Zatman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 was in Star this morning. 1.6 million for 35 shows a season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 31, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2011 Does Alan Shearer get that sort of money too? (or somewhere close?) Because whilst Hansen does at least know a bit about football, Shearer speaks about as much sense as my mom would if she went on. I could definitely do a better job than Shearer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 was only Lineker and Hansen they mentioned in the article. Be more worried if Lawro was getting that money as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 31, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2011 I actually don't mind Lawro that much these days. As a pundit I mean. As a co-commentator he's still cringeably awful (but most co-commentators are) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 i dont see why people are surprised, thats probably just a basic wage before expenses are thrown in this is a company that ignored the media centre that the organisers of the world cup built and every other media outlet used because they wanted to build their own, they then flew over 295 staff - double that of itv - and stuck a fair few of them into the best hotel in town they also took over 400 people to beijing for the olympics bottomless pit of pure greed that is so far behind sky in terms of coverage i really dont see how they still justify themselves, makes me glad the gf pays the tv license Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Just out of interest, what makes you say they're behind Sky with regards to the quality of their coverage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I dislike Shearer's penchant for two tone shirts. They're horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 the live games i dont see what else you can do other than invest more time before and after, 10 mins either side at times is shit but in terms of the highlights and other shows watch goals on sunday, IMO far better than MOTD, soccer saturday absolutely blows final score out of the water, football focus isnt good enough either IMO its outdated because everyone more or less knows the weeks news / seen the midweek highlights on SSN, add to that they were behind on both HD and 3D, like i said they dont come anywhere near justifying the amount they spend on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 31, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2011 You could hire people like th eguys from Football Weekly, for example, and I bet they'd give you a hell of a lot more genuine insight on games than the BBC pundits. And thy'd probably cost a fraction of the amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 You could hire people like th eguys from Football Weekly, for example, and I bet they'd give you a hell of a lot more genuine insight on games than the BBC pundits. And thy'd probably cost a fraction of the amount. I'd love to see this, or even some less presentable ex-pros in the Steve Claridge mould given a go There should be more rotation Who wants to see Lineker and his pointy shoes every weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Me, but Gary Lineker was my absolute hero when I was a kid. One of the best players I have ever seen, certainly in an England shirt. ACJimbo should have got the MotD2 gig though. Best presenter by a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Steve Claridge is a disaster, the less he's on tv (or radio) the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Carlos Tevez refuses to play while earning £200k per week. Billy Sharp plays 3 days after his son dies, and scores. Huge respect to Billy, actually brought a lump to my throat when i heard the sports news this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 2, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2011 ACJimbo should have got the MotD2 gig though. Best presenter by a mile. I was out a couple of weeks ago and a TV in the bar I was in was showing some sort of Premier League review show. I don't watch football first, but it struck me that it could have been that. Anyway, Jimbo was presenting it, so he has some sort of TV presenting job. But I agree he's the best presenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 2, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2011 You could hire people like th eguys from Football Weekly, for example, and I bet they'd give you a hell of a lot more genuine insight on games than the BBC pundits. And thy'd probably cost a fraction of the amount. I'd love to see this, or even some less presentable ex-pros in the Steve Claridge mould given a go There should be more rotation Who wants to see Lineker and his pointy shoes every weekend When ESPN got the football I had some vague hope that theymight try and be a bit different and give people like this a go. It was shortlived though. We're stuck with kevin Keegan and Craig Burley. I did spot a football writer on one of ITV's football shows though. Unfortunately it was Gabriel Marcotti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Marcotti is actually good as he will give his opinions. Though for me best football pundit on Sky is actually Graeme Hunter and he should be given more airtime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Is the John Terry debacle being discussed anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Which one? The man is a cavalcade of cu*tery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 The latest in a long list of utter crassness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 2, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted November 2, 2011 Marcotti is actually good as he will give his opinions. True. But his opinions are pretty shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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