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[ewan14]

5 hours ago, kennie makevin said:

I'm sure he is but unfortunately like almost all ex-professional footballers employed by Radio Scotland as 'pundits' , he lacks the qualities of insight, erudition, marshalling of basic facts (and indeed basic grammar) required to perform what is essentially a journalistic role. To paraphrase, just because someone used to drive a Taxi doesn't make them an expert on the workings of the internal combustion engine..(or whatever it is you call it).

J. C.  and  4 - 6 - 0  then

[Pull My Strings]

On 16/03/2021 at 08:22, kennie makevin said:

I'm sure he is but unfortunately like almost all ex-professional footballers employed by Radio Scotland as 'pundits' , he lacks the qualities of insight, erudition, marshalling of basic facts (and indeed basic grammar) required to perform what is essentially a journalistic role. To paraphrase, just because someone used to drive a Taxi doesn't make them an expert on the workings of the internal combustion engine..(or whatever it is you call it).

It's not a journalistic role though, he's a pundit, paid to offer comment and opinion based on his experience as a player. Previously driving a taxi would make you qualified to talk about being a taxi driver, certainly more so than a journalist who had simply travelled in a taxi irrespective of their command of grammar. 

[kennie makevin]

4 hours ago, Pull My Strings said:

It's not a journalistic role though, he's a pundit, paid to offer comment and opinion based on his experience as a player. Previously driving a taxi would make you qualified to talk about being a taxi driver, certainly more so than a journalist who had simply travelled in a taxi irrespective of their command of grammar. 

Previously driving a Taxi would certainly qualify you to talk about being a Taxi driver, what it doesn't automatically qualify you to be is some sort of expert on what makes a Taxi work.  For those who believe that the likes of Doddsie, Biscuits, Pakki Bonner, Big DJ, Roughie etc are experts in what makes football and football teams work then I'll agree to disagree. 

 

 

 

[tarapoa]

Maurice Ross - "Deila came from Stromsgodset, who are from a tiny village outside Oslo, and had only 1,500 home crowds"

Stromsgodset average attendance 2019  5,279

Population of Drammen, their home town   101,738

Presumably he can he just spout any old pish?

 

[Archie McSquackle]

I'm certainly not a fan of his but out of that group, at least Dodds has coaching qualifications and experience. How he actually gets information over to the players I really don't know as he can't convey his ideas very well on the radio.

Whenever I hear I automatically just think of his character in the alternative Leigh Griffiths blog with him on his trike saying "Billy likes fitba'".

[Pull My Strings]

1 hour ago, kennie makevin said:

Previously driving a Taxi would certainly qualify you to talk about being a Taxi driver, what it doesn't automatically qualify you to be is some sort of expert on what makes a Taxi work.  For those who believe that the likes of Doddsie, Biscuits, Pakki Bonner, Big DJ, Roughie etc are experts in what makes football and football teams work then I'll agree to disagree. 

 

 

 

You're really torturing that analogy.  Let it go, man.

[sophia]

I generally enjoy the bonhomie that the group convey and I rather think I'd quickly tire of an alternative show with dry technocratic observations made by an as yet unidentified list of expert journalists.

[Florentine_Pogen]

On 15/03/2021 at 20:51, ewan14 said:

Doddsie is o.k.

Correction.

Doddsie is EBT.

[kennie makevin]

16 hours ago, sophia said:

I generally enjoy the bonhomie that the group convey and I rather think I'd quickly tire of an alternative show with dry technocratic observations made by an as yet unidentified list of expert journalists.

Yes no harm in that, so in addition to my doomed pitch to BBC Scotland for an 'Along Came Bonner ' comedy panel show maybe there's a place for 'The Pat Bonhomie Hour'.  60 minutes of banter and chit chat loosely based on our national game. Your host Pat Bonner with quests who know their way around a half-time orange. This week Pat recalls laugh a minute Celtic legend Tommy Gemmell and, with the help of Alan Preston and Willie Miller, tries and fails to come up with the name of 'the boy' in midfield for Hibs in the 1972 Cup Final.

[ewan14]

Alex Cropley

Arthur Duncan

Alex Edwards

Jimmy O' Rourke

Pat Stanton

 

 

 

[ewan14]

2 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

Correction.

Doddsie is EBT.

Is that a tax evasion measure ?

[G51]

Anyone listen to this tonight?

Been told Michael Stewart went full "There's no proof, you can't prove anything" about the Slavia boy calling Glen Kamara a monkey.

[bennett]

Predictable from sportsound.

 

[Jacky1990]

32 minutes ago, G51 said:

Anyone listen to this tonight?

Been told Michael Stewart went full "There's no proof, you can't prove anything" about the Slavia boy calling Glen Kamara a monkey.

Seen that on twitter as well.

All depends what point he is trying to make. If his point is that UEFA might do their usual and sweep it under the carpet because of a lack of proof or whatever, then unfortunately he is probably correct. Or if there is deemed insufficient evidence to give the player a length ban then, again, I think unfortunately he'd be right.

However, if he is saying Kamara might not have been racially abused then that's really not acceptable. I like Michael Stewart, but I cant see how anyone can watch that incident, the reaction of both sets of players and the statements Slavia have responded with and conclude anything other than something racist was said. The story the player and Slavia have hit out with is laughable.

[G51]

28 minutes ago, Jacky1990 said:

Seen that on twitter as well.

All depends what point he is trying to make. If his point is that UEFA might do their usual and sweep it under the carpet because of a lack of proof or whatever, then unfortunately he is probably correct. Or if there is deemed insufficient evidence to give the player a length ban then, again, I think unfortunately he'd be right.

However, if he is saying Kamara might not have been racially abused then that's really not acceptable. I like Michael Stewart, but I cant see how anyone can watch that incident, the reaction of both sets of players and the statements Slavia have responded with and conclude anything other than something racist was said. The story the player and Slavia have hit out with is laughable.

Here it is, I thought the BBC might actually remove it from the podcast, but apparently not: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09b8xf1

The worst of it is, I don't even think he genuinely believes what he's saying. It just sounds like he's being contrarian for the sake of it.

[AJF]

Stewart has previous for this. Didn’t he ask “where’s the proof” after Morelos made claims in an interview that he had been racially abused in Scotland?

[Ira Gaines]

22 minutes ago, G51 said:

Here it is, I thought the BBC might actually remove it from the podcast, but apparently not: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09b8xf1

The worst of it is, I don't even think he genuinely believes what he's saying. It just sounds like he's being contrarian for the sake of it.

I wish I could be surprised that Stewart would use this as an attention seeking exercise but I'm not. He's a p***k.

[bennett]

 

 

Rio Ferdinand

 

@rioferdy5

Educate yourself @mstewart_23... comments like this are why people suffer in silence & are scared to speak out

 

 

 

 

Anton Ferdinand

 

@anton_ferdinand

. @mstewart_23 your comments can make the victim feel not believable! How about you use ur platform to call for @UEFA to make sure a proper investigation takes place & when found guilty, the correct punishment happens. For too long it’s brushed under the carpet!

 

[Detournement]

I expect we'll see some world record backtracking from the blazered idiot. 

[Grangemouth Bairn]

16 hours ago, AJF said:

Stewart has previous for this. Didn’t he ask “where’s the proof” after Morelos made claims in an interview that he had been racially abused in Scotland?

Given the publicity this incident has all over Europe, which is great for highlighting racism in its sporting form, surely Michael Stewart’s position with BBC Scotland is now untenable ?