There are other matters to blog apart from a safari so I was searching for a link when Gary Lineker stuck his head, ears and all, above the parapet like some bull elephant out on the territory protection trail.
Lineker has history with contentious text's on a number of subjects and is often looking for a reaction. On this occasion he got rather more than he bargained for and has rightly been suspended by the BBC. To think he can bring down the Director General with the help of his footballing cronies is another example of how the football community big themselves up when faced with adversity or external criticism.
No doubt there will be people in the footballing fraternity rubbing their hand as they see this as a direct challenge from the government at just the time thay are looking to regulate the business of football in a way football won't want. Let battle commence.
Gary Neville runs close to the wind with his comments on social media and I have unsubscribed to various sites, including Twickenham RFC, when the owners or Web masters start using the media for their own political ends and not those for which the mouthpiece was designed.
Lineker needs to realise people only listen or follow him because of his visibility on BBC, and footie commentators are two a penny. So if the BBC dump him, he will quickly become yesterdays news. Just ask Andy Gray!!
We fly back tomorrow which is probably just as well, as Cyclone Freddie has decided to regroup and start battering Guadeloupe. Apparently Mozambique had a years raining for days when it first hit.
England must have felt they were in the eye of the storm at Twickenham yesterday. They were outplayed in every aspect of the game by France. England looked unfit, ill prepared and physically lightweight against a French side clearly building positively towards their home World Cup.
Let's not mention the Argyle albeit to say it's getting tight at the top.
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