The lull of no early Premier League kick-offs has been lifted with an absolutely cracking Sky Sports News gaffe.
It seems that a fire alarm in the building has seen the Soccer Saturday team evacuate SSN HQ and, in a panic, someone in all their wisdom decided to run a Tony Pulis segment on loop.
From the top of the hour at one o'clock, we were force-fed Pulis propaganda as an interview with the new West Brom manager and his impact at the Hawthorns just played over and over. And over and over. And over again.
https://twitter.com/SoccerSaturday/status/556440937409556480
Naturally, the fantastic folks of Twitter latched onto it and produced some hilarious tweets.
https://twitter.com/NapsChampion/status/556442598659739649
https://twitter.com/ichlugebullets/status/556441458014945281
https://twitter.com/JfletcherWBA/status/556441649736597504
https://twitter.com/Oddschanger/status/556442645313388544
https://twitter.com/alex_brooker/status/556442567785844736
https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/556442361040240640
https://twitter.com/lewkirkham/status/556441581570772992
https://twitter.com/dantweets_/status/556439936262733824
https://twitter.com/craigdaniels82/status/556439586864635904
https://twitter.com/tstrachanedit/status/556439070222843904
https://twitter.com/BetVictor/status/556443832829894656
https://twitter.com/MrPatCake/status/556438338455224320
https://twitter.com/AskingMike/status/556446588881866752
https://twitter.com/CraigCC8/status/556439749347778560
But, of course, Jeff Stelling was there to make it all okay. What a guy.
https://twitter.com/claudineb/status/556443294490980352
The Soccer Saturday anchor reappeared with a fire helmet and three firemen and brilliantly pretended to introduce the Tony Pulis feature again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Yqvoxcj78
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