Alan Shearer

And then went up to the commentary position.

So it was like you had to try and keep an energy because you've obviously got to try and tell the story, but not go over the top, as you say.

But you are, or we, I should say, Newcastle are leading 6-1.

Yeah.

Which, I mean, it was never going to be overturned.

And it was just a matter of what team Newcastle were going to put out.

And we spoke to Eddie, we interviewed Eddie beforehand.

And I asked him in terms of what was the balance to terms of was he going to put the young kids out?

three or four of them, or was he going to be pretty experienced?

And he said it was really important that he had to play squad players, players who had been out injured.

And in the end, he only started one youngster, which was Alex Murphy down at left back.

And then, of course, they get the two goals too after, what, six minutes?

And then that really is it.

Yes, I have, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I actually find that all right because certainly in the core comms, I find as if I can restrain myself a little bit.

And I think if anything, as we've said before, we actually, when you're criticising,

you actually go more over the top than perhaps you would with anyone else because I think it's your own team and you probably know, well, you do, you know the own team and we know the ins and outs perhaps and who's playing well, who's not playing well, who should be playing, who's not playing, how many mistakes he's made, has he made another one?

So if anything, I think when you criticise, you actually go over the top

And then when you praise, you're perhaps keeping, or I do, you perhaps, or I try and keep it back to not go over the top when you have to praise because I just think it's important that people see you as, or you try to be neutral anyway because when you're doing the core comms or when you're being a pundit, yes, I know that we support them and what have you, but particularly core comms, I think it's important to come over as neutral as possible.

It's easier for core commentators, obviously because the vast majority of us have sort of played the game and everyone knows who we support.