John Inverdale

[flipnflap]

What is he doing on ITV4??? Has he thrown his career away for a fat cheque? The presentation is amateur and I notice he's made a few mistakes.

[louiselouise]

No He is still with BBC as well, Nit sure how but i suppose its the same as Andrew Castle working for ITV yet works for BBC during Wimbledon

[albaqwerty]

what is he doing on tv in the first place?? Can't stand him. Pretentious is one word I'd use for him.

[margie04]

There are many worse words you could use, alba ; have you ever heard him banging on about rugby? Quite the wost commentator in that field.

[Prudie]

I've never understood how he's lasted so long on TV, he was awful from the word cue.

[douglas9401]

Apparently it's the eyes.

[Sipowicz]

Don't you just love all the advert breaks?

[DTCwordfan]

30 all.....

[HowardKennitby]

I have no view either way on JI.
The thing I get annoyed about is the seemingly endless analysis and explanation by 'pundits'.
It seems to me that people who watch Rugby, Football, Cricket, Tennis etc will be interested and knowledgeable about those things and they will not require them to be explained ad nauseam at half time.
The BBC could save a fortune if it would just 'broadcast' the events and dispense with commentary and analysis.

[margie04]

They must have already saved themselves a fortune by showing virtually no cricket, rugby or tennis.

[andy-hughes]

Actually Howard, I would disagree with your perception.

I am indifferent to football, but the present Mrs Hughes is a season-ticket hilder at Stoke City and has followed the club all her life, picking up a considerable depth of knowledge about the game on the way.

Thanks to people like Alan Hansen, we can both watch Match Of The Day, and hear explanations and analysis that both inform her own knowledge, and also educate me in matters I know little about. The BBC has a remit within its charter to inform and explain, and that crieteria is fulfilled in this instance - as with other sports where not everyone is an expert, and even those that are enjoy hearing an expert point of view which they can debate.

That said, Alan Shearer is about as informative and cogent as a goal-post! Playing to a high level in any sport does not automatically convey the ability to talk intelligently about it on television, as Mr Shearer demonstrates every time he does that annoying thing he does on MOTD .... that's it - talking!

[craft1948]

He so annoyed me today when he kept saying that Schiavonne had won........she bloody lost you idiot (I shouted a few times at the TV)

[tiggerblue10]

I've never really liked him. I think he comes across as a bit smarmy.

[joeluke]

Inverdale is yet another one of those presenters who think it's all about him