When on the BBC it was suggested to Sunderland manager Gus Poyet that the DVD of their thrashing at home by Aston Villa wouldn't make very edifying viewing, the phlegmatic gaffer replied 'you cannot pick what you like to watch'. Well, if Gus tuned in to watch his centre half Wes Brown on All Star Family Fortunes on Sunday evening, he might well have decided to pick up the DVD of that Villa game again, and stick it straight back in the recorder. Playing against soap and Strictly star Jill Halfpenny and her family, things were actually looking pretty good for the Browns at the start. As in, before they'd actually started playing.Wes Brown took part in All Star Family Fortunes on Sunday nightBrown's team lost heavily to soap star Jill Halfpenny and her familySunderland defender put in a terrible performance throughout
Frankly, the fact the _ weren't surrounding the official on that one showed remarkable restraint on their part.