Bolton fans will be used to the witless outpourings of Daily Mirror muppet, Alan ‘Porky` Nixon, a man whose finger, is most definitely off the pulse. It was he who broke the news that both Kevin Nolan and El Hadji Diouf were to follow Sam Allardyce out of the door. The idea that Newcastle jail bird Joey Barton was on his way to the Reebok, was also the product of Nixon`s fevered imagination.
The country`s least informed football journalist finally got something right yesterday, as he reported on the signing of Johan Elmander. This was presented, as a ‘Daily Mirror Exclusive`
By this stage the deal had already been picked up by The Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Times and the Sun, amongst others. This site reported the news at around 4pm – the day before.
The Mirror`s unique take on the tale? Apparently the finer points of the transfer where thrashed out a fish restaurant in Cheshire. Wow. What an important detail. How could we have survived not knowing that? Come on Al, you can do better than that.
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