El Chatico might be last word

People have been saying things about sport for a long time now, often saying them on television; for the purposes of entertainment or enlightenment or devilment or to obtain a small fee or maybe to express bewilderment at fresh proposals to rework the national leagues.

But you get a feeling that all such talk has all been leading to Thursday night.

And by the time Friday dawns, there may be no more to be said. Sport could well be the new Ronan Keating.