[Archived] Ian Wright- Get This Man Off Our Tv Screens

[greggyk]

What exactly does Leonardo say apart from stating the bleedin obvious?

All he seems to do is copy exactly what the 'pundit' before him says.

Pointless choice.

[Ianrally]

.....oops, you mean 2nd worst after Wright.

Don't you mean 3rd worst after Gorden Strachan! Even I cannot understand a word he says and my mother was a Glaswegian, so I can understand most folks from over the border.

Leonardo speaks English far better than Strachan or Wright. I think Wright's problem stems from him trying to mix his native cockney with the smattering of Dinglespeak he picked up along the way.

[ABBEY]

Wrighty mentioned 'whipping' to the pleasure of Gary at half time of the Argies game

whats wrong with whipping ?

[tonygreenbank]

Ianrally,

Couldnt agree more. His diction is awful and he mumbles too. His spell in Glasgow has been too much for him.It was great to see Shane Warne in the studio against Brazil; he was really up for it. Whereas Freddie Flintoff gets criticised for watching the Paraguay game. BTW was it really our Brett playing yesterday? What a performance!He and Lucas were tremendous.

[ABBEY]

FREDDYwas legendary haha steaming ...heroooooo

[colin]

I was half overhearing a programme on radio 5 tonight which was hosted by a bunch of Jocks. All very lighthearted & quite funny.

One (Scottish) caller sent them a message to say that if Ian Wright was knocked over by a car, then he would be the first to write a letter asking for an ambulance.

Which seems sympathetic enough to me.

[RevidgeBlue]

I was half overhearing a programme on radio 5 tonight which was hosted by a bunch of Jocks. All very lighthearted & quite funny.

One (Scottish) caller sent them a message to say that if Ian Wright was knocked over by a car, then he would be the first to write a letter asking for an ambulance.

Which seems sympathetic enough to me.

Only because he was the driver!

[Flopsy]

I was half overhearing a programme on radio 5 tonight which was hosted by a bunch of Jocks. All very lighthearted & quite funny.

One (Scottish) caller sent them a message to say that if Ian Wright was knocked over by a car, then he would be the first to write a letter asking for an ambulance.

Which seems sympathetic enough to me.

as long as he used a 2nd class stamp

[grizfoot]

I'm sure Alan Hansen is paid to talk up Michael Carrich. He never says a bad word about him and praises him whenever possible.

[Ray-Von]

I'm sure Alan Hansen is paid to talk up Michael Carrich. He never says a bad word about him and praises him whenever possible.

He plays for Spurs doesn't he? Say no more.

[AxesFirstTouch]

Why the hell is Jim Rosenthal, a Formula one presenter, presenting ITV's World Cup!.

Is it me or does BBC's Ray Stubbs seem totally uneasy infront of the camera, hes a awful presenter. Adrian Chiles should be promoted to the main matchday programmes.

[joey_big_nose]

Chiles is a legend, never ever gives the impression he is control of a situation or that he posesses a good knowledge of football in general. However that's part of his charm and he is eminantly watchable. Quite a trick to pull off!

I would rather have Chiles presenting than the studio of egos that dominate the analysis in every football highlights show. I do like Lineker too though- also not full of pretense.

What irks me are analysts like Hanson who present opinions as facts, although to be fair he is the best of a bad bunch. Also Wright get me in that he doesn't even have opinions, he is essentially just a cheerleader fro the national team who fails to redeem himself through wit, charm or prescence. He has enthusiasm by the bucketload, but since when was that the only requirement to appear on television?

Ho hum.

[Anti Euro Smiths Fan]

Adrian Chiles should be promoted to the main matchday programmes.

Chiles is currently weighing up an offer of a larger salary to front ITV's football coverage.

Adrian speaks about the dilemma he's facing over whether or not to leave the BBC in an interview with The Independent at the link HERE

With Rovers sadly looking unlikely to qualify for Europe this season, there are nevertheless three things that could happen between now and the end of May which would at least put a bit of a smile on my face.

1) Man United not to win the Champions League this season.

2) The Birmingham City porn barons to be relegated.

3) The BBC to terminate Ian Wright's contract after realising what a muppet he is. (Sadly this is unlikely to happen.)

On a slightly different note, I was saddened to hear that the BBC football commentator Jonathan Pearce suffered a family tragedy last year when his eight-month-old niece tragically died.

I can imagine that this must have been a very painful time for Jonathan's family and it was the reason why he ran in the London Marathon today, raising funds for research into mitochondrial disease.

Pearce speaks about this in an interview in the link HERE - and if any Rovers fans would like to make a donation to Jonathan's chosen charity, a link to his fundraising page is HERE

[Shaun]

Looks like Wright has quit.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/arti...+row/article.do

[brian_gallagher85]

Well done everyone, it's only taken us 23 months to get rid of him

[Rovermatt]

" Times are changing. I don' t know how long young people are going to want to sit down and watch that same old 'jacket, shirt and tie' format.

"Fans want people dressed like them. They've got no one to relate to on TV and that's why I've said to them I don't want to do the England games anymore."

What a load of nonsense. The BBC isn't aiming to attract 'young people'. They are providing a service to an extremely large demographic; you know...football fans. I couldn't give a monkey's if the coverage is stuffy and the pundits are wearing suits. You tune in to watch a match. End of.

[Ronin]

Looks like Wright has quit.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/arti...+row/article.do

I do like his quote about being linked with the England job

"I've got the passion but no idea of tactics - I'd be like a black Kevin Keegan."

[Anti Euro Smiths Fan]

Bye Bye comedy jester....

I'm pleased that the clown has gone....

I'm a bit concerned though that from next season (2008/09) the BBC will have no England or FA Cup games. They were outbid by ITV and the BBC refused to make a bid for Champions League matches.

The BBC's Match of The Day Premiership highlights contract is only up until 2010 and after that it's conceivable that the BBC will be showing no regular top-level football of any note.

The BBC have paid for cheaper Championship level football and will be broadcasting 10 live Championship matches per season from 2009 - but for those of us who at the moment fork out £139.50 for a TV licence - I feel we deserve more from the BBC than just Burnley versus Plymouth or Coventry V Preston. I suppose that we'll still have the African Nations Cup every two years though, so we can look forward to Namibia versus Guinea and Zimbabwe V Rwanda - when they are not busy carrying out genocide or torturing people.

By broadcasting African Nations Cup football, the BBC will be helping to boost dictatorships like Zimbabwe - as well as also providing a PR boost to countries like Nigeria and Sudan, which have stoned pregnant women to death for committing adultery. But Sudan V Zimbabwe or Burnley V Crystal Palace in the Championship seems to be what British licence-fee payers have got to look forward to in the future.

Rather than showing live England matches, the BBC would rather pay £40m a year for Lewis Hamilton - the Beeb have won back Formula One from ITV - but as Henry Winter says in the link below: "By refusing to invest in top-level live football, the BBC have let people down and the licence fee will offer little value to football fans."

Link: All over for BBC football commentators

I read that Ofcom have said that since 2003, spending on what it defines as "public service broadcasting" has fallen by a third (£130m), and Ofcom predicts it will have fallen by two thirds by 2012.

The cost of a TV licence has doubled since 1990. Are people really getting value for money for paying 139 quid a year now? There's been a proliferation in different channels like BBC News 24, BBC Parliament and CBeebies, and there's been a host of new different radio stations like BBC Asian Network and BBC 7, but despite this, Ofcom say that spending on "public service broadcasting" is actually falling significantly.

I agree with Henry Winter when he says that by failing to provide licence-fee payers with England matches or FA Cup games, the BBC is letting football fans down.

[AlanK]

Match of the day is awful full stop.

They spend more time watching back over replays and debating decisions than they do actually showing the game.

There was a match on recently when the highlights were 5 mins but the after match nonsense was nearly double.

Football fans are not stupid. We can make our own minds up without 4 ex players debating it.

[Presty On Tour]

this really is top of the range news! happy days

[Grabbi Graeme]

AESF

Only you could get African politics into a thread about a football pundit quittiing, just waiting for the rest of the usual suspects to join in and this thread will be closed in no time

[The Harwood Yankee]

He's been in prison, his son was up for stealing last month, he's played for Burnley, and by public consensus he's not very good at his job. If he never appeared on our screens again it would be a treat.

I'm sure we're not supposed to say this but I dont doubt for a second that he wouldnt have been given the time of day by the BBC had he not been available for a pundit's job at precisely the time they were desperately trying to get as many black faces onto the telly as possible.

[philipl]

AESF

Only you could get African politics into a thread about a football pundit quittiing, just waiting for the rest of the usual suspects to join in and this thread will be closed in no time

and move the ANC into 2009!

[lockers]

I stopped watching MOTD a long time ago, I find that goals on Sunday is a much better alternative

[rover6]

Wright acts like a jester (did anyone ever listen to Wright 'n' Bright on 5Live)? He shouldn't be surprised if he is thus treated like one.

I agree, however, that Hansen and Linekar are far too complacent in their presenting.