The Match of the Day Thread

[villan from luton]

Shearer is guff.  lazy lazy punditry from a witless and charisma lacking thug.

Still, he is better than Carragher.  At half time on MNF it was like he had a loose wire and kept shutting down

I'll be amazed if Carragher lasts the season. Everytime he got excited he was on the verge of bursting into a barrage of fuc................
Never thought i'd say this but i'm impressed with Gary Neville. I'm off for a shower now.

A shower before xmas QB you have changed

[Damo70]

I never saw the point or need for Carragher in the first place. I thought Ed Chamberlin and Gary Neville were excellent without needing a third wheel.

[richard moore]

Whilst I appreciate the pictures, I don't think she has anything to do with Italian MotD, South American maybe, but not Italian.

You're right, a little bit of research says she's from, to absolutely no surprise to anybody that's ever visited the country, Argentina.

I wish she stood next to me at a match with one of her Argentina tops on..goodness me

[Chris Jameson]

He's a bit like Danny Mills in that he always came over as a bit of thug as a player but puts his views over well and is not afraid to say what he thinks. e

I'm not sure Mills says what he's really thinking. I would love somebody to ask him his views on women in sport.

[eastie]

I never saw the point or need for Carragher in the first place. I thought Ed Chamberlin and Gary Neville were excellent without needing a third wheel.

Agreed, Neville is very good but carragher just squeaks .

[damon loves JT]

Murphy and Hartson are good and much much better than likes of Owen and Lawrenson.

I agree. I also think Hartson is a very good co-commentator on 5 Live.

I really like listening to Hartson. I can't put my finger on why. I think it's because he's not a smartarse or a wannabe controversialist. He doesn't have an axe to grind. He seems quite an ordinary bloke.

[Somniloquism]

Murphy and Hartson are good and much much better than likes of Owen and Lawrenson.

I agree. I also think Hartson is a very good co-commentator on 5 Live.

I really like listening to Hartson. I can't put my finger on why. I think it's because he's not a smartarse or a wannabe controversialist. He doesn't have an axe to grind. He seems quite an ordinary bloke.

I wonder if he would have always been like that or whether his close brush with death changed him.

[andyh]

Big John Carew is making his pundit debut on Football Focus right now.

[Chris Smith]

Murphy and Hartson are good and much much better than likes of Owen and Lawrenson.

I agree. I also think Hartson is a very good co-commentator on 5 Live.

I really like listening to Hartson. I can't put my finger on why. I think it's because he's not a smartarse or a wannabe controversialist. He doesn't have an axe to grind. He seems quite an ordinary bloke.

I wonder if he would have always been like that or whether his close brush with death changed him.

Nah, after my illness I'm still the same insufferable know all I always was.

Actually, going through it you do tend to discuss this with fellow sufferers and people close to you, and it is something most agree on. It's partly that all of the certainties of your life are shaken a little and partly that while you are going through treatment and recovery you have an awful lot of time on your hands.

[Chris Jameson]

Murphy and Hartson are good and much much better than likes of Owen and Lawrenson.

I agree. I also think Hartson is a very good co-commentator on 5 Live.

I really like listening to Hartson. I can't put my finger on why. I think it's because he's not a smartarse or a wannabe controversialist. He doesn't have an axe to grind. He seems quite an ordinary bloke.

I wonder if he would have always been like that or whether his close brush with death changed him.

Nah, after my illness I'm still the same insufferable know all I always was.

Yeah you are Chris, that's why I like you.

[not3bad]

Big John Carew is making his pundit debut on Football Focus right now.

I was quite impressed with his acting, at least in the clip I saw!

[Legion]

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Robbie Savage on MOTD pontificating about violent conduct, bad sportsmanship and the spirit of the game.  To steal a new catchphrase, is this how far we have fallen?

[dave.woodhall]

Murphy and Hartson are good and much much better than likes of Owen and Lawrenson.

I agree. I also think Hartson is a very good co-commentator on 5 Live.

I really like listening to Hartson. I can't put my finger on why. I think it's because he's not a smartarse or a wannabe controversialist. He doesn't have an axe to grind. He seems quite an ordinary bloke.

I wonder if he would have always been like that or whether his close brush with death changed him.

Nah, after my illness I'm still the same insufferable know all I always was.

Yeah you are Chris, that's why I like you.

I think you're a twat Chris.

[Steve67]

"I was headbutted by Dion Dublin!"  Even Lineker laughed at that!!