No-one reads this, so I can’t alienate anyone. So. Football. Television. Why is it that BBC presenters don’t wear ties except on a Saturday afternoon? Is it a popularity thing? Is it some unwritten rule of televisual religion (alongside Garth Crooks asking some asinine (closed) questions with the most bizarre inflection yet displayed by an English speaker) that men must wear ties when women may be watching?
When you watch cricket, or rugby, you get intelligent ex-professionals explaining things using technology and suddenly little light bulbs appear. Trust me, they do. Little bulbs, not little bill. I digress. Anyhoo. I’ve been playing and watching football for 30 years. I listen to the analysts and I generally think — ‘hmm, interesting body language’. Or ‘you’re not wearing a tie’. Which, forgive me if I’m wrong. Is. Not. The. Point.
Playing the commentary long ball indeed.
