"Gate" overuse, West Bromwich Albion high-five Wolves and cringey adverts.

The suffix 'gate' which means there has been some kind of conspiracy or criminal event is derived from Watergate and PRESIDENT Nixon's ordering of break-ins. It has really become a cliche. And, like all cliches, has completely lost its original meaning amidst its overuse.

It started to get a little tired when a good Arsenal team, (shows how long ago this was), was competing with Manchester United and someone had some pizza thrown at them in the tunnel, coining 'Pizzagate'.

That was bad enough.

Now, we've got the BBC - the bastion of 'education, information and entertainment', using tired cliches such as 'handshake gate' to surmise Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra's non-handshake.

BBC succumbing to cliche-gate.

I like the BBC - I think they give a good service. But come on, they're better than this.

Surely there is one original thinking person on the 606 team?

No, maybe not. Just stick to the cliches then, eh, lads?

It's great for the media. The handshake at the start of the match allows the animosity to build up - and I've no idea why anybody in the tabloid press is campaigning to have it removed. 

It's great TV. It's a mini soap-opera in itself. Watching Suarez snub Evra, all the minute camera angles examining Evra's slight lowering of his hand; but did Suarez ever have the intention of shaking hands. Great TV, by Sky the BBC and every other media outlet.

It's hardly on a parallel with President Richard Nixon ordering criminal activities, though, is it?

Radio Adverts

One sticks out in my mind: "Business in You."

It's a government commission to help start-up businesses but its campaign goes so far wide of the mark that it's a little ridiculous.

"You don't have the money to start a business," it says, "but the business inside tells you that you'll find it."

"You don't have the contacts to start a business. The business inside says you'll make them."

I didn't realise that it was so easy. Just believe you'll make money and you will. It's that simple. The government initiatives seem to really lack, well, any initiative. 

This coming from the government which had the opportunity to help its country's businesses with lucrative train-building contracts, and decides to tender those abroad.

Paradox, anyone?

Boing, Boing

And the super Baggies, West Bromwich Albion, completely obliterated its Black Country rivals in a 5-1 drubbing away from  home. 

It was as if The Baggies were playing a League One team. League One team's often play good football, however. And watching Wolverhampton Wanderers' tired long-ball tactics, hot potato passing and generally huff-puffery around the pitch really showed the difference in quality.

High five to all Wolves fans.