Yes, yes, we were all disappointed that it wasn’t Gary Neville.
After Jamie Carragher had teased a special guest for Monday Night Football by hinting that his former punditry soulmate was rejoining him in front of the Skypad, excitement was at fever pitch.
MNF is back tonight! A man who had a spell in Spain & came back earlier than expected will join us tonight!!
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) April 18, 2016
The teasing didn’t last long as it soon emerged that Cesc Fabregas, not Neville, would be on analysis duty for Spurs’ trip to the Britannia.
The Chelsea player, and former Arsenal midfielder, was not exactly shy as he outright claimed “I don’t want Spurs to win it,” before also giving a candid insight into Jose Mourinho’s departure from Stamford Bridge before Christmas.
WATCH: @Cesc4official on why Jose Mourinho left Chelsea. Tune into #MNF on Sky Sports 1 HD NOW https://t.co/BTl6GXqo66
— Sky Sports Retro (@SkySportsRetro) April 18, 2016
Some thought Fabregas was terrific.
Fabregas has been excellent on #MNF so far tonight.
— Hombre Del Mundo (@H0mbreDelMundo) April 18, 2016
Fabregas is an elite pundit
— Olly (@Giroudesque) April 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/DavidM33/status/722134511606231040
https://twitter.com/rohan_chadha4/status/722154637772644352
Fabregas looks like the best current or recently retired pundit apart from Carragher and Neville
— reverse_ball (@reverse_ball) April 18, 2016
Fabregas is better than Gary Neville he'll be doing this when he retires
— Ben (@CriminalCosta) April 18, 2016
Others thought he was atrocious.
https://twitter.com/Raif_1983/status/722152926299467777
The only performance worse than Stokes tonight is Cesc Fabregas's #MNF
— Si Bo (@_SiBo) April 18, 2016
Fabregas is a boring pundit #MNF
— Tommy Higgins (@TommySligo) April 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/Red_______/status/722153368613974017
https://twitter.com/ScottRiley15/status/722167415602343937
Wow, Fabregas is astonishingly boring
— Charlie (@Charlie_Sport) April 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/dan_milestone/status/722151711486423041
And a third group was just relieved to get a break from Thierry Henry.
Fabregas, in his 12 seconds on air so far, is already better than Henry
— Nick Friend (@NickFriend1) April 18, 2016
@SkyFootball what a breath of fresh air with Fabregas, far better comments than Henry #COYS
— Roger Ayers 🏴 (@rogerabergwili) April 18, 2016
Fabregas is a much better pundit than Henry😏
— Killian (@KillianJ1996) April 18, 2016
Fabregas better pundit than Henry
— T (@ZippyBellerin) April 18, 2016
Fabregas is already a better pundit than Henry
— Luke Biggs (@LukeBiggs_10) April 18, 2016
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