Adrian Chiles brings you the coverage complaints thread

[Pothas]

So we all looking forward to Howard Webb getting praised for the next 90 minutes?

 

[King Pietersen]

Thierry Henry continues to be the best pundit of the tournament. He's just so cool.

 

[GIMH]

No idea who the commentator I'm listening to is but he's on his own and Andy Townsend is nowhere in sight so it's all good

 

[BoyBrumby]

Oh, **** off Rio.

It's not that he's a ****wit, it's that he's so much of one.

 

[Pothas]

He followed the standard (wrong) line on the foreign players in the Premier League thing but I quite like Friedel.

 

[sledger]

He followed the standard (wrong) line on the foreign players in the Premier League thing but I quite like Friedel.

Yeah, same.

 

[Cabinet96]

Thierry leaving the BBC team. I think I'm more sad about that than England leaving.

 

[Pothas]

Can he not just skip the MLS for a couple of weeks?

 

[Furball]

Did Lawrenson honestly say in the 93rd minute that Ronaldo wouldn't be too disappointed?

Phil Neville topped him by slating the Portuguese keeper for not diving for Jermaine Jones' goal. Just get the **** off my TV screen please.

 

[Uppercut]

Changed to radio commentary again. It made such a big difference. Really drives home how much of a game-ruiner Lawro is.

 

[Uppercut]

Phil Neville topped him by slating the Portuguese keeper for not diving for Jermaine Jones' goal. Just get the **** off my TV screen please.

Yeah jesus christ that was dire. It was the way he said it too. Made out like the keeper took a moment to weigh it up before deciding he couldn't really be arsed diving.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Can he not just skip the MLS for a couple of weeks?

The mLS are still playing even though the US are in the World Cup? What a joke.

 

[sledger]

It's really irritating how the BBC panel all call Phil Neville "Philip". I know that's his name and all, but it's like the time when Andy Cole got all ****ty about people not calling him "Andrew". It's just not going to happen.

 

[Furball]

Yeah jesus christ that was dire. It was the way he said it too. Made out like the keeper took a moment to weigh it up before deciding he couldn't really be arsed diving.

It was the way he said it literally 5 seconds after Friedel explained why he didn't dive. Friedel should have just hit back with 'how many caps did you win as a keeper?'

 

[sledger]

It was the way he said it literally 5 seconds after Friedel explained why he didn't dive. Friedel should have just hit back with 'how many caps did you win as a keeper?'

Just googled Phil Neville to see how many caps he actually did win, and he has nearly 60! I knew he had played a fair amount, but not that much.

The only thing I can ever remember him doing for England was hauling down that guy at Euro 2000. God that was bad.

 

[Furball]

Always ****s me off when commentators express amazement at attacking full backs. 2 points:

1. Have you watched any top flight football at all in the last 10-15 years?

2. This is why the defensive midfield position exists.

 

[sledger]

Danny Higginbotham saying Croatia "are a good team, but they haven't got any great individuals".

Oh dear.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Yeah the treating attacking fullbacks as a new thing annoys me as well. Far more than just 10-15 years old as well. There are a lot of old MoTD clips from the 60s on Youtube these days and attacking fullbacks were around then.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Yeah the treating attacking fullbacks as a new thing annoys me as well. Far more than just 10-15 years old as well. There are a lot of old MoTD clips from the 60s on Youtube these days and attacking fullbacks were around then.

The late-50s Brazil teams were famous for it.

 

[Uppercut]

It only annoys me when idiot-fans insist that a full-backs defensive ability is most important and attacking ability is a bonus because "they're called full-BACKs" or because they're still listed as defenders in fantasy football.