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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes on The Commentators, Part 11: ‘From Hero to Zero’
By our Mystery Correspondent Per Dantic. The commentators love saying ‘From Hero to Zero’. They do it to show how…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes on The Commentators, Part 10: ‘The Worst Possible Start’
in Exclusive, Media Muppet of the Week, Media Watch, Personal Thoughts, Subscribers Only / / 2 commentsBy our mystery correspondent Per Dantic. You’ll learn that one in your first week at commentators’ classes. The commentators say…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes on The Commentators, Part 9: ‘He is a Top Top Player’
By our mystery correspondent Per Dantic. ‘He is a top top player’ We often hear the commentators say ‘He is…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes on The Commentators: Part 8: “The Referee Could Not Have Been Closer”
By Per Dantic. ‘The referee could not have been closer’ That phrase never seems to go out of fashion with…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes on The Commentators: Part 7: “In and Around”
By Professor Per Dantic. That’s a fashionable phrase with the commentators now. ‘In and around’ has become very popular. What…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes on the Commentators Part 5: “He Can Do That.”
By our Secret Correspondent P. Dantic. That’s a fashionable phrase with the commentators now. The main commentator tells us that…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes on the Commentators Part 4: “He Just Wanted it More”
By Our Mystery Correspondent P. Dantic. You hear a lot of commentators say that. ‘He just wanted it more’. They…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes on the Commentators Part 3: “It’s a Game of Fine Margins”
By Our Mystery Correspondent P. Dantic. It’s a phrase that comes up in commentary a lot. They tell us ‘It’s…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes on the Commentators, Part 2 – “At This Level You Will Get Punished”
in Media Muppet of the Week, Media Watch, Personal Thoughts, Subscribers Only, Talking Point / / 16 commentsBy our mystery correspondent P. Dantic. That’s something commentators sometimes like to say isn’t it? ‘At this level you will…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Month, September 2012
By Paul Tomkins. In a Scottish tabloid, a gap-toothed buffoon lived up to one of the main definitions of ‘Burlesque’:…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Month, August 2011
It’s been a while, but it’s back. Ignorance may be bliss, but for some people in the media, it’s apparently…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Month, April 2011
in Free, Media Muppet of the Week / / 81 commentsThis old chestnut is revived thanks to David Anderson of the Daily Mirror, who wrote a peach of a piece…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Month
in Media Muppet of the Week, Subscribers Only / / 152 commentsThere are a few perennial contenders for this popular feature on TTT, but it’s too easy to give it to…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Week #2 – Lawro
in Free, Media Muppet of the Week / / 105 commentsMark Lawrenson has launched a massive broadside at Rafa Benítez in the Daily Mirror. Nothing like sticking together in difficult…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Week (#1)
in Media Muppet of the Week / / 94 commentsA dual award in The Tomkins Times' inaugural Media Muppet of the Week. Week one: a right pair of muppets.