McRamFan Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Manish is better when its just him, like the other week when it was just himsat in the ground. The BBC should bin these washed up footballers, and use the time to show more football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The problem with the guests is that they're all Channel 5 calibre, and spout the most obvious cliches known to man - quite often you'll find yourself wording what Claridge is going to say a few seconds before he says it. Just think of the most obvious **** that you can, and then throw a little bias in there and hey presto, it's like you've got your hand up his @r$e controlling everything he does, or says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 If you're implying that he only got the job because of that, it's very harsh. He's a decent presenter. Claridge is the biased one, not Manish. I'm implying he got the job because he is a good presenter and not because of any great sporting/football insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Don't see why an hour long show based on 72 teams has pundits anyway. Haven't watched it all year, plenty of other chances to see the goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Don't see why an hour long show based on 72 teams has pundits anyway. Haven't watched it all year, plenty of other chances to see the goals. Ordinarily I'd agree, but as Boycie pointed out earlier, Claridge practically choked on his words when he had to throw some praise our way last night. I'd hate to think that I'd missed out on that c**t nearly ending himself..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 To be honest i prefer claridge to leroy rosenior. Leroy Rosenior's sparkling cv........ After a period as Bristol City's youth team coach Rosenior's first managerial post was with Southern League Premier side Gloucester City. His first full season in charge saw Gloucester lose a 3rd replay in the FA Trophy semi-final to Dagenham and Redbridge and defeat on the final day of the season to Salisbury City cost a place in the Football Conference with local rivals Cheltenham Town being promoted. Rosenior left the following season, taking over Bristol City's reserve side. Rosenior returned to non-league, managing Merthyr Tydfil before moving to Torquay United from July 2002 to January 2006, when he left the club by mutual consent after the 3-1 home defeat to Rochdale. In his second season in charge he took Torquay to promotion to Football League One, but was unable to keep them there, experiencing relegation on the last day of the season. The return to Football League Two heralded the departure of Alex Russell and Adebayo Akinfenwa, two of the club's best players. After languishing near the bottom of the league for half the season, Leroy eventually left the club by mutual consent. In March 2006, he was named first team coach at Shrewsbury Town, acting as assistant to manager Gary Peters. He left in June 2006 to take up the managerial position at Brentford, succeeding Martin Allen.[3] Five months after his appointment, Rosenior left the club.,[4] after a run of 16 games without a win, which culminated in a 4-0 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra. Rosenior returned to Torquay United as head coach on 17 May 2007, replacing Keith Curle,[7] but was reportedly sacked after 10 minutes, which gave him the record of the shortest managerial reign in the history of English football. Whereas claridge....... In 1998 Claridge joined hometown club Portsmouth on loan and, following a brief period at Wolverhampton Wanderers, signed for Portsmouth on a permanent basis. From 2000 this was as a player-manager, though Claridge's reign lasted for just twenty-five games before he was demoted. He spent two seasons with Millwall before returning to Weymouth as the club's new player-manager. Weymouth just missed out on promotion to the Football Conference. Following Ian Ridley's resignation as chairman, Claridge also left to return to playing league football. In the summer of 2005 he was appointed as manager of Millwall, but following board-room changes he was relieved of his duties after just 36 days, before his team had played any competitive matches. At the start of the 2006–07 season Claridge didn't have a club.[4] It was reported that Claridge had offered to play without payment in order to achieve the landmark of 1,000 games. Eventually in December 2006 he re-signed on a month-long contract with Bournemouth[5] and his 1,000th first-team match was a 4–0 defeat to Port Vale on 9 December, at age 40.[6] Tough call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Can't see why the relative footballing 'achievements' of a brace of journeyman donkeys have any bearing on their abilities with respect to punditry one way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 You can almost see the thinking of the people who run the football coverage the BBC. "The Football League is rubbish, so we'll get pundits who are rubbish footballers, because they must know all about rubbish football". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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