BIG thanks to Mike (an Italian living in America) who contacted Planet Football last week to alert us to the commentating skills of one Tommy Smyth on ESPN - not to mention his powers of prophesy.

"In the game between Barcelona and Fenerbache, after Saviola had scored the third goal, Tommy exclaimed: 'That should put the lights out on the Turkish champs' . . . about 10 minutes later the lights went out in the stadium."

Best of all: "He was covering a game involving Celtic and remarked that Celtic's Balde 'is really well named - not only is he bald, he does not have a hair on his head'." Triffic - eat your heart out Big Ron.