John Motson answers question on twitter! Let's quote Motty from a previous post in this blog:
Q: Have you ever been shown how Twitter works?
Gary Lineker asked me this last summer and I told him I have no interest in it whatsoever. I am too busy to even think about it. I am not on Facebook either and I don't do email. My life is very simple, it is controlled completely on a mobile phone with my texting.
Given the above how likely is it that John Motson tweeted the following:
Hi everybody, John Motson here, ready to answer your
Two hashtags. How likely is it that John Motson knows what a hashtag is? I'm sure he's seen the symbol before because it's on a mobile phone keypad which of course controls his every move.
But I am going to presume that
he is being asked them by some FA intern who’s job it is to select the
questions and ask them to Motty before replying on his behalf. Even so Motty
displays an incredible lack of understanding when replying to the questions
asked of him.
Who
is the best player you have commentated on?
I'll give
you three - Cantona, who transformed Man Utd, Henry who was fantastic for
Arsenal, and the mercurial Ronaldo.
Again we’ll
revisit a previous Motty quote:
I would go for Eric Cantona as the best overseas
player. He changed the history of Manchester United. I have to mention Thierry
Henry at Arsenal too.
So he’s added (Cristiano?)
Ronaldo since last time at least. But again Cantona and Henry are both
subjectively and objectively ridiculous calls. And also Ronaldo isn't mercurial, he's a incredibly consistent goal machine.
who are
your favourite up and coming commentators at the moment?
I admire
Clive Tyldesley greatly, but BBC tradition of commentators is in good hands
with Steve Wilson, Guy Mowbray and JP.
Clive
Tyldesley is 60 years old. Steve Wilson (47), Guy Mowbray (42) and Jonathon
Pearce (54) aren’t exactly up and coming either.
This is
my favourite though:
What, in
your opinion, is the finest FA Cup final goal ever scored?
Gerrard v West Ham in 2006 and Lawrie Sanchez in 1988 spring to mind, but the
best visual goal has to be Keith Houchen's in 1987.
Firstly
can someone explain to me what the difference is between a normal or visual
goal? He’s implying that some goals are perceived only by a sense of smell or
sound? They are so sublime they can’t
be seen?
I can
understand the first two choices in terms of what they meant in the game, and
the significance of the Wimbledon victory was
huge at the time even though it was a basic header from a corner. Gerrard’s
goal was a last minute screamer to take it to extra time, so fair enough, but
Keith Houchen’s goal was a header from 4 yards out to equalise after 60
minutes. I can accept his personal opinion of liking a goal, but to call this
the finest ever visual goal in the FA Cup Final is nuts.
But we
knew that anyway.
As a final aside the picture that accompanies the article:
Reminds me of this:
Look at his hands, palms flat on the keyboard! Who would sit at a laptop like that? He also looks slightly terrified, I think because he is doing everything he can to not look at the screen, even out of the corner of his eye, just in case he sees how twitter works.
