02 Feb 2018 19:56:58
Hi Ed001,

Interested to hear your thoughts on Alan Hansen as a pundit? Personally I liked him. He spoke his mind but I felt he was not doing it to make good television or to attract attention.

{Ed001's Note - he is the only one on TV I liked. MOTD died when he retired.}

1.) 02 Feb 2018
02 Feb 2018 20:13:44
Alan Shearer not to your liking then? I don't think he's as bad as some of the others on TV.

{Ed001's Note - a lot of what he says is for a reaction imo.}

2.) 02 Feb 2018
02 Feb 2018 20:38:38
Alan Shearer is apparently a bit arrogant and self important and comes across as such. That’s said never met him so who knows!

3.) 02 Feb 2018
02 Feb 2018 21:07:52
All the other pundits come across as reactionary petulant babies. Hansen always seemed to have real gravitas and wisdom behind his opinions. Everyone always goes on about 'yo won't win anything with kids' but fail to mention every other pundit who utters a wrong statement every other sentence.

4.) 02 Feb 2018
02 Feb 2018 21:24:17
Guy who i know used to live in Newcastle and said that he often ran in to Shearer, Given and Speed on nights out. Apparently they were all very humble nice people who always spared a minute for the public. They frequented the quiet establishments rather than the high octane clubs.

Talking about 10-15 years ago now though. People change so Shearer may be an arse now. Gary Speed, bless his soul, is no longer even with us 😪.

5.) 02 Feb 2018
02 Feb 2018 22:19:48
Brooking and Hansen best line up for me.

6.) 02 Feb 2018
02 Feb 2018 22:37:24
Shearer is a cock. Hansen may be a Liverpool legend but as a pundit I liked him, although “you can’t win anything with kids” was not his finest hour. He was credible, knowledgeable and believable. Shearer and his ilk are idiots, pandering to public opinion. I didn’t always agree with Hansen but I respected him.

7.) 03 Feb 2018
02 Feb 2018 23:58:21
Ay. shearer is a massive blort.

8.) 03 Feb 2018
02 Feb 2018 20:35:32
Thanks for the fast response Ed!

{Ed001's Note - you are welcome, not sure why everyone is bringing up that kids line as he was right. If people actually bothered to look at that team it was full of experience. It was a very balanced team with Schmeichel, Bruce, Pallister, Irwin, I think Ince was in it, Keane was no kid, Cantona, Cole, Giggs was very experienced by then, there were others who were in and out of the side as well. It won because it had the right blend of experienced heads guiding the youth.}

9.) 03 Feb 2018
03 Feb 2018 12:05:58
Ed, I don't think Hansen has been taken out of context. If you watch the video, the host of the show says "well, they have got star names to still come in, like Cole and Giggs, and Cantona and Bruce", and Hansen replied "yeah and it's still not enough, you need strength in depth to win the championship and they just haven't got it".

{Ed001's Note - I never mentioned context, I just said that line that keeps getting quoted is nonsense as they did no such thing.}

10.) 03 Feb 2018
03 Feb 2018 12:23:44
Yes but was Hansen actually talking about a team full of kids? Or a team with both? Because like I said, when the host mentioned a few experienced names the squad had, he basically said 'nope, still too many kids. '