Gary Neville

Shock horror on the latest Overlap, Shay Given, another goalkeeper saying United can 100% win the league with De Gea. Also said whilst people "get carried away with ball at your feet, the first and foremost as a goalkeeper is to keep the ball out of the net".

You won't find a former goalkeeper that thinks he needs replacing.
 
Pele's blue pil said:
Why does he always see things that didnt happen or ever look like they happened. In the cup final it was getting worried Fred would get a second yellow for two Newcastle players colliding and normally it's the oohhhh whenever anything happens in the penalty area. Man's a clown
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He’s got so many things going for him so he’s never operating above 40% concentration.

Think pundits like Keane, Carragher etc. all have alluded to that very fact. He rushes into the studio 5-10 minutes before air time. He strikes me as a guy who definitely doesn’t watch games if he’s not in one way or another paid for it.
 
SilentWitness said:
:lol: In this video he keeps banging on about EtH being a Pep disciple and a possession based god at Ajax and the Athletic bloke is trying to tell him that's not really what he is but he stands by it.
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Yeah, that was a weird take. I agree with his overall sentiment about what he wants to see from a United team, but I don't understand why he thinks he needs to set up an alternative reality to get the point across. I only watched Ajax under EtH in the CL, but I never felt like I was watching a posession based team a la Pep.
 
pierrethesnack said:
Yeah, that was a weird take. I agree with his overall sentiment about what he wants to see from a United team, but I don't understand why he thinks he needs to set up an alternative reality to get the point across. I only watched Ajax under EtH in the CL, but I never felt like I was watching a posession based team a la Pep.
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As silent witness and Giggs' right foot point out, he very clearly doesn't watch football (or the teams he's discussing) as much as he should in order to have an informed opinion about them.

It comes across as lazy and similar to the "First Take" punditry in American Sports debate shows. If it's blatantly obvious that the person on the screen has no clue what they're talking about, I'm not sure why we as viewers should tune in to watch what they have to say.
 
MUFC OK said:
Shock horror on the latest Overlap, Shay Given, another goalkeeper saying United can 100% win the league with De Gea. Also said whilst people "get carried away with ball at your feet, the first and foremost as a goalkeeper is to keep the ball out of the net".

You won't find a former goalkeeper that thinks he needs replacing.
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Carl Anka was the one who seemed adamant that United won't win the league with De Gea in goal.

Neville and the United fans were the ones who weren't convinced replacing De Gea would be a smart move with Neville calling the United keeper as the toughest position in the league
 
SilentWitness said:
Just watching the new Overlap video about the cup final at the weekend. Sometimes it feels like he doesn't understand football or certain players or managers. As if he's watched a youtube video about them and bases his whole thought process about them from it.
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it’s why Carraghers a better pundit for me, comes across as a football fanatic on that cbs coverage, I don’t think Neville’s interest stretches far beyond Utd at this point, fair enough
 
MUFC OK said:
Shock horror on the latest Overlap, Shay Given, another goalkeeper saying United can 100% win the league with De Gea. Also said whilst people "get carried away with ball at your feet, the first and foremost as a goalkeeper is to keep the ball out of the net".

You won't find a former goalkeeper that thinks he needs replacing.
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De Gea has already won the PL once, so we know in the right team he can do it. Funny thing about Given, himself a very capable premier league keeper, is that everything De Gea is criticised for, Given was as well, ie not coming for crosses, staying rooted to his line. I'm not disputing what he said, actually I'd agree with him, but I feel maybe a bit of the goalkeepers union protecting each other coming into play somewhat. I feel it's difficult to criticise someone who has the same faults as you.
 
That was a bit worrying for a moment. Seeing the “Celebrity deaths” thread and this one at the top of New posts at the same time. :nervous:
 
Vault Dweller said:
Side point - I am a big fan of Carl Anka and really enjoy how he speaks and covers football.
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He used to slightly annoy me, I felt his diction was a bit broken at times, but as I've listened to the Athletic podcast about Utd, I've come to appreciate him more and more. Quite measured in his opinions, always backs it up with facts, and has a good tactical insight of the game without being too nerdy about it.
 
Vault Dweller said:
Side point - I am a big fan of Carl Anka and really enjoy how he speaks and covers football.
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Rooney in Paris said:
He used to slightly annoy me, I felt his diction was a bit broken at times, but as I've listened to the Athletic podcast about Utd, I've come to appreciate him more and more. Quite measured in his opinions, always backs it up with facts, and has a good tactical insight of the game without being too nerdy about it.
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He comes across a bit awkward when speaking at times but clearly has a very good knowledge of football.
 
SilentWitness said:
He comes across a bit awkward when speaking at times but clearly has a very good knowledge of football.
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Yeah that was it! But once I got past that, it's quite evident he's a very good journalist. Also comes across as a really nice guy, I like the chemistry between him, Andy Mitten and Laurie Whitwell on the Talk of the Devils podcast.
 
Rooney in Paris said:
He used to slightly annoy me, I felt his diction was a bit broken at times, but as I've listened to the Athletic podcast about Utd, I've come to appreciate him more and more. Quite measured in his opinions, always backs it up with facts, and has a good tactical insight of the game without being too nerdy about it.
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Is that the Talk of the Devils podcast? Really like that and agreed.

Despite being biased it ain't as good as our own United Hour pod! :lol: ;)

SilentWitness said:
He comes across a bit awkward when speaking at times but clearly has a very good knowledge of football.
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Yeah I like that he makes a point and backs it up.
 
MUFC OK said:
Shock horror on the latest Overlap, Shay Given, another goalkeeper saying United can 100% win the league with De Gea. Also said whilst people "get carried away with ball at your feet, the first and foremost as a goalkeeper is to keep the ball out of the net".

You won't find a former goalkeeper that thinks he needs replacing.
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Neville: "Did you see Man United having 20% possession in a game?"

Anka "Yes, that's what a counter press is!"
 
Pele's blue pil said:
Why does he always see things that didnt happen or ever look like they happened. In the cup final it was getting worried Fred would get a second yellow for two Newcastle players colliding and normally it's the oohhhh whenever anything happens in the penalty area. Man's a clown
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In fairness I was the same. Fred has previous with the yellow card situation and getting sent off. I was thinking it was inevitable and thankfully he got pulled off with 15 mins to go.
 
I dont know if Neville quite understands modern coaching as he seems to relate everything about Ten Hag back to SAF style management, or cant seem to see anything beyond motivating and disciplining players. He still talks about things like the Ronaldo saga or dropping Maguire as stuff that "could have gone either way" and can't seem to relate it to Ten Hag needing his team to play a certain way and the discipline side being intertwined with that, rather than him just dropping people who turn up late to a meeting etc.

He's still a drama queen as well. When he was going on as if Fred was going to get sent off after a Newcastle player fouled themselves and the ref played on.

I really think they need to have a setting on Sky where once enough people watching press the green button, the men in white coats come and take Gary away from commentary and into his "calm down/self reflection" room.
 
SuperiorXI said:
In fairness I was the same. Fred has previous with the yellow card situation and getting sent off. I was thinking it was inevitable and thankfully he got pulled off with 15 mins to go.
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And that was the reason he got pulled
 
He really is insufferable when he commentates on our games. Every 50/50 challenge is a free kick for Liverpool in his eyes, every attack by Liverpool is us getting dominated. It’s just a bore to listen to.
 
He's a joke. Loves his own voice, talks all the time, he's not the commentator ffs.
 
He also said its nothing to worry about long term just for a bit of balance in the thread
 
Neville seems to really have it in for Fernandes today, like he is itching for him make a mistake so he can jump on him
 
He’s furious like the rest of us, we’ve been absolutely battered and he’s rightly criticising players. We’ll do anything to point the finger at someone.
 
He really should just step aside for United games, talks shite for 90 minutes
 
I'm sorry, but some of you need to get a grip. What exactly has he said today that is inaccurate? Bruno HAS been a complete disgrace and takes responsibility as captain.

I perhaps agree that he shouldn't be commentating on these games as a passionate fan, but therefore he's no different to the rest of us on here. You can disagree with his opinion but this thread title is more embarrassing than anything he's said.

We can feck Carragher off, too :lol:
 
Hes an absolute twat. Saying shaw could get a red and that that looked like a penalty. He does it every week. A boring insufferable prick
 
He’s a proper cnut when he’s commentating on our games.
 
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