Now that’s how you impartially report a game!
While Alan Shearer’s pseudo-analysis on Match of the Day fell well short of the mark again (his nervous stumbling and lack [...]
Read moreTigers star tells compatriot Scolari that he’s going down
Excluding the final two games of the 2005-06 season when Chelsea had already won the title, the Blues haven’t lost consecutive Premier League games since March 2003 but Hull’s attacking midfielder Geovanni is certain that Hull [...]
Read moreClassic Alan, from his analysis of Liverpool-Wigan on Match of the Day
“There were terrific players on both sides, and I include Wigan in that.”
Read moreHansen and Lawrenson “work rate” hits an all-time low
Match of the Day 2 received a couple of unwelcome visitors last night when a six-fixture Sunday meant BBC super-pundits Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson were forced to interrupt their golf schedule in preparation for spending the evening on the [...]
Read moreWho saw this one coming?
Ever since Des Lynam slid into obscurity, only occasionally peeking above the bedsheets to host Countdown, the nation has been wondering whether Lineker will ever have the right quota of syrupy smoothness to truly replace him on MOTD. Yes, he [...]
Read moreWhile everyone’s been distracted by the Tevez stuff, things have happened…
If anyone is proof that being a footballer makes your life tremendous, it’s Owen Hargreaves. Such a straight-faced young midfielder, were he not brilliant at sport, he has the look of a man who would mumble profanities about his boring office job, [...]
Read moreNewcastle and Manchester City have tried to monopolise the news this week – but they forgot about Ian Wright’s love for his country.
Back in April, Ian Wright decided his style of punditry was no longer suitable for Match of the Day. Their “jacket, shirt and tie” [...]
Read moreKK looks set to leave after 21 games back at the Toon
In a development that has made Berbatov, Robinho and Arab billionaires look like old news, it appears that the Geordie Messiah is going to have very little to do [...]
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