Pilko

Bruce isn't learning from his errors. Point in case: struggling for goals at the start of last season, relying hugely on Darren Bent - £13m Gyan sat on the bench for about 6 or 7 weeks in the league, Bruce refusing to start him because 'he isn't ready'. This season. Struggling for goals again - persists with hugely out of form Gyan, with big money Wickham and that Ji lad both sat on the bench because neither 'are ready yet'.

Yeah, I agree. Souness rightly takes a hammering for being a shit manager, but the guy is an outstanding pundit - because he's not scared to offer a controversial opinion. I'm not saying that he always goes against the grain for the sake of it, because he doesn't, but when he thinks something he says it, and that's what you want really. Match of the Day's lot don't offer that. I also wish Lineker had more to do than read stats and make shitty wisecracks - he's wasted in the current role. Sky generally have better teams of pundits all round imo. Apart from Nasser, who always was a miserable boring wanker, they have always had a good cricket punditry team too. Much prefer coverage of the darts on Sky too. BBC's coverage is pretty wank these days, of nearly everything sporting (certainly that I watch, anyway). As I type this, that boring dullard Manish and everyone's favourite day-tripping cunt Clem have just popped up on Ridiculously Late Goals show to completely prove my point about the Beeb. Even ITV's coverage of the lower leagues was better; Matt Smith at one ground with one camera doing the links between matches. None of this stupid half-arsed analysis and no mentally oversized hangar to present it from, and especially no texts and fucking emails. Was even worth getting up Sunday morning and watching adverts - I preferred it to this waste of time on now.

Lee Dixon is a hugely boring cunt. By far my least favourite of the MoTD punditry pool; Shearer is merely boring and a bit dim. Unless they do the unthinkable and bring some new blood in, it should be Hansen and Lawro every week. Lawro is irritating as fuck when he's co-commentating (nearly as bad as Mark 'Poor' Bright), but I quite like him as a studio pundit. Matty Holland would be a good addition imo, he's been interesting every time I've seen him. I'd say the same for Robbie Savage, who's class, but sadly he can barely string a coherent sentence together.

Brucey did it again today btw. Brings on big lad up top (C.Wickham), immediately removes best crosser (S.Larsson) and brings on player with notoriously bad end product (Elmohammady).

the phrase "didn't get enough purchase"

Can't wait to see Brewcie huff and puff his way through another winless interview.

Even more impressive if he managed to do it in the stated order.

Fitzy was really good for us in the promotion season like. Can't really remember him having a bad game.

Caught the last 10 minutes of the Sunderland game in the car earlier, heard the first two caller-in-er-ers too, and all of them (pundits and callers) were saying Gyan's body language in the game today was dead half-arsed and that he looked like he wanted away.

Di Santo will come out in a rash after today. Two goals.

This week's Shearer shirt rating: 4/10

Dave's updates from Twitter can outrun The Flash.

Halfway there.

lerl

He wouldn't be guaranteed a game at Liverpool.

What a shit draw.

Ian Wright will be fucking delighted - he's found a striker for the next series of Footballers Behind Bars.

Yeah but we don't expect it off you. Colocho has always been a serial groaner.

Carry on up the Nile

He bust in on his girl and Steven Taylor creatin' da boom.

Agree with Dave in that if he had been arrested then he'll be booted out. Pardy don't take no shit. Also, my iPod's autocorrect for Pardy is 'patsy', interestingly enough.

Ranger's the one who probably jumped someone with a gun

Roux and either of the LB's sounds good to me.

Steven Taylor FG HT Fulham FT Newcastle Messi's first accy