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.
