He one of the more informed pundits on the box and knows the lower leagues like the back of his hand. I know who I'd rather have rather than a patronising "ex-premiership player thinking what the hell am I doing sitting on this pile of scaffolding in the rain" you get when the terrestrial channels cover the early rounds of the cup.
He's still wrong though, if he doesn't know the rules then he shouldn't be making assertions that he does. How difficult would it have been for one of the BBC researchers to have a quick look on the fifa website like those on here have done and find what the rules actually are?