if the demographic of pundits must match the demographic of players then easy....

fill every panel with feckers who can barely read, write or speak English. regardless of colour.

If you think that it is their ability that's most important, then surely you need to wait to see who the replacements are and if they're better before you get this upset about it?

Further, if it is the ability that's most important, then people who know what they're talking about are the pool of people able to selected from. That pool is more black than the rest of the population. Therefore, something closer to 35% is the right statistic. There are a lot of Janets who are 70+. living in the UK who have never watched a game of football who are totally irrelevant for the purposes of picking a SSN panel.

Edited by ambrose7 (29 Aug 2020 11.17am)

Do you honestly think that the current panel are being sacked because of their ability? I don't think you actually do.
That would be a disingenuous position because we all know why they are going. Anyone who has watched SSN for five minutes lately knows why that are going.

I wholly endorse these sentiments.

Perusing this has reminded me about what I told my dear wife when David Dimbleby announced he was stepping down from 'Question Time' - "He will be replaced by a woman" and of course I was proved right.
When Neil Ashton stood down from 'Sunday Supplement' he was replaced by a woman and Alex Scott replaced Ben Shephard on 'Goals on Sunday'.
Not that I have anything against women!!!!

Edited by Willo (30 Aug 2020 10.39am)

I wholly endorse these sentiments.

Perusing this has reminded me about what I told my dear wife when David Dimbleby announced he was stepping down from 'Question Time' - "He will be replaced by a woman" and of course I was proved right.
When Neil Ashton stood down from 'Sunday Supplement' he was replaced by a woman and Alex Scott replaced Ben Shephard on 'Goals on Sunday'.
Not that I have anything against women!!!!

Edited by Willo (30 Aug 2020 10.39am)

Is that the one on the cricket who has an orgasm when there is a leg-bye?

Grrrrrr.

Bring back Boycott his Auntie can do better than that with a stick of rhubarb.