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tim vickery owns but the amount of stupid crap on the world football phone-in does my head in
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the mention of tim lovejoy is a good excuse to post one of my favourite reviews of anything ever http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/
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May 19, 2009 17:22
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pretty sure he's just a freelance journo who's doing bits for whoever's offering to pay him. it's not like he's breaking a tightly bound guardian contract or anything
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Jun 14, 2009 01:35
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I would pay one English pound for a panellist-only edit of the World Football Phone-in
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May 4, 2010 01:31
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Sad Panda posted:Indeed, Jonathan Wilson is wonderful. The most knowledgeable pundit on Football Weekly and fairly interesting. His dry wit isn't always as good as Glenndenning but he's probably my favourite pundit. World Cup Daily was good and I'm looking forward to the return of Football Weekly. The Game World Cup was a complete waste of time so I hope the regular one will be better. His book about 10 key matches in England's history is a great read, I want him to start writing contextual narratives on every Premiership game this season
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Jul 22, 2010 01:20
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Less of that smug Zonal Marking guy please. Would love to listen to the World Football Phone-in but Dotun Adebayo makes it really, really difficult
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Oct 29, 2010 14:23
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Barney Ronay is great what are you talking about BTW if like me you want to listen to Tim Vickery but can't stand the doddery bollocks of the rest of the World Football Phone in, he does 10 minute bits on Talksport every week that can be downloaded, along with Sid Lowe, Auclair and others
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Sep 27, 2011 11:39
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peanut- posted:Barney Ronay is awful and it's painful listening to Jimbo not giving into temptation to call him an idiot every time he's on. I think he's quite amusing and clearly doesn't take anything too seriously. He's also the most entertaining writer on the site, even though he often gets lumped with the most tedious topics to write about. Ingle with his contextless stats and betting tips is useless though.
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Sep 27, 2011 14:05
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The guy seems quite busy to be fair. He does commentary on Spanish games for LaSexta, a terrestrial channel here in Spain, which is insane. Most people find it difficult to commentate even in their first language. Have there ever been any non-native English speaking commentators in England? I can only think of Jan Molby on Radio 5.
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Sep 29, 2011 10:51
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The enthusiasm they all have is definitely a plus point. Sometimes the Guardian podcast gets a bit too bogged down in the weary cynicism that probably comes from having to write about young idiot millionaires all day for a living.
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Oct 13, 2011 18:30
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On FW you can really hear the huge gulf in quality between the interesting, knowledgeable freelance journos and the Guardian bloke-in-the-pub office hacks
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Apr 10, 2012 23:01
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To be fair it's not just an English thing. You should listen to Spanish commentators trying to pronounce 'Wilshere'
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Apr 12, 2012 14:31
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Enjoyed the Partridge/Richardson guessing game, and also the implication that it genuinely bugs Jimbo to be always referred to as "ex-Football Italia presenter".
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Jun 12, 2012 23:21
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I like how the Football Ramble present themselves as sophisticated europhiles when they can't pronounce 'Ramos' correctly
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Jul 2, 2012 13:47
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They should have spent 40 minutes discussing Jen Chang
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Oct 17, 2012 10:46
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There were no non-englsh games...
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Jan 4, 2013 06:45
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Michael Cox sounds like the smuggest man in the world.
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Jan 31, 2013 13:58
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I was wondering where I'd heard his voice before - he's Mr Eurosport!
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Feb 22, 2013 00:36
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I've no idea why Football Weekly's bothering to cover the Confederations Cup every day but i'm grateful for it
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Jun 17, 2013 15:20
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Franz Carr
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Aug 14, 2013 21:17
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When's Jimbo back? Not that I have anything against Max Rushdon, I find his Partridge-esque crap celebrity namedrops quite endearing
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Aug 28, 2013 14:02
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He has the exact same voice as Graham Linehan, or maybe I just can't tell Irish people apart
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Oct 17, 2013 21:48
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ICHIBAHN posted:Even in that regard, he's by far one of the least smug on there. If we're shooting people for being smug, and we should be, then Sid Lowe, Sean Seany Ingle, Glendenning, Auclair, Smyth, Wilson and even Jimbo should be terminated. At least those guys are often interesting and/or funny. I don't know what Jacob Steinberg brings to the table and he's on seemingly every episode.
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Nov 30, 2013 16:49
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FW's still good, it's just been going on for ages and we all know what to expect by now. I found some 2006 World Cup episodes on an unused laptop recently...that makes me feel old.
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Dec 3, 2013 16:40
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It's a podcast from an British newspaper with a British presenter and a mostly British panel, broadcasting to a mostly British audience. If anything they don't cover the Championship enough.
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Jan 20, 2014 21:22
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An underrated part of the pod is hearing which wacky TV broadcasting jobs James Richardson is taking next. The guy should have fired his agent years ago.
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Jan 20, 2014 21:43
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Lads are just nerds who chose something socially acceptable to be obsessive about
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Mar 27, 2014 23:43
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Listening to Jacob Steinberg speak is like watching an Allardyce team play football
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May 9, 2014 00:30
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Bumping to say that I love Jonathan Wilson's African Adventures™ and glad that they will return to Football Weekly in January
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Nov 17, 2014 23:48
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Mickolution posted:Isn't Steinberg quite young? I seem to remember some mentions of him being in his early 20s when he was first on FW. Maybe he's just matured a bit. I think that was the smug Zonal Marking guy. Steinberg's so miserable I can't take listening to him anymore. Also what's up with Sid Lowe never answering his phone, I like to imagine its a Father Larry Duff situation
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Feb 15, 2015 16:08
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He's no Jimbo but I liked Eurosport Guy. Makes you wonder why football presenters on mainstream TV are so devoid of personality (Manish I'm looking at you)
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Feb 18, 2015 22:32
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Looking forward to him recounting almost dying in a plane disaster in a dreary monotone
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Sep 9, 2015 12:53
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I think Sid and especially Barney are pretty self-aware, I prefer them to journos who take football so loving seriously Also does anyone else think Jimbo's losing it (in a good way)? He's throwing in more weird references and non sequiturs than ever Monday Bandele fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Oct 21, 2015 |
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Oct 21, 2015 21:24
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Is it just me or is Producer Ben gradually undertaking a mission to take over Football Weekly?
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Jan 22, 2016 10:44
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Producer Ben is too busy talking in Jimbo's ear and plugging his stuff instead of being an audio producer
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Mar 11, 2016 14:57
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James Richardson's deep knowledge of Grime is unexpected and hilarious
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May 23, 2016 21:15
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Try the World Football Phone In for the curious blend of drunk British pub bores and American sperglords testing Tim Vickery's infinite patience
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Jul 16, 2016 21:54
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The problem is that the Guardian office hacks are as interesting and knowledgeable as your average guy in the pub Whenever they have on a journalist who actually goes out and reports and or is a real broadcaster, it picks up a lot
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Sep 10, 2016 10:21
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I don't get the Sid hate. I guess giving lengthy, detailed, informed answers stands out when the rest of the pod is "uhhh they played bad last week so maybe they will play bad this week"
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Sep 21, 2016 10:28
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Looking forward to Jacob Steinberg's Football Extravaganza
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