Savage. What an absolute arse. There are numerous things I hate about him but the main one is that he will never, ever slag a pro footballer off. This is to the extent that if someone picked up a machine gun, fired it into the crowd and killed them instantly he'd blame it on songs being sung...
Shearer was in my thoughts to. The look of shock on his face when Linekar asks him 'Tell us a bit more about the Argentinian Number 10, Alan' before he realises it's Messi and he can spout the same old cliched shit is always worth a look.
It's a mystery to me. The feeling is not universal though Hiney was on twitter the other night saying how much he likes listening to Ian Wright. I didn't detect any irony either.
So which pundit is going to be the first to say 'We don't know much about Mexico / Cameroon' when its their job to know about the players on the pitch? Limited research extending to googling who thier club is would just about do it.
Ian Wright 6/4 Favourite for me 'The big number 9, he, for me...