  • #268
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    LiamoSail wrote: »
    He may be a Sunderland fan primarily, but he's as much a United fan as most in the Utd thread

    Doesn't even make sense tbh

    You attempting to invalidate someones opinion by labelling them a United fan even though you say you know they are not doesn't make much sense either actually.

    Have always found Birmingham and Stoke fans to be pretty good, but as I said, the United away fans stand up to any other fans in the league, they are excellent normally


  • #269
    LiamoSail
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,294 ✭✭✭LiamoSail


    kryogen wrote: »
    Doesn't even make sense tbh

    You attempting to invalidate someones opinion by labelling them a United fan even though you say you know they are not doesn't make much sense either actually.

    Sunderland fan primarily, but with a love of United. No different to those who support United and Celtic, or Liverpool and Rovers in a sense. That would be my impression of him, and so I would take his endorsement of Utd away fan, just as I would your's, as being somewhat rose tinted

    That's not a sleight on either of you, just a general observation that fans of a any club tend to believe their own are the best


  • #270
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    LiamoSail wrote: »
    He may be a Sunderland fan primarily, but he's as much a United fan as most in the Utd thread

    He's far more up for Villa than United is our Paully D :D


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  • #271
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »
    FFS, he's falling for the sky hype....."Kagawa won't have played in an atmosphere like this before". Suppose some people lap this **** up though

    Yes because this isnt a patch on Goodison Park :rolleyes:

    tumblr_kyzlj1cTqe1qb9w56o1_500.jpg

    There's something truly captivating about that image. I can't stop staring at it.


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