Colin Murray is fast becoming the rising star of British sport punditry. After cutting his teeth with Channel 5's football coverage here in the UK, Murray has slowly been making his mark at BBC Radio 5 through the excellent Fighting Talk. Last summer, Murray officially joined Radio 5 as a presenter and he's shown himself to be a witty, enjoyable and knowledgeable host.

Carlos Cuellar dishes out a healthy dose of karma Derby midfielder and all round irritating so-and-so Robbie Savage was hit in the face with a ball while commentating on Aston Villa's game at home to West Ham. Co-commentator John Murray has about as much concern and compassion as BBC Radio Five Live's average listener (that's zilch, [.

Previously, I've written about how English soccer matches sound better on radio than television, as well as how the FA Cup third round is made for radio not TV. Richard Whittall from the A More Splendid Life blog agreed. However, I was wrong.

What I should have said is that BBC radio commentaries are often better than watching matches on television.

The pressure on Liverpool FC to resolve the crisis surrounding the club's ownership has grown after accounts for the 2008/9 season for parent company Kop Football Holdings revealed annual losses of UK£54.9 million.
According to auditors KPMG, those losses also pushed the club's total debt to UK£472.

Some footballing headlines are just so unfathomably inevitable that they may as well remain unreported, with the masses left to just assume that Occam was right about his razor and that parsimony has indeed prevailed.

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that, despite being pencilled in to return to action against Wolves in the Carling Cup last night, Manchester United striker Michael Owen was forced to pull out of proceedings after feeling his warm-chocolate hamstrings ping yet again during a training session the day before.

In an impassioned appeal to football fans, Frank Lampard has defended Wayne Rooney from "lazy" criticism and said that his fellow England player is cute, sensitive and sharp, and also has a great sense of humour.

No, seriously...

Speaking to BBC Radio Five Live, Frank Lampard made the following comments on Wayne Rooney.