Paul Merson Pundit Thread

I hope one of the Sky guys ask Merson about Marco Silva now
 
Have a feeling this might be Mersons " You win nothing with kids" moment.
At least the kids comment is understandable because young players tend to be inconsistent and that often counts a lot. Merson just decided to be against him because he's foreign, there's no reasonable thought process.
 
Silva's playing style is similar to mourinho's in my opinion.Defensively solid ,very well organized.
 
I wonder how many times his Silva rant will be posted on Facebook tonight ..i know iv shared it already .. So much sweeter now watching Phil Thompson jump in as well with his bigotry in full flight
 
Just said he wouldn’t leave Liverpool for Bayern Munich (talking about Klopp) I kid you not.
 
What were his reasons?

Ah mean like. If you go to Liverpull you stay at liverpull. Whats he gonna do in the booondesleega, win the league? I could win the leegue there Jeff you no what a mean. I look at Bayerns team and I'm finkin, who'd you wanna manage in that side. Do you wanna win the leeague at Bayern or do you wanna not win the leeague at Liverpull.
 
The man's becoming a parody of himself, has to be deliberate surely? I know footballers are well known for sometimes being dim but not that dim.

To call him a buffoon would be insulting to most buffoons.
 
Article on Merson in the Telegraph.



Honestly don't get his view on Pochettino when they thumped Swansea 4-0 so playing Son at left wing back wasn't such a bad decision. It's irrelevant whether or not he would play Son at LWB against Man City.
 
He made some insanely stupid comments the other day when talking about his preferred England squad for the World Cup.

I'm going for five central defenders to provide a number of options for the back three. People would say Dier could drop back into that position but, for this formation [3-5-2] to work, you need three out-and-out centre-halves.

Paul Merson somehow seems to have missed the part where one of the key strengths of playing three in the back is that it allows a team to have a libero who isn't an "out-and-out centre-half". He then selects only three specialist central midfielders in his entire squad, one of whom is Jack Wilshere.

My first three picks pick themselves, but my fourth will surprise a few. Mark my words, we will not pass a team off the pitch at the World Cup so we need someone who provides a different option, and that's where Carroll comes in. If we're chasing the game we can pump the ball up to Carroll and there will be drama, trust me.

He's like a parody of backwards thinking British football men.
 
He made some insanely stupid comments the other day when talking about his preferred England squad for the World Cup.



Paul Merson somehow seems to have missed the part where one of the key strengths of playing three in the back is that it allows a team to have a libero who isn't an "out-and-out centre-half". He then selects only three specialist central midfielders in his entire squad, one of whom is Jack Wilshere.



He's like a parody of backwards thinking British football men.
:lol:
 
Merson is a clown. I don't think he understands that English managers have won as many premier league titles as managers from Tanzania, Djibouti and Zanzibar. Also, in the same time only 2 FA cups. The elitist attitude is completely fiction based given that many successful teams during that time have been captained by English players and there's been multiple English Golden Boot winners and player of the years so the theory that English managers are discriminated against is completely bogus too. Ever thought they just might not be up to task?
 
He made some insanely stupid comments the other day when talking about his preferred England squad for the World Cup.



Paul Merson somehow seems to have missed the part where one of the key strengths of playing three in the back is that it allows a team to have a libero who isn't an "out-and-out centre-half". He then selects only three specialist central midfielders in his entire squad, one of whom is Jack Wilshere.



He's like a parody of backwards thinking British football men.

The only drama carroll is likely to cause is him holding his leg in the first leg as the stretcher comes out, subsequently wasting squad space
 


My favourite part:
"Harry came in at half-time and took three men off, put three at the back, five in midfield with three rolling attackers and we won 3-2.

"That's when I knew he was a great manager.
"

A 3-5-3 formation? It takes a great manager to play with 12 men and nobody notices.
 
Whenever this thread is bumped I always worry its because Merson has been assassinated.
 
My favourite part:
"Harry came in at half-time and took three men off, put three at the back, five in midfield with three rolling attackers and we won 3-2.

"That's when I knew he was a great manager.
"

A 3-5-3 formation? It takes a great manager to play with 12 men and nobody notices.


What is a rolling attacker?