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because you have become a pundit who's admired who a lot of people enjoy.

But I want to go right back to the start, 2011, and particularly to that very first MNF, because I do think,

personally, of MNF as being Sky's flagship, is where we see the deepest analysis, it's where

we see the cutting edge technologies, maybe where in 92 we saw Sky make the biggest difference in

terms of introducing MNF, and always think of it as a big test of a pundit as well because you've got to lead it.

You're not just answering questions.

So maybe just like where did the MNF journey start for you?

When was it pitched to you?

What did you think of the idea?

It was pitched to me about probably six weeks before, six to eight weeks before maximum.

I'd agreed to come to Sky at the start of the 2010 season, but for some reason, probably regrettably now,

as Felix Ferguson, David Gill, persuaded me to stay on another year.

So I had to just put my start with Sky back a year after.

And in that season, Andy Graham Richard Keyes left.

So I originally was planned just to come in and support them,

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