'Expert' summarisers

[Tired&Emotional]

While listening to Oxford vs Swansea on 5 Live as I ate my lunch this afternoon, I was treated to the expert opinions of Dean Saunders. Once again, he showed his complete lack of expertise with idiotic comment after idiotic comment.

Everyone knows that Saunders is a train wreck of a manager and yet he is employed to give opinions and analysis on the game as if he knew what he were talking about.

My question to you is: "How do broadcasters pick their 'experts'?"

 

[Tring Wolf]

Normally based on any possible relationship with the teams playing. Being Welsh and an ex-Oxford player, he was the simple choice.

In all ways...

 

[Essex Wolf]

Normally based on any possible relationship with the teams playing. Being Welsh and an ex-Oxford player, he was the simple choice.

In all ways...

Made me chuckle.

But in response to the OP, amazes me how someone so poor can keep getting work irrespective of any connection.

 

[UEAwolf]

There are very few expert summarisers - just look at Sky. They wheel out recently retired stars like Henry, Yorke, Redknapp and Lampard simply because the target demographic recognises them.


They're bloody awful.