Henry Winter, Martin Samuel and Shaun Custis had to be at Wembley anyway.
So they got up at the crack of sparrowfart and went to the stadium to record the Sunday Supp in time for an 8.30 broadcast.
Host Neil Ashton was able to deploy his first team on a Sunday of big games.
Henry and Martin fancy Man City to win today, while Shaun said, “Could be a City blip. I’ll go for Arsenal.”
On City, Henry said, “They do play football from another planet at times.”
On Chelsea’s 1-1 draw with Barcelona at Stamford Bridge the point was made that Chelsea have not beaten Barcelona in any game since 2006.
And Martin scored when he said, “There’s not many teams have kept Messi quiet for twelve years.”
Earlier in the show they talked about where Lewandowsky could go, about Lukaku, De Gea and Manchester United.
Being rather mischievous, Henry asked, “Who’s doing the recruiting at Arsenal?” And he continued the frivolity by asking, “Do you think Lukaku’s having a bad season?”
Talking about second-placed Liverpool’s thrashing of 4-1 thrashing of West Ham, Martin noted that, “Any other season, we’d all be talking about Liverpool.”
Henry said that Klopp has the ability to inspire, that he is a star, that Firmino has been electric since Coutinho left. He also noted that, “The Ox has clearly developed under him.”
On Toby Alderweireld’s contract stand-off, Henry said, “He’s an outstanding centre half. You want to keep talent like that.”
On that topic, Martin Samuel was emphatic, “Don’t improve your rivals.”
After one break, Martin picked up The Sunday Times and pretended to read it.
That was a bit rude and clownish but it made me laugh.
When I first got satellite TV, I said, “Sky bring the pub to you.” That was because I really didn’t want the pub to be brought to me. I hated a load of hacks all talking at once, as if they were down the boozer.
Brian Woolnough, a natural broadcaster, made a much classier host than Ashton.
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