I would lose his 'bants' and opinions in a heartbeat but his tactical insights into captaincy, game situations and managing players etc are often really interesting so he would be a loss. If he closed all his social media and agreed to voice no opinions on matters away from the game (squad rotation, diversity in the sport etc) he'd be a proper asset.
Butcher is good - the ESPN switch hit podcast is great with him and various journalists. I'm enjoying Cook and Strauss on Channel 4 recently - two thoroughly nice chaps, albeit Cook seems to be getting younger and Strauss is looking increasingly terrifying with his skinhead and increasing size.
I would lose his 'bants' and opinions in a heartbeat but his tactical insights into captaincy, game situations and managing players etc are often really interesting so he would be a loss. If he closed all his social media and agreed to voice no opinions on matters away from the game (squad rotation, diversity in the sport etc) he'd be a proper asset.
Butcher is good - the ESPN switch hit podcast is great with him and various journalists. I'm enjoying Cook and Strauss on Channel 4 recently - two thoroughly nice chaps, albeit Cook seems to be getting younger and Strauss is looking increasingly terrifying with his skinhead and increasing size.