Old Pros

Further to my post last week about Soccer Saturday, I've done a little research. Since I'm normally in action myself on a Saturday afternoon, I don't get to see the show, but ti seems they're all at it.

My favourite quote; "He's up and down the wing like a fish up a tree."

Incompetence is endearing?

This saturday Chris Kamara was sent to cover the Pompey vs Blackburn game for Sky Sports News Soccer Saturday.

To save me explaining what happened, you should now watch the embedded video.

Now, I don't know about you, but I thought this was pretty funny, as did Stelling, Kammy and co, but why? If Jeff Stelling encountered this on his other show Countdown it'd be met with a different response.

"Susie Dent in dictionary corner, can you beat a six?"
"I dunno Jeff".
"So Carol, could you get to 435?"
"I dunno Jeff".

I guess the reason Kammy can pull it off is that he's a pretty charismatic chap, and when he does see a sending off he can usually offer at least some intelligent comment, unlike his colleague on Soccer Saturday, Dean Windass.

Search for Windass clips on youtube, and you'll see him bumble his way through sections of the show, get peoples names wrong and generally make a hash of things.

Why is this incompetetence entertaining from one person, and irritating coming from another? I guess it boils down to the fact that Kammy comes across as a smart guy who's messed up, whilst Windass is more like a man off the street who has wandered into a studio by accident and decided to make the best of it. Like this guy: http://tinyurl.com/32jvd4.