Gary Neville - Pundit

[AndrewMac]

Neville is unique among ex-United players in how much he willing to publicly mock the club. Hope Amorim is showing the video to the team to fire them up.

What do you want him to be ... constantly positive?

 

[Baneofthegame]

What do you want him to be ... constantly positive?

I don’t think anyone wants him to just shower the club with praise, but in my opinion he goes over the top in his critiques to appear unbiased.

 

[DRJosh]

I don’t think anyone wants him to just shower the club with praise, but in my opinion he goes over the top in his critiques to appear unbiased.

I think most football fans expect ex-player pundits to hold some bias towards their club which makes for more interesting viewing. Neville isn’t a journalist in the traditional sense - objectivity isn’t his selling point.

I think Neville like most United fans are feeling frustrated over the total mismanagement of this club since Sir Alex left.

 

[GueRed]

Why did Fergie push so hard to sign Thuram in 01? He was a good club man did a lot for the youth team. But as a player he cost us a lot of goals over the years. He could be a liability

I don't recall Fergie pushing hard for Thuram...I remember we were heavily linked to him in the papers but that was as a Centre-Back partner to Stam

 

[Stickz]

I don’t think anyone wants him to just shower the club with praise, but in my opinion he goes over the top in his critiques to appear unbiased.

He 100% does this. I don't think anybody expects him to big the club up, but maybe temper his criticism at times.

Look at Keane - puts Carragher in his box every now in then with 'one league title in 30 years' (granted soon to be 2) and even City in dissing Haaland for being a League one footballer when not firing etc.

Neville would never. He always goes out of his way to big up Anfield too in an almost nauseating manner 'oh this place, it does something to you etc'.

Any controversy at United he jumps all over, Carragher does the opposite re Liverpool.

As far as ex-players go, he is a total sell out in this sense. He (and Scholes on this one) genuinely gives me the impression he enjoys us being a shadow of our former selves. I think he'll actually be a tad bitter if United come good (like league and or regularly CL challenging good).