The folly of Sky’s great expectations

THEY were playing the theme music from ‘Lord Of The Rings’ at one point on Sky Sports yesterday, as if to prepare us all for not just any other super Sunday but something more along the lines of an epic adventure of fantasy football.

Oh dear.

If the film-makers had taken Spurs versus Manchester United rather than Tolkien as their template, the movie would have ended with the Hobbits arriving within sight of the summit of Mount Doom only to decide, ah, to hell with this, we’re knackered, let’s just keep the silly ring and go home.