Graham Taylor the ex manager of Aston Villa was attacked verbally on air on Saturday evening by his colleague and chief football reporter Mike Ingham.
Taylor , who was once likened to a garden vegetable by The Sun newspaper (irony) , gave some of the best punditary ever heard on British radio as the summariser on the Tottenham Hotspur versus Chelsea Premier League game.
Expert Analysis
With Chelsea 2-0 down to Spurs and 10 minutes left on the clock, Taylor said ''Mike (Ingham) Chelsea are 2-0 down, if they want to win, they'll have to score 3 goals! Fact....'' Ingham responded by saying ''Well....yes, that goes without saying I suppose Graham doesn't it??'' before Taylor quipped ''But Mike, what you're not thinking about is, if Chelsea don't score in the next 10 minutes, they won't have scored in this game!''.
''Well, yes,....again..... thats obvious isn't it Graham..anyone could say that, we need expert analysis from you, not spurting out bleeding obvious crap like that......you're quite the football philosopher aren't you!?!'' Ingham said with more than a hint of sarcasm. ''Thanks Mike'' the ex England boss added.
Insane Ramblings
At full time after Frank Lampard had given Chelsea hope with a late goal, Taylor annoyed his colleague again with yet more insane ramblings. ''Mike, it's looking more and more likely that Chelsea won't get anything from this game'' he said. Ingham fired back ''Of course they won't get anything from this game.....it's over.....full time......when that man in the black blows his feckin whistle.....thats it...game over...no more!''. ''Mike, I think it's worth pointing to the viewers on the radio back home or in their motor vehicles, that John Terry getting sent off today meant that Chelsea could only play with ten players!, compared with Spurs being able to play with eleven......so thats one more player........but when they start their next game they will more likely than not start with eleven players again.....sendings off only last for the game it happens in, so they shouldn't get surprised by that!''.
Taylor concluded the summing up of the match by saying, ''Spurs have secured a vital win today which could well mean they have won another 3 points, whereas Chelsea will have to take the no points they won today and hope it will be enough at the end of the day which in this case is a season''.
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