tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604661788480389878.post144171839208555508..comments2023-08-22T15:04:25.931+01:00Comments on To The Left Of Ross: The forgotten attribute of the greatswillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147131096600731560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604661788480389878.post-89151067854814329402012-11-14T17:27:20.596+00:002012-11-14T17:27:20.596+00:00Excellent.
This is why ITV's pundits were so ...Excellent.<br /><br />This is why ITV's pundits were so much better than the BBC's this summer - no O'Neill, OK, but Strachan is as much of a free-associator. Then there's Vieira and Martinez for the continental sophistication. Now that Dixon's joined them they're only an unfortunate injury to Adrian Chiles away from having the best panel in absolutely years.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147131096600731560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604661788480389878.post-181857649535227412012-11-13T23:59:01.573+00:002012-11-13T23:59:01.573+00:00I remember Martin O'Neill on the BBC studio pa...I remember Martin O'Neill on the BBC studio panel for the 2006 World Cup, explaining Italy's offside line with reference to the ancient Romans, in particular the triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Pompey and Crassus.<br /><br />It earned him the mockery of the others, Alan Hansen in particular being reduced to tears of mirth at the very idea that it might be useful and interesting to learn things, but I was impressed even if they weren't.<br /><br />I've thought of him as one of us ever since.Jon Eccleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290702187373241154noreply@blogger.com