Can someone please get this ^^^^ off our national radio station. I have never known such a boorish, self opinionated, know nothing, ignorant idiot in all my life. Who the f**k does he think he is?
Green's obsession with slating Beckham at every opportunity is just down right pathetic. He has hounded him for years. He almost took credit for when MacClaren dropped him and certainly reacted to his subsequent recall as if it was done against him personally. He is doing the same with Rooney.
worse still the combination of alan green and graham turner , they just make listening to football so painful. generally ive stopped listening if greenie has anything to do with it
Can't bear Alan Green. He thinks the biggest story in the world is that Alex Ferguson won't talk to him, Taggart probably just finds him as tedious and self obsessed as the rest of us do.
if he was as good as he thinks he is he would have been snapped up by the bbc or sky or even setanta truth is he is shite, at least radio 5 swap comentators every 30 mins or so. martin tyler and andy gray still the best imo. jonathan pierce still abit ott for me, clive tydlesley is all alright on itv. motty is passed it sadly.
I cannot stand this bloke....as i don't have sky or satanta i listen to a lot of games on the radio and my heart sinks when he's commentating...if the games not very good he tells you every 5 seconds that it's not very good slags players off etc.. i just wish he'd **** off!
[quote][cite]Posted By: Chirpy Red[/cite]Can someone please get this ^^^^ off our national radio station. I have never known such a boorish, self opinionated, know nothing, ignorant idiot in all my life.
Who the f**k does he think he is?[/quote]
Green is a prize cnut. I used to find him quite refreshing in the early days but he started to believe his own press etc and that was it.
Heard the first 10 mins of the commentary on Saturday and he just couldn't wait to get stuck in, couldn't wait for the players to play negatively so he could kick-off.
As for Mike Ingham, he's a good commentator but listen to him in pre/post match mode and he takes the whole thing wayyyy too seriously. When England lose he comes on sounding like he's about to announce the death of the monarch!
I like him - emotionally there's no one better on radio.
Maybe , just wish he spent less time being so fecking negative
I agree he can be negative but he operates at an emotional level and that means he expresses how he feels. If things aren't right his emotional response comes over negatively but if thing go well he's equally positive.
Adam he has been snapped up by the BBC that is who owns 5 live! Alex Ferguson won't speak to him after Green criticised him or Man U, not sure which, with Greens over the top approach and Ferguson's sensitivity it was never going to work. My problem with Green is he is so self opinionated. can't stand his comments about Referees and Linesmen during matches, i know we all moan about there decisions but he seems to have taken on a personal crusade to demean, undermine and humiliate them without ever giving them the right to reply. Last night he continued to say how he saw nothing wrong with the challenge on Cole and he has a continual "love in" "boys together with Lawrenson" on top of that he laughs at his own jokes when no one else finds them funny.
Alan Green is a Liverpool supporter....and doesn't it show!!
Jonathan Pearce is excellent, gets better every year, absolute passion for football, with knowledge, and the finger on what makes a fan tick.
Alan Green does not give a toss about anybody outside the top half of the prem, he is always patronising in the extreme, and he is motivated by opportunities to get the most glam gigs, and sulks if he has to slum it...lives in the bubble of media, and thinks he is a 'personality'.
Alan Green reminds me of my brother, except my brother has a human head!
He's married to a Palace fan, his kids are Palace and while Bristol City may have been his first team his love of all things red and blue shines through very clearly when commenting on Charlton.
[quote][cite]Posted By: seth plum[/cite]Alan Green is a Liverpool supporter....and doesn't it show!!
Like the rest of the media I'm afraid. Had to smile when Gerrard went for his recent op, RAFA TELLS CAPELLO WHO'S BOSS thundered the Torygraph. If it were Arsenal, Utd etc they would accuse them of treason. I await their scorn at Gerrards miraculous recovery, no doubt they'll be dancing in the streets. United will still stuff 'em, why they can't see Benitez is taking them nowhere I can't see.
He's upsetting colleagues at 5Live again apparently. The bigheaded bigmouthed prat decided not travel down to Wembley on Saturday until lunchtime. Booked on a 1pm flight from Manchester which was subsequently delayed, and he didn't arrive till half time. It has been reported in the Daily Mail that his co-workers are unimpressed by his lack of professionalism. They reckon he should have been down in London the day before to at least have attended Capello's PC. One good thing is that we had Mike Ingham do the whole of the 1st half commentary. Also in the Daily Mail they say he has fallen out with presenter Mark Saggars and will not speak to him. This apparently goes back to last seasons CL final in Moscow where Saggars went to Fergies Pc rather than escort Green back to the BBC coach past a load of Utd fans. Green was scared the Utd fans might abuse him! Of course he couldn't go to Fergies PC could he? This bloke is such an arse. So full of his own self importance. I really cannot stand arrogant sods like him and others.
The borderline racist comments by Green should not be forgotten either. I can't remember exact details but there was a commentary at Man City when he was struggling with an oriental player's name & made some kind of chinese takeaway gag. And another time a foreign player was protesting to the ref & Mr Potato Head made a crack along the lines of 'Me no speakee eenglish'. He was hauled up before his bosses for at least one of these incidents.
Allegedly...
Anyone remember the details?
Green was censored by Ofcom in October 2004 after he made a comment deemed in breach of the regulator's Code on Standards live on-air about Manchester United's Cameroonian midfielder Eric Djemba-Djemba, implying he (a black player) may be speaking pidgin English with the referee[2][3].
In commentary he had said “Me no cheat”, a reference to Manchester United’s Djemba-Djemba’s ability to speak English. Ofcom intervened saying, “”We considered that the suggestion that a black player was incapable of speaking grammatical English was inappropriate, particularly given the drive to eradicate racist attitudes in football”. The BBC’s response was that Mr Green’s comments were “ill judged”.
He had previously described Manchester City's Chinese defender Sun Jihai as wearing shirt "Number 17 -- that'll be the Chicken Chow Mein, then" during a live radio broadcast.
I think we've lost a sense of perspective here, Green makes two (admittedly shit) jokes and all of a sudden he's Adolf Eichman.
What will we do when we have run out of things to be offended about?
Some (emphasis on that) people from Africa speak pidgin english and it can sound funny. Remember, they will be taking the piss out of us and having a good laugh about it (do you know what Mzungu means?) so why is it a crime punishable by the thought police for us to do the same?
That (insert comedian's name here) should hang; he once did a humurous impression of a foreign person....
Thanks NL Neil! Superb answer, bettered my blurry recollections. I don't think Green is a racist at all, just an over-inflated balloon head who makes Graham Poll seem modest.
I think we've lost a sense of perspective here, Green makes two (admittedly shit) jokes and all of a sudden he's Adolf Eichman.
What will we do when we have run out of things to be offended about?
Some (emphasis on that) people from Africa speak pidgin english and it can sound funny. Remember, they will be taking the piss out of us and having a good laugh about it (do you know what Mzungu means?) so why is it a crime punishable by the thought police for us to do the same?
That (insert comedian's name here) should hang; he once did a humurous impression of a foreign person....
This country does my head in sometimes.
Please speak for yourself not everyone. Green's attempts at humour do not bother me, indeed I agree that this country is far too sensitive on such matters. However this thread and it's re-bump is about his overblown ego. To me I want a commentator to describe and report what is going on. He does not do that. He just spouts off his opinon about the players, the crowd, the ref and linos, the ground, the country he's in and often about other people around him. He thinks all the real journalists he shares areas with should be quiet and sit stilll whilst he is preaching. He tries to controversial for the sake of it and the sooner he is sacked or signed up by Sultana Sports the better.
I'm split, to be honest, half of me thinks at least it's someone a bit different, not afraid to say what he thinks etc.
But the other half of me hates the way he clearly plays favourites - Gerrard can do no wrong, compared to his insistance that every single action Rio Ferdinand took on a football pitch in the early Capello days 'proved' he was not England captain material, apparently.
Listening to his commentary on saturday he made a big thing of Ashley Cole being booed, and maybe he made too much of it, but I recall a match a few years ago when Motty ignored and didn't condemn when Heskey was being racially abused a few years back. Overall he's a bit excitable but at least he's not boring.
I don't think Motty can see any further than his Stats sheet, he is a joke. Green is just too self opinionated for my liking. Listen to Mike Ingham, very good and informative. Sadly none of the current crop on radio live up to the likes of Peter Jones or the Brians Butler and Moore. Those guys painted a picture in your mind of what was going on and spared you their personal thoughts on anything else.
I don't think Motty can see any further than his Stats sheet, he is a joke. Green is just too self opinionated for my liking. Listen to Mike Ingham, very good and informative. Sadly none of the current crop on radio live up to the likes of Peter Jones or the Brians Butler and Moore. Those guys painted a picture in your mind of what was going on and spared you their personal thoughts on anything else.
Anyone catch good old Greenie on 606 tonight? He got a hammering in the last half hour over Handshakegate. Not sure if he actually said anything wrong but got himself in a real lather as a sucession of callers had a go at him over Liverpool bias. Quite hilarious and he resorted to simply cutting people off who he couldn't handle more than once. I bet he a real go the production staff afterwards for giving him so many anit-Greenites.
Anyone catch good old Greenie on 606 tonight? He got a hammering in the last half hour over Handshakegate. Not sure if he actually said anything wrong but got himself in a real lather as a sucession of callers had a go at him over Liverpool bias. Quite hilarious and he resorted to simply cutting people off who he couldn't handle more than once. I bet he a real go the production staff afterwards for giving him so many anit-Greenites.
Is this not what he does pretty much every week when someone disagrees with him? He's a terrible commentator (actually, that's unfair when he sticks to descibing the play and not slagging anyone ane everyone off he's a good commentator) but because he's so unrecptive any opinion that doesn't match is own, he is a particularly terrible host for a phone in.
Brian Moore however will always have a place in my heart for that immortal line "And it becomes the perfect start!". Makes me all emotional just thinking of it.
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The prime example being this twerp - Ray Hudson.
Listen to that & tell me you wouldn't be pining for Green, Motty & the rest.
Let's stay together - Classic!
Come on Engerland! On the ball!
He is doing the same with Rooney.
I guess 5 Live feel they need to have a "star" in their line-up, but they really don't need one.
YES! Just did it!
Who the f**k does he think he is?[/quote]
spot on , trouble is, he thinks he so great
Heard the first 10 mins of the commentary on Saturday and he just couldn't wait to get stuck in, couldn't wait for the players to play negatively so he could kick-off.
As for Mike Ingham, he's a good commentator but listen to him in pre/post match mode and he takes the whole thing wayyyy too seriously. When England lose he comes on sounding like he's about to announce the death of the monarch!
Still a thousand times better than Jonathan "glad all over" Pearce
He has passion, knows what he is talking about and doesn't talk in cliches likes thousands of other football morons who get jobs in punditry.
He tells it like it is and its refreshing.
Jonathan Pearce is excellent, gets better every year, absolute passion for football, with knowledge, and the finger on what makes a fan tick.
Alan Green does not give a toss about anybody outside the top half of the prem, he is always patronising in the extreme, and he is motivated by opportunities to get the most glam gigs, and sulks if he has to slum it...lives in the bubble of media, and thinks he is a 'personality'.
Alan Green reminds me of my brother, except my brother has a human head!
His son is an addick too.
Like the rest of the media I'm afraid. Had to smile when Gerrard went for his recent op, RAFA TELLS CAPELLO WHO'S BOSS thundered the Torygraph. If it were Arsenal, Utd etc they would accuse them of treason. I await their scorn at Gerrards miraculous recovery, no doubt they'll be dancing in the streets. United will still stuff 'em, why they can't see Benitez is taking them nowhere I can't see.
The bigheaded bigmouthed prat decided not travel down to Wembley on Saturday until lunchtime. Booked on a 1pm flight from Manchester which was subsequently delayed, and he didn't arrive till half time. It has been reported in the Daily Mail that his co-workers are unimpressed by his lack of professionalism. They reckon he should have been down in London the day before to at least have attended Capello's PC.
One good thing is that we had Mike Ingham do the whole of the 1st half commentary.
Also in the Daily Mail they say he has fallen out with presenter Mark Saggars and will not speak to him. This apparently goes back to last seasons CL final in Moscow where Saggars went to Fergies Pc rather than escort Green back to the BBC coach past a load of Utd fans. Green was scared the Utd fans might abuse him! Of course he couldn't go to Fergies PC could he?
This bloke is such an arse. So full of his own self importance. I really cannot stand arrogant sods like him and others.
Allegedly...
Anyone remember the details?
Alan Green isn't that man.
Green was censored by Ofcom in October 2004 after he made a comment deemed in breach of the regulator's Code on Standards live on-air about Manchester United's Cameroonian midfielder Eric Djemba-Djemba, implying he (a black player) may be speaking pidgin English with the referee[2][3].
In commentary he had said “Me no cheat”, a reference to Manchester United’s Djemba-Djemba’s ability to speak English. Ofcom intervened saying, “”We considered that the suggestion that a black player was incapable of speaking grammatical English was inappropriate, particularly given the drive to eradicate racist attitudes in football”. The BBC’s response was that Mr Green’s comments were “ill judged”.
He had previously described Manchester City's Chinese defender Sun Jihai as wearing shirt "Number 17 -- that'll be the Chicken Chow Mein, then" during a live radio broadcast.
What will we do when we have run out of things to be offended about?
Some (emphasis on that) people from Africa speak pidgin english and it can sound funny. Remember, they will be taking the piss out of us and having a good laugh about it (do you know what Mzungu means?) so why is it a crime punishable by the thought police for us to do the same?
That (insert comedian's name here) should hang; he once did a humurous impression of a foreign person....
This country does my head in sometimes.
Green's attempts at humour do not bother me, indeed I agree that this country is far too sensitive on such matters.
However this thread and it's re-bump is about his overblown ego.
To me I want a commentator to describe and report what is going on. He does not do that. He just spouts off his opinon about the players, the crowd, the ref and linos, the ground, the country he's in and often about other people around him. He thinks all the real journalists he shares areas with should be quiet and sit stilll whilst he is preaching.
He tries to controversial for the sake of it and the sooner he is sacked or signed up by Sultana Sports the better.
But the other half of me hates the way he clearly plays favourites - Gerrard can do no wrong, compared to his insistance that every single action Rio Ferdinand took on a football pitch in the early Capello days 'proved' he was not England captain material, apparently.
Green is just too self opinionated for my liking.
Listen to Mike Ingham, very good and informative.
Sadly none of the current crop on radio live up to the likes of Peter Jones or the Brians Butler and Moore. Those guys painted a picture in your mind of what was going on and spared you their personal thoughts on anything else.
I bet he a real go the production staff afterwards for giving him so many anit-Greenites.
Brian Moore however will always have a place in my heart for that immortal line "And it becomes the perfect start!". Makes me all emotional just thinking of it.