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Eric Wynalda Is An Annoying Prick
by CriticalFanatic
7/23/07

This is an obvious statement for anyone who follows soccer regularly. As a casual fan I found Wynalda's negativity more annoying Saturday night than the insufferable attention to David Beckham.

Rumors and Rants had a great rant on the topic this morning:
He spent the entire broadcast ripping the Galaxy for their level of play, how outmatched they were and how awful they were playing. Uh, Eric? They were playing Chelsea, FA Cup champions and one of the best clubs in the world. They have guys like Andriy Shevchenko, Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Joe and Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Petr Cech, of course they were outmatched. But Wynalda didn't miss a chance to blast their defense for looking disorganized or their offense for not creating other opportunities. He also took Landon Donovan to task for not having a great season so far for the Galaxy. Well Eric, maybe he's a little tired, since he's been busy tying your goals record for U.S. Men's National Team. The funny part about Wynalda being so negative, was that Tommy Smyth (Mr. "Old onion bag" himself) argued with him or had a positive answer for almost everything he said. They were basically politely arguing the whole time, with Smyth looking better in every exchange.
I understand the need to have the guy in the booth who is overly critical, but it's also critical that the MLS provides an enjoyable telecast. It's nearly as important as the LA Galaxy providing sufficient entertainment on the field. Nearly all of Wynalda's comments included a heavy dose of "I could have done that better" and "Remember when I was sweet." We get enough of that with Sunday Night Baseball, thank you very much.

Does Eric Wynalda suck at life this much or is he trying to hard to be negative?

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I barely have any interest in soccer, nor do I follow it at all, but I already hate this guy.
 
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His constant babbling aboiut Victoria's sunglasses, his hatred of LA and MLS, he was BRUTAL...maybe some ESPN execs were watching and will considering pulling the plug on this guy...Now Tommy Smith...AWESOME!!!!
 
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Tommy Smythe is fantastic, especially during UEFA matches.  Wynalda is the same guy who got thrown out of a World Cup match for shoving a player in the back to the ground.  He is a hot head and is full of himself. 
 
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Wynalda was annoying during the World Cup as well as he criticized everything about the US team. It's very obvious that he is jealous of Landon Donovan and the fact that Donovan is replacing him as the all time leading scorer in US soccer history. Ironically, Donovan is Beckham's new teammate, so Wynald's jealousy is even stronger.
 
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I think he just likes to put teams down,even when everyone else thinks the team or player did awesome, he has somthing negative to say, i think its just what he likes to do.
 
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towsongirl12 wrote:
I think he just likes to put teams down,even when everyone else thinks the team or player did awesome, he has somthing negative to say, i think its just what he likes to do.
I think you're right. The problem with that is he's supposed to be helping promote American soccer, and yet every time there is a big American soccer game he sits there and picks us apart. I really can't see why he still has a job with the attitude he brings to the booth.
 
 
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