Big Ron’s fall increases our need for big brother

The two finest football pundits to work during what we must call the Premier League era were in notable action this week; albeit not on Premier League duty.

On Thursday night, Big Ron Atkinson was incarcerated in the Celebrity Big Brother house; surely the final lap in his decade of repentance for that night in Monaco.

At his very best, Ron would have the measure of any player in a word or a phrase; he could squeeze the essence of a footballer into a bespoke label he’d tailored himself.