Ian Wright Quits BBC

[NickHSpurs]

Ian Wright has quit the BBC's coverage of England games because he no longer wants to be the "court jester".


Wright - who obviously wants to be taken more seriously in his role as presenter of Sky's Gladiators - has hit out at the "formal" coverage of England games favoured by the BBC.


"Times are changing. I don't know how long young people are going to want to sit down and watch that same old 'jacket, shirt and tie' format," said Wright.


"Fans want people who are dressed like them.


"They've got no one to relate to on TV and that's why I've said to them I don't want to do the England games any more.


"I feel like I'm just there as a comedy jester to break the ice with Alan Shearer and Alan Hansen who just do run-of-the-mill things. I can't do that anymore. People want something different."

http://msn.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3435030,00.html

The Gooner has a point, the format is shite on the BBC.

 

[CosmicHotspur]

I don't think he'll ever really be taken seriously. He's not the brightest crayon in the box.

 

[Shanks]

I like him on TV, especially in Englands games, love them showing shots of him cheering on the team!
Rather see him on TV than Shearer all bloody day long.

 

[dvdhopeful]

Yea whether you like him of loathe him, he's got character and is more entertaining to watch than some of the other shite they have. As Shanks said, I'd rather him over Shearer who has about as much charisma as a comatose ant

 

[bomberH]

I have to say i don't mind him on Talksport. He's even made Durham semi-bearable. He's funny cos he gets confused easily and forgets big words, but he still talks a good game.

Not particularly biased towards the gooners either, well, he is but he's definitely not anti Spurs.

Ronnie Irani on the other hand, as nice a guy as he is, is completely useless and a complete waste of time.

 

[donny1013]

Shearer should be nowhere near football analysis, dull as ditch water and just repeats the same old cliches. Although he was former Woolwich it was all good comic relief when Wrighty did the England games

 

[ever]

we need people like him though, someone who isnt a stiff suit, there needs to be more charecters and less shearer/redknapp (damn i hate him)

 

[smithym]

He was always honest aswel as being funny! if he thought the first half of a game was crap he would say it in those exact words, he never mixed his words!

I remember when we got knocked out of something and he was actually speachless, he didnt even try to talk because he was depressed he just sat there. thats what i want to see!

 

[Has1978]

I think he's awful. No insight whatsoever. Just a cheerleader. Can pick someone out of the pub for that.

He's still better than Redknapp and Shearer though

 

[paul_1979yid]

I think he's awful. No insight whatsoever. Just a cheerleader. Can pick someone out of the pub for that.

He's still better than Redknapp and Shearer though

He is the most boring person ever to be on my tv screen.

 

[hughy]

Fans want people who are dressed like them.

Is he expecting Shearer and Lineker to be sat there in England shirts and jeans?

 

[Wellspurs]

He is the most boring person ever to be on my tv screen.

Just wait a few years till Michael Owen becomes a pundit!!!

 

[LSUY]

People watch England games? :-|

Could the real reason for Wright leaving the BBC be the fact that ITV has won the rights for England games.

 

[SpunkyBackpack]

I can watch people dressed in jeans and t-shirts talk rubbish about England in the pub!

If i watch footy on tv i want insight that i cant get from Dave the twat who shouts random obsenities at Lampard for the whole game.

 

[paulspur]

Man i hate watching people on tv who arn't dressed like me.


What a mug.

 

[Kendall]

People watch England games? :-|

Could the real reason for Wright leaving the BBC be the fact that ITV has won the rights for England games.

Hasn't Wright just signed up to Gladiators on Sky? maybe he was pushed.....

 

[Stavi]

good news. i hate him. think he's blinkered over his son too.

 

[N10toN17]

What a wanker he is. So only "young people" watch fucking football? He's an idiot and has nothing insightful to say about the game, if I want to view a chav I can go to one of my local boozers, the beeb is better off without wasters like him. It's time to improve the IQ levels on tv not more dumbing down with gooner pricks like him.


(Sorry about the rant but I really hate him)

 

[MattWilliams]

Turns out he was only freelance anyway. Attention seeking mug.

 

[si_yidarmy]

its not like he did much anyway!

He just sat there on MOTD with the other BORING OLD muppets (excl. Gary)