DO WHAT I SAY NOT WHAT I DO

Puzzled to see the Daily Telegraph's Jonathan Liew write in the paper's sports section that the TV commentary boxes " still a stubbornly male domain despite the fall-out from the Sky TV controversy"....he claims the UK is a country where more women watch football than Eastenders and claims that the fact that the game has produced not one regular TV commentator is a disgrace.So I looked through the several pages that the Daily Telegraph provide on football and guess what?I could not find one football report or column from the female sex!Perhaps Mr Liew could in lieu of this absence give his column over to a female.I am all for using females if they are good enough.I have Sky's presenter Sarah-Jane Mee her first on screen studio job and look how good she is.Gabby Logan,Sue Barker,Clare Balding and so on do great jobs.Commentating on football may or may not happen.It should be all about who is good enough for the job.The BBC have tried Jacquie Oakley but obviously do not think she is better yet than the male counter-parts.

MANCHESTER CITY SHOULD NOT GET CARRIED AWAY JUST YET!

Manchester City clinched the third and final automatic qualifying spot in next season's European Champions League.Arsenal finished fourth in the Premier and will have to play a qualifer to make the ECL proper but you would expect the Gunners to do that ok.Manchester City of course beat Stoke 1-0 in the FA Cup final..and now everyone is predicting that they are going to win much bigger things pretty quickly.Steady on,its still Manchester United and Chelsea up front,depending who Chelsea appoint as their new manager.Lets not get carried away yet!

PLAY-OFF PREDICTION BANG ON APART FROM ACCRINGTON!

Mt predictions for the outcome of the League play-offs were smack on apart from Stevenage beating Accrington.So its Swansea v Reading for the Championship play-off final at Wembley on Monday May 30 at 3.00p.m....Huddersfield v Peterborough for the League One final on Sunday May 29 at Old Trafford at 3.00p.m. and Stevenage v Torquay for NPower League Two final on Saturday May 28 also at Old Trafford at 3.00p.m........I take Swansea,Huddersfield and Torquay to be the winners........

MANCHESTER UNITED DOUBLE FOR BARCLAYS PREMIER AWARDS

Sir Alex Ferguson and his Manchester United central defender Nemanja Vidic were voted Barclays Premier League Manager and Player of the Season respectively.I am a member of the voting Panel and these two certainly got my votes.There is a merit award voted for United's retiring goalie Edwin Van der Sar.

LEAGUE MANAGERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS TONIGHT

Off to the London Hilton in Park Lane tonight as guest of the League Managers Association for their annual awards which include the Managers Manager of the Year.I would expect Sir Alex Ferguson to be voted their Manager of the Year.This is in my experience the best football awards night of the season.Former England Rugby Union international forward,the giant Martin Bayfield will again be the compere.He is extremely funny!

WHAT A WEEKEND FOR MANCHESTER!

What a weekend for Manchester.United win the Premier League and Manchester City are the new FA Cup holders....read on...

WEST HAM UNITED ARE RELEGATED AND SACK AVRAM GRANT

West Ham United sacked Avram Grant at Wigan shortly after they were relegated.The Hammers lost 3-2 at fellow strugglers Wigan after leading 2-0.Vice chairman Karren Brady who rarely goes to away matches was present as were co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold.Its was pretty obvious what was going to happen once West Ham had lost and were relegated.Grant should never have been appointed.This is not hindsight.I and many others thought so at the time. He has never seemed assertive and had taken Portsmouth down before joining West Ham.At any rate West Ham should have made a change much earlier when it was obvious it was not working.The question now with one match left is which two from five will also be relegated to the Championship.Only one point seperates Blackburn and Wolves from Birmingham,Blackpool and Wigan.Blackburn,who play at Wolves on Sunday--all games kick-off Sunday at 4.00p.m.--have the best goal difference.Wigan play at Stoke who will be tired in their third game in eight days.Blackpool play at Old Trafford against the Champions Manchester United.Birmingham face a tough game at Spurs,who having won at Liverpool,now want to finish 5th.Its,as Sky Sports are already calling it,Survival Sunday!