I donāt mind that to be honest, as long as he keeps it to the facts and heās not missing something happening.
Depending on who heās paired with, Iād much rather hear him talk about that kind of thing than most of them give their opinion.
I still havenāt bothered/managed to tune in ITV but I switch over to BBC on occasion. Iāve caught Vincent Kompanyās punditry & found him very good. He wasnāt giving the standard soundbites & you could tell heās gone down the coaching/managing route. Actually making decent observations that may not have been obvious when watching.
He had a good piece on Rabiotās headed equaliser for France the other night against Australia. Pinpointed that the Aussie right winger Leckie was the front post defender for the initial corner from the France right, as heās tall and good in the air. The midget left back, meanwhile, was posted on the edge of the box for any second ball. After Leckie cleared the initial corner away, they got caught on the second phase cross back in from the other side because he didnāt come out in the defensive line alongside his centre backs. He kinda made a diagonal burst back towards his right wing spot. The left centre back should have been scanning behind him but he didnāt and Rabiot ghosted in for the free header in the space vacated by Leckie. A breakdown in structure during transition, as Kompany put it.
Whoās this co-commentator with Eamesy?
Fuck it but Iām looking forward to this one.
Itās Pat Fenlon.
Another fucking LOI ham. Iād take Trigger over this.
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Pat Fenlon a great man to run out of breath after rushing in as many words as possible into a sentence.
The South American sides have been dreadful. Boring, turgid football
Nunez needs to make contact here.
Classic Nunez there.
Nunez 
Go with your left son
Paulo Bento is going to blow a gasket here if another decision goes against them
Uruguay have never been exactly free-flowing. Have some good players in the middle though, Valverde is class. Bentancur is classy too.
All this LOI-ification wouldnāt be happening without the example of the split season. McBennett thinks people want bland and local. That they want inferior own brand over the internationally famous products that are popular because they taste good. De Valera thought that too. That we didnāt want Coca-Cola because we had Cavan Cola.
BBC NI used to think that when theyād switch over to Belfast for the shit Ulster-centric analysis and commentary before a Five Nations rugby match. Thankfully budget cuts ended up actually working for the viewer for a change in that case when the practice was abandoned and it was cheaper to take the feed from London.
When USA '94 happened the Brits joked about the coverage on US TV. Itād be some guy who played indoor sawker saying the shorter players would have an advantage in the heat because theyāre further from the sun. We now have the Irish equivalent of this.
Where does this all end? Now that the entire staff of the Sunday Game have left to take inter-county managerial jobs, is the new panel to be made up entirely of lads who won a Wicklow county title in 2011 or a Kerry intermediate title in 2006 or lost three Offaly senior hurling finals in the 2010s or a lady who won a Dublin intermediate camogie title in 2013? Mick here played for the Underdogs against Galway in 2009. Heās our new senior analyst to replace Joe Brolly.
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Fuck me, Oliveraā¦
Its coming
Heavy pass from Olivera, good break.
This lad Pellestri was 24 ten minutes ago but heās now 20 according to Eames or whoever this is.
Heās had the director in the ear
I see Jordan Peterson is managing South Korea.