Paul Merson

[Smurph]

Someone mentioned on the old Twitter that Mohammed would block someone simply for being from Swansea, thought I'd see for myself, within 24hrs I was indeed blocked , despite never having tagged or mentioned him.

Can you imagine the amount of shit he gets

 

[Smurph]

If you're interested he talks openly about his demons here.

42mins but can always skip some. Watched a few and they can be a bit hit and miss.

Thanks for sharing

I remember watching a show when he and a few others were taking on the Germans and he broke down speaking to Neil Ruddock about his lifestyle and urging him to change

 

[3swan]

Thanks for sharing

I remember watching a show when he and a few others were taking on the Germans and he broke down speaking to Neil Ruddock about his lifestyle and urging him to change

Didn't see the show but saw this clip a while back



We mostly only see one side of footballers

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

He really disliked us when he was Walsall manager

 

[MrSwerve]

We've seen it in other sports, where the entertaining 'old guard' are replaced by youngsters who haven't really done much (or anything) in the sport - and it becomes such a load of vanilla boredom.

I think we've lost the sight that sports programmes are entertainment as well as analysis. Give me Merson and Thompson having a barnstorming, unhinged argument over a couple of fresh-faced league one/two players talking about stats any day.

 

[Smurph]

Didn't see the show but saw this clip a while back



We mostly only see one side of footballers

I think we can all be guilty at forgetting they’re humans now and again

 

[Menston4128]

Didn't see the show but saw this clip a while back



We mostly only see one side of footballers

Worth watching was a decent show, plenty of characters and lots of insight into life in and outside of football.

 

[3swan]

I think we can all be guilty at forgetting they’re humans now and again

Very true

Then again do you mean we forget now and again?

Or

They are human now and again?

 

[Smurph]

Very true

Then again do you mean we forget now and again?

Or

They are human now and again?

Probably a mixture of both

 

[JackSomething]

We've seen it in other sports, where the entertaining 'old guard' are replaced by youngsters who haven't really done much (or anything) in the sport - and it becomes such a load of vanilla boredom.

I think we've lost the sight that sports programmes are entertainment as well as analysis. Give me Merson and Thompson having a barnstorming, unhinged argument over a couple of fresh-faced league one/two players talking about stats any day.

It's probably become a little stale and due a change now, but Neville and Carragher coming on to Sky's Monday Night Football show was a stratospheric improvement over the awful Keys and Gray.

It seems more of a problem that the skills for being good at punditry, especially on live television, are fairly niche and not a lot of ex-players have those skills, but networks want ex-pro's in those jobs. Inevitably people not good enough get put on the air.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Seems like a decent guy who has battled some demons over the years. As a football pundit my gosh he doesn't half spout a lot of nonsense.

Makes make smile and a little angry upon times when you have the knuckle draggers giving male pundits like him a free pass because of what is between his legs.

I remember a program with him and a few other players think they were on a bit of a jolly and him and Ruddock had an up and downer, because Merse was concerned about his health was trying to get him to take it easy on the grog, with Ruddock hitting the roof and I think he stormed off which left Merse in tears.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Someone mentioned on the old Twitter that Mohammed would block someone simply for being from Swansea, thought I'd see for myself, within 24hrs I was indeed blocked , despite never having tagged or mentioned him.

Another bloke I can't stand, in fact I won't have him on here.

 

[Smurph]

I remember a program with him and a few other players think they were on a bit of a jolly and him and Ruddock had an up and downer, because Merse was concerned about his health was trying to get him to take it easy on the grog, with Ruddock hitting the roof and I think he stormed off which left Merse in tears.

I saw the same program, he was genuinely cut up about it

 

[Niigata Jack]

I saw the same program, he was genuinely cut up about it

Yep, Razor then had a health problem months or so later and had to sort himself out which he did, although /i don't know how he is these days.

 

[Robbie]

Alan Brazil and Mike Parry on the early morning slot on Talksport was a must listen too .
The Chemistry bertween them was not scripted , I hope .

The late Mike Dicken was another marmite character , no sitting on the fence with his opinions .

I like Steve Parish too , but Talksport has really lost its appeal any more for me anyway.

Seems these broadcasts are dependant on phone ins to pad out their airings and get a dilemma amongst the listeners .

MOTD is really pushing and quite rightly the role of the female pundit to the fore on tele .

Sometimes too much pushing will have a bit of a PC culture being seen by viewers .