Almeria on TV this evening

[Sweder]

Most, if not all, of what you say is true. It is my right as a lifelong armchair Rowdie fan to complain bitterly, when of course most true football followers are lucky if their team get on the box - or the radio - a couple of times a year. It's not just Devilbowl dwellers who complain about Greenie; he's managed to upset any number of groups in recent times. Like a lot of the media these days he's moved on from reporting what he sees and uses his mic as an extension of his soapbox. But I enjoy his rants, even when they do appear heavily loaded against Lord Fergs' men; the airwaves would be poorer without him. You're right; my prejudices have me listing horribly to port, but it doesn't mean I'm totally wrong either.

Making reference to Ronaldo and Lord Ferg in the middle of the Merseyside Derby was a bit weird. The Liverpool/ BBC love-in is both hard to deny and understandable due to Liverpools' domination of English and European football in the eighties and nineties. I just get the impression some of the pundits are desperate to maintain an aura around the club as if this will in some way perpetuate their own iconic status. I prefer the raw honesty of Phil Thompson over on Sky. There's no doubting his motives; Thommo hates United to his core, and I think we both have to respect that

Oh, in case Ana hasn't dozed off completely after all this rubbish she should know that back in the day El Beatle in the footballing sense was actually the nickname for Georgie Best, son of Belfast and Old Trafford