The Fan

The level of punditry is patronising and insulting

Thu, June 17th 2010

A great article on the so-called expert opinions being given on UK TV by Tom English of the The Scotsman:

Before the Algeria versus Slovenia game in Group C on Sunday, Shearer seemed to be speaking for the entire BBC panel when he said, “Our knowledge of these two teams is limited.” Limited! What the former England striker was saying was that he hadn’t done his homework…Shearer was content to sit in front of the cameras and tell the viewers that, really, he didn’t know much.

You could possibly forgive the lack of research beforehand if their analysis of the game was good, but it isn’t.

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