[andy_m]

Worse than that - he's a Norwich fan.

The thing is the presenter doesn't have to be the expert - he has to anchor the show, which is not an easy job, whilst the pundits provide analysis. It's the level of punditry that is so poor. Some ex pros genuinely have no understanding of the game, and that's a concept that isn't to hard to understand when you equate it with an employee of a company who just does their job for ten years with no idea of what their colleagues do. They contribute in their own way, but they couldn't explain the business to you. You tell a forward to hassle opposition definitely defenders make certain runs in certain situations etc why would you expect him to have an in depth understanding of where a full back should position themselves? Further, why would you expect him to be able to explain certain things to you?

We need to get away from this idea that only ex pros can provide analysis - you'd soon get over the presenter if the analysis from the pundits was better.