markjazzbassist Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Roberto is one of the commentators for American TV for the World Cup. He's been doing a fantastic job, interesting note when he was talking about how England need some creativity, Michael Ballack said "how about Ross Barkley" and looked Roberto's way with a little twinkle in his eye. Love that our manager is getting his due from a former world beater. Matt and rubecula 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blueboy122 Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Looking fucking fabulous to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Yeah love the blue suit, he was wearing a blue tie earlier in the day with a different suit as well. Love that he's always got some everton blue on. Classy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Let us know if he lets any transfer news slip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted June 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Let us know if he lets any transfer news slip! Will do. He talked about keylor navas the keeper for Costa Rica and he said he was really impressed with him. We've been linked to him and he had a smile while talking about him Steve_E 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Angel Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Will do. He talked about keylor navas the keeper for Costa Rica and he said he was really impressed with him. We've been linked to him and he had a smile while talking about him Keepers do not create movement in my trousers. Let me know when he gets onto messi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilweevil666 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Keepers do not create movement in my trousers. Let me know when he gets onto messi It sounded like he thought messi was pretty good, I don't know though, that may just be me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Greg O'Keeffe again... Believe #Martinez is getting rave reviews from US ESPN viewers for the quality and intelligence of his analysis of #WC2014 games #GHAvsUSA Matt, markjazzbassist and Toffee_in_LA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Greg O'Keeffe again... Believe #Martinez is getting rave reviews from US ESPN viewers for the quality and intelligence of his analysis of #WC2014 games #GHAvsUSA he and michael ballack are a great partnership. roberto was his usual positive self when Pepe got the red card "well it is a great opportunity for ricardo costa to prove himself" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffee_in_LA Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Greg O'Keeffe again... Believe #Martinez is getting rave reviews from US ESPN viewers for the quality and intelligence of his analysis of #WC2014 games #GHAvsUSA Some of my friends mentioned they enjoy hearing him talk about the game. I can only smile knowing he is our manager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 he and michael ballack are a great partnership. I enjoy listening to Ballack myself. I like that he won't just agree with the other pundits to keep the peace, if he thinks the others are chatting shit he'll say so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I enjoy listening to Ballack myself. I like that he won't just agree with the other pundits to keep the peace, if he thinks the others are chatting shit he'll say so. I appreciated that about Dixon this tournament, kept challenging / arguing with Viera about the amount of cheating in the game. When Viera said "its part of the game" Dixon ripped Viera apart, stating it was his responsibility with his role at City, and others like them, to ensure this lack of sportsmanship is eradicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 See Joey Barton took it upon himself to try and slate Dixon as a pundit on twitter. I like Dixon, think he's very astute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 See Joey Barton took it upon himself to try and slate Dixon as a pundit on twitter. I like Dixon, think he's very astute. Isn't Joey Barton having a go at you an endorsement? Lowensda and Sibdane 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant1979 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Apparently he had a good pairing with Van Nistelrooy in the studio, Ruud seemed to learn a lot from Roberto's analysis and tactical knowledge, he was really taking a lot in as he embarks on his own coaching career. I read a Q&A with one of the ESPN producers and she said she'd learned loads from Roberto as well. Top man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zequist Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 For me it's a bit awkward listening to Ruud, just because he's constantly saying "we/us/our" whenever the subject of the Dutch team comes up. "We did this," "We didn't do that," "Here's what our manager is going to say at halftime"...I understand that he's not a professional broadcaster and wasn't brought into the studio to be objective, but American viewers are used to the talking heads in the studios showing at least a veneer of detachment from the proceedings, and even the other former internationals like Ballack and Gilberto Silva have usually managed to keep their discussions of their own national teams on a third-party "Germany/Brazil/they/them" level in front of the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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