....OR WAS IT IRONY?

Watched Match of the Day 2 on BBC late(ish) last night.  Now we all know about BBC bias - left leaning, metro centric, never wrong whatever the criticism might be, assumed entitlement to squander licence-payers money, but last night they exceeded their deserved reputation......or have they finally discovered the meaning of irony?

The segment/highlights of the game between Southampton and league leaders Everton began with five minutes of adulation about Everton`s admittedly excellent start to the season which included a collection of Everton fans singing the praises of the team and their manager, Carlo Ancelotti.   I suspect this montage was filmed in anticipation of the Saints being given an almighty thrashing and probably accounts for the BBC`s decision to have two former Everton players (Tim Cahill and Leon Osman) in the studio to `analyse` the expected victory for the Toffees.

Trouble was that Southampton beat Everton 2-0 in a game which they dominated from start to finish, thoroughly deserved to win and which saw them rise to 5th in the Premier League table.  So it was surprising the pre-recorded segment was not `pulled` and that the studio pundits were not replaced by a more neutral duo.  Unless....and here might the irony lie - the montage of fans before the match set the scene perfectly for the way the game panned out -  so the producers played a blinder in setting Everton up for a fall. 

Having two ex Everton players in the studio was premeditated overkill and simply added to the irony, which is defined in my dictionary as "aspect of a situation that is odd or amusing because the opposite of what one would expect."   Sounds about right.