Andy Gray doesn't watch the same game as us!!

Sky Sports producers have revealed what regular viewers have long suspected.....that Scottish blame merchant co-commentator Andy Gray doesn't watch the same game that the viewers are watching!.

Producer Jim Kelsey said ' To be honest, it's not an ideal situation, but we've found this is the best way of making Andy's comments fit with the game that the viewers are watching!. What we do is strap Andy into the commentary gantry at the ground next to the main commentator (we've found he responds best when he works with Martin Tyler!), then show him an entirely different game on a little portable TV......sometimes we don't even show him football.....earlier in the season when the viewers were watching Liverpool versus Manchester United, Andy was watching 'Come Dine With Me', but the comments he provided fitted perfectly!.
Kelsey went on to say why they had to resort to these extreme measures 'When Andy gave comments on the actual game we were showing, nothing seemed to fit?!? It's almost as though he doesn't know the rules of the game!?!' he added.

Sky Sports got the idea from the BBC, as its been the method of making John Motson's commentary fit to the game they are showing for the past 30 years!.

Mancini's Blue Moon gets burst!

Manchester City sensationally sacked manager Roberto Mancini (pictured above waving hello and goodbye) on Sunday night with the Arab puppet master owners citing 'poor results' as the reason for the Italian's departure.

Mancini had only been in the job for 24 hours after replacing the Welsh pessimist Mark Hughes on Saturday night, but the Manchester City board said that they thought that with the amount of money they were paying Mancini he should have ensured that West Ham beat Chelsea, giving City the chance to close the gap on their fellow title challengers. Unfortunately the game ended all square at 1-1 with this result spelling the end of Mancini's reign.

The boards handyman Garry Cook said 'The owners cannot accept Sundays results with the level of investment they have made. They are aware that Roberto did not actually have a game in charge to prove himself, but he should have used his initiative a bit and maybe paid off the referee or something.......he's Italian isn't he!?!. We would like to thank Roberto for his hard work in the last 24 hours, its a shame but he just didn't cut the mayonnaise!'.

The new manager is none other than Mark Hughes who only left the club after Saturdays 4-3 win over Sunderland. Rumours are surfacing that the deal to replace Mancini with Hughes was actually agreed and signed up 3 weeks ago, before Mancini had replaced Hughes in the first place!. Speaking to Sports In Shorts the current ex manager Hughes said 'I agreed to come back before I even knew I was going, so i really missed the place on Sunday while I was away!.....Right then, the owners had better get the cheque book ready, I wanna waste some more money!......Is Kieron Dyer available?'.