CNN's Piers Morgan (left) does a weird thing with his mouth after he speaks. His lips pinch tight. As if the torpedo tube is being sealed until the next salvo. It can be quite intimidating. It fits the style of a man who was previously employed as a tabloid editor in the warfare of English newspapers.

Ep.23 Deadline Daze by Off The Post on Mixcloud The Pod lived the ultimate football punditry dream last night – recording whilst all the frenetic bedlam of Deadline Day played out. With producer Stu alerting us of live developments throughout, the Pod's narrative zig-zagged back and forth like Bellamy's rubber band dance in the FA [.

When retirement approaches, many footballers begin their plans slightly prematurely. A significant number believe their natural progression is to begin a coaching career with one eye on management. Others view life in punditry and the media as their...
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Pies pick of the stills from last night's FA Cup third round replay action...

ITV's punditry panel Matt Smith, Gordon Strachan and Ian Wright watch over QPR's game against the MK Dons from deep within the bowels of their elevated glass fortress at a sparsely populated Loftus Road

New QPR manager Mark Hughes gives the home crowd a wave before taking his place in the Loftus Road dugout for the first time

Obviously not used to moving at these speeds, a terrified Kevin Davies motors past Macclesfield Town's Tony Diagne at the Reebok.

Barcelona Lite vs. Barcelona Shite

Sadly, that's what it was. Yesterday's performance by the Arsenal was hardly Barcelona-esque. We were all over the place defensively. Szczesny had one of his poorer games in an Arsenal shirt (notwithstanding the aforementioned defensive hilarity).Honestly, had it been the doughnut stealer in goal, there'd have been a lot of Shabby Singh ‘punditry' about angles and positioning.

By Alan Duffy

After blaming everyone and everything but himself, king of the passive-aggressive faux-down-to-earth shtick, Neil Warnock, was given the boot at Loftus Road on the back of an appalling run of form which saw QPR take just two points out of a possible 24.

After another Christmas of not doing especially a fat lot, I decided to take my usual place on the sofa and tune into a Boxing Day feast of football which comprised of the usual dose of Soccer Saturday followed by Match of the Day.
Whilst this for me is pretty much a perfect Saturday and nothing can quite beat the sound of Chris Kamara shouting "Unbelievable Jeff" or Paul Merson screeching "He's hit the Beans on Toast!

Back in February 2011, the Guardian's 'The Gallery' humorously predicted Gary Neville's next career direction in response to the news of his imminent retirement. Unfortunately, he became neither a Tellytubby or an Egyptian rebel instead, replacing Andy Gray as the man tasked with analysing games for Sky Sports; and, boy, has he done it well.

Back in February 2011, the Guardian's 'The Gallery' humorously predicted Gary Neville's next career direction in response to the news of his imminent retirement. Unfortunately, he became neither a Tellytubby or an Egyptian rebel instead, replacing Andy Gray as the man tasked with analysing games for Sky Sports; and, boy, has he done it well.

People frequenting this small online settlement will be well-aware that I get jittery as fuck when big games come along. Arsenal have proved themselves to be flaccid and impotent on many occasions in the past; slipping, sliding, making elementary mistakes and prompting the inception of cringe-worthy wordplay jokes, perennially fuelling my jitters in the process.

By Chris Wright

Back in November of 1995, with 3,500 fans crammed into a tiny ground two metres below sea-level in the Thames estuary, non-league Canvey Island (a team of 'postmen, brickies and bouncers' playing in the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history) held Division Three side Brighton & Hove Albion at Park Lane thanks to an 84th-minute equaliser from Alan Brett with Brighton 'keeper Nicky Rust pulling of a desperate, clawing save in the dying moments to keep the Essex part-timers from nicking a dramatic victory.

Newcastle United currently sit at 3rd in the Premier League, but how do the games we've played so far compare with last season? Much has been wondered about whether we're worthy of our 3rd place position. Not just from the usual suspects in the world of punditry who seem incapable of giving Newcastle much credit [.

There have been some raised eyebrows across the Major League Soccer punditry about Peter Nowak and his choice of formation to begin the Eastern Conference Semifinal First Leg. The iconic manager of the Philadelphia Union pulled a tactical rabbit out ...
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By Alan Duffy

The former Leicester City hardman has managed to keep himself in the public eye courtesy of some ropey punditry and a spell on the Beeb's Strictly Come Dancing show.

However, on Strictly at the weekend, the blonde media node made a right eejit of himself (again) when a naff kissing of the camera move earned him a broken nose.

There have been many times when I have blasted ex-Arsenal players, that have become TV and newspaper pundits, who continue to knock Arsenal when we are down.
These 'experts' claim to love the club yet jump on a bandwagon that has gained more pace than Frank Lampard chasing an ice-cream van down a hill.

Really shocking dive from Argentine footballer Nunez in the Fulham vs Wisla Krakow match, Moussa Dembélé raised an arm and pushed Nunez on the shoulder only for the player to fall down and roll around on the floor. The referee obviously thought Moussa Dembélé had punched Nunez and so gave him a straight red card.

Former Newcastle United player and twice manager Kevin Keegan tips a top 6 finish for the club this season. Kevin Keegan has, as part of his punditry, tipped Newcastle for a top 6 finish, although he does qualify that a bit. Thrice Messiah Keegan said: "Long may their good start continue. "The results for Newcastle [.

Arsenal have opened Pandora's Box Don McMahon Following the departure of Cesc Fabregas for a derisory sum of around 30M Euro after add-ons, with Barca's mocking confirmation that they robbed us, and with the sale of Samir Nasri to City for 25M sterling, there were innumerable cries of outrage and dismay from the British media,punditry [.

I'm not a fan of Sky Sports; despite watching it more than I should. It's shallow and far too excitable when covering the most mundane topic. I watch it anyway and it can be funny in seeing how relentless they can be in self-promotion. What annoys me though is the punditry, and how bad it is at times.

By Alan Duffy

You can (obviously) believe everything you read at Pies, but as for everywhere else, don't believe a word. "Sport" magazine caused a bit of a furore recently when they printed an interview with Barcelona new-boy Cesc Fabregas, in which the former Arsenal captain was quoted as saying that he left the Gunners as they had no chance of winning a trophy in the foreseeable future.

By Alan Duffy

Football punditry is a cushy number indeed. Apparently, you don't even have to know anything about the actual footballers you are talking about, particularly if they are "foreign chaps".

From Paul Merson and the Sky Soccer Saturday crew to Match Of The Day's Holy Trinity of Lawrenson, Hansen and Shearer, ignorance is apparently bliss.

By Alan Duffy

Football punditry is a cushy number indeed. Apparently, you don't even have to know anything about the actual footballers you are talking about, particularly if they are "foreign chaps".

From Paul Merson and the Sky Soccer Saturday crew to Match Of The Day's Holy Trinity of Lawrenson, Hansen and Shearer, ignorance is apparently bliss.

Well, Sergio Aguero certainly isn't messing about is he? Lordy. Declared partially fit by Mancini and that, sir, is what £38 million looks like. Right there. Talking of which, I'm not sure Gary Neville is cut out for this punditry lark. Not to say that he can't be rather insightful at times, it's just he seems to have based his delivery style on that of the robot maid from Rocky IV.

Well, Sergio Aguero certainly isn't messing about is he? Lordy. Declared partially fit by Mancini and that, sir, is what £38 million looks like. Right there. Talking of which, I'm not sure Gary Neville is cut out for this punditry lark. Not to say that he can't be rather insightful at times, it's just he seems to have based his delivery style on that of the robot maid from Rocky IV.

Roy Hodgson doesn't like to bring up his time at Liverpool. He also doesn't like to speculate about taking on the England job once Fabio Capello steps down after next summer's European Championships. Just ask him and he'll tell you, before launching into a discussion about his former job at Liverpool and a potential future one leading England's national side.

Jamie Redknapp, Graeme Souness and Gary Neville discuss the Premier League kick-off

With the big kick-off days away, the three wise men of Premier League punditry — Jamie Redknapp, Gary Neville and Graeme Souness — discuss the major issues.

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Summer has delivered a collective beating to the confidence of US Soccer fans. Mexico dominated the Gold Cup final, some of the big national team names are in transfer limbo, and MLS sides have received some severe drubbings at the hands of European opposition going through the pre-season motions.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Tweet my Goal! Where's Vidic going to be able to spend a 50p that big? The best funniest comments from the Community Shield

Manchester United retained the Community Shield in dramatic fashion as they came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in injury time. Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United Nani seals comeback victory with injury time winner These were the funniest Tweets on the games from our @MirrorFootball feed: @MirrorFootball: Looking fwrd to Gary Nev's impartial punditry today.

Spoiler alert: Exactly what's going to happen in the 2011-12 Championship season is a post from: Just Football

The Football League season's eight-day head start on the Premier League provides a rare chance for clubs in the second tier and below to bask in the limelight.

The national media will respond to the nation's collective anticipation of the new season by lavishing attention on the Championship, League One and League Two for a weekend, before their heads are quickly turned back to the big boys.