We criticise our own in the company of other fans. Would we do it with the likes of Souness, Carragher or Redknapp in the room? Or if tens of thousands of dirty chavs were watching? I wouldn't. I'm not sure either how feasible it would be to rip out the goalkeeper, Merts (because I guess that's who the new spine defender would replace), Coquelin or Ramsey (ditto) and Giroud then hit the ground running and get a fast start. Wouldn't we have to learn how to play as a team all over? It's taken the best part of a year for the latest lot to show signs of being a team.

Anyway, Henry will always be forgiven and he's probably trying to win at being a pundit just as he wanted to win at everything else. At least he's not Alan 'Wanker' Smith.