Alan Hansen

Recently, I defended Alan Hansen, stating that I had always respected his opinion, and felt his comments insightful.

Was I ever that young and naive?

In all fairness, I still believe that Hansen is a man worth listening to... but his comment on last night's Match of the Day has certainly damaged the respect I have for his opinion.

In reference to Stephen Hunt, the hard working Reading midfielder, Hansen said the player had "great touch and technique".

For any of you that haven't seen Stephen Hunt play football... don't worry... it's not worth it. A comment like "great touch and technique" should be reserved for... unsurprisingly... players with great touch and technique. If you're going to throw around compliments and superlatives to average players... how do you describe players that actually possess a great touch and technique... like Lio Messi... Kaka... Cristiano Ronaldo?

We're lead to a situation where a commentator or analyst has nothing left to say but... "There are no words to describe how good that is". Well actually... there are the words... you just wasted them on Stephen Hunt.