i think analyst is a better word.

zagazow:

i think analyst is a better word. i also think Keshi should stop faking that accent.

acufes:

nigeria and nigerians are developing. soon we'll be developed and then, we'll be able to compete favourably with other peoples and nations. in all aspects

tayo_ast:

^^ u're not making ANY sense.
Those guys r trying

mbulela:

this matter again!!!!!
bros, without any fear of contradiction, i can find 5 regulars on this forum who will make more sense than Keshi in that studio.
it is so appalling that i begin to wonder.
even the local coaches that are not ex players do not make sense when you hear them talk.
besides their inability to express themselves in english, they cannot even discuss tactics in pidgin english.
you begin to wonder how our football will develop? with people like keshi classed as top coaches?
i do not know about Babayaro and ikpeba but when i was last in naija even Ugbade was not making sense.
the few analysts who have made sense on Nigerian tv were ordinary fans and pundits like you and i.
Beyond grammar it takes a passion for the game and an eye for the details and intricacies of tactics to expound sense aboutthe game.
I remember a guy who used to be on NTA,(my memory fails me now,although i remember he was a yoruba chap) and Emeka Enyadike who despite his speech impediment is a pundit of the highest class.
That man is good.

AjanleKoko:

If you're watching the World Cup, especially if you're watching from Africa, you would have run into one Nigerian commentator or the other on one station or the other. The interesting thing, this time, is that some of them actually come up against foreigners.
Like Supersport is presenting a crop of ex-players, Like Steve Keshi, Edgar Davids, John Barnes, against their regulars, Shaun Bartlett, Gary Bailey, Terry Paine. The local stations have showcased Victor Ikpeba, Celestine Babayaro, Nduka Ugbade, and Tijani Babangida.

What do you think about the performance of our guys so far? For me, even Keshi, who's supposed to be a coach, had little or nothing to say about the games, in sharp contrast to the likes of Barnes and Davids.

maedan:

Being an ex-footballer does not automatically turn one into a professional football commentator. This requires training, or, at most, talent. Running a commentary on an on-going game is not easy especially if you aren't well-spoken or not used to expressing yourself.

mbulela:

just saw this somewhere;

Clarence Seedorf
Every now and then, it's marvellous to see a man with easy charm, wit and knowledge sashay into a television studio and make the rest look like chumps.

Seedorf has been quietly setting up his post-playing career for some time now. Brief snippets on Sky Sports News have showed some promise, but his presence on the BBC World Cup coverage has confirmed potential could well be more than that.

He sits in the same casual way that Alan Hansen does, but with the Scot you can't help but feel he's phoning it in, and has been for years. Seedorf's laidback approach looks more like quiet assurance, safe in the knowledge that he can do more than chuckle about 'terrible defending' and so forth.

Incidentally, you wouldn't catch Seedorf shouting at Emmanuel Adebayor in that 'talk loud and slowly to the foreigner' way that Hansen did on the opening day.

Ben-10:

The Whites own the Television! They know how to prepare appearing in front of camera.

Problem is tension! We Blacks dey fear camera. Period!

homerac7:

try hi-tv where everybody shout thinkn dey r talkn, worse is that they talk at once. u only get to wonder if they listen to one another. it looks like some monkey market

Mortiple:

I beg to differ! Please tell us, who among them is not good? They have got seasoned analysts such as Deji Omotoyinbo, Deji Tinubu, Akintunde Bada, etc. These guys are above average, to say the least. I feel this is one area HI-TV is doing great (IMO).

Exactly.

This was what I was telling tkb417.

Imagine him comparing Odegbami to me on football analytics.

debosky:

I haven't seen any Nigerian commentators, but I have to say I've been very impressed by the likes of Seedorf and Davids with their intelligent analysis of the games.

The likes of Adebayor have been useless.

tayo_ast:

AjanleKoko:

Charles Anazodo, Supersport presenter, at the review of the Korea-Greece match on Saturday, went something like this:

'If you remember in 1994, Greece paraded the likes of Stoichkov and Balakov'

Shaun Bartlett and Gary Bailey just stared at him, stunned.

Ben-10:

The Whites own the Television! They know how to prepare appearing in front of camera.

Problem is tension! We Blacks dey fear camera. Period!

Mortiple:

I beg to differ! Please tell us, who among them is not good? They have got seasoned analysts such as Deji Omotoyinbo, Deji Tinubu, Akintunde Bada, etc. These guys are above average, to say the least. I feel this is one area HI-TV is doing great (IMO).