Jay Bothroyd

Jerry Barton tried to get loads of players sent off as well.

Well, he got sent off, didn't he? And, I mean, you know, if Jay Bothroyd hadn't given the ball away from the kick-off in the corner, he would have scored.

But, I mean, that's just...

You know, I'm still annoyed that we didn't win that game.

[laughs]

And, um, increasingly astute, uh, pundit Jay Bothroyd, who seems to often support our viewpoint on these kinds of things.

Um, Dermot Gallagher said, "Johnson starts off in an offside position, which isn't an offense, but then challenges the opponent and goes to clear the ball.

It impacts the defender.

He moves towards the defender, and he can't clear it properly," Dermot Gallagher's words.

Now, y- okay, I've very much got my Everton specs on, but I don't think that Brennan Johnson's movement towards the ball, and this is where we're in the, the realms of a new form of offside, which is subjective offside because there are two ways of viewing this incident, as clearly happened with the expensively assembled panel.

And Jay, Jay Bothroyd to counter that said, "When the defender blocks off the line, Jil- Giles tries to clear it, and then it hits Johnson.

By the law, that should be a goal.

Um, Dave, there's been some cracking late international break content this week.

Uh, Jay Bothroyd's top 20 players of all time, uh, two separate and baffling live Q&As with Warren Barton and Steven Caulker on Sky Sports News.

Newcastle's Miley Brothers doing a quick-fire quiz about famous siblings.

Michael Olise becoming the first France player to register a goal contribution in each of the manager's first four games in charge.

Maybe Sky Sports News is basically the breeding ground.

I think Jay Bothroyd is probably just like a few ref watches away-

Hmm

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Of course, the, uh, the ultimate, um, adjudicator of refereeing performance these days is Ref Watch on Sky Sports News.

I, I'm convinced at this point its cultural significance is such that referees must now watch it and take note.

I mean, Jay Bothroyd is now essentially the nation's chief referee assessor, isn't he?

Mm-hmm.

TNO Parry's

goal no it didn't even get discussed John this is what they're saying it didn't even get brought up all I believe the skeleton said on the Monday was it was the right decision to disallow it of course he did and Jay Bothroyd was with him said it was a goal

I mean, Atwell could have been a superhero, couldn't he? He goes over and he looks, get over yourself.

The keeper's not getting anywhere near that.

Nadam Anuja doesn't get the news.

The person that definitely knew we were staying up was Jay Bothroyd.

He knew the job was done because behind me the bench was celebrating for QPR.

But for me, I didn't know the bench was celebrating, so I just threw it thinking he was going to be there.

And then he wasn't.

The ball never makes it to Jay Bothroyd.

City race up the pitch, but it looks like it's too late.

The full-time whistle blows in Man Utd's game.

Somehow he's getting a play on Sky Sports.

Jay Bothroyd.

Correct.

He was hammering the rest, wasn't he, last week? Have you seen that? I want him to come on this show.

He was getting assists in the Champions League at 17.

And, you know, Jay's saying maybe Howe's influence has maybe made his play a little bit negative.

All of that matters, Mark, doesn't it? He's getting used to this new manager.

But this new manager loves Lewis Miley, doesn't he? He's a big fan of Lewis Miley.

They don't want to criticise them.

They don't want to call attention to the fact that was shocking.

Credit, to be fair, he's had a bit of stick, but credit to Jay Bothroyd.

Jay Bothroyd's been brilliant on Sky.