Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which the pace was electric even though the first half was a non-event. You could see a better technical game in Spain but for sheer frenetic movement there is nothing that comes close... Pace is more critical in the Premiership than in any other major league and if you don't have pace, you have to compensate with power or ability in the air and since Shevchenko has no power and is not particularly good in the air, he is in trouble.

Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.

The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.

I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.

I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.

I was surprised, the triple-stack package produced eight to 15 more bushels.