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Originally Posted by denphone
They have the money but not the brains or nous in my opinion.
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They're going at it the wrong way.
Gary Neville has been a revelation on Sky. Fresher than Andy Gray and has managed to dismiss any impartiality claims he may have had.
Souness is also very good as he is forthright which is what people want, not people to use limited "football speak" or offer no opinion.
BBC have an awful collection of "pundits". Hansen, Lawrenson are so old hat it's not true. Shearer is awful, and the likes of Dion Dublin and Michael Owen leave you not remembering a single word they have said.
BT employing current footballers will just never work, because you have to have pundits willing to speak they're mind, otherwise they don't connect to the viewer at all.
It's what makes Brian Moore excellent on the Rugby, and Roy Keane is very watchable on ITV (even if he has had questionable moments in his career).
As long as they steer clear of Niall Quinn, god that man is awful.