GhostOfDixie
Player Valuation: £70m
BBC1 MOTD
- Gary Lineker (Leicester, Everton, Barcelona, Spurs)
- Alan Hansen (Ayr United, Liverpool)
- Mark Lawrenson (Liverpool)
- Ian Wright (Palace, Arsenal, West Ham)
- Alan Shearer (Southampton, Blackburn, Newcastle)
Sky Sports
- Andy Gray (Wolves, Villa, Everton)
- Richard Keys (Monkey Boys FC, Yeti Villa, Coventry)
- Jamie Redknapp (Liverpool, Spurs)
- Gary McCallister (Coventry, Liverpool)
Channel 5
- Pat Nevin (Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere)
- John Barnes (Watford, Liverpool, Newcastle)
- Ayrerton Bloke (Liverpool)
- Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton)
So across the 3 channels (don't know about ITV - but its Man U biased by commentator Tylsely) - Liverpool are represented 6 times + Keys. Everton 4 times. Difference is Everton are only represented when they are playing, Liverpool punditry is there as default.
Bottom line is, the media want to see great football, they want to see money being spent, they want to see their products being placed to make them more money.
Everton are on the way to doing that, but at the moment were just a little short. Liverpool apart from the cups have been a failure in the league, but most of the industry are made up of people who would have been following football during the late 70's and 80's - a period when Liverpool were massively successful. So I reckon that the media who were brought up on Liverpool winning everything are just waiting for that to happen again and write some sensational headlines.
Keys says it every week last season, even when Liverpool were not playing, he would ask Redknapp if Liverpool could still win the title, every week. He's apparently a Coventry fan, but he has this obvious lean towards them and I think he see's Everton as an obvious obstacle in him saying what he wants to say about Liverpool.
On the other hand none of us do ourselves any favours. Ratcliffe slating the boys and as for Horne I just can't believe this tit. Listening to the game on Sunday, just as we were kicking off the second half, we were transported to Anfield for team news. So we clearly know where City FM's loyalties lie. But to add to this, when we got back to Everton and the game was starting, Horne was rabbiting on about Liverpool's lineup.
Oh and when we scored both our goals I didn't hear a peep out of Horne. Yet when the Liverpool game was on (I was listening to Arsenal btw.) you couldn't hear anything but the scream of Aldridge. Now I know he's a **** but you can't dispute his passion.
Rant over...
- Gary Lineker (Leicester, Everton, Barcelona, Spurs)
- Alan Hansen (Ayr United, Liverpool)
- Mark Lawrenson (Liverpool)
- Ian Wright (Palace, Arsenal, West Ham)
- Alan Shearer (Southampton, Blackburn, Newcastle)
Sky Sports
- Andy Gray (Wolves, Villa, Everton)
- Richard Keys (Monkey Boys FC, Yeti Villa, Coventry)
- Jamie Redknapp (Liverpool, Spurs)
- Gary McCallister (Coventry, Liverpool)
Channel 5
- Pat Nevin (Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere)
- John Barnes (Watford, Liverpool, Newcastle)
- Ayrerton Bloke (Liverpool)
- Kevin Ratcliffe (Everton)
So across the 3 channels (don't know about ITV - but its Man U biased by commentator Tylsely) - Liverpool are represented 6 times + Keys. Everton 4 times. Difference is Everton are only represented when they are playing, Liverpool punditry is there as default.
Bottom line is, the media want to see great football, they want to see money being spent, they want to see their products being placed to make them more money.
Everton are on the way to doing that, but at the moment were just a little short. Liverpool apart from the cups have been a failure in the league, but most of the industry are made up of people who would have been following football during the late 70's and 80's - a period when Liverpool were massively successful. So I reckon that the media who were brought up on Liverpool winning everything are just waiting for that to happen again and write some sensational headlines.
Keys says it every week last season, even when Liverpool were not playing, he would ask Redknapp if Liverpool could still win the title, every week. He's apparently a Coventry fan, but he has this obvious lean towards them and I think he see's Everton as an obvious obstacle in him saying what he wants to say about Liverpool.
On the other hand none of us do ourselves any favours. Ratcliffe slating the boys and as for Horne I just can't believe this tit. Listening to the game on Sunday, just as we were kicking off the second half, we were transported to Anfield for team news. So we clearly know where City FM's loyalties lie. But to add to this, when we got back to Everton and the game was starting, Horne was rabbiting on about Liverpool's lineup.
Oh and when we scored both our goals I didn't hear a peep out of Horne. Yet when the Liverpool game was on (I was listening to Arsenal btw.) you couldn't hear anything but the scream of Aldridge. Now I know he's a **** but you can't dispute his passion.
Rant over...