poll forgot that brazilian dude too.
― r|t|c, Friday, 29 October 2010 11:27 (thirteen years ago) link
my friend says that honigstein is awesome and that glendenning is funny but severely lacking in sophisticated thought
but then my friend's totally in it for the intellectualism :D
― ukhhchavvin' (acoleuthic), Friday, 29 October 2010 11:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Perhaps anti-intellectual is harsh but a friend of mine says 'football is where the English go to be stupid' and BG is the epitome of that, even if he's not English. I don't actually find him funny in print - mean-spirited, trite and bullying in his GU minute-by-minutes - but maybe it's all about delivery.
― Pete W, Friday, 29 October 2010 12:01 (thirteen years ago) link
'football is where the English go to be stupid'
That's grand, I'm having that one for myself.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 29 October 2010 12:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I might put it on a t-shirt.
― Pete W, Friday, 29 October 2010 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link
wasn't surprised to hear about BG being a failed standup comedian
― zappi, Friday, 29 October 2010 12:37 (thirteen years ago) link
poll also omits paulo bandini and the argentine (?) woman who speaks in a very drawn-out dramatic way (though she isn't on very much)
― mizzell, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Marcela Mora y Araujo is her name
― mizzell, Friday, 29 October 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i vote barry because every panel needs a grump
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 29 October 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
although i will say that honigstein is very good-looking
I think my disike of Glendenning comes down to this.
Football journalism is full of moralistic miserablist know-alls pontificating from the sidelines and while I can't stand Barclay, Lawton, Williams, Collins et al, I can at least appreciate that they - at one time at least loved the game and know it intimately (or the way it used to be, when it was so much better) as they interviewed and socialised with the players and managers. They annoy me and I think they are wrong about nearly everything, but I get where they are coming from.
But then somebody like BG comes along who is full of the old-man cynicism and bitterness and obvious distate/contempt for football, but with none of the background that at least partly legitimises that stance. The other Guardianistas like Smyth and Taylor can be just as annoying at times with their snide and flippant comments, but Smyth knows football and Taylor has good contacts (albeit all at one club).
― Pete W, Friday, 29 October 2010 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
shit! totally forgot about fernando duarte. he's one of my faves too, luv that li'l dude
― cozen, Friday, 29 October 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
(and paulo bandini obv, who I can take or leave despite my luv of serie A. think ac jimbo covers that better, if only for the wistful quality he brings to his recollections... might just be me projecting there tho)
― cozen, Friday, 29 October 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
smyth really grinds me gears.
i agree tho about bg, he doesn't know a huge amount about football.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I read all of darraghmac's posts in bg's voice
― let me help you with your screen name problems (cozen), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
My best friend, then, who listens to every episode:
The show would be NOTHING without James RichardsonIt's a no-brainerHonigstein is best guestI would saybut i'd add that Glendenning is essential to the mixas the comic relief / motley foolI think Jonathan Wilson is overratedhe's better in printSid Lowe is greatobvYet to be won over by Michael Coxbut he's quite new to the mix
― ukhhchavvin' (acoleuthic), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
your bf otm
― mizzell, Friday, 29 October 2010 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
has anyone read raf hon's book?
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 29 October 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
think ac jimbo covers (Serie A) better, if only for the wistful quality he brings to his recollections... might just be me projecting there tho
no that's exactly right, wistful otm, kind of a shame he won't win this.
― 156, Friday, 29 October 2010 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
are you yankee or britisher, 156?
― let me help you with your screen name problems (cozen), Friday, 29 October 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
usait's clear he misses italy, it adds some emotion(? something) to the podcast. i dunno i might be overthinking this
― 156, Friday, 29 October 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
no no not at all, just wanted to know whether you watched his UK tv show on serie A from the early 90s
― cozen, Friday, 29 October 2010 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQZnLqmqjM
― cozen, Friday, 29 October 2010 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
/wipes single tear from eye
― cozen, Friday, 29 October 2010 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
wow, never seen him with hair before
― mizzell, Saturday, 30 October 2010 01:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
this week's was great, raphael honigstein and philippe auclair
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/audio/2010/dec/06/football-weekly-arsenal-world-cup
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 03:16 (thirteen years ago) link
when they refer to the "message board" do they just mean the comments thread below the podcast?
― cozen, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 12:57 (thirteen years ago) link
yes. they also call it a "blog" sometimes i think.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
sid lowe playing against mourinho in today's edition
― kid 606: the nultness (nakhchivan), Monday, 28 March 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
lolled at intro to todays versh
― eid orb (nakhchivan), Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Today's was funny, until the Dylan impressions. I can't decide whether my desire to tell Sid Lowe "sit the fuck down in your office for 10 minutes and say your little piece" is outweighed by my enjoyment of James's patience with him when he's on a train or a bike or in the men's room or whatever.
― boxall, Monday, 23 May 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
michael cox is on dis ting, v nicely understated
― navihchkan (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
I was all 'how'd I miss this?', but no, there I am upthread.
I don't think I listened to Football Weekly at the time. Now I sort of orientate my week around it. Appreciating James Richardson more & more, but Marina Hyde did a cameo on the live one recently and she was the best.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
op is a savage for omitting philippe au clair
― ༼◍ྀ ౪ ◍ི ༽ (cozen), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
Now I sort of orientate my week around it.
I only ever run on days football weeklys drop
― ༼◍ྀ ౪ ◍ི ༽ (cozen), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
the older i get the less i can stand tolerate sid lowe, tend to skip his bits entirely now
love jimbo's bizarre exaggerated (but not fully insincere) oohs and ahhs, probably make the show what it is moreso than the content most weeks
― r|t|c, Friday, 18 May 2012 12:56 (eleven years ago) link
sid lowe is kind of a victim of the madrid/barca goldfish bowls
he was better five or six years ago when it was still a proper league
― navihchkan (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 May 2012 12:58 (eleven years ago) link
i kinda love how passive-aggressive and patronising the rest of the panel are towards sid lowe
― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Saturday, 19 May 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
auclair is p much always wrong anyway but i'd almost forgotten how insufferable he can be when his gooner tail is up
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 08:42 (eleven years ago) link
I was only half listening, what'd he say? besides that the 07/08 side was the best in recent memory.
― boxall, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
auclair is good....a bit precious, not sure i entirely believe he likes everton that much
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
this new dude is a bit 'bantz' in a broadsheet sort of way
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 27 December 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
ugh noooooo it's this guy, he's here
idk about anyone else but usually when pressed into making extended small talk with males you try settle for whatever kind of fitba chatz, UNLESS you have the misfortune of finding this guy in which case you would rather talk about any and everything else
this guy you are the the absolute fucking pits
― r|t|c, Thursday, 27 December 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
str8 closed the tab after the strident man city overratedzzzzzz speech, piss off
i mean at least sean ingle has enough about him to know he's a wanker
― r|t|c, Thursday, 27 December 2012 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://amzn.to/aitfmD
Product DescriptionInitially a blog filed for ESPN Soccernet, On The Road follows Daniel Harris as he travels around England and Europe watching the famous Man United anywhere but Old Trafford. Witty, stylish, intelligent and true, if you love football, and even if you don't, you'll love this.
― r|t|c, Thursday, 27 December 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
literally are there any acceptable united fans
― r|t|c, Thursday, 27 December 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
no
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 27 December 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
Fuck's sake, it is this guy. A treat best savoured tomorrow maybe. But I do love that literally the first thing Jacob Steinberg says to him is: "yeah, that's not the law though".
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 27 December 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.forvo.com/search/szczesny/
― Austrian Economics (nakhchivan), Thursday, 10 October 2013 21:14 (ten years ago) link
xxxp nah. i can assure you only polish commentators say chezza's name properly
― r|t|c, Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:34 (1 year ago) Bookmark
― r|t|c, Thursday, 10 October 2013 21:53 (ten years ago) link
bit much to expect of anglo dudes who mash the keyboard when confronted with januzaj tbf
― r|t|c, Thursday, 10 October 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
jacob steinberg hasn't yet used any variant of 'football hipster' right?
― Austrian Economics (nakhchivan), Thursday, 10 October 2013 21:57 (ten years ago) link
don't think wilson has either
turns out they all say TORT-oz except for Barry
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 10 October 2013 22:37 (ten years ago) link
forget the guardian, second captains on the irish times is where it's at:
http://soundcloud.com/secondcaptains-it-com
the start of this week's episode about ireland/germany is just amazing. bit irish-centric obv but i still recommend it.
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Friday, 11 October 2013 08:37 (ten years ago) link
Yeah both this week's eps of 2nd captains football were great. The bit about Florentino Perez and Sam Allardyce was wonderful. Also 'pudgy faced ruin' is my new insult of choice.
― Blandford Forum, Friday, 11 October 2013 10:01 (ten years ago) link
j-wils on fire this week
steinberg and everyone agreeing that wilshere has been stitched up the media was just.................... i have no words
sid at his worst but them asking him for his la liga select xi was such a suicidally bad idea that i actually now reckon they all think he's a cunt and were just giving him enough rope
― r|t|c, Friday, 11 October 2013 13:02 (ten years ago) link
the whole bit about low's slightly mean/ignorant pre-match comments was great. i was ambiv about the game but now i would LOVE IT if we beat them.
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Friday, 11 October 2013 13:24 (ten years ago) link
ive got tired of sid lowe's columns and phoned in contributions but he was surprisingly good today
seemed sharper, less grist, better integrated, rather like adil rami would be if bielsa managed him
― Maggishos soyfriend. Wins. (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 18 October 2013 00:36 (ten years ago) link
kind of sick of epl previews, hacks should spend less time previewing and prognosticating
― Maggishos soyfriend. Wins. (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 18 October 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link
sid lowe back in peak equivocating form today
― anonanon, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 04:48 (ten years ago) link
who is this whimsical pleb
― Snipers as a breed tend to be supercilious (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 24 October 2013 22:19 (ten years ago) link
nearly an hour long, so much shit
― Snipers as a breed tend to be supercilious (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 24 October 2013 22:29 (ten years ago) link
The last few have been excellent
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 24 October 2013 22:47 (ten years ago) link
MYSELF AND MAX HAD SERGE FROM KASABIAN ON OUR RADIO SHOW A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
― Paraoxonases in Inflammation, Infection, and Toxicology (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 01:26 (ten years ago) link
HE'S THE LEAD GUITARIST IN ONE OF THE BEST BANDS IN THE UK
― Paraoxonases in Inflammation, Infection, and Toxicology (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
turn ons: kasabian, headed goals turn offs: daniel day lewis
― anonanon, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link
By contrast, on 2nd Captains, Ken Early quoting Borges when discussing the proposed increase to a 40 team World Cup.
― Blandford Forum, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 09:56 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/dec/08/ross-barkley-everton-arsenal
i know the "football hipster" thing is bad and wrong but idk how anyone can resist a smirk at the commentbros here earnestly bringing their powers of perception to bear on the similarities between ross barkley and toni kroos
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 December 2013 10:52 (ten years ago) link
disappointed that fitba weekly are laying on the borderline racist, totally inspid bantz about lol vincent tan
― Pedro Mba Obiang Avomo est un joueur de football hispano-ganéen (nakhchivan), Friday, 3 January 2014 00:44 (ten years ago) link
Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid – live!
Daniel Daniel Harris theguardian.com, Sunday 2 March 2014 16.52 GMT
36 min I’d pay as much cashmoney as I don’t have to see Jose Mourinho get lairy with Diego Simeone.
― Joyeux animaux de la misère (nakhchivan), Sunday, 2 March 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
Jonathan Wilson had a really good taribo west anecdote recently.
― Rave Van Donk (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 2 March 2014 18:00 (ten years ago) link
glendenning is so fucking stupid
― Thanks in anticipation of your opinions (nakhchivan), Monday, 10 March 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
Glendenning seemingly wilfully mispronouncing names "mourinho" being the main one grates. Also his inability to ever rise above bloke-in-a-pub level of input on anything ever.
― Rave Van Donk (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 16 March 2014 01:53 (ten years ago) link
Is Gregg Bakowski the worst panel member they've ever had? It's pretty stiff competition I know but he is just the fucking pits. Constantly sounds like he's about to burst into tears.
― Windsor Davies, Friday, 11 March 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
Although i appreciate how frequently Richardson invites contribution from GB only to sniff condescendingly at whatever's said and move on
― Windsor Davies, Friday, 11 March 2016 13:48 (eight years ago) link
sol campbell being a weirdo stories are my favourite, worth the entrance fee for that alone
― r|t|c, Monday, 24 June 2013 11:12 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
eating alone and telling small children to bog off the day after you win the double though
i mean we'd all like to imagine he was savouring his artichoke vinaigrette in holy epicurean peace but it seems more sol just to be sitting there being blank and troubled
― r|t|c, Monday, 24 June 2013 11:22 Bookmark
Friday morning, weekend here we come! pic.twitter.com/UBI7M4xUB6— Sol Campbell (@SolManOfficial) May 12, 2017
― r|t|c, Monday, 15 May 2017 08:25 (six years ago) link
jimbo out!http://www.football365.com/news/exclusive-james-richardson-to-leave-guardian-football-weekly
― mizzell, Monday, 31 July 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
I've completely jumped ship. it's basically football weekly without barry
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 20:06 (six years ago) link
or sid lowe - who i like well enough as a writer but i don't really care for on a podcast
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
i had a little go at the new European football one, On The Continent, cause I like wondering how many football matches Andy Brassell is supposed to have watched in a given week, but those twunts from the Football Ramble just make it unlistenable. The presenter one in particular is staggeringly awful
― Windsor Davies, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
i abhor the football ramble with all my soul.
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link