Danny Mills - Worst pundit in recent times ???

[6TimesaRed]

These are exceptional circumstances. They must be able to ban him worldwide for this. It’s the third time it has happened. It’s a clear bite, it’s absolutely ridiculous.
I think Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers must be panicking now; they’ll be thinking “we’ve got this player who’s worth £50,60 million – he could be banned for the whole season”
Three strikes, surely you’ve gotta be out.
Biting someone again, in a tournament of this magnitude, the most watched tournament in the world. I’m sorry but they have got to throw the book at him – they’ve got tothrow him in jail and lock him up forever.

A life Sentance for a bite.... WTF.. are you on ??? Can I have some of those mushies you been taking ???

With Liverpool being linked to Belgium striker Divock Origi former England defender Danny Mills warns he's far from the finished article and in no way a replacement for Luis Suarez.

No shit Sherlock

James Rodriguez has been one of the star performers at the World Cup and has been linked with a move to England. But former England defender Danny Mills doesn't think the Colombian star would be a hit in the Premier League

You are talking out of your arse again Danny.. Thing is you where never a hit full stop where you ? As for James Rodriquez, i'd take a punt he would be superb in the Prem..

 

[mark1975]

No objectivity, perspective, brains... as if anyone thinks a Belgian kid, who might even be staying at his current club on loan, is intended, in any shape or form, to be an immediate replacement for one of the World's best players.

 

[doctor_mac]

Yeah, Danny Mills is shit, but standards in the Beeb's punditry have went to hell. Anyone who entrusts punditry to Rio Ferdinand and Robbie Savage needs their head examined. Last night they spend HT ruminating that Dirk Kuyt wasn't a playmaker. Oh really? They also failed to acknowledge some brilliant crosses and passes from Kuyt (wasted, or with the forward wandering off side) because it obviously completely contradicted their half-arsed, badly thought out point. It has to be said that the pundits on ITV have been significantly better, and that's taking into account Ian Wright and Adrian Chiles.

 

[Lippy]

Rio Ferdinand compared Carrick with Pirlo the other night and also said Messi was not a team player. No wonder he avoided a drug test

 

[gkmacca]

Everything on ITV is shite. ITV is shite. But Danny Mills has already done Masterchef. He'll soon appear dancing with a dog or eating bugs in the jungle.

 

[Rafiagra]

The standard of punditry is dreadful.

They should have proper tactical analysis, not just a pro / ex-pro repeating what we all saw, with dross like 'he should be doing better there'.

They should be educating the kids watching to understand the importance of team shape, tactics and how they affect play.

 

[gkmacca]

They should be educating the kids watching to understand the importance of team shape, tactics and how they affect play.

There's CBeebies for that.

 

[peterhague]

Yeah, Danny Mills is shit, but standards in the Beeb's punditry have went to hell. Anyone who entrusts punditry to Rio Ferdinand and Robbie Savage needs their head examined. Last night they spend HT ruminating that Dirk Kuyt wasn't a playmaker. Oh really? They also failed to acknowledge some brilliant crosses and passes from Kuyt (wasted, or with the forward wandering off side) because it obviously completely contradicted their half-arsed, badly thought out point. It has to be said that the pundits on ITV have been significantly better, and that's taking into account Ian Wright and Adrian Chiles.

The standard of punditry is abysmal generally, but I agree that ITV is now significantly better. I don't mind Wright because he's not afraid to have unconventional opinions, which matters much more than how well they're expressed.

Everyone on the BBC apart from Hansen is dreadful. They had Tim Vickery on last night, and what a refreshing change it made to have an intelligent and perceptive voice on there, although Lawrenson did his best to talk over and undermine him, no doubt because he's clever enough to see that people like him are a threat to the cosy old boys' network, and unpleasant enough to try and do him down.

A special mention for Danny Murphy as well, who I think is an absolute fucking bellend.

 

[Mystic]

Does anyone else keep getting Danny Murphy and Mark Lawrenson mixed up? They sound identical when commentating.

 

[peterhague]

Does anyone else keep getting Danny Murphy and Mark Lawrenson mixed up? They sound identical when commentating.

Murphy doesn't sound anything like Mavis Wilton.

 

[gkmacca]

Hosted by an uncooked chipolata in shorts, on a beach, with Glenn Hoddle in shades, Ian Wright still calling him 'gaffer', and Cannavaro giggling inexplicably to himself? Shite. Co-commentator Andy Townsend? Shite.

 

[Rafiagra]

You just know that no-one else in the dressing room gave a fuck about what Lee Dixon or Andy Townsend had to say.

 

[tombrown]

Everything on ITV is shite. ITV is shite. But Danny Mills has already done Masterchef. He'll soon appear dancing with a dog or eating bugs in the jungle.

When I was a kid we weren't allowed to watch ITV - we were strictly a BBC only house. Now I can see the sense in my mothers "rules" 🙂

 

[Judge Jules]

When Danny Mills was on radio (as a match summariser on 5 Live) he actually wasn't bad. TV turns most everyone into performing chimps though.

 

[Silver Sean]

Hosted by an uncooked chipolata in shorts, on a beach, with Glenn Hoddle in shades, Ian Wright still calling him 'gaffer', and Cannavaro giggling inexplicably to himself? Shite. Co-commentator Andy Townsend? Shite.

You left out the thundercunt Tyldesley.

 

[peterhague]

You left out the thundercunt Tyldesley.

All the commentators are crap now. I can't think of a single one I like.

Oh for the days of Motson and Barry Davies. Or Martin Tyler, he's good too.

 

[Best Believe It]

All the commentators are crap now. I can't think of a single one I like.

Oh for the days of Motson and Barry Davies. Or Martin Tyler, he's good too.

Mike Ingham from 5Live used to be good when I listened to him. I did like Alan Green but he had the potential to do my tits in with his hystrionics every now and again. Plus he always seemed to have a chuckle-fest with Lawrenson.

 

[peterhague]

Yeah the ones on 5live are generally the best. I haven't listened to that for ages though.

 

[Silver Sean]

All the commentators are crap now. I can't think of a single one I like.

Oh for the days of Motson and Barry Davies. Or Martin Tyler, he's good too.

Motson was decent in his younger days. Now he sounds like a confused great-uncle trying to remember where he put his peanut brittle.

 

[Judge Jules]

All the commentators are crap now. I can't think of a single one I like.

Oh for the days of Motson and Barry Davies. Or Martin Tyler, he's good too.

I don't altogether get the love for Barry Davies. Nothing against the guy, but to me he sounded like a vicar who'd wandered into the wrong TV studio. I once saw him behave like one too. I'd been to see us play Birmingham at St.Andrew's in the old First Division (we lost) with one of the linos, who was a colleague of my dad's, and was waiting in the guy's car afterwards when I saw Barry D walk up the steps to the main entrance, get hold of the handle of one of the double glass doors to go in - and find it was locked. He stood there shaking it for half a minute till this little slip of a young woman also came up the steps, got hold of the other door handle, opened it no problem and walked in, with Bazza following sheepishly behind her.

I used to like Tyler till he started spending too much time for my liking sucking up to Andy Gray, which meant joining in with Gray's LFC-baiting.

 

[peterhague]

I don't altogether get the love for Barry Davies. Nothing against the guy, but to me he sounded like a vicar who'd wandered into the wrong TV studio. I once saw him behave like one too. I'd been to see us play Birmingham at St.Andrew's in the old First Division (we lost) with one of the linos, who was a colleague of my dad's, and was waiting in the guy's car afterwards when I saw Barry D walk up the steps to the main entrance, get hold of the handle of one of the double glass doors to go in - and find it was locked. He stood there shaking it for half a minute till this little slip of a young woman also came up the steps, got hold of the other door handle, opened it no problem and walked in, with Bazza following sheepishly behind her.

I used to like Tyler till he started spending too much time for my liking sucking up to Andy Gray, which meant joining in with Gray's LFC-baiting.

Yeah Barry Davies wasn't that great really. But he was much better than the new crop, who all seem to have the same thin, reedy, voice.

 

[Leo]

Jon Champion is the biggest cunt of the lot.
'that there is the work of a cheat'.
Fuck off.

 

[gkmacca]

I don't altogether get the love for Barry Davies. Nothing against the guy, but to me he sounded like a vicar who'd wandered into the wrong TV studio. I once saw him behave like one too. I'd been to see us play Birmingham at St.Andrew's in the old First Division (we lost) with one of the linos, who was a colleague of my dad's, and was waiting in the guy's car afterwards when I saw Barry D walk up the steps to the main entrance, get hold of the handle of one of the double glass doors to go in - and find it was locked. He stood there shaking it for half a minute till this little slip of a young woman also came up the steps, got hold of the other door handle, opened it no problem and walked in, with Bazza following sheepishly behind her.

I used to like Tyler till he started spending too much time for my liking sucking up to Andy Gray, which meant joining in with Gray's LFC-baiting.

Motson's nadir was just before the Japan world cup when he suddenly appeared on TV wearing blue-tinted sunglasses and promoting the 'virtual Motty'. Then during the tournament he started waffling on about people cooking sausages back at home because of the early kick offs. Barking mad. I didn't mind Davies, but he tried too hard. The one time he got the main gig at the USA world cup finals he blew it by trying every odd analogy and clever-clever phrase he could muster. Tyler really drives me mad these days with his girlish shrieks whenever anyone scores a big goal. It makes my ears hurt.

I guess radio forces commentators to commentate. Peter Jones was superb.

 

[Silver Sean]

Motson's nadir was just before the Japan world cup when he suddenly appeared on TV wearing blue-tinted sunglasses and promoting the 'virtual Motty'. Then during the tournament he started waffling on about people cooking sausages back at home because of the early kick offs. Barking mad. I didn't mind Davies, but he tried too hard. The one time he got the main gig at the USA world cup finals he blew it by trying every odd analogy and clever-clever phrase he could muster. Tyler really drives me mad these days with his girlish shrieks whenever anyone scores a big goal. It makes my ears hurt.

I guess radio forces commentators to commentate. Peter Jones was superb.

I like Mike Ingham on Five live. Sadly he shares games with that overinflated cockend Alan Green. We want commentary Alan, not opinion. COMMENTARY.

 

[Halmeister]

I used to like Tyler but over the last few years he's concentrated on working his pre-planned puns and anecdotes from his personal life into commentary. "There's no 'DROSS' on Andros Townsend" being one.

Motson has clearly gone senile.

And Clive Tyldsley can barely go a game without mentioning Man Utd. Seriously. It's not a bitter Liverpool fan talking, listen out for it. He will mention Man Utd wherever he can. Preferably the '99 Champions League final.

 

[Judge Jules]

I like Mike Ingham on Five live. Sadly he shares games with that overinflated cockend Alan Green. We want commentary Alan, not opinion. COMMENTARY.

The pity about Green is that, when he does concentrate on the job in hand, he's actually good at describing the play and the surrounding atmosphere.

 

[Best Believe It]

It's easier now to mention good pundits and good commentators, because the majority are horrendous. When I used to listen to it, Five Live had a decent roster - I used to find Graham Taylor's analysis really good - but now you have the ludicrous situation whereby there's a conversation involving Michael Cox of Zonal Marking, giving in-depth tactical analysis, Robbie Savage who trots out vague cliches before advertising 6-0-6 and poor old Mike Ingham trying to hold it together.

There seems to be a general opinion that because you've played football professionally and at a high level that makes you an intelligent and insightful human being. You can never have played the game professionally and have a deeper, more measured appreciation of tactics, game plans and match analysis than someone who has; just contrast James Richardson with Ray Wilkins.

The trouble is that in the main, the people employing these ex-pros are not doing so because of the quality of punditry, they're just trying to employ names who will get the punters to watch their TV show.

 

[Pesam]

I guess radio forces commentators to commentate. Peter Jones was superb.

Such great memories of Peter Jones and Bryon Butler commentating during our golden era.

 

[Judge Jules]

I met Bryon Butler at that game at St.Andrew's I mentioned earlier. Nice chap, took the time to talk to an interested teenager (me) without looking round the room in case someone more important appeared.

 

[Silver Sean]

I met Bryon Butler at that game at St.Andrew's I mentioned earlier. Nice chap, took the time to talk to an interested teenager (me) without looking round the room in case someone more important appeared.

Who could have been more important than you?