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Eni Aluko v Ian Wright

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  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,836
    edited February 10
    As I read somewhere recently.
    Bog standard pundit, World class victim.
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,372
    Bald men arguing over a comb
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 25,203
    She continues to embarrass herself. I wouldn't have her anywhere near a TV studio or Commentary Gantry. 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 52,028
    carly burn said:
    JustFloydRoad said:
    On with Jim White (and his co host)
    From 33:40 for anyone interested
    Thanks was about to ask. 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 52,028
    edited February 10
    She's basically a female Sol Campbell.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,496
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    Simon Jordan  to Eni Aluko:

    "The sheer weight of the entitlement that you seem to believe you have would re-sink the Titanic." 

    😂
    He’s messed up the delivery of that zinger hasn’t he?!
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,584
    Dazzler21 said:
    She's basically a female Sol Campbell.


    😉

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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 52,028
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    Dazzler21 said:
    She's basically a female Sol Campbell.


    😉
    Fair play! 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,339
    Stig said:
    "By default, if I'm working with the people who are considered brilliant broadcasters, if I'm next to them, then by default I'm considered also a brilliant broadcaster".

    Incredible lack of awareness and false-logic. Imagine actually believing this as a pundit and claiming every player was as good as their teammates.
    Yeah, I was lucky and got work for a while so I must be great.

    Les Reed: "I was a Premier League manager at the same time as people considered brilliant Premier League managers, by default I must be a brilliant Premier League manager."
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,339
    edited February 10
    I did enjoy her contacting Ian Wright's agent to ask for Ian Wright's help in her keeping the job, about two months after saying Ian Wright's getting work is the reason she didn't and he shouldn't be there.

    Can imagine how long the agent thought about whether to help after hanging up.
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,285
    Okay but has anyone compared her to a female Sol Campbell yet?
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,313
    edited February 10
    Didn't Wrighty pay for a players ACL surgery and rehab out of his own pocket? Just seems so weird that he's constantly dragged into this by Aluko. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,553
    She should start posting on CL with her false logic.  :)
    She believes everything she says is fact, talks quite a bit of sense, but often comes up with the wrong conclusion.
  • peterreeves
    peterreeves Posts: 1,125
    She really doesn't get it.... In my opinion she has a chip the size of the grand canyon and needs some humility. Definitely the wrong show to go on... Who advised that? 
  • TonyWebstersShed
    TonyWebstersShed Posts: 55
    I got the impression that people were pulling their punches around her as they knew how badly constructive criticism would be taken. Then when they didn't continue to use her, it came as a shock. The sense of entitlement in that interview was astonishing.

    TV is a brutal world. I always thought our very own Scott Minto was unlucky to be dropped by Sky, he seemed a very capable presenter.


  • TellyTubby
    TellyTubby Posts: 3,629
    swords_alive said:
    Seems she's making a reasonable point about the history of commentary in the women's game based on her experience and in the aftermath of the case against Barton. I think it's disingenuous to make it her versus Wright.  He was used as an example that it seems she herself didn't cite but the radio4 interviewer did.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cgkg8kjlp80o

    Then you have the daily mail sharpening the situation as a bust up as they are prone to do, and a pile on on here. A lot about nothing much imo, and good luck to her in making her point, using her platform, and earning a living.
    If she hasn't been singling Wright out, why did she apologise to him for here previous remarks?
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 27,178
    edited February 10
    Always thought she was pretty good when she was first on the scene. She makes some valid points but just doesn’t go about it the right way in doing so sometimes. She’s become an easy target now and people are desperate to take anything she says out of context. 

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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 16,431
    The Red Robin said:
    Always thought she was pretty good when she was first on the scene. She makes some valid points but just doesn’t go about it the right way in doing so sometimes. She’s become an easy target now and people are desperate to take anything she says out of context. 
    Agree with this. She doesn't help herself but her mistakes get picked apart much more than when her colleagues make mistakes. That said, her constant going after male pundits is really stupid. It didn't work with Wright the first time around, it won't work with Nedum Onuoha (who is fantastic) and it won't work with Wright again.  
  • FirenzeAddick
    FirenzeAddick Posts: 68
    edited February 10
    She like many pundits is unlikable and poor at the job. For me it's as simple as that.

    Eni Aluko is in the same club as Rory Jennings, speaks with a tone of superiority and condescension on football when they are in a room often surrounded by people with a huge amount more knowledge and ability.

    Sadly for her she has handled the whole situation around her employment terribly and now finds herself a laughing stock.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 16,203
    she sounded like Dianne Abbot on Talksport
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,464
    Its always the most stupid who make the most noise, she talks loads but makes so little sense. 

    She has clearly been educated, in the same way the cast of the only way is Essex are all overly educated thickos 

    The lack of anything resembling self-awareness is hilarious. Imagine for a second the thunderous noise if those she had asked for feedback were not gracious and just.... nice to her and were honest instead 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,759
    At one point she claimed that she isn't bothered about not being a pundit any more and spends a lot of time out of the country "working on other things".

    Why are you on talksport moaning about it then?
  • raytreacy
    raytreacy Posts: 186
    Carter said:
    Its always the most stupid who make the most noise, she talks loads but makes so little sense. 

    She has clearly been educated, in the same way the cast of the only way is Essex are all overly educated thickos 

    The lack of anything resembling self-awareness is hilarious. Imagine for a second the thunderous noise if those she had asked for feedback were not gracious and just.... nice to her and were honest instead 
    She has a first class honours degree in Law at Brunel University. So yes a real thicko.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,986
    The problem is, I suspect comfortably more people enjoy listening to Ian Wright. I don't really enjoy Aluko's insights and I think she doesn't demonstrate a strong knowledge of the game. But that is just my opinion. It isn't because she is a woman as I think there are some decent women commentators/pundits. Some male pundits are better to listen to than others. I enjoy Gary Neville's contributions, I am not such a fan of Ally McCoist but we will all have our preferences. What the TV company has to do is make a decision based on what is best for their ratings. I think that is what has happened and pundits get dropped. Look at Mark Lawrenson for example. Both male and female pundits are entitled to be annoyed when they are dropped and think it is the wrong decision, but they have to acknowledge it is a business decision right or wrong. 
  • raytreacy
    raytreacy Posts: 186
    I she was a white woman would people have the same view of her? I am not playing the race card. Just interested in peoples honest opinion.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,584
    raytreacy said:
    Carter said:
    Its always the most stupid who make the most noise, she talks loads but makes so little sense. 

    She has clearly been educated, in the same way the cast of the only way is Essex are all overly educated thickos 

    The lack of anything resembling self-awareness is hilarious. Imagine for a second the thunderous noise if those she had asked for feedback were not gracious and just.... nice to her and were honest instead 
    She has a first class honours degree in Law at Brunel University. So yes a real thicko.
    I've met plenty of people with honours degrees in law, business and finance who were as thick as pigshit. 
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,442
    raytreacy said:
    I she was a white woman would people have the same view of her? I am not playing the race card. Just interested in peoples honest opinion.
    Makes no differnc to me. She is an awful pundit.

    If she was any good, TV companies would be lining up for her if ITV do not want her. Or she could set up her own podcast. But at this point that has not happened and you suspect if she did set up her own podcast the numbers would reflect what the public really think

    Has anyone ever met anyone who says they like her on punditry because I certainly have not


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