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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on Oct 23, 2018 15:18:13 GMT 1
He's a football fan. That's all we are. Plus he's played a sport at the highest level possible, so he's more worth a listen than any of us on here. He talks more sense than Durham anyway. He does my head in. He says things just to get a reaction, at least Gough is just honest and level headed with what he says. He comes across as a thick twat who has wandered in off the street and suddenly found himself in the studio with Norman Collier, who made more sense than Gough will ever make.
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Post by willo on Oct 23, 2018 16:18:06 GMT 1
He's a football fan. That's all we are. Plus he's played a sport at the highest level possible, so he's more worth a listen than any of us on here. He talks more sense than Durham anyway. He does my head in. He says things just to get a reaction, at least Gough is just honest and level headed with what he says. He comes across as a thick twat who has wandered in off the street and suddenly found himself in the studio. Norman Collier made more sense than Gough will ever make. Bang on! He’s so bad it’s embarrassing. Absolutely stunned anyone can defend his “broadcasting” ability. He’s a total thickhead.
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Post by Town Duppy on Oct 23, 2018 16:32:24 GMT 1
Don't really get why people give Gough so much stick saying he knows nothing about football just because he played cricket. He watches a heck of a lot of it, goes to a lot of games, talks about it and reads about it everyday on the radio, plus he played a professional sport at the highest level so he's probably more knowledgable on professional football than the majority of people on here. It is not because he played cricket, that's way down the list. He doesn't even know who he supports.
Neither does Wirral(just japing Wirral )
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Post by Der Blitzbomber on Oct 23, 2018 16:52:00 GMT 1
David Wagner does not need to do a team a talk, just switch this shower on, job done! The whole team will end up with a gambling problem...
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Post by WirralTerrier on Oct 23, 2018 17:16:23 GMT 1
He comes across as a thick twat who has wandered in off the street and suddenly found himself in the studio. Norman Collier made more sense than Gough will ever make. Bang on! He’s so bad it’s embarrassing. Absolutely stunned anyone can defend his “broadcasting” ability. He’s a total thickhead. Im not saying he's a great broadcaster. Just think it's funny how people say he knows nothing about football, hes an ex professional cricketer talking as a football fan giving his opinion. Same as talking about boxing. Does that mean non of us can say a thing about boxing? He doesn't say he's an expert on it. He's just asked to comment on it. Everyone has high opinions of themselves on here, we are in less of a position to say we know more about football than Gough.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 22:43:34 GMT 1
Bang on! He’s so bad it’s embarrassing. Absolutely stunned anyone can defend his “broadcasting” ability. He’s a total thickhead. Im not saying he's a great broadcaster. Just think it's funny how people say he knows nothing about football, hes an ex professional cricketer talking as a football fan giving his opinion. Same as talking about boxing. Does that mean non of us can say a thing about boxing? He doesn't say he's an expert on it. He's just asked to comment on it. Everyone has high opinions of themselves on here, we are in less of a position to say we know more about football than Gough. Yes but we're not getting paid to post shite.
There must be hundreds of proper journalists and pundits out there who could do a professional and interesting job, and they choose to employ a halfwit simply because people have heard of him.
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Post by benhomly on Oct 23, 2018 22:45:52 GMT 1
Im not saying he's a great broadcaster. Just think it's funny how people say he knows nothing about football, hes an ex professional cricketer talking as a football fan giving his opinion. Same as talking about boxing. Does that mean non of us can say a thing about boxing? He doesn't say he's an expert on it. He's just asked to comment on it. Everyone has high opinions of themselves on here, we are in less of a position to say we know more about football than Gough. Yes but we're not getting paid to post shite.
There must be hundreds of proper journalists and pundits out there who could do a professional and interesting job, and they choose to employ a halfwit simply because people have heard of him. Perfect description of him summed up in one word
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Post by Porrohman on Oct 23, 2018 23:12:55 GMT 1
Bang on! He’s so bad it’s embarrassing. Absolutely stunned anyone can defend his “broadcasting” ability. He’s a total thickhead. Im not saying he's a great broadcaster. Just think it's funny how people say he knows nothing about football, hes an ex professional cricketer talking as a football fan giving his opinion. Same as talking about boxing. Does that mean non of us can say a thing about boxing? He doesn't say he's an expert on it. He's just asked to comment on it. Everyone has high opinions of themselves on here, we are in less of a position to say we know more about football than Gough. So because he played cricket he knows more about football than any of us ? 🤔 Cricket, yes. Dancing, yes but I don't get your reasoning on his football knowledge
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Oct 23, 2018 23:34:50 GMT 1
I don't listen to Talk Sport, but on the occasion I heard Goughie being interviewed in the past he strikes me as one of those famous Yorkshiremen who revel in being very Yorkshire. e.g. being a bit controversial, being part of the downtrodden masses, but can't really help themselves as coming across as a bit of an arrogant prick.
It's like we've a conveyor belt of thick bastards in Yorkshire, hardly surprising we get a mild mickey take everywhere we go, when people instantly liken you to blokes like him & Boycott...
Boycotts a right twat as well...
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Post by griffa on Oct 24, 2018 0:09:57 GMT 1
Im not saying he's a great broadcaster. Just think it's funny how people say he knows nothing about football, hes an ex professional cricketer talking as a football fan giving his opinion. Same as talking about boxing. Does that mean non of us can say a thing about boxing? He doesn't say he's an expert on it. He's just asked to comment on it. Everyone has high opinions of themselves on here, we are in less of a position to say we know more about football than Gough. So because he played cricket he knows more about football than any of us ? 🤔 Cricket, yes. Dancing, yes but I don't get your reasoning on his football knowledge Come on Porrohman, it's Wirrall Terrier, he knows everything & more. Darren Gough was a top class cricketer, but as a Sports Presenter, he's rubbish!
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Post by Jello Biafra on Oct 24, 2018 0:11:52 GMT 1
Im not saying he's a great broadcaster. Just think it's funny how people say he knows nothing about football, hes an ex professional cricketer talking as a football fan giving his opinion. Same as talking about boxing. Does that mean non of us can say a thing about boxing? He doesn't say he's an expert on it. He's just asked to comment on it. Everyone has high opinions of themselves on here, we are in less of a position to say we know more about football than Gough. So because he played cricket he knows more about football than any of us ? 🤔 Cricket, yes. Dancing, yes but I don't get your reasoning on his football knowledge He was a good enough footballer at 15/16 to become a YTS Trainee at Barnsley and Rotherham Utd before his cricketing career took off. I'd say that experience alone puts him higher up the football knowledge tree than just about everyone else on here...
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Post by Porrohman on Oct 24, 2018 3:29:17 GMT 1
So because he played cricket he knows more about football than any of us ? 🤔 Cricket, yes. Dancing, yes but I don't get your reasoning on his football knowledge He was a good enough footballer at 15/16 to become a YTS Trainee at Barnsley and Rotherham Utd before his cricketing career took off. I'd say that experience alone puts him higher up the football knowledge tree than just about everyone else on here... That's fair enough then. That's a damn better reason than he knows more because he's played cricket
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Post by WirralTerrier on Oct 24, 2018 5:07:57 GMT 1
He was a good enough footballer at 15/16 to become a YTS Trainee at Barnsley and Rotherham Utd before his cricketing career took off. I'd say that experience alone puts him higher up the football knowledge tree than just about everyone else on here... That's fair enough then. That's a damn better reason than he knows more because he's played cricket That isn't what I said though was it. I said it's not a reason for people to say he doesn't know anything about football because he's an ex cricketer. And that if anything it adds to his knowledge to talk about sport because he's played a professional sport at the highest level. Which is more than any of us have done.
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Post by Marco4 on Oct 24, 2018 6:28:47 GMT 1
I don't listen to Talk Sport, but on the occasion I heard Goughie being interviewed in the past he strikes me as one of those famous Yorkshiremen who revel in being very Yorkshire. e.g. being a bit controversial, being part of the downtrodden masses, but can't really help themselves as coming across as a bit of an arrogant prick. It's like we've a conveyor belt of thick bastards in Yorkshire, hardly surprising we get a mild mickey take everywhere we go, when people instantly liken you to blokes like him & Boycott... Boycotts a right twat as well... I once saw Gough on a train in Chelmsford with some Essex teammates. He sounded to be trying to get off paying on the strength of his name. "Prick", I thought, and I've never forgotten it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 7:30:33 GMT 1
I don't listen to Talk Sport, but on the occasion I heard Goughie being interviewed in the past he strikes me as one of those famous Yorkshiremen who revel in being very Yorkshire. e.g. being a bit controversial, being part of the downtrodden masses, but can't really help themselves as coming across as a bit of an arrogant prick. It's like we've a conveyor belt of thick bastards in Yorkshire, hardly surprising we get a mild mickey take everywhere we go, when people instantly liken you to blokes like him & Boycott... Boycotts a right twat as well... But Boycott is a brilliant cricket summariser. His knowledge and insight on cricket is as vast as his ignorance about just about everything else.
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Post by El Mel on Oct 24, 2018 7:38:46 GMT 1
Met Stuart Pearce, Arsene Wenger, and Darren Gough all on the same day. Pearce was an absolute bell end. Wenger looked like he was fearful of his life at the two Yorkshire lads that had just ambushed him for a photo, and Goughie was sound.
In other words, if I had to have pint with any of them three, it'd be the latter.
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Post by mids on Oct 24, 2018 7:53:37 GMT 1
I don't listen to Talk Sport, but on the occasion I heard Goughie being interviewed in the past he strikes me as one of those famous Yorkshiremen who revel in being very Yorkshire. e.g. being a bit controversial, being part of the downtrodden masses, but can't really help themselves as coming across as a bit of an arrogant prick. It's like we've a conveyor belt of thick bastards in Yorkshire, hardly surprising we get a mild mickey take everywhere we go, when people instantly liken you to blokes like him & Boycott... Boycotts a right twat as well... Boycott's quality. Always has been, and always will be.
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Post by mids on Oct 24, 2018 8:10:23 GMT 1
Met Stuart Pearce, Arsene Wenger, and Darren Gough all on the same day. Pearce was an absolute bell end. Wenger looked like he was fearful of his life at the two Yorkshire lads that had just ambushed him for a photo, and Goughie was sound. In other words, if I had to have pint with any of them three, it'd be the latter. He did have Tony Walsh's arm hung around his shoulder for his latest 'me with the stars' picture....he did well to escape without any damage....although it is noticeable that his career went downhill after the event
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Post by terrier70 on Oct 24, 2018 10:17:50 GMT 1
David Wagner does not need to do a team a talk, just switch this shower on, job done! The whole team will end up with a gambling problem... I bet that they won't!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 11:31:35 GMT 1
I don't listen to Talk Sport, but on the occasion I heard Goughie being interviewed in the past he strikes me as one of those famous Yorkshiremen who revel in being very Yorkshire. e.g. being a bit controversial, being part of the downtrodden masses, but can't really help themselves as coming across as a bit of an arrogant prick. It's like we've a conveyor belt of thick bastards in Yorkshire, hardly surprising we get a mild mickey take everywhere we go, when people instantly liken you to blokes like him & Boycott... Boycotts a right twat as well... But Boycott is a brilliant cricket summariser. His knowledge and insight on cricket is as vast as his ignorance about just about everything else. Gough's cricket knowledge isn't up there with Sir Geoff but it's still very good indeed. I think he'll be great to listen to when talksport start doing the tests this winter. The most annoying thing he does on the radio generally is say 'but' instead of 'that' which makes him sound thicker than he is I suppose but either way he's like Epicurus compared to Cundy.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 12:19:49 GMT 1
But Boycott is a brilliant cricket summariser. His knowledge and insight on cricket is as vast as his ignorance about just about everything else. Gough's cricket knowledge isn't up there with Sir Geoff but it's still very good indeed. I think he'll be great to listen to when talksport start doing the tests this winter. The most annoying thing he does on the radio generally is say 'but' instead of 'that' which makes him sound thicker than he is I suppose but either way he's like Epicurus compared to Cundy. Is this actually possible?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 12:30:41 GMT 1
I don't listen to Talk Sport, but on the occasion I heard Goughie being interviewed in the past he strikes me as one of those famous Yorkshiremen who revel in being very Yorkshire. e.g. being a bit controversial, being part of the downtrodden masses, but can't really help themselves as coming across as a bit of an arrogant prick. It's like we've a conveyor belt of thick bastards in Yorkshire, hardly surprising we get a mild mickey take everywhere we go, when people instantly liken you to blokes like him & Boycott... Boycotts a right twat as well... These professional Yorkshireman types seem to be either North Yorkshire gent/farmer types or South Yorkshire chip on shoulder thickos. Luckily, as anyone who reads these boards will testify, we in the West Yorkshire 'buffer zone' are far too cool and confident to feel the need to portray such an image.
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Post by Farsley Terrier (UK product) on Oct 24, 2018 12:30:51 GMT 1
saying Gough is knowledgeble about football because he used to play football makes about as much sense as saying I'm knowledgable in the field of Astrophysics because I used to have a telescope.
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Post by Der Blitzbomber on Oct 24, 2018 13:57:28 GMT 1
So because he played cricket he knows more about football than any of us ? 🤔 Cricket, yes. Dancing, yes but I don't get your reasoning on his football knowledge He was a good enough footballer at 15/16 to become a YTS Trainee at Barnsley and Rotherham Utd before his cricketing career took off. I'd say that experience alone puts him higher up the football knowledge tree than just about everyone else on here... just a shame he's thick as pigshit then. The shit of a pig that got into a crate of figs and all-bran. And he's an arrogant knob.
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Post by Porrohman on Oct 24, 2018 14:28:05 GMT 1
saying Gough is knowledgeble about football because he used to play football makes about as much sense as saying I'm knowledgable in the field of Astrophysics because I used to have a telescope. Perv
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Post by Jello Biafra on Oct 24, 2018 14:30:51 GMT 1
saying Gough is knowledgeble about football because he used to play football makes about as much sense as saying I'm knowledgable in the field of Astrophysics because I used to have a telescope. About as much sense as all those saying that he knows fuck all about football assuming that they know significantly more? I doubt anyone (including Gough himself) has claimed that he's the fount of all football knowledge, but the way he's virtually universally derided for his views and opinions is laughable. What qualifies the rest of you to think that what you know is somehow 'better'? And why the fuck are you bothered about assuming that you know more anyway?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 15:09:19 GMT 1
saying Gough is knowledgeble about football because he used to play football makes about as much sense as saying I'm knowledgable in the field of Astrophysics because I used to have a telescope. About as much sense as all those saying that he knows fuck all about football assuming that they know significantly more? I doubt anyone (including Gough himself) has claimed that he's the fount of all football knowledge, but the way he's virtually universally derided for his views and opinions is laughable. What qualifies the rest of you to think that what you know is somehow 'better'? And why the fuck are you bothered about assuming that you know more anyway? Again, we aren't paid to offer insight and intelligent thought provoking comment. Incredible as it seems he actually is.
Its not all about technical football knowledge, you need someone with a perspective of the clubs, the history, the soul and culture of football. Good sportswriters are far more interesting to read than ex pro's.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 15:45:34 GMT 1
About as much sense as all those saying that he knows fuck all about football assuming that they know significantly more? I doubt anyone (including Gough himself) has claimed that he's the fount of all football knowledge, but the way he's virtually universally derided for his views and opinions is laughable. What qualifies the rest of you to think that what you know is somehow 'better'? And why the fuck are you bothered about assuming that you know more anyway? Again, we aren't paid to offer insight and intelligent thought provoking comment. Incredible as it seems he actually is.
Its not all about technical football knowledge, you need someone with a perspective of the clubs, the history, the soul and culture of football. Good sportswriters are far more interesting to read than ex pro's.
Some are , yes. The likes of Gabriel Marcotti are painful to listen too though, smug and condescending is being kind to him. The Times used to do a brilliant podcast hosted by Danny Kelly which Marcotti took over and killed with his personality vacuum. He makes Matthew Syed seem like Ustinov.
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Post by terrier5 on Oct 24, 2018 19:00:49 GMT 1
He was a good enough footballer at 15/16 to become a YTS Trainee at Barnsley and Rotherham Utd before his cricketing career took off. I'd say that experience alone puts him higher up the football knowledge tree than just about everyone else on here... just a shame he's thick as pigshit then. The shit of a pig that got into a crate of figs and all-bran. And he's an arrogant knob. But ... surely that pig would be shitting through the eye of a needle and this his shit would not be thick at all. Darren gough is bamber fucking gascoigne.
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Post by Der Blitzbomber on Oct 24, 2018 20:24:23 GMT 1
just a shame he's thick as pigshit then. The shit of a pig that got into a crate of figs and all-bran. And he's an arrogant knob. But ... surely that pig would be shitting through the eye of a needle and this his shit would not be thick at all. Darren gough is bamber fucking gascoigne. Thick in consistency, not in width... As well you know
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