Garth Crooks

[Bladesman]

Latest team of the week


I'm starting to think he's doing it on purpose now.

He is doing it for clicks now.

 

[Stretch]

What a completely bizzarre statement on his totw, WTF?!

We play 'basic football' yet we are 'making the PL look ordinary'

Is he insulting us or paying us some kind of perverse compliment? I honestly can't figure the bloke out, beyond being a thick t**t anyway.

 

[Roygbiv]

He can't admit he was wrong basically.

 

[Bladesman]

What a completely bizzarre statement on his totw, WTF?!

We play 'basic football' yet we are 'making the PL look ordinary'

Is he insulting us or paying us some kind of perverse compliment? I honestly can't figure the bloke out, beyond being a thick t**t anyway.

The Blades playing that basic football that involves passing the ball around and putting it in the net. Not enough teams do that in the Premier League.

 

[drblade]

Yep, he’s at it again.

 

[wavy-blade]

I think this guy must have had a bad experience at Bramall Lane when he ran around there pretending to be a footballer.

 

[ZoneManWilf]

More clickbait, like the talksport shit earlier in the season.

 

[bromtom]

Pardon my french, but what an absolute cunt.

 

[Bladesman]

The response on Twitter to his team of the week was as you would expect.

 

[MoSF94]

What the fuck is he watching? Did he not see the backheel from our marauding centre-back to help set-up our first goal? Did he not see Baldock's twinkle toes before his goal last week? Has he actually paid any attention to any of our games this season whatsoever? Bizarre statement, "basic football" my arse

 

[lakedistblade]

I think what he's getting at is that we are winning without the wow prem league moments of long shots outside the box like he was overhyping de Bruyne. He is on his own because pretty much all the other critics say how much they like watching us. He is just too pompous and self regarding and trapped in his hyped up view of the prem to be able to fess up To his previous incorrect assessments. Annoying but pathetic and after savouring the quality of our last 3 goals in particular don't give a monkeys.

 

[Weasel]

Garth Crooks...... NOT.... GOOD..... ENOUGH....

I'm now sitting back smugly in my comfy chair.

 

[Guesty]

It's difficult to over hype De Bruyne, to be fair.

Basic football though, what a tit. Still not quite as bad as Danny Mills refusing point blank to accept that our Centre backs overlap, like the BBC's very own Comical Ali.

 

[gordoncharles]

I used to think Garth Crooks was a know nothing twat who the BBC have mysteriously given a platform to for 30 years, to spout inane drivel that no other football fan can believe is being said, in a tone of voice that implies the secrets of the universe are being uttered, before finally exploding either through his expanding waistline, like Neville Southall, or through his own internal contradictions.

I used to think that. Now I think he's the world's cleverest troll and his entire, baffling 30 year career complete with OBE, has led to this moment. The most elaborate and longest lasting practical joke in history.

 

[Carlton Blade]

We are getting a bit sensitive again......

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

It's difficult to over hype De Bruyne, to be fair.

Basic football though, what a tit. Still not quite as bad as Danny Mills refusing point blank to accept that our Centre backs overlap, like the BBC's very own Comical Ali.

When did Mills do that?

 

[Freddy Dunning-Kruger]

What the fuck is he watching?

He clearly doesn't watch all the games, he might watch the 'big' games of the weekend but not the rest - and he seems to always pick players that have scored, as if that is how you define 'played well'.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

All i can think he has incriminating photos of bbc bosses to have had such a long career in the media having won so little as a footballer and not being a particularly good pundit!

 

[Guesty]

When did Mills do that?

On TalkSport after he got the face on when we made him look like a chump.

Danny Mills and Lazy Pundits

Excellent article:- https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/sheffield-united-danny-mills-lazy-pundits-prevent-viewers-understanding-football "And there’s only one way to put this: Mills is wrong. It’s not a difference of opinion. He didn’t air a concern that facing better opponents may force...

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They're not underlapping Danny, they're overlapping. Everyone knows that but you.

 

[VwBlade]

 

[McGrath]

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We need Souness to put him straight

 

[SwissBlade]

Wow! Didn’t actually believe what I was reading here so had to double check it on the bbc site.

Some of the football we play is the best I’ve ever watched. Sorry we don’t have players on £200k a week, Garth. But anyone but a complete idiot would call us basic.

Over this weekend I had several Wednesday fans, WBA and Liverpool all telling me how good United are to watch.

 

[Skabone]

Problem is Crookes is un accountable for his bullshit hes not on social media so doesn't have answer or justify the bollox hes spouting hes an absolute clueless dinosaur robbing a wage. If he was on twitter he would have been slaughtered

 

[Akinbiyi]

He's a big fat googly eyed spaz.

Fuck him.

 

[Badger Blade]

If we're basic then christ knows what Burnley played at the lane a few weeks ago and likewise Villa on Saturday.
BASICALLY, we pass the ball to our own players, stick it in the net more times than we let in the other end and are better at it currently 13 other teams in the Premier League. Basic in so far as pass and move which is what all good teams do

 

[BushBlade]

He’s entitled to his opinion, even if it is bollocks. I don’t really get why people give a fuck. It makes no difference to anything. He has no power, no influence and no one takes him seriously. Everyone who watches us can see he’s talking shit. Apart from Mills obviously who is an appalling pundit and another person whose views (on anything) I have no interest in at all.

 

[WalkelyFan]

Here is is justifying his selection of Vertonghen in his team of the week.

"Jan Vertonghen: How inspiring of Jose Mourinho to use three central defenders and a natural full-back in a back four, allowing Serge Aurier to do what he does best and bomb forward when Spurs have possession. This occurs without putting your team at risk. The Europeans, especially the Italians, have been doing this for years but to see it used so effectively in a Tottenham side away at Wolves was as interesting as it gets"

Just imagine how innovative it would be to use TWO attacking full backs and a central three. Or how even more innovative to use a central three and two full backs AND an overlapping centre half?

Then imagine how innovative it would be to use two full backs and a central three. Or how even more innovative to use a central three and two full backs AND two overlapping centre halves?

You should never call that "basic football" could you?

 

[coaxingstar71]

With his wisdom and insight, its baffling that Crooks has never pursued a career in coaching and management

 

[bromtom]

 

[boss hog]

Carry on Garth ,helping to keep the blades an enigma well into the second half of the season.