It’s fair to say Irish viewers are split over Chris Sutton commentating on TV3

The former Celtic and Blackburn striker is on co-commentating duties for TV3.

Co-commentators are rarely popular in modern football. Unless you luck out with Gary Neville or Jamie Carragher on Sky Sports (and even they are more suited to the comforts of the studio), you'll come across the likes of Michael Owen and Owen Hargreaves. It can be testing. Owen and Hargreaves very much belong in the good-players-don't-necessarily-make-good-commentators-or-pundits category. Chris Sutton is usually hugely divisive. The former Chelsea striker was on co-commentating duties alongside Conor McNamara for TV3's coverage of the Blues' Champions League last-16 clash with Barcelona. Sutton, notoriously blunt and outspoken, lived up to the billing, drawing ire from some Irish viewers while attracting more positive assessments from others. https://twitter.com/philmurphy10/status/966041122714935297 https://twitter.com/LFC_Koptalker/status/966040750495621120 https://twitter.com/McQueirns/status/966038876295979009 https://twitter.com/Limerick_Gooner/status/966044841850400768 https://twitter.com/_chrisjones_/status/966045482207338496 https://twitter.com/IanHunt7/status/966045021354037249 https://twitter.com/robert_burke3/status/966036889605230592 But he does have a few fans, too. https://twitter.com/PaulEyezOnMe/status/966035953264586753 https://twitter.com/TheRealDC1/status/966033040999841792 Sutton is certainly an acquired taste but he's never afraid of expressing his opinion and his tactical understanding of the game is sound. A lot of people can't get past his slightly annoying voice, others just see him as miserable. A bit like Mark Lawrenson, but with less mustache. Ah well, at least we can enjoy the fact that TV3 are showing the game.