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And Merson's favourite word is 'outstanding'!! Listen to him next time he's speaking about one of the better players from the top 4 sides and he repeats the word constantly!!!
I Hate Hleb wrote:And Merson's favourite word is 'outstanding'!! Listen to him next time he's speaking about one of the better players from the top 4 sides and he repeats the word constantly!!!
Yes, he is to 'outstanding' what Kamara is to 'unbelievable Jeff'.
I used to love the Merse as a player. He had one great moment as a pundit in fairness. When I was at Eastlands for the penultimate game of 2005/06 we could see him in the Press box and he was standing up waving at us when we sung "Stand Up If You Hate Tottenham". Great stuff
Mikegooner87i wrote:Merse is just bitter that wenger forced him out.... I dont know what it is about ex arsenal players being pundits... most of them are extrmely anti arsenal, even wright sometimes!
Problem is they are right most times
What most arsenal fans don't like (including myself) is that our ex players aren't waxing lyrical about us cos they know like i do, deep down that we are never going to challenge for the title with the squad we have.
I heard merse the other day and he praised our football style like he always has when we play well, he frequently hails us as the best side to watch but freely admits we leak too many goals, that makes him spot on in my book.
I don't think he has an ounce of malice towards wenger, he is too laid back and self deprecating for that.
SteveO 35 wrote:When it comes to insight he's up there in a league that consists of Robbie Earle, Craig Burley and Andy Townsend
When we win its the
"I've always said Arsenal can beat anyone on their day"
When we lose
"Not ruthless enough, don't finish teams off, vulnerable at the back"
FUCK ME SHERLOCK, DON'T TELL EVERYONE ! Why does he give away such priceless, well researched little nuggets like that. Next thing we'll all be getting paid a shiteload to talk shite
What should he say, Arsenal are the unluckiest team in the world
Or start explaining Pythagoras theories Its footie pretty simple and the above you have mentioned sums arsenal up and there isn't too much to add unless he stared picking on individuals which would be harsh.
Still i would like a job like his that paid huge amounts for stating the obvious
SteveO 35 wrote:When it comes to insight he's up there in a league that consists of Robbie Earle, Craig Burley and Andy Townsend
When we win its the
"I've always said Arsenal can beat anyone on their day"
When we lose
"Not ruthless enough, don't finish teams off, vulnerable at the back"
FUCK ME SHERLOCK, DON'T TELL EVERYONE ! Why does he give away such priceless, well researched little nuggets like that. Next thing we'll all be getting paid a shiteload to talk shite
What should he say, Arsenal are the unluckiest team in the world
Or start explaining Pythagoras theories Its footie pretty simple and the above you have mentioned sums arsenal up and there isn't too much to add unless he stared picking on individuals which would be harsh.
Still i would like a job like his that paid huge amounts for stating the obvious
Personally I would prefer them to be harsh - I hear commentators in other sports doing exactly that. Listen to someone like Nasser Hussain commentating on cricket - he has a go at the management, the shot selection of players, silly mistakes etc. Personally I'd rather switch on and here someone giving decent insight rather than tripping out "two banks of four", "good as your last result" old shite. Still football loves meaningless soundbites
SteveO 35 wrote:When it comes to insight he's up there in a league that consists of Robbie Earle, Craig Burley and Andy Townsend
When we win its the
"I've always said Arsenal can beat anyone on their day"
When we lose
"Not ruthless enough, don't finish teams off, vulnerable at the back"
FUCK ME SHERLOCK, DON'T TELL EVERYONE ! Why does he give away such priceless, well researched little nuggets like that. Next thing we'll all be getting paid a shiteload to talk shite
What should he say, Arsenal are the unluckiest team in the world
Or start explaining Pythagoras theories Its footie pretty simple and the above you have mentioned sums arsenal up and there isn't too much to add unless he stared picking on individuals which would be harsh.
Still i would like a job like his that paid huge amounts for stating the obvious
Personally I would prefer them to be harsh - I hear commentators in other sports doing exactly that. Listen to someone like Nasser Hussain commentating on cricket - he has a go at the management, the shot selection of players, silly mistakes etc. Personally I'd rather switch on and here someone giving decent insight rather than tripping out "two banks of four", "good as your last result" old shite. Still football loves meaningless soundbites
SteveO 35 wrote:When it comes to insight he's up there in a league that consists of Robbie Earle, Craig Burley and Andy Townsend
When we win its the
"I've always said Arsenal can beat anyone on their day"
When we lose
"Not ruthless enough, don't finish teams off, vulnerable at the back"
FUCK ME SHERLOCK, DON'T TELL EVERYONE ! Why does he give away such priceless, well researched little nuggets like that. Next thing we'll all be getting paid a shiteload to talk shite
What should he say, Arsenal are the unluckiest team in the world
Or start explaining Pythagoras theories Its footie pretty simple and the above you have mentioned sums arsenal up and there isn't too much to add unless he stared picking on individuals which would be harsh.
Still i would like a job like his that paid huge amounts for stating the obvious
Personally I would prefer them to be harsh - I hear commentators in other sports doing exactly that. Listen to someone like Nasser Hussain commentating on cricket - he has a go at the management, the shot selection of players, silly mistakes etc. Personally I'd rather switch on and here someone giving decent insight rather than tripping out "two banks of four", "good as your last result" old shite. Still football loves meaningless soundbites
i thought thats what sky turned football into tbf
Yes - if Andy Gray says "take a bow son" or generally refers to players as "son" anymore, the flatscreen is in danger of a kicking. And as for Ruud Gullit and Jamie Redknapp being specially deployed for their 'expertise' on Champions League nights......words fail me.
That Geordie prick Alan Shearer takes the biscuit though - "in their faces", "two banks of four", "set their stall out" - he loves them all. Probably explains his fantastic win ratio when he got off his arse and actually trying managing a team. I can imagine his team talks must have been an inspiration
SteveO 35 wrote:When it comes to insight he's up there in a league that consists of Robbie Earle, Craig Burley and Andy Townsend
When we win its the
"I've always said Arsenal can beat anyone on their day"
When we lose
"Not ruthless enough, don't finish teams off, vulnerable at the back"
FUCK ME SHERLOCK, DON'T TELL EVERYONE ! Why does he give away such priceless, well researched little nuggets like that. Next thing we'll all be getting paid a shiteload to talk shite
What should he say, Arsenal are the unluckiest team in the world
Or start explaining Pythagoras theories Its footie pretty simple and the above you have mentioned sums arsenal up and there isn't too much to add unless he stared picking on individuals which would be harsh.
Still i would like a job like his that paid huge amounts for stating the obvious
Personally I would prefer them to be harsh - I hear commentators in other sports doing exactly that. Listen to someone like Nasser Hussain commentating on cricket - he has a go at the management, the shot selection of players, silly mistakes etc. Personally I'd rather switch on and here someone giving decent insight rather than tripping out "two banks of four", "good as your last result" old shite. Still football loves meaningless soundbites
i thought thats what sky turned football into tbf
Yes - if Andy Gray says "take a bow son" or generally refers to players as "son" anymore, the flatscreen is in danger of a kicking. And as for Ruud Gullit and Jamie Redknapp being specially deployed for their 'expertise' on Champions League nights......words fail me.
That Geordie prick Alan Shearer takes the biscuit though - "in their faces", "two banks of four", "set their stall out" - he loves them all. Probably explains his fantastic win ratio when he got off his arse and actually trying managing a team. I can imagine his team talks must have been an inspiration
Probably let Peter Beardsley do the team talk half the team wouldn't understand a word he was saying and the other half would be looking at him thinking "theres the very reason incest is illegal"
I think that some of the comments on here are unbeliveably harsh towards the merse Merse will sit there on sky sports saturday and his love of the club shines through like a beacon and he will wax lyrical about the club but he also will identify our weaknesses and talk about them and in doing so I think he looks as disappointed about them as we do Most of the critical things that he says on sky are the comments many of us make on here and I think that his criticisms come from a love of the club and a frustration of not seeing them do better.
Smudger on the other hand is a totally different story.......the guy never seems to have anything positive to say about The Arsenal and even comes across as anti the club Having said that I have always thought that he takes himself too seriously as a journo and is basically up his own arse
i agree he still loves arsenal even though wenger shipped him out, great player but lends more to comedy than insight as i pundit - still like the guy though