what's all this with chiles?

[clevblue]

Sacked from ITV with immediate effect, Pougatch to take his place.

He did get on my nerves, I must say I'm not sorry to see him go.

£1/2 million a year for being a right prick hey?

[gavin]

I didn't think he was that bad, odd bad joke aside. Not worth that kind of money though but footballers aren't worth their money.

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Couldn't stand the twot. But ITV footy is just shite anyway.

[Swiss]

I thought the campaign against him was a little bad. I'd rather him than Shearer, Owen, Hansen, Redknapp...

[bry the guy]

and phil Neville

[andy1966]

The worst has to be Paul Scholes 

[Swiss]

I'd erased those two from my mind!

[Rowley Birkin QC]

I especially liked the story about Chiles once taking the piss out of Martin O'Neil in the studio. Something about O'Neil's nerdy glasses and implying he was a bit of a wimp".

This raised a smile with the other panellists, Patrick Vieira and Fabio Cannavaro, but O'Neil didn't see the 'joke' at all - icily reminding Chiles that he'd never played the game and asking Vieira and Cannavaro how many European Cups they had won... (answer - none. O''Neil has won two). 

Vieira later tweeted that O'Neil was so furious he thought he was back in the tunnel with Roy Keane again! 

Maybe what passed for Childes quirky sense of humour wasn't really suited to this type of work.

[Stephen Paul]

[gavin]

I reckon that was rather entertaining.