VILLAMARV Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I've heard a few people saying var instead of V.A.R. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 18, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: I've heard a few people saying var instead of V.A.R. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 More wonderful insight from Lawrenson... "I think a lot will depend on how Panama deal with the likes of De Bruyne and Hazard." Yes Mark, a lot will depend on how well team A deal with the players of team B. Total tosspot. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, One For The Road said: More wonderful insight from Lawrenson... "I think a lot will depend on how Panama deal with the likes of De Bruyne and Hazard." Yes Mark, a lot will depend on how well team A deal with the players of team B. Total tosspot. Mertens has scored about 60 goals the since the Euros but I imagine Lawrenson still has no idea who he is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 17 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Mertens has scored about 60 goals the since the Euros but I imagine Lawrenson still has no idea who he is. And yet as soon as he signs for an English club he will be waxing lyrical about him on MOTD. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villa4europe Posted June 18, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2018 paid a lot of money to watch football, dont actually watch any football, same as its always been the difference with lawro is he's not even a personality, he's a footballer from 2 generations ago so most dont care about his liverpool days, i dont see the point of him either, what does he offer? BBC presenters must be a job for life thing, the game has passed so many of them by now 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Lawro's happy again today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 thing is in the lead up to this tournament if the BBC or ITV paid me £50-100k a year to be on TV talking about football forget watching mertens in serie A and the CL / EL whatever they were in, i'd be watching Tunisian league football, i would have gone to these russian cities to watch a bit of football and soak up the local area, i would have looked up every players wiki and on fifa / football manager instead they have a research team that does that for them and then hands them a crib sheet with the info on for them to cherry pick stats (as i type this lawro reads off panama's 4m population "a third of london", thats done for him bu someone else) they pander to the crowd that has turned up just to watch the world cup, the commentary on england games is horrific, its near unwatchable because of the muppets commentating on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 He may have shaved off his dodgy tash years ago, but we all know it's still there in spirit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 How can someone being paid to be at a World Cup and gets to watch every game sound so **** depressed and openly aggrieved to be there? Word removed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 28 minutes ago, villa4europe said: thing is in the lead up to this tournament if the BBC or ITV paid me £50-100k a year to be on TV talking about football forget watching mertens in serie A and the CL / EL whatever they were in, i'd be watching Tunisian league football, i would have gone to these russian cities to watch a bit of football and soak up the local area, i would have looked up every players wiki and on fifa / football manager instead they have a research team that does that for them and then hands them a crib sheet with the info on for them to cherry pick stats (as i type this lawro reads off panama's 4m population "a third of london", thats done for him bu someone else) they pander to the crowd that has turned up just to watch the world cup, the commentary on england games is horrific, its near unwatchable because of the muppets commentating on it Are you suggesting that a man who thought Alaska was a country isn't au fait with Panama? The geographical knowledge of Lawro knows no bounds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Ally McCoist sounds like he has downed 10 pints in the bar prior to the match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Lot of British punditry seems for the casual fan and why its dumbed down You would expect SKY as a sports channel would not be like that but they are the worst. Jamie Redknapp for example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) Martin keown... that’s where you need that extra bit of quality... thanks for that really insightful Edited June 18, 2018 by mikeyp102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Too much hyperbole and exaggeration around England from the pundits. Lineker just described Henderson's performance as 'exceptional'. No Gary, Ronaldo was exceptional against Spain. Henderson was decent, good in spells, at best, tonight. We blow smoke up our player's arses then crucify them when they fail. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjaacckk91 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 54 minutes ago, Xela said: Too much hyperbole and exaggeration around England from the pundits. Lineker just described Henderson's performance as 'exceptional'. No Gary, Ronaldo was exceptional against Spain. Henderson was decent, good in spells, at best, tonight. We blow smoke up our player's arses then crucify them when they fail. It's the same every single tournament, they all talk beforehand about quelling optimism and then as soon as it starts the media lose their marbles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Thanks for the laughs everyone. Peoples comments about Lawro have me sitting here in tears of laughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Honestly, Keown set a new low last night. He was ridiculously pro England, fine you can expect that to an extent but he was massively over the top. He would describe fairly average passages of play as brilliant, even going as far as to call the football the best of the tournament so far after 20 minutes. He'd take an annoying gulp of air after every sentence, provided no insights and the most vacuous excuses for England drawing the game, such as the heat. Probably the worst commentating performance I've ever heard. The 'analysis' in the studio was also a load of shite. You really do need a neutral head on the panel for matches like this, rather than cheerleaders. At least that provides some antidote to the constant hyping of the performance and players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 27 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: even going as far as to call the football the best of the tournament so far after 20 minutes. I did wonder if he watched any other games. Turns out he commentated on Spain vs Portugal. What a nob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted June 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted June 19, 2018 15 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: Martin keown... that’s where you need that extra bit of quality... thanks for that really insightful Tunisian goalie gets injured in the first few minutes. Keown: "You can see he's absolutely exhausted from the work he's had to do tonight". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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