STOP! HAMMER-ING TIME?
There was a moment on Match of the Day (midweek Bigger Cup version) when presenter Mark Chapman observed that the five English teams in the competition had won by an aggregate score of 19-2 and enquired of his studio pundits if this was indicative of the financial heft of the Greatest League In The World™. Not a man widely renowned for his vast repertoire of zingers, the former Liverpool full-back Stephen Warnock was quick to point out that if had not been for the outstanding performance of Guglielmo Vicario in the Tottenham goal away at Monaco, the aggregate score in matches featuring teams from the English top flight would have been closer to 19-19. In an ideal world, Warnock would have unclipped his microphone, dropped it on the pristine studio floor, walked out of Salford’s Media City and taken his one-gag, one-man show on a nationwide tour. However, being a consummate professional he elected to remain in the company of Chappers, Andy Cole and Guillem Balagué to watch the goals from a series of shellackings that took place in Uefa’s blue riband club competition in gameweek three.
