All change on Soccer Saturday

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...e-Tissier-Charlie-Nicholas-Phil-Thompson.html

Real shame that, always felt that they and Merson and Stelling had a great camaraderie

 

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I think it's quite telling that you all talk about the chemistry between the panel rather than the quality of the punditry because that was something always lacking. Hopefully Sky have decided to turn soccer saturday into a proper football show rather than just a few of the old boys having a bit of banter between themselves. You've still got the village idiot in Merson and the genuinely funny Kamara around, I'm not sure I'll miss any of the others.

I agree with what you are saying, the quality of the punditry wasnt great but that really isnt the primary reason that I watch soccer saturday, for SS I watch for the pub-like banter, the over the top reactions, the friendly ribbing of each other. For me its an entertainment program which simply has football matches as its backdrop. Its that banter and friendly ribbing etc that I will miss, unless the new panel produce the same of course.

 

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Stelling is the key, the panel has changed before and will no doubt change again but Stelling is what keeps this show alive. If he were to decide that its time for him to chuck it in now, then they may as well cancel Soccer Saturday.

 

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Part of the issue is that some of these ‘old white guys’ haven’t played professional football for over thirty years. Some of them have coached in that time but the less said about that the better for some of them! That’s before the Premier League was even a thing. The newer presenters are far more likely to have played this century, maybe even this decade.

Its the Le Tissier one which gets me, he's always been pretty level headed, told it straight and is only 51, I can understand disposing of Phil Thompson maybe, who is heavily biased, 66 years old and could be deemed to be out of touch but I dont see those attributes as applicable to Le Tiss. Personally I think Stelling will walk. Maybe not immediately but I can see it happening within the next year.