Green with Envy

Is it me or is Alan Green in need of a make over? Has his cheeky "Man of the People" gimmick started to wear a little thin? I have taken to "enjoying" the live commentary on the radio on Saturday's, Sunday's ,heck everyday of the week, this week and whilst all the commenators tend to grate after a while, Green is starting to really upset my sensibilities.

His battles with the sensitivities of premiership management are well chronicled, Fergy could do with some challenging, Allardyce's team are successful, why shouldn't they scrutinised. As John Bond said "It's a game of opinions" and Green is happy to dish his out.

Where the line needs drawing with Green is his sense of self. His opinion leaves little room for anything else. On 606 he sees the phoned in thoughts as merely a match to his blue touch paper opinion machine. In commentary - thankfully they split the job in each half so we are spared more misery- his ability to describe is superseded by his ability to self promote and act in a manner that would lead most 14 year olds to spend a week in their bedroom. The personal pronouns flourish. "For those of you who have just joined us this is terrible" proliferates when "Kewell on left, in to Hamman" is what we all crave.

In my youth you could buy records with the full 1967 FA Cup Final commentary on it and such like. Even with an edited Paul Oakenfold remix last night's Arsenal Liverpool clash would have struggled to shift any units on iTunes. Repetitive, disinforming and uninformed, you could get better value from a couple of blokes in the pub, it would be fresher.

"He won't be silenced" was the battle cry when he last upset his last Premiership manager. More pity for us all.