Episode 11 The NFL Show

It will be time for these two teams

to settle it between the white line.

He is going to fire

towards the end zone.

Touchdown!

Going deeper.

A one-man wrecking crew.

Unbelievable.

How did he do that?

Unstoppable!

Welcome to the NFL Show.

On tonight's angst-ridden show I'm

joined by two frustrated ex-players

in Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell.

We are going to talk

scuffles on the field.

There is a divisional

rivalry from the NFC West.

We will bring you highlights

from Thursday's game

between the Arizona Cardinals

and Seattle Seahawks.

Osi and Jason talk about being more

than just an athlete

with Brighton's Liam Rosenoir.

And we will be officiating on all

the best action from week nine.

On the play!

Put that on.

Thanks.

Let's talk about brotherhood.

What that mean?

That mean I'll fight for you.

We've got to come out

here and put our heart in it,

we've got to put our minds to it.

It ain't no one-man game.

Hey, get back.

Get back.

Cut!

Hey!

Oh!

Guys, get back.

Get back.

In terms of results this week,

it felt that a little bit of order

had returned to the NFL.

However, there did seem to be

a significant amount

of disorder on the field.

Would you say it's common around now

to see more frustration than normal?

We're halfway through a season,

so teams are starting

to realise their positions

for the second half of the season.

Yeah, absolutely.

When you are not winning,

it's frustrating, right?

You've got to go out

there and show passion.

Sometimes that comes

out in a negative way.

You just start getting into each

other, same we do in training camp.

But then the flip side

of that is obviously

if you are a team that's winning,

and you realise this

could be the year you do it,

then you will go the extra

mile, won't you?

No question.

But if you are a team that's

winning, you want to stay

above the fray, you want to stay

away from that kind of madness.

But there are certain people right

now on certain teams who know

they have nothing to do,

nothing to gain, and that's

all they can think about,

is getting into it.

If we're not going to win the game,

we are going to win the fight!

That is what happens at this time.

And boy, do we have a lot of fights

to show you a little bit later on.

First, to a divisional

game in the NFC South,

which at the moment is one

of the most competitive

divisions in the league.

We have got the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

against the New Orleans Saints.

I don't think anyone would have

thought at the beginning

of the season that going into this

game the Buccaneers would be bottom,

and the Saints would be topping it

with a five-game winning streak.

And having listened to you many

times over the years,

I have managed to make sure there's

a lot of special teams action

in these highlights,

because you don't win the Super Bowl

without being a complete team.

without being a complete team.

Absolutely, man.

This touches my heart, man.

My pleasure.

Big play, right?

That's really difficult to do,

to actually block the ball

without running into the kicker,

and then recovering for a touchdown.

I did that twice in

a game, by the way!

Keep going!

Keep going!

I'm sorry.

You weren't a league player.

But once again, it's

all around special teams.

Remember, you have to

win two of the phases.

If you can win on Defense

against special teams,

usually you win the game.

So if one of your Offense or Defense

is down, you've got to pick it up.

And Drew Brees got into the act.

Let me tell you something.

We always knew he could make it

happen, but this year he is really

special because he has got

a running game.

And this year I'm very surprised.

He has more yards not

through the air, but actually

throwing short passes

where there are guys making

short passes afterwards.

Usually he is the one

chucking it down the field.

His players are doing well for him.

He has got Kamara and

Ingram as running backs.

There you see Kamara

going in for that touchdown.

Just explain to people why having

the option of the running game

is important for the quarterback,

because over recent years it has

become a passing league.

But if you have the running

game as a quarterback,

what does that do for you?

Well, it keeps the Defense honest,

it gives them confused,

because they don't know

whether the run or

the pass is coming.

When it is just a passing league,

Drew Brees before when he was just

passing the football,

as a defensive man you could come

after the quarterback

without the threat of the run.

But when they are pounding the ball,

pounding the ball, and then they hit

back at you with the pass,

that really opens everything

up for the Offense.

Winston went off injured

after he was sacked there.

And Ryan Fitzpatrick

came on for him.

And again we are going

to see the running game.

Let's not forget that the Saints

started the season with Adrian

Peterson as a third running back.

Has it simplified things for them,

trading him to the Cardinals,

and just leaving themselves

with Ingram, who did the big run,

and Kamara, who goes

in for the touchdown?

Absolutely.

Those two runners fit their Offense.

Guys who can catch the ball well

on the backfield and great runners.

As you saw there, Saints forced

the fumble from Howard.

Banjo recovering.

Banjo?!

There aren't enough players named

after musical instruments, I find!

In sport in general,

not just in the NFL.

But the Defense did that play

and then Brees found

Ted Ginn for the touchdown.

But again, going back to previous

discussions about the Saints,

it has always been about Drew Brees.

He has carried them.

Sometimes they have had to rack up

40, nearly 50 points to win a game,

because their Defense in previous

seasons has not been good enough.

Not any more.

Not at all.

This year that Defense is boiling.

An opportunistic Defense,

they are able to run the passer.

Creating turnovers,

creating havoc back there.

This looks to be the most complete

team in football right now.

Wow!

We wouldn't have been saying that

earlier in the year, right?

This is the only touchdown

for the Buccaneers.

The Saints winning 30-10.

We will see the Saints running

the game out in a moment.

How disappointed have

you been by the Buccaneers?

There are some people who might have

had them as NFC dark horses.

And I would have been one

of those people, Mark.

But I cannot understand

for the life of me what happened

to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Offenseively they are

extremely talented.

They have got two of the best

wide-outs in football.

A pretty good up-and-coming

quarterback, even though

he is inconsistent.

A good offensive line.

And defensively they played

so much better last year

than they did this year.

They have completely fallen apart.

No idea what is going on with Tampa.

Leadership.

Something is up with

leadership, right?

Something is going on.

Are you talking at head coach level,

quarterback level, or both?

I'm talking player level, you know.

I'm not going to name the player!

But somebody...

The guy who is eating the W?

That guy.

He might throw the ball.

But it's a player.

Every good successful team I've been

around, that locker room,

you knew who was in control

and who kept everything check.

I just think it's lacking in there.

Let me just clarify one

thing on the Saints

with you before we move forward.

Talking about it being the most

complete team in football.

What do you mean

when you say complete?

The Saints do not have the best

record in the NFL.

They are six and two.

But of all the teams you have just

mentioned, the Saints

have the best quarterback.

They have the best two

headed running back.

They have a pretty good Offensive

line and defensively

they are boiling.

So when I say complete I'm talking

about the entire package

that they present each and every

Sunday that they go out there.

OK, thank you.

Here is a round-up of the best

action week nine had to offer.

The Kansas City Chiefs

at the Dallas Cowboys.

The early pacesetters on the road

and Tyreek Hill in space.

Inside the 15 and the ten!

Touchdown!

Chiefs, three defeats in four.

Rolling right through to Beasley.

Touchdown!

The Cowboys are going

to have their biggest win

of the year and over the best team

they have played.

The Atlanta Falcons

at the Carolina Panthers,

a divisional derby in the NFC.

What sort of calm day would it be?

A find-the-rookie-

Christian McCaffrey kind of day.

Touchdown!

Could Matt Ryan find Jones?

He usually does.

But a rare moment.

A thousand times out of a thousand

and one Jones makes that catch.

The Panthers, six and three.

The Washington Redskins

at the Seattle Seahawks.

Touchdown!

Going down the left side.

It is caught!

That is one of the best throws

I have ever seen right there.

The Detroit Lions at

the Green Bay Packers.

Matt Stafford and Marvin Jones

in perfect harmony in the tightest

of spaces in the far corner.

The season grows

colder in Green Bay.

The Denver Broncos at

the Philadelphia Eagles.

Why did the Eagles sign Adjaye?

Touchdown!

This is as one-sided a game

as I can remember in ages.

The Eagles eight and one.

High on the thermos.

CHEERING.

We will continue talking the NFC

South by looking at one man who can

have a huge influence

on this division.

He was the NFL's most valuable

player of the season

before last, Cam Newton.

We haven't talked about his

football for a while,

more about his interviews.

Why is he so special?

We are starting to see

the Cam of old, are we?

Yes.

And that is when he is a running

threat in the backfield, especially

out of the shotgun formation.

out of the shotgun formation.

Let's check a little

bit of this out.

First, I want to ask

you a question, Osi.

Me?

Yes, I want to ask you a question.

A guy like you, Vic Beasley...

Vic Beasley is not like me!

But go ahead, go ahead!

You see Cam in the backfield

without a running back,

what are you thinking?

Rush.

I'm coming up the field.

And how to get to the quarterback.

OK.

Now, let's let this play.

As you see he is back

without a running back.

Now they can attack him differently.

They know he is a running threat.

And you see the way he's pursued

and the way they are going to attack

him is not the most beneficial him.

So...

Because he's isolated on his own?

He is by himself.

So if he is going to run,

there are no other options

for him, bang, hit him!

We can attack him.

We know he is a running threat.

I could be a linebacker here.

You could be.

I know, man, I know.

Now, he is back with his

new addition, Christian McCaffrey.

So now they have to

play more standard.

And he's got another

running back there as well.

Jonathan Stewart.

Yes, he has got

Jonathan Stewart here.

Now the guys coming up

the field have to account

for all of these running backs.

They are running something

called the read option,

wWhere he is reading the end guy

on the line of scrimmage.

OK.

Let's let it play.

All this misdirection,

the fake here, the flip there,

they came down to attack him,

he saw it, flipped it

to McCaffrey, touchdown.

Two of them go to in there.

There it is.

That's why he is so effective

in the backfield with runners.

Once again he has a runner

in the backfield.

How does he attack?

What's important here,

we'll let this play.

This is a great play.

He comes in.

As you were saying before,

you hate to see your

quarterback goes up like that.

A little bit, yeah.

But it is important.

What happens here is he is

looking down the field.

He knows he does not have a spy guy.

He sees this guy looking

for the runner, cross.

Sorry, a spy guy is

someone watching him?

Watching him.

And when you actually go in on that,

you can see all the helmets pointing

from the Atlanta perspective,

they are pulling away to the right.

At the receivers.

So he knows now, I can

take off and run.

And that is exactly what he does.

Look, right there, takes off.

He doesn't have a guy

immediately on him.

This is the threat he

is in the running game

which makes them successful.

Brilliant.

Are we seeing the Cam

of the season before last?

Not quite yet.

I don't think they have

got the running game

going the way they had before,

which opened up things

down the field for him.

But I think he's getting better.

He's definitely progressing,

no question about that.

Obviously they traded

Kelvin Benjamin to the Panthers.

That was last week.

That meant he lost one

of his receiving options.

So we are just going to play

you what Cam said in the press

conference after this game

when asked what it was

like now at the Panthers

without Kelvin Benjamin.

Yeah, we just lost a great player,

but nevertheless, you know,

the Titanic still has to go.

I'm taking that as he means

it's positive rather

than Carolina are a sinking ship!

But he obviously just doesn't

know his nautical history.

Would that be fair?

He tried to say something smart!

He got stuck!

It's like raising your hand

in class and you don't

have nothing to answer!

Does he not know what

happened to the Titanic?!

OK.

Let's just show you the other

results from week nine.

You have seen most of these.

A couple of ones you didn't

see - a good win for

Jacksonville at Cincinnati.

Their defense doing

it again by 23-7.

And also, not great for Houston.

We spent a lot of time last week

talking about Watson.

He is now out with the ACL injury.

With Tom Savage back,

Houston were beaten

by 20-14 against the Colts.

We had Arizona beating

the San Francisco 49ers by 20-10.

As far as the standings

are concerned, the New England

Patriots didn't play.

They stay top of the AFC East.

As far as the West is concerned,

Kansas City Chiefs lost

but they still have a decent lead.

As far as the NFC is

concerned, Philly continue

to march on in the east.

The Vikings are opening

a gap in the north.

It is tight in the South,

the division we spent a lot

of time talking about.

And the Rams are top

of the West, after they won

and the Seahawks lost.

Now, keeping with the nautical

theme, we sent Osi and

Jason to Brighton...

Don't lift me up!

# SINGS TITANIC THEME.

Anyhow, they have been

to talk to Liam Rosenoir,

who is from Brighton,

about Seahawks and bridging the gap

between players and fans.

I can't be here!

LAUGHTER.

So tell us a little bit

about the season - how is it going?

Yeah, it's going good so far.

It's our first year

in the Premier League

and we have a lot of players that

haven't played in the Premier League

before, so they were pretty nervous

before the season has begun.

But as we won a few games,

we got more confidence.

Now we are starting to perform

how we know we can.

So it's looking really good.

We just want to make sure

we are a Premier League team next

season, and we are on our way

to doing that.

There's a very important

question I have to ask you,

and please be careful how you answer

this question, because I

really like you, man!

I like you too!

What team do you support?

Oh...

It's a big problem, that is not

what I was expecting!

I love the Seahawks,

I love what Pete Carroll has done

since he left USC and took

over the Seahawks.

As an organisation, they stand

for something good, the characters,

they have Richard Sherman,

I love him, his confidence,

his demeanour, he loves

what he does, and I think

Russell Wilson is a leader

in that dressing room,

someone that I look up to myself.

Speaking of Richard Sherman, I mean,

in my brief conversations

that I've had with you,

you guys are similar mentally,

a lot of ways you think,

you are very well educated,

you speak very well.

Tell me a little bit more

about the column that

you write for the Guardian -

how did that come about?

In England, there's been

a disconnect over the last few years

between players and supporters,

things are made about the money

that we make now as players,

and the gap between supporters

and players has got bigger,

and I think being vocal

about the society that we live

in brings people closer together.

And I know Richard Sherman has done

it over in the States,

and I thought it was a good idea

for something for me to try and do

over on this side of the Atlantic.

You're quite outspoken

in your columns,

and I've also been known to be a

really outspoken personality, man.

How do you find that, man?

Do you find it's something you're

going to continue to do?

I think you can only be yourself.

In England, I think that

there needs to be more positive

role models in society,

especially people

in privileged situations.

You've played in the NFL for years,

you were amazing, I used to look up

to you and what you do.

I've seen you do what you do,

and when you're in that position,

people do look up to you,

and if you shy away from that

and not be yourself,

you're not giving them everything

that you can be.

I'm in a position to be

a role model, and as long

as it in a positive way,

I don't see any problem in that.

You've expressed your

feelings about the protests

going on in the NFL.

I don't really see soccer players

doing things of that nature, man.

Because soccer is such a worldwide

sport, in comparison

the NFL is pretty much

America only, so a lot of

the country's issues are

more amplified, they're stronger,

because it's about that country.

Even here, we have 15

different nationalities,

five different religions,

different cultures, different

ideas, different faiths.

It's harder to have that kind

of strong leadership

in terms of certain

situations within society.

The one thing that I have noticed

is that the system here is a lot

fairer to the players.

Yeah!

For instance, the NFL, they can

actually go to them and say,

"We want to trade you,"

and they can say no,

"We're not getting traded."

Yeah, that is a big

difference, again.

I watched the stress

that some of the players

in the NFL have to go through,

getting traded to a place

where maybe your family's

settled where you are,

you can get cut at

pretty much any time.

So not only is their pressure

to win, for your team,

like you want to do anyway,

pressure to provide for your

family, for yourself.

This guy never had

to worry about that.

He was too good for that!

I, on the other hand,

it was day to day, week to week!

I'm that guy you're talking about!

That would be me, that would be me,

I would be in your shoes

if I was in the NFL.

So yeah, but again,

you talk about competition,

if you've got to provide

and put food on the table,

then you're going to be that

much hungrier to win every week,

and again, in the NFL,

the competition is amazing,

and that's one of the reasons

that I tune in every weekend

and watch the games.

He's a really interesting guy,

isn't he, Liam?

Yes, he is, very smart,

good football player,

I really enjoyed the

conversation with him.

I was like, "I want this

guy to be my friend!"

You did take his number!

I want to have a friend

like him, man!

He's the kind of guy

you want in your locker room,

that's the thing I was saying -

playing with a guy like

you would be a pleasure.

He is a good role model.

And we're now going to go

to people who might not

be good role models -

not you two!

Depending on what you want

to explain to your kids

about fighting on pitch.

But we did see some remarkable

fights this week, and let's start

with AJ Green and Jalen Ramsey.

Man, Jalen was getting into AJ

Green's skin all game.

It's just Jalen plays that kind

of game, AJ Green was...

Obviously, he was upset.

This is crazy.

He did not have somebody talk

to him like that before?

That is what I'm confused about,

because he's been in the league

for a while, and he never

acts like this.

Now, this one, Jameis Winston

sort of pokes Lattimore

in the back of the head,

but this is awful, isn't it?

Out of line!

This is terrible for football,

you could really hurt somebody.

What if he blew his

knee out or something?

And also whiplash, neck and head

injuries, which is a very

delicate subject in the NFL.

I mean, that was disgraceful.

It was, he felt like he was

protecting his quarterback,

and he went about it the wrong way.

And this is about protecting

your quarterback as well?

Is that why the 49ers got angry?

Did they consider that a late hit?

You expect your offensive

line to always do that

when the quarterback goes down,

that is their job.

I am less mad about that,

more about the other ones.

Is there an argument

that he would be better projecting

CJ Beathard when

he's actually playing football

than when he's lying on the floor?!

I mean, that was their job,

they should be doing that!

But he got beat up that game.

One final question,

on the first fight,

between Green and Jalen Ramsey -

everybody said to me this week,

"Why do you throw a punch

at somebody who's wearing a helmet?"

Right.

Why?

Instinct just takes

over, you don't even think

about what he has on,

you just start throwing

blows, it happens.

OK.

To the highlights of Thursday's game

between NFC West rivals

the Seattle Seahawks

and the Arizona Cardinals.

Would I be right in saying that,

much like myself, the Cardinals

are relying on a couple of older

vets to make them look good?

You know what,

you get a flag for that!

That's what I'm talking about!

I'm complimenting you,

I'm complimenting you both!

Man, I feel like a young

rookie sometimes.

Looking fresh!

But to your point,

you're absolutely correct.

Adrian Peterson

and Larry Fitzgerald.

Carson Palmer is injured,

but Stanton back there is really

not a good quarterback,

so they're relying on all the people

to get them through.

And a lot of times you can do that

if you have the right mix

of young people also.

It doesn't seem like

the Arizona Cardinals have that.

They feel like

they've gone backwards,

don't they, the Cardinals,

over the last 12 months?

Yeah, just you know,

when Carson was in there,

he wasn't playing great,

and that whole offense

rolls off him, he wasn't

performing at his top level.

And they're in a tough

division because

of the Seahawks and the Rams.

The most brutal division

of football right now.

We all thought it was going to be

the AFC West, but it is looking

like it's going to be this division.

OK, here is what happened

during Thursday night's game.

3rd & 3, going Jimmy Graham's away,

goes up and gets it,

touchedown Seattle.

In front of Tyvon Branch,

Jimmy Graham in the end zone again.

If you have a basketball player,

why not throw him

a rebound out there, right?

Get a little jump ball action

going against a much

smaller defensive back,

and you could see Russell

Wilson just floated

that thing up in the air.

2nd & 6 for Drew Stanton,

and the Cardinals trail 7-0.

And from the 14, Stanton throwing

quick to Gresham, has some blockers,

Jermaine Gresham end-zone bound,

touchdown in Arizona!

Jermaine Gresham looks like he's

going to block Dwight Freeney,

Dwight Freeney is all excited,

"Oh, boy, I know I can

beat this guy, let me go

get this quarterback,

get a sack."

Turned right around there

for a walk-in touchdown.

That is some great play calling

right there by Bruce Arians.

Wilson, gets low to look for space,

starts directing traffic.

The pump and run, and he's taken

down shy of the 1st down.

Smelling points, and they got it,

they got Peterson back there!

The ball does not come out -

it is a safety, Seattle on top.

They're just going to shoot

every one of those gaps,

KJ Wright first made him stop,

then Kam Chancellor

to clean this thing up.

Another passing situation,

3rd & 11, got chipped

by the tight end that time,

and the pass completes,

Richard Sherman is shaken up for

Seattle after the 1st-down catch.

And there is Sherman,

one of the best in the business,

three times a first-team all-pro.

Read his lips, it looks

like he says, "Tore my Achilles."

He came in on the injury report list

yesterday with an Achilles injury,

Sherman saying to Wilson,

"I'm out for the year."

Wilson has got space -

got nobody downfield, though.

Making it up, cue the circus music,

Wilson throwing for Baldwin.

Oh, my goodness, he caught it!

And there goes Baldwin down

the sideline, vintage Seahawk play,

Baldwin out of bounds

inside the five!

Unbelievable stuff!

Doug Baldwin was blocking

on that play, he was in no way,

shape or form supposed to be there!

1st & goal at the two.

And Wilson, end zone, Jimmy Graham

steals it, touchdown Seattle!

Just being too big, too strong,

through it high, "I got it,"

strong hands, no problem.

On the snap, gets it,

they run it in for the touchdown,

Andre Ellington, a six-point game.

Dawson goes to the vacant area

in the middle, tough to get on it,

and Lockett does just that,

at the 32-yard line.

This one will end 22-16,

Seattle will get a victory.

It didn't bother me all season,

so it's one of them things,

you just have to play through

as long as you can,

and then when it goes, it goes.

Just got to stay positive.

That's all you can do.

Thanks, Richard.

VOICE BREAKING:

Thank you.

So Seattle win, it takes them

to 6-3, and it keeps

the pressure on the Rams.

I mean, the rest of the season,

this is going to be a fascinating

division, this is going to be

a two-horse race.

No question about that,

and if you're Los Angeles Rams,

you don't want the Seattle Seahawks

breathing down your neck,

that is a veteran team

that's done it before.

Yeah, exactly, so it's

the experience on one side,

been there, done it,

and this naivety, I suppose, of

youth and energy that is the Rams.

That is true, you do not want to see

the Seattle Seahawks getting hot

going into the playoffs.

OK, here is what else

is coming up in week ten.

As ever, with the NFL,

some really fascinating fixtures.

Let's pick out Saints at the Bills.

As we touched on the Saints earlier,

but two teams that we wouldn't have

expected to be in the running

at this stage.

Not at all, it's going to be

a tough game,

because the Bills don't

normally turn the ball over.

And it's not going to give

the Saints' offense a lot of time

and opportunity to score points.

Yeah, they don't turn the ball over

- turned it over three times

in the last game that they played,

which was something

uncharacteristic of them.

Do you think that will affect them?

I think so, I mean,

they've been doing so well

for so long with the turnovers,

then all of a sudden, boom,

you give away three, and it's

something that you're not used to,

so how are you going

to bounce back,

respond to something like that?

OK, let's take a look

at some of the other fixtures,

there they are on your screen.

The Vikings at the Redskins,

which you would have probably

gone Vikings, wouldn't you?

Until the Redskins

did the performance

that they did in Seattle.

True, but I'm trusting

that Vikings defense to make sure

that they keep it very...

Why would you trust their defense

when the Seahawks struggled?

Because the Vikings

are a better defense this year.

They're a much better

defense this year.

Seattle, we are still talking

about the Seattle of old

when we talk about their defense -

they're still really good,

but not as good as they were.

Not what they were.

Tough game for Minnesota Vikings,

man, this is a trap game for them,

going up against the hungry,

pretty good Washington

Redskins football team.

Minnesota could lose

this ball game very easily.

OK, back to looking at the rest

of the fixtures, well, two there,

Cowboys at the Falcons,

Giants at the 49ers.

Just on the Giants at the 49ers,

this could be a battle for

first pick in next year's draft!

I could never have called

this for the Giants.

I am in shock, and you know what?

You know who hates this the most?

Eli Manning.

Oh, man, he is in New York,

they throwing all kinds

of bullets at Eli right now,

talking about benching him,

talking about benching

a two-time Super Bowl MVP,

this is unheard of, man.

The fall from grace

for the New York Giants

has been unprecedented.

OK, plenty of highs

and lows this week.

Most of them involving

impressive catches.

Another one-handed catch.

Them gloves!

Keelan Cole with that one.

Them gloves!

Not all were caught,

Julio Jones, wearing gloves!

You never see Julio do that.

I think you might have had some dirt

in his eye or something.

He's got a visor on!

I am trying to help them out!

Oh, man!

DeVante Parker's phenomenal

one-handed catch for the Dolphins

against the Raiders.

Marvin Jones here for Detroit,

some very spectacular catches.

I should call Marvin right now!

Oh, your friend Marvin!

Travis Kelsey's

sack race celebration.

And then the final one

is all about Tony Romo's commentary.

There it is to Hill,

the whole brigade around him.

Hill, look at Hill go!

Impossible!

Touchdown Kansas City!

Oh, my gosh, I've never seen that

in my entire time in football,

and I promise you,

Jason Garrett hasn't either!

"Oh, my gosh!"

Romo is brilliant, isn't he?

Romo is brilliant.

You what?

Friend of the show.

He could be a replacement for one.

Oh-oh!

Thanks very much for watching,

we'll see you next week, good night.

Sorry, sorry, I shouldn't have

said that, I'm sorry!

In a game where contact

is part of the appeal,

where contact is insisted upon,

sewn into the fabric...

sometimes things get a little

scratchy, tetchy, in your face.

Keeping the untameable in check,

one of the wonders of football.