Listening to an interview with Glenn Roeder tonight on Sky Sports i couldn't help noticing something frankly quite wonderful. I saw a similar interview on Match of the Day and heard one on 5 Live too. He did the same thing in all three...
Roeder was using the third person!!!!
"Glenn Roeder has never been involved in causing any trouble, I'm not an excitable person - in fact some people have accused me of not being excited enough or emotional....
You'll all decide how much you want to make of all this but I know it was completely unintentional because Glenn Roeder hasn't got a reputation for doing things like that which would incite a crowd."
Glenn Roeder, 2006
Simply marvellous. Haven't heard such prolific third personing since Kolo Toure was inteviewed as an emerging youngster in 2002:
"Kolo came on, and Kolo wants to prove he is a good player and Kolo was very happy to score..."
Kolo Toure, 2002
Long may the use of the third person continue.
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