Kieran Shannon: Time for The Sunday Game to take a different approach

The show is badly in need of a fresh approach. It is crying out for an outsider to present it, with the Second Captains and Off the Ball stables being obvious port of calls

FRESH APPROACH NEEDED: 'Last summer – and of course part of the spring too – was the first time in our living memory where The Sunday Game night show was something we felt we could skip'. Pic: Andres Poveda

Don’t know about you but last summer – and of course part of the spring too – was the first time in our living memory where The Sunday Game night show was something we felt we could skip.

It had often before been criticised – by us and everyone else. In retrospect, before the advent of a Pat Spillane, it had sometimes even been bland. But at all times it had remained mandatory viewing.