Sky Soccer Saturday enjoying post-Jeff and the boys ‘second wind’
Sky Soccer Saturday is enjoying a ‘second wind’ post-Jeff and the boys with Simon Thomas presenting. Here is Johnny Nic’s football week on TV.
Johnny Nic
Blatant sportswashing works because of the slack-jawed stupids
Presumably, the public are regarded as slack-jawed stupids who don’t realise they’re being played. Because this whole culture relies on that being the case.
Johnny Nic’s TV awards: Best presenters, pundits, commentators, programmes and more
There is love for Joe Hart, Clive Tyldesley, Don Hutchison and a great many more but Monday Night Football is ‘coasting’ and being shown up elsewhere.
Tuchel looked ‘shaken’ by England mediocrity; he is destined to ‘fail’ and be worse than Southgate
The brave new Thomas Tuchel era looks and sounds like every other failed England manager reign despite the FA ‘cheating’ with an ‘elite’ appointment.
Thomas Tuchel is on an England hiding to nothing; it really is the ‘impossible job’
England always have a puncher’s chance but Thomas Tuchel will be the latest to be a victim of the players and the press in an unholy alliance.
Dirty Leeds helped expose a bizarre Sky Sports commentator problem
Their desire to televise every single game live affords Sky Sports an opportunity to experiment but the safety-first approach is absolutely infuriating.
Jack Grealish the latest victim of sports news pigs’ grunting lies and nonsense
Jack Grealish went to the pub on his day off. And it sparked a hundred headlines. What absolute nonsense; why does anybody read it?
Ignoring Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United to actually enjoy a week of football TV
While getting a couple more digs in at the Premier League, Johnny Nic ignored the Barclays to enjoy Real Madrid, Serie B and the Scottish third tier.
Moronic to defend VAR in the face of ’embarrassing’ Bournemouth farce
VAR is taking a massive kicking after over eight minutes were needed at Bournemouth to reach a decision. Semi-automated? Really?
Liverpool icon shows ‘how good punditry can be’ before Drury shouts about MO SALAH
It was a ‘miserable’ old time listening to Peter Drury and Gary Neville on Sky Sports but Liverpool icon Rafa Banitez showed ‘how good punditry can be’.
Manchester United players should go on strike to force out ‘heartless’ idiot Ratcliffe
Sir Jim Ratcliffe ‘has to be divorced’ from Manchester United or everyone should simply go on strike until he leaves. It is a sweary old Johnny Nic rant.
The Big Number Nine has bruised and battered past possession football and that should be celebrated
There is nothing inherently wrong with passing out from defence, provided you have capable players. But tactics evolve and 4-4-2 with a big striker is back.
Kick Liverpool and friends out of the FA Cup before finally revamping punditry, shouts Johnny Nic at brick wall
There is love for Joe Hart and Mark Chapman but a theme of the FA Cup weekend – five days! – was Liverpool and Premier League teams exposing themselves.
FA Cup revival incoming after ‘financial apartheid’ took hold of football
The FA Cup feels more important to most than at any time since the 80s. Just not that important to Liverpool, obviously.
Women’s football on TV: refreshing at times but BBC must realise ‘crass, insensitive’ Slot decision
The dinosaur Johnny Nic enjoying watching some women’s football coverage, save for the usual abuse of pundits and a weird BBC call involving Arne Slot.
Abolish transfer fees and player contracts; Jhon Duran shows both are ludicrous
If there were no lengthy contracts, rubbish players wouldn’t just suckle from the club’s milky paps, says John Nicholson.
Premier League clubs bring ‘tactical nuclear weapon to a knife fight’ in Europe
It’s supposed to be a TV column but John Nicholson cannot help but get angry about the financial disparity ignored by broadcasters.
Premier League broadcasters think we will watch any old sh*te…
They’re probably right in thinking if it’s Premier League then we will watch, but some of the coverage is painfully awkward and dull…
Man Utd fan Rio Ferdinand continues to infuriate but a new star emerges – the football week on TV
Rio Ferdinand shilling for Qatar Airways was probably not his most offensive TV offering this week; he was in his usual form watching Manchester United.
The Premier League and UEFA will be sickened by Forest and Bournemouth success
For the Premier League, a competitive season with high-flying underdogs is very much a double-edged sword. They’re caught in a cleft stick.
Curling toes at ’embarrassing’ Rio Ferdinand and rolling eyes at ‘unwatchable’ Man Utd – the football week on TV
Arsenal v Man Utd was ‘unwatchable’ but even worse was TNT Sports pundit Rio Ferdinand trying his hand at some ‘toe-curlingly embarrassing’ interviewing.
How long will Arsenal stick with long-proven failing nearly man Mikel Arteta?
Whoever’s job it is to hire and fire at Arsenal needs to hand Mikel Arteta his sandwiches wrapped in a road map.
Manchester United induce sleep again despite Sky’s ’embarrassing exaggeration’ – the football week on TV
Sky Sports did their best to give Liverpool versus Manchester United the Big Game Treatment but it was an ’embarrassing’ contrast to the Scottish coverage.
I resent Manchester United for being ‘weak’ and ‘softer’ than at Ferguson’s peak
Manchester United are so frustratingly poor in 2025 that Johnny Nic feels compelled to indulge in some ‘In my day…’ nostalgia about Sir Alex Ferguson.
Man Utd being terrible is a gift for Carragher and co. – the football week on TV
Manchester United v Newcastle United was just one of many games watched by Johnny. He preferred Penybont v Cardiff Met University.
The Premier League is emperor’s new clothes; it’s a ‘flabby, naked charlatan’
The idea that the Premier League sells itself on its own supposed elite status is unsustainable when you actually view the product.
Man Utd sent me to sleep; it’s no Lowland League – the football week in TV
It wasn’t Wes Brown’s fault but Wolves v Man Utd was a snooze-fest. But our man woke up for some Roberto Martinez on Prime.
Ange Postecoglou urged to keep fighting against the low drone of mediocrity
Football is supposed to be fun and Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs are damned fine fun. Don’t listen when they say it’s a results game.
Keane ‘disgust’ and MOTD plans praised while ‘haunted’ Mike Dean unwatchable – the football week in TV
The Match of the Day plans have angered the right people, while Roy Keane countered Peter Drury and Gary Neville to make the Manchester derby palatable.
Man City and Man Utd are ‘mere vessels for ego and soft power’
Not just the worst Manchester derby for years, but one of Our Football’s worst games for years. Man City v Man Utd was rotten.
Top 10 ‘what the actual f***?’ football shirts includes sausages and blood
Here’s 10 ‘what were they thinking?’ shirts. Not necessarily bad, just really feckin’ bizarre. Who thought tassles were a good idea?
Greedy Man Utd among those who MUST stop exploiting loyalty
As one Man Utd banner put it: ‘Local lad Sir Jim charges £66 for OAPs and juniors. Stop exploiting loyalty.’
Ten of the greatest backheel goals, including Cristiano Ronaldo and iconic Arsenal pair
What do Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane and Laurent Robert have in common with a couple of Arsenal icons? Backheel goalscoring brilliance for one.