Room 101: Barry Davies – Coventry and former Welsh international full-back
I eat out a lot. To be fair I don’t think I’ve cooked a meal for myself in ten months what with being in transition between Cardiff and London a lot of the time. Needless to say, I have plenty of loyalty cards! I don’t see the point in cooking a nice meal for one; it’s like playing golf on your own: if you hit a nice shot you want other people to see it. When I’m out having a meal I hate it if my food arrives cold or I’ve had to wait ages to be served. I’m not one to complain though, I don’t like the aggravation; I just won’t go back to the same place.
TRP verdict: Come dine with us in Room 101
2. Bad manners
I’m living in London at the moment and you encounter bad manners all of the time. People don’t seem to give up their seat on the train any more, obscene language is openly used without any thought for others and for some reason you get people who’ll talk on loud speaker so that all of the world can hear their inane phone conversation. All these things break me.
TRP verdict: This is manner from heaven, you’re in.
3. Leo Cullen
In rugby, as an outside back I hate it when people kill the ball and slow possession down. In that respect Leo Cullen is about the only rugby player who has ever broken me. He looks like the BFG, big and horrible and without an athletic bone in his body, but he is just such a good rugby player. He’s always prepared to take the s*** that no-one else wants to by making a real nuisance of himself, which is probably why he has had such a good career. Bringing back old-fashioned rucking wouldn’t solve this problem though. You always used to get one bloke who was mental enough to take an absolute shoeing for the team.
TRP verdict: If Leo Cullen didn’t play rugby he could easily pass off as a Pogues impersonator, so you’re in.
