Patrick Kinghorn bites co-host

Hannibal Kinghorn !! Maybe Patrick should consider having his own action figure if he loses his job at Singtel.

What kind of a full-grown man bites another in the face?

Apparently, Kinghorn (with the tie) bit his co host (red polo-tee) in the face... He must have taken the challenge "What're you gonna do? Bite me?" too seriously...

Poor Kui Jien, I hope he is not disfigured too badly, he is afterall the cute commentator on TV. Not too sure if the bite mark Kinghorn left on his face will quite add to that pretty face now.

To Singtel Mio, may I please suggest keeping Patrick Kinghorn around on local TV? I mean seriously, we NEED Patrick to be around. He is so "different" from the rest of the boring, boring entertainers we have on TV these days...

....unlike Patrick Kinghorn, the others just lack bite.

John "Bubba" Burridge

I kinda miss John Burridge, bubba Burridge as I would see him to be, the grand ol pundit on the football channel these days. Whatever happened to the one man entertainer in an otherwise dry half time talk in BPL live telecasts?

Yes, yes... John has his quirky side. His dressing sometimes puts Freddie Mercury and Steven Tyler to shame. Bright yellow suits, unmatching neckties... John shows why he is better off a football man. But this guy cracks me up from time to time, although his very thick accent does confuse, I do enjoy some of those annoying exchanges with the host on Football Channel (what is his name again?)

ESPN, bring John Burridge back !! The guy's got more entertainment value compared to Carlton Palmer (yawns...) and Trevor Sinclair (double yawns...). His dressing alone beats the monotonous comments made by those two. I can't stand Carlton Palmer's repetitive and "condemning" comments on the modern footballer, but I will leave that to another post.

John "Bubba" Burridge... that is my kind of pundit for a half time commentary.

Dear Patrick Kinghorn... you've got mail.

Dear Patrick,

I wonder why, but our last post with your name has really been attracting some response from our readers, albeit really angsty ones too. The latest comes from someone we believe you might know. Maybe, you should come out and say something... we will be glad to host your reply.

Meanwhile, thesoccertalk editors will like to reiterate that our blog is truly dedicated to the beautiful game of soccer. Peace out.

Hee haw... Patrick Kinghorn....

Has anyone seen Patrick Kinghorn on ESPN Star... He appears on Football Forecast and occasionally pops up on Nokia Football Crazy. Well, some of you might have seen my last entry on the clueless Shebby Singh. Kinghorn is just as clueless but hey... the guy has got some entertainment value.

Catch him on TV and you probably wonder why the heck a British clown is on a sports channel. He speaks with a shriek in his voice, talks way too fast especially with that thick British accent, makes way too many biased judgments i.e. he hates Rafa Benitez, and if you see his track record in forecasts, you wouldn't bet a dollar based on what he says, but of course in any case you should never trust any pundit with their over-eager and "I have nothing to lose" comments. And of course, he likes to make cheap monkey remarks, and make passing comments bordering on flirtatious with Jamie Yeo, the only female football "commentator" on TV.

Frankly, ESPN Star at least got the cast right this time. I suggest keeping Kinghorn limited to comic relief. His clown antics strangely has a hilarious and honest effect on the usual pundit reviews which always seem to suggest that they know everything except of course nobody does. So I say "Stop confining Patrick Kinghorn to a small screen on the wall !!" I mean seriously, have you ever seen a clown restricted to just performing with his facial expressions and animated voiceover. The poor clown will pass out in no time.

If I may boldly suggest to ESPN's producers, replace Shebby Singh with Patrick Kinghorn on Football Focus with John Dykes. Pull that guy down from London and station him in Singapore. For sure, its a step forward... Anyone with me??

Why the heck is Shebby Singh a football pundit?

Heres an entry that will perhaps create some controversy. But I just needed to find out if anyone felt the same way as me. If you are half as mad as me about soccer and the BPL, you would have watched anything related to soccer. One of the shows that constantly pops up on ESPN on Starhub is this show called Football Focus with John Dykes whereby 4 football pundits sit in a panel to discuss football with the moderator and anchor John Dykes. Usually it includes ex-Liverpool star Steve McMahon, this old guy called Jamie Reeves, Paul Masefield who used to play for S-League outfit Balestier Khalsa and the very odd one out, Shebby Singh.

I mean seriously, have you heard some of the comments made by Shebby Singh? He cracks me up !! Sometimes he talks in circular arguments, at other times he sounds like he's agreeing with everything John Dykes says, "yes John, I agree with you..." or "Absolutely John..." but most of the time, his comments make no cow sense. I wonder how he got himself on the panel... at least the others had some time playing in the top flight in England while John Dykes is a highly respectable media figure in sports and soccer. Perhaps ESPN just needed an Asian face on the "angmoh" panel since its audience is mostly Asian.

I wonder why no one has considered bringing other pundits onto the show, someone like Ernest Luis from The New Paper has impressed me with his insights while the funnyman Neil Humphreys will add great insights away from the drudgery of football tactics... heck even someone who doesn't know nuts about soccer tactics like Nokia Football Crazy's presenter Jamie Yeo will be of better entertainment value than plain'ol Shebby Singh...

If I have my way... Shebby Singh will be long gone. But then again, many viewers will miss his classic line "yes John, I think so too..."