Garth Crooks

BuryClaret · Post by **BuryClaret** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:04 pm

I don't tend to listen to the pundits anymore, but what an absolute whopper this guy is - can't believe he's still getting the opportunity to give his 'analysis.'

Some comments from his Team of the Week picks on the BBC:

"We know Erling Haaland can score goals but his second against a Burnley side woefully out of their depth was sensational."

"Well, we all saw it. Guardiola playing the overbearing boss by insisting his every instructions be obeyed to the letter. To have admonished Haaland so publicly at half-time against - wait for it - Burnley, would have been greeted with a very different reaction from certain players in my day, but these are different times."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66503501

ClaretInLeeds · Post by **ClaretInLeeds** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:06 pm

It’s widely known that Garth Crooks hates Burnley.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:09 pm

I’d boo him if I knew it wouldn’t be misconstrued

4midable · Post by **4midable** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:14 pm

Garth is a Crook

Suratclaret · Post by **Suratclaret** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:33 pm

He’s an arrogant, conceited, self opinionated, self important, horrible little man…
Apologies for sitting on the fence.

simonclaret · Post by **simonclaret** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:37 pm

Any impartial observer would not have assessed our performance as "woefuly out of our depth".

sjb · Post by **sjb** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:38 pm

An absolute pr1ck of the highest order. Always hated him & cannot believe the BBC are still letting the knobjockey steal a living.

ksrclaret · Post by **ksrclaret** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:42 pm

Those comments say far more about him than Burnley.

The sort of person that comes out with such mean spirited tripe, totally without justification or provocation, is a very unhappy and bitter individual for whatever reason.

Burnley Ace · Post by **Burnley Ace** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:50 pm

His first girlfriend dumped him for a Burnley lad she met on holiday and he’s never got over it.

Jimmymaccer · Post by **Jimmymaccer** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:04 pm

Garth who?

claptrappers_union · Post by **claptrappers_union** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:06 pm

The fact he's such a whopper makes him what he is in the punditary ecosystem. All football fans know he talks nonsense - he knows it and BBC know it too as they prop him up as the long established football expert/pantomime villain.

It's a bit like Chris Kamara being the comic relief on Soccer Saturday or Micha Richards being the enthusiastic laughing boy next to the honest grump that's Roy Keane.

They're like cartoon characters.

Middle-agedClaret · Post by **Middle-agedClaret** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:08 pm

I think I’ve posted this link before when people have become over-excited about Mr Crook’s nonsense.
It shows that he has always known sod-all about the game he’s paid to pontificate about.*
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/bbc-pundi ... es-1367721

*With apologies to anyone offended by my finishing a sentence with a preposition.

Boss Hogg · Post by **Boss Hogg** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:10 pm

A bellend who is woefully out of his depth. File somewhere between Richard Keys and David Icke. The average fan knows substantially more than he does.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:20 pm

Garth Crooks steals a living as a "so-called" pundit ... quite aptly named.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:57 pm

The BBC won't get rid as they did that other woeful inept bore Lawrenson as Crooks fills a ticking a box quota. That said Lawrenson had a bit more football knowledge.

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:58 pm

The tubby-little Gladstone Small impersonator is a bellend of the highest order.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:05 pm

Suratclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:33 pm
He’s an arrogant, conceited, self opinionated, self important, horrible little man…
Apologies for sitting on the fence.

And those are his good points.

He's stolen a living for a long time now.

Claretitus · Post by **Claretitus** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:06 pm

He is a Crook - been stealing a living from public money for how long now? 30 years? He is so irrelevant, he never appears on ANY other programmes, something that could never be said about any other BBC “ luvvie”. The Corporation is well known for getting their monies worth out of their “ stars”, but this bellend just gets rolled out on a weekend during the footy season. File under cock jockey.

claretbob · Post by **claretbob** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:23 pm

It’s weird how opinions vary. Max Rushden and Charlie Baker on TalkSPORT on the Saturday morning were talking about how brilliant we looked playing out from the back and taking the fight to CIty. I thought that was a little exaggerated but we were certainly not woeful.

nil_desperandum · Post by **nil_desperandum** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:32 pm

BurnleyFC wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:58 pm
The tubby-little Gladstone Small impersonator is a bellend of the highest order.

Absolutely nothing wrong with Gladstone. Always seems a decent guy. I've always liked him, and he doesn't steal a living at our expense like Crooks.
(Unless something about GS has passed me by).

Neil · Post by **Neil** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:45 pm

And Real Madrid must be woefully out of their depth at Champions League level. And don't get him started on Bayern Munich and Rb Leipzig!!!!

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:50 pm

Phew, thought it was an RIP.

Claretmutt · Post by **Claretmutt** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:51 pm

Crooks lineker and Carragher should take the place of
the three stooges. But wait a minute that’s an insult
to the three stooges. What a trio of complete pr..ks.

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:58 pm

Claretmutt wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:51 pm
Crooks lineker and Carragher should take the place of
the three stooges. But wait a minute that’s an insult
to the three stooges. What a trio of complete pr..ks.

More like the golden girls. Past their sell by date and unbearable to watch. Carragher must be the tall bossy one. Crooks is the small annoying old one that should stfu.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:26 pm

BuryClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:04 pm

Some comments from his Team of the Week picks on the BBC:

"We know Erling Haaland can score goals but his second against a Burnley side woefully out of their depth was sensational."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66503501

There's no logic to what he said there. Can you score a sensational goal against a team woefully out of their depth?

Darthlaw · Post by **Darthlaw** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:30 pm

No one likes us

… a few of us care

Newcastleclaret93 · Post by **Newcastleclaret93** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:58 pm

Starting to think i have missed something,

This is third or fourth pundit in the last week I have seen slate us following the city game.

Am I the only one that thought we played well? But unfortunately they had Haaland

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:09 pm

Boo !!!!

Goody1975 · Post by **Goody1975** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:16 pm

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:58 pm
Starting to think i have missed something,

This is third or fourth pundit in the last week I have seen slate us following the city game.

Am I the only one that thought we played well? But unfortunately they had Haaland

We have been treated with complete respect by Guardiola in both the cup and league games. Just about his strongest XI in both games.

We know more than anyone what City can do to a side, I thought we put up a far better fight than most of the previous meetings against them over the past few seasons.

bf2k · Post by **bf2k** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:25 pm

What a plum.

Works for the perfect organisation.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:32 pm

Goody1975 wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:16 pm
We have been treated with complete respect by Guardiola in both the cup and league games. Just about his strongest XI in both games.

We know more than anyone what City can do to a side, I thought we put up a far better fight than most of the previous meetings against them over the past few seasons.

We're getting better at a rate of three goals per game. That's a big improvement.

At this rate: Next game will be 0-0. After that we're on course to win 3-0.

In only two seasons time we'll be thwolloping them 12-0 and 15-0. Scorelines so big we'll need to invent the word 'thwollop' just to describe the magnitude our victories.

But for the meantime, I'm going to bed to think long and hard about what I've posted.

Crooks is still a bellend though. That's the key message.

morpheus2 · Post by **morpheus2** » Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:36 pm

"When people ask me if I like football, I say yes, I do like football. But not Burnley. Burnley can **** off."

Foshiznik · Post by **Foshiznik** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:26 am

Garth Brooks knows more about football than Garth Crooks

StayingDown4Ever · Post by **StayingDown4Ever** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:54 am

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:58 pm
Starting to think i have missed something,

This is third or fourth pundit in the last week I have seen slate us following the city game.

Am I the only one that thought we played well? But unfortunately they had Haaland

We played alright and nothing more.

Yes, City are the best club side in Europe but they didn’t really have to get out of second gear to cruise to a comfortable three goal victory away from home.

I don’t think there was a particular spell in the game where it looked like we might get back into it and I can only remember one tame effort on target.

City will do the same to most teams though so it doesn’t worry me too much.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:14 am

Anybody (whether a general fan or “expert”) predicting our season based on an opening day game against Man City really needs to give their head a wobble

claretonthecoast1882 · Post by **claretonthecoast1882** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:22 am

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:14 am
Anybody (whether a general fan or “expert”) predicting our season based on an opening day game against Man City really needs to give their head a wobble

You seen his neck ? It is very hard to imagine him being able to give his head any kind of wobble

Big Vinny K · Post by **Big Vinny K** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:28 am

He tries to be controversial for some reason.
But the reality is all that article showed is lazy journalism. He clearly knows nothing about what VK has done at the club or anything about the number of new players we have brought in. I’m not even sure he will have watched the whole game. Why would he ? He’s getting paid for writing any old sh-it every week and for whatever reason his employer has been happy to do this for a number of years.
No neck tit.

CoolClaret · Post by **CoolClaret** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:28 am

Foshiznik wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:26 am
Garth Brooks knows more about football than Garth Crooks

& he wouldn’t be so derisory to teams in low places….

CoolClaret · Post by **CoolClaret** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:30 am

Big Vinny K wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:28 am
He tries to be controversial for some reason.
But the reality is all that article showed is lazy journalism. He clearly knows nothing about what VK has done at the club or anything about the number of new players we have brought in. I’m not even sure he will have watched the whole game. Why would he ? He’s getting paid for writing any old sh-it every week and for whatever reason his employer has been happy to do this for a number of years.
No neck tit.

The same crap that they were coming out on Sky after MNF about how ‘we only have one style of play’ despite playing a brand new system/formation against Man City as though we have some weird purist way of playing with no changes.

The level of punditry is shocking, you get better watching random YouTubers / bit of Tifo football / chatting amongst your buddies because on the big shows the tactical analysis and breakdown is pretty much non existent.

DanH90 · Post by **DanH90** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:55 am

In a previous life, used to work on Final Score (not for the BBC, but a company sub-contracted to provide graphics for BBC Sport shows. I can confirm that the producers and directors at the BBC think Crooks is a clown and he is definitely there for comedy value. I remember raucous laughter in the gallery on many on occasion when he spouted some of his usual nonsense. So I really wouldn’t worry about his opinion.

daveisaclaret · Post by **daveisaclaret** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:00 am

They kicked Crooks off Final Score a year ago. I can only think they keep him doing his team of the week (which is generally just a list of people who scored) because it gets lots of hits from people who love to whinge about it.

Doyt · Post by **Doyt** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:03 am

The man is an idiot. Didn't he once pick someone who never even play on his team of the week?

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:24 pm

Doyt wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:03 am
The man is an idiot. Didn't he once pick someone who never even play on his team of the week?

He did indeed

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... Spurs.html

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:37 pm

Everything out of his mouth is an absolute riddle.

He’s just utterly bizarre…

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:48 pm

daveisaclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 17, 2023 11:00 am
They kicked Crooks off Final Score a year ago. I can only think they keep him doing his team of the week (which is generally just a list of people who scored) because it gets lots of hits from people who love to whinge about it.

You’re not wrong about it being basically a team of goal scorers

He once had Sergio Aguero in as a full back

Middle-agedClaret · Post by **Middle-agedClaret** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 5:08 pm

This thread raises interesting issues relating to some of our fans ( and probably fans of any team).
By this I mean the propensity to be offended , or upset, or angered by the words of people for whom, clearly, they have no respect.
Why would you let that happen?
I give no weight to the thoughts or opinions of Garth Crooks, or Jamie Carragher, or anyone else whose judgement means nothing to me.
Just ignore them. Listen to those whose views you value.
As a wise woman once said: “ No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

UTC.

AmbleClaret · Post by **AmbleClaret** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:47 pm

Funkydrummer wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:50 pm
Phew, thought it was an RIP.

One day ...

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:02 am

If you dislike something, think something is rubbish or weird or wrong like many do with this... posting it online usually makes sure it has served it's sole purpose - to get people irritated or angry so they connect with it and share it.

Job done.

Doesn't matter if it's sh!t, it's all about the hits.