Stevo985 Posted January 8, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 8, 2015 A sad day for punditry, andy townsend not having his contract renewed by ITV. ITV will not renew Andy Townsend's contract after losing Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup rights ITV Sport, having lost their FA Cup and live Champions League and Europa League rights, will not be renewing the contracts of pundit Andy Townsend and presenter Matt Smith at the end of the season. The decision was mutual with Townsend, one of the best operators in the difficult role of co-commentator. He wants to work on live football and has offers from other international broadcasters. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I'm going to miss his unbiased gasps when one of his 'favourites' fail to score a chance in the Champions League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 More good news is that he'll no longer feature on FIFA. Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Brilliant match preview from lawroIn the past Villa have looked better away from home but I am not even sure they are a counter-attacking side at the moment - I do not recall them breaking forward with any real gusto recently. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30662510 For a man paid to watch football how can you not see we dropped the counter attack 6 weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Brilliant match preview from lawro In the past Villa have looked better away from home but I am not even sure they are a counter-attacking side at the moment - I do not recall them breaking forward with any real gusto recently. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30662510 For a man paid to watch football how can you not see we dropped the counter attack 6 weeks ago To be fair to him, he's only seen the three of four minute highlights package at the end of MOTD every week. Decent observation going just off these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Brilliant match preview from lawro In the past Villa have looked better away from home but I am not even sure they are a counter-attacking side at the moment - I do not recall them breaking forward with any real gusto recently. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30662510 For a man paid to watch Liverpool how can you not see we dropped the counter attack 6 weeks ago Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post darrenm Posted January 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2015 Really difficult not to warm to Joey Barton when listening to him as a pundit. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 He's excellent. Probably made to look better by the vast number of useless pundits. Punditry on the NFL that's just finished is on another level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Really difficult not to warm to Joey Barton when listening to him as a pundit. Yes I think he's very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) I know I've made this point before but the BBC really do get on my nerves. Apparently Danny Murphy criticising Stuart Pearce is the most important sporting story right now. If Murphy wasn't one of their pundits it wouldn't even make the BBC Sport website in any form. They're just so self-promoting and have a massively inflated sense of self-worth. Edited January 17, 2015 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted January 17, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 17, 2015 Isn't it Danny Mills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Yeah, it was Danny Mills who said it. He played under Pearce at Manchester City. Pearce could go today if Derby smash Forest. Dunno whether Forest will sack him or ask him to resign and allow him to save face considering his status with the fans, but it's clear he can't manage and they need to get rid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Pearce has robbed a living as a manager, was awful with the u21s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Yeah, it was Danny Mills who said it. He played under Pearce at Manchester City. Pearce could go today if Derby smash Forest. Dunno whether Forest will sack him or ask him to resign and allow him to save face considering his status with the fans, but it's clear he can't manage and they need to get rid. Moorestradamus will be proven correct yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Pearce has robbed a living as a manager, was awful with the u21s 100% agree and as a player he was just a thug in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 He's excellent. Probably made to look better by the vast number of useless pundits. Punditry on the NFL that's just finished is on another level. The NFL has finished? News to me and my Seahawks who play tomorrow night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted January 18, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted January 18, 2015 I had no idea Sky had signed up Thierry Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I had no idea Sky had signed up Thierry Henry Yeah when did this happen? I thought he was quite average i doubt he will stay long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The downside to having henry in the studio today was we didn't have Niall Quinn giving his insight into the game like "well, if he hits the target there it's a goal" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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