moto748 wrote:
I do think Wilkin speaks well and intelligently on TV.
Wilkin unscripted is superb. Unfortunately this appears to happen less and less these days. Either he's toeing the line to curry favour with his pro-establishment BBC benefactors - or he's wearing his player's union hat.
One or the other - the end result invariably seems like it's been spat out of a giant risk-assessment calculation.
IMO, punditry has nothing to do with the number of syllables you can stuff into a soundbite. You have to be willing to say those unpleasant things which need saying - even if by doing so you are risking your career.
Far too many players appear to act as though SKY & the BBC are a revenue stream which can and must be milked for as long as possible once the foot is in the door. The idea that punditry is a career rather than a temporary sounding board for honest opinion is a relatively new phenomenon (mostly derived from the Premiership). No player is so interesting that we must be forced to suffer him for decades - especially when he's doing his level best to be anything other than spontaneous, independent and, well ... honest.
