World Cup Nonsense

[Sweder]

Finally can someone tell me why leSaux got kicked off Beeb just before World Cup - who did he upset?

Me for one. Talk about your has-been/ never-was . . .
Known as a 'thinking man's footballer' because he reads the Grauniad . . . please.

p.s. Funny comment I read somewhere (was it here?) Isn't Mick McCarthy the most northern man in the world?

Yep, that was here.

Personally I don't mind the boy Lineker.
Yes, he's smug and he does pally up with Hansen and Co, but he did at least play for England, score against Germany in a World Cup semi-final and he has bigger ears than me, so he can't be all bad.

O'Neil would be OK if he could ever finish a thought - he seems to have a touch of that dreadful pundits disease, the Rambling Schmiechels.

Leonardo may well be there as eye candy for the footie widows, but he also played for Brazil in the World Cup a few times. His interview with Big Phil Scholari was insightful and pretty much a scoop.

Strachan is excellent - I won't have a word said against the spiky Ginger wizard. More of him with Chiles on the late night show, please.

As for ITV . . . Stuart Pearce has integrity but I wish he was in the dressing room instead of the studio - he'd light a fire under our overpaid, out of touch prima donas.

Gabby's nice to look at but Steve Rider . . .

[SIZE="4"]For the love of God[/SIZE] this man is not a football anchor! I mean, the bloke wears a tie . . . everyone knows you don't wear a tie for footie! Ask Allie or Andy, the glove-puppets who make me yearn for the silent brilliance of Sootie and Sweep. And anyway, he’s not even a bloke. Rider was bred for The Masters – the sooner everyone gets together and sorts that out the better. He looks about as comfortable as Gordon Brown at a CND Rally, squished into his inadequate chair next to the looming rock face that is Big Sam Allerdyce. The venerable Venables is as articulate as John Prescott after an all-nighter – I have no idea how he managed to communicate clear tactical instructions to his players.

Perfect panel?
Chiles (chairman), Pearce, Strachan, O’Neil (after brevity lessons)
Sub: Hansen