Talk Sport

[Joe Gatting's Dad]

I cannot believe that anyone is getting excited about adding a 37 year old has been to our squad.

We are trying to finish near the top now, not trying to hang on to any place for a second season in the Championship before certain relegation the following year.

 

[Arthur]

Bloody TalkSport, scared the shit out of me this morning!

5:45 my alarm goes off and I'm woken by them discussing Gus taking over at Chelsea as if it's as good as a done deal!! Nearly gave me a heart attack! Thankfully it then it became apparent they were talking about Hiddink and not Poyet.

 

[Hiney]

Exactly.

I can remember the moment I reached my tipping point with the station, and it was before Keys and Gray joined.

Ronnie Irani, who is just about the most annoying presenter I've ever heard (ok, Gough, Cundy and Houghton run him close at times), was sat there listening to Henk Potts doing his business update. Now poor Ronnie, does seem to have ailment whereby not talking for him is like the rest of us not breathing, and you could almost hear him shifting uncomfortably in the background, just desperate to find something to say, anything, just to get some words out.

But Henk was talking business, and Ronnie, doesn't really have anything to add there. Then Henk got onto the results from Cadbury, and he got a couple of sentences in when finally a Ronnie outburst of "Willy Wonka!" arrived. It was shouted in the hurried way we would all speak on finally taking a breath after holding back as long as we could. No-one commented, no-one reacted, they just carried on, and Ronnie sat back in his seat, having finally got some words out, any words.

The fact that he has survived on the station for so long, in what is a prime spot just says it all. Add in Gough, for drive time, and I'm really not missing anything at the times when I might listen. Download the clips of the week podcast (and they used to do a H&J Best Bits) and I've got the best of the station in a handy 4 min dose.

Very much this.

Ronnie Irani is an utter, utter bellend and adds NOTHING to the station.

I AGREE with Collymore about Spain though. Real Madrid and Barcelona have half a dozen difficult league games a season (at most). Barcelona won it with 92 points and a goal difference of +73. Athletico Madrid were 5th, 34 points behind and a goal difference of +9. f***ing ridiculous. Teams in England have to scrap for EVERY SINGLE result.