Comments on: ESPN Makes Smart Move With Andy Gray Hiring

By: yuck

yuck — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:21:44 +0000

andy gray is a moron in my opinion…he never offers any real insight that you haven't heard a thousand times before

By: DELF Hater

DELF Hater — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:25:53 +0000

Obviously an Englishman or just envious of Andy Gray’s brilliance. Its hard to take when the only great advances in the world by the British in the last hundred years have all been by Scots. Andy Gray changed sports broadcasting in the UK and has the awards for it.

By: Canadian legend

Canadian legend — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:22:19 +0000

Andy Gray was fantastic. As a player for Scotland and Everton and Aston Villa. His knowledge of the game is immense and his Drumchapel sense of humor and wit is obvious. Andrew made Euro 2008 for me. I turned it up and watched ABC instead of TSN in Canada.

By: simon grant

simon grant — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:24:09 +0000

English, lived in the states for 20 years. May not agree with everything Andy Gray says, but at least it’s like listening and talking to someone intelligent and funny. Tommy Smyth, meanwhile, is a moron,and couldn’t get a soccer job anywhere else in the world.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:05:10 +0000

class act! that’s riotous. this guy has a terrible reputation in the uk. just becauae he has an accent doesn’t make him an expert. here’s a hint about his relevance. any tv hack that waits until slow motion replay to be critical of players and referees isn’t worth listening to. we want analysis at full speed, not criticism in slow motion. this game is fluid so save the whining at slow speed levels it just makes it a critical farce and hardly worth listening to….rather have silence, he’s almost as bad as tommy smyth. edgar davids had a brief moment in the sun for a recent match u.s. v england, he was painful to listen to but he made a few very astute player points you would never hear from a 60 yr old that played another type of football.

By: jm

jm — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:15:10 +0000

Is only Andy Gray open to charges of immaturity for name-calling? It is a standard we should all hold ourselves too.

I was a neutral watching the match, and I think there is merit to both sides here. Many of Gray’s criticisms I did find accurate – namely the defensive nature of Italy’s play and the poor work by the officiating crew (particularly in stopping play twice for injuries which did not merit such a stop). He was also, however, exhibiting a bias in his calls – particularly noteworthy was his “good luck Cesc” immediately before Fabregas’ took the final spot-kick.

By: t

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:37:34 +0000

Andy Gray was only stating the facts of the match. Well done Andy! It’s good to have a commentator that has the balls to tell it like it is. Italy were horrendous in their anti-play and their making a meal out of every tackle. Congrats Spain, you deserve it.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:04:01 +0000

Hudsonland….you’re a dick too! There, feel better? Now I’m taking it out on both of you…..what? Are you a wee bit Scottish?

By: Hudsonland

Hudsonland — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:58:42 +0000

Italy lose after making no attempt to win the game for 120 minutes and you take it out on a Scottish commentator? Stay classy…

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:35:56 +0000

There is no question that Andy Gray showed immense immituraty and a total lack of anything positive to say during the Italy/Spain match. It wasn’t bad enough that he berated the officials constantly. His chiding of the Italian team and their tactics was unprofessional.

Then…he got worse! When an announcer offers biased opinion they are usually demoted or fired. When one flagrently berates one team versus another (such as he berated Italy) they are surely sacked.

Therefore, I suggest that based upon Gray’s infantile actions of purposly calling Gianluigi Buffon “buffoon”, he be immediatly fired, and suit be levied against him for slander, and potentially by ESPN for lost revenue.

Go pick a bar fight, Andy. But don’t air your hatred of Italians on National TV. SHAME ESPN if he ever announces again.