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Ian right is the best pundit there, he is Passion & Pride in one!!!!

Typical really, all the same old arguments rattled out about the cost of coverage. The 成人论坛 should be left alone to get on with the job of covering the tournament without the usual sniping from the license fee haters. The license fee might not be an ideal solution in the modern age but I know what broadcaster I'll turn to for the major events.

Typical really, all the same old arguments rattled out about the cost of coverage. The 成人论坛 should be left alone to get on with the job of covering the tournament without the usual sniping from the license fee haters. The license fee might not be an ideal solution in the modern age but I know what broadcaster I'll turn to for the major events.

The 成人论坛 is doing the right thing with its blog and its trip to Germany.

We should bring up another issue which was brough up by 成人论坛 News on the lack of football enthusiasts in the USA. I personally think that football is in its adolescent stage. Regardless, there are people who go to Football Games. There was an incident in which a Manchester United Fan drove from Phoenix Arizona to Seattle Washington to see Manchester United play against Celtic. I myself am a fan of Spain, Cameroun, Celtic, Manchester United, and DC United [in USA]. I will also support the USA Team [as well as Spain, Portugal, Poland, England].

Thank you Adam for taking the time and effort to answer the questions I posted. I can understand the reasons why the 成人论坛 is having the blog. But I still find the decision to employ someone of the nature of Ian Wright perplexing. I can only assume that he is popular amongst the various focus groups that the 成人论坛 carry out before and after such events. But thanks again for taking the time out to answer my questions. I make no apology for asking the questions I did sometimes the 成人论坛 sport site can give the impression of a love in and I feel I was justifed to ask what I did.

Can you guys give my blog a mention in a post?

cheers, putting a lot of effort into it, would just like a few more people to read it!

good stuff so far, personally definitely a fan of ian wright for comedy purposes if nothing else!

Simon,

Future England manager, eh? That's a lot to live up to!

Anyway - liking the tactical vibe of your blog (link in the comment above)

Personally I'm intrigued to see what formation we produce in the England B game on Thursday - to which I've got tickets.

Owen's going to play so will it be on his own up front with Lennon in the Joe Cole support role?

I'm looking forward to it immensely.

I am normally a fan of the 成人论坛's football coverage. Over the year's they have had some fantastic pundits at tournaments such as Gullit, Cruyff, O'Neill and Strachan. But Ian Wright has to be one of the worst ever pundits in my view. A prime example was his shocking display of unintelligible English in the Northern Ireland v England match. I for one this summer will be reaching for the mute button when Ian Wright graces my television screen this summer. His abuse of the English language is a crime in it's self let alone his inadequate knowledge of football. I would happily make a donation to the 成人论坛 Sports department if it meant taking Wright off our screens! Or perhaps the 成人论坛 could have a BB vote off for its pundits through the World Cup surely that would be making the tournament truly interactive for the viewers?

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There have been some great analysts over the years on the 成人论坛, but Ian Wright is enough to make me push the mute button at least, if not move to another channel for the pre-match, half-time and post-match periods.

From what I can gather, he is employed simply because he appeals to certain audiences and can offer minimal comfort to viewers, such as in the Portugal v England game at Euro 2004. 'It's a homer' he shouted again and again. He was recently back doing the FA Cup final and provided some nonsense analysis while sporting a pair of white socks with his suit.

The ITV have just released a very impressive list of pundits, and while the 成人论坛's does match it well, there is no pundit that makes me scream, sometimes even aloud. You often end the match with a headache, but the 成人论坛 needs him for the lottery etc. and to appease certain fans.

But on the team in Germany, I am keen for an excellent viewing tournament as are 20m+ in Britain and they should provide it.

While I don't care for Ian Wright as a pundit, I know other people who enjoy his over the top, heart-on-his-sleeve style.

As for the expense of covering the tournament, just be thankful your licence fee isn't paying for the (no doubt dreadful) ITV coverage.

I don't particularly care for Ian Wright, but a lot of people do and he has recent expreience of laying for England (unlike Mark Lawrenson who seems to spend more time seeking attention than analysing the action in a way that helps the viewer.

The person who does worry me is John Motson who has shown signs of decline over the past 4 years and who is now a liability. He has become a biased sensationalist with his solidly pro-England commentary, spends more time trying to, heh, heh, throw in a glib comment and fails to see what has happened even with clear action replays at his disposal. Time for a dignified retirement, in my opinion.

It would be lovely if the 成人论坛 brought back the excellent Barry Davis and sent Ian Wright to a desert island.

I like the simplistic nature,wide and detailed nature of bbc reporting in all fields sport included.So informative and persolised packaged like just for each individual member of the community rather than mass coverage but yet it is indeed mass.
But on your bbc world tv coverage you have too much graphics than programme content itself. Most of 成人论坛 sports today 15 minutes planned for the programme content is lost in graphics. We only watch the actual progamme content for less than 10 minutes. The running legs in the program intro goes on foreever for example.
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What a load of twaddle about being out bid the next time a license comes up. If the 成人论坛 was a commercial organisation it would have been sued for anti competitive practise moons ago.

I have to stand up for Ian Wright. The sound, unbiased technical analysis of Hansen et al. is dry and very often plain dull. Wright is passionate, partisan and funny.

成人论坛's so-called football pundits are smug, biased, certainly not entertaining or enlightenning. I'd prefer to listen to some decent music during half time rather than have these assorted idlers living it up in Germany at our expense. Attempting to justify the extravagance in terms of superior coverage is another insult.

Agree with comments about Motson, but please don't bring back Barry Davies.

The problem with pundits is that there are so many of them crowded into the studio. A few years ago it was two plus a non-expect such as Des Lynam - now four is the norm if you include Lineker.

"RM: All pundits divide opinion - and they have fans and critics. We believe Ian Wright brings a fresh and different point-of-view to our panels, and he's a good part of the mix. "

I'm sure if you got got some homeless guy in off the street he's be "fresh" and give a "different point of view", in no way means you should do that.

Does Ian Wright ever tell the viewer anything they don't already know? No.

Does Ian Wright bring any specialist knowledge to the programme? No, the guy was a failure at international level, simply do not see why he is there.

He knows nothing about any team England are playing. His pre match preamble will be to predict a 3-0 win for England, thats all he does. I really really really don't understand what on earth you are thinking employing him, and it is so frustrating that you don't have the respect for the people who ultimately pay YOUR wages to give US a proper reason for giving this loudmouth so much airtime.

Dan Smith very well said! You hit the nail on the head! Well Ian Wright be paying for his own plane ticket to Germany? Or will the 成人论坛 be paying that with the money they get from our licence fee's? It's a real shame that the 成人论坛 let there entire coverage down by employing someone of the nature of Wright.

The calls for Barry Davies to return are onces I endorse fully! It's a shame he had to leave the 成人论坛, but that was because he was not given any England matches during Euro 2004 because of the insistence on having Motty for every single one. At least in the group stages the 成人论坛 could venture with their commentators - not Jonathan Pearce who would manage to blurt out all the crowd noise but the likes of Simon Brotherton and Martin Fisher are great ones who could take the mantle. Will he be doing Wimbledon this year?

Also, don't you think the next step for Jeff Stelling will be the 成人论坛? Certainly has the calibre to be a future MOTD presenter.

I couldn't agree more with the comments on John Motson. At one time I think he was one of the better commentators on TV, but these days I think he's lost that connection with the viewers. He spends more time making 'witty' remarks and telling you what the players ate for lunch than concentrating on the game. In short: Rubbish. I think ITV/Sky give a better service in terms of commentating, although some of the analysers (Pleat!) are fairly cringe-worthy. Personal ideal combo - Alan Parry or Clive Tyldesley with Andy Gray.

All comments about John Motson are totally vindicated. His attempts at wit and homour are not required and not appreciated. He has lost his creditabilty as a commentator and I for one will find alternative commentary- which makes the 成人论坛 interactive coverage great. I can listen to Five Live or as at Euros 2004 perhaps the opportunity to listen to Steve Claridge.
The 成人论坛's coverage is so superior to ITV that it is a shame that it is only the main commentator that spoils it for me.

Any decent panel of Football analysers needs to have a good blend of personalities. For me Hansen is the best pundit with a wide knowledge of the game and great choerent analysis. Lawrenson can be witty and adds the extra information to Alan's views- they work well together. Gavin Peacock i also rate highly, though not as good as Hansen or Lawrenson because he is a little too serious. This brings me to Ian Wright, who although doesn't analyse the games in great depth adds that extra dimension- someone who supports England and is able to say it loud and proud amongst other nationalities and let them get on with the analysing. At the end of the day, a game can only be anaylsed so much, so with Wright there, he adds that final dynamic which creates the best Football coverage on the 成人论坛.

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nah I don't buy that argument. Why do you need someone on screen whose sole contribution is to shout loudly how great England are? You get that if you watch games with friends or go down to your local pub.

Ian Wright is a disgrace. His latest comments on Gerrard's dive, justifying by saying "it's okay coz people will do it against us" are laughable.

His Uber Patriotism is at times sickening. If that had happened to us he'd be crying out for injustice. He should get his tinted specks off and say it like it is.

Tonight is the final straw for me! Enough is enough, when is the 成人论坛 sports department going to start listening to it's viewers do we need to start a full on campaign to be herd? Tonight Ian Wright's comments about Gerrard's dive being acceptable because other people teams will dive against England was a joke.

Then his insult about Owen Hargreaves was frankly a disgrace. Hargreaves in my views deserves a public apology from Ian Wright. What sort of element of viewer is Ian Wright catering for?

What a crying shame that a great organisation like the 成人论坛 lowers itself to employing such tactics as it did tonight.

The fact that Ian Wright kept his pundit job after his comments regarding Graeme Le Saux during the Columbia vs England game last summer is a disgrace.

And last night he added further fuel to the fire by his comments on the dive.

Should England get knocked out of the World Cup after an opposition player dives, Ian Wright needs to keep his trap shut...as he has basically stated that diving is OK.

What did Ian Wright say about Le Saux last summer? I was not aware of that incident.

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Who would have thought Mark Lawrenson would have spoken so much sense:

'What are you most looking forward to at the World Cup?
Ian Wright to stop talking for 10 seconds!'

The finalist are brazil and England and england will get 2006 worldcup.

enough information is required!

I think once again the bbc have got it all right (almost). Ok im not a fan of ian wright either, but you have to take the good with the bad. on the whole though well done