THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK
Life President⭐⭐
I shall probably get seriously walloped for this, but if he already has Ron's agreement to carry on his media work, it may be that he was contractually required to attend at Shrewsbury. It doesn't make it right, but it may explain his absence and he has faith in his management staff. Let's face it, on current performance, his tactical nous was not missed last night.
Someone once said that the radio thing is done game by game for invited pundits. They phone up who they fancy and see if available. They then pay a fee for that days work. It was said that in this way, you don't get to listen to the same voices like Match of the day. I think Sky and MOTD do contracts for pundits, but five live radio, no.