Comments on: ESPN: Did You See Smyth (Trying To) Walk All Over Faudy Foudy?

By: Nauti

Nauti — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:15:46 +0000

Tommy Smyth is awesome for god sake! He is insightful and a little rough but then he just states facts !! Julie Foudy is a player who doesnt no a shit about european circuit. She just annoys Smyth to utter his worst. Mens Soccer is a different ball game guys !!! Get rid of Julie Foudy ESPN

By: Tamer

Tamer — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:06:20 +0000

Yes, please remove Tommy… I cannot take it anymore… the man was good enough for America when anybody when any kind of accent would have worked… but please, I think we deserve to get to the next level, ESPN, don’t you? And what about the rest of the world (where I immigrated from)? Get someone with knowledge and class PLEASE.

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:16:50 +0000

She is a total muppet. When asked about difficult venues to play in Gray brings up Millwall and Turkey, Smyth brings up the Old Firm and Foudy says Portugal because she was always wanting to be on the beach. What an idiot.

By: joey izidoro

joey izidoro — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:14:36 +0000

julie foudy tells it like it is. easy to understand and right to the point. espn could use more of her. euro cup is the best.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:28:31 +0000

Bryan Hamilton: He's a talent ...

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:17:44 +0000

Excellent thread, people.

Hana, splendid research! Many thanks. Bryan Hamilton it is … obviously not a memorable footballer or I would have registered the name. Like great coaches …

What ever shall we talk about in July and early August? I’m at sixes & sevens, here.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:36:51 +0000

Being a Brit I’ve been watching the Euro’s on our normal TV, but I do know from watching loads of Serie A via the interweb, that Bryan Hamilton is pretty good.

By: Hana

Hana — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:07:44 +0000

So, after doing some youtube digging, I finally found out what his name is: Bryan Hamilton. Former Northern Ireland player. He’s a love/hate kind of guy (seriously, the debate on why he rocks or sucks are pretty amusing to read, but I think this guy put it best):

I like Bryan Hamilton as a co-commentator. He tends to talk a tad too much, but at least he offers something different when he speaks about the reasons the game is playing out as it is, instead of just rehashing what happened. And his pronunciations of Kaka’ (Karkar) and space (speeass) and shape “sheeap” are parodies of the Norn Irish accent. Oh, not forgetting “he’s a talent” at every mention of Kaka’.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:31:12 +0000

Sam, I had to re-read your comments to make sure they were not tongue-in-cheek. The “brilliant, knowledgeable, funny, ironic & witty Julie Faoudy.” What planet do you live on? Agreed, Tommy Smyth’s voice and comments are grating, but Foudy is way out of her element. Do you really think winning a women’s world cup gives her the credibility to analyze and comment on world class football? Seriously, I think you are the first person I have come across that thinks she is good at what she does. I’ll give you props at least for taking an opposing view to the rest of the world but she really is horrible.

By: julio

julio — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:33:08 +0000

eh jule foudy doesnt do it for me.
smyth not great but more knowledge and insight than foudy, in my opinion