Without doubt the funniest thing I have seen this festive season is Thiago Alcantara passing the ball to Father Christmas by mistake. The amusing incident happened during Bayern Munich's 3-0 win over RB Leipzig. Alcantara was in the middle of the pitch under no pressure at all when he hit a sideways pass to one of his team-mates in red and white. Sadly for him, what he thought was one of his colleagues was actually an animated picture of Father Christmas being shown on one of the digital advertising boards around the pitch. It really was a delightful moment which is well worth a little look on You Tube if you haven't seen it. However, it does raise some slightly more serious concerns, namely how distracting are those digital advertising boards for players? When they were first introduced I found them incredibly annoying as a spectator, especially when the action was on the edges of the pitch. You were trying to watch the ball but flashing, scrolling adverts were drawing your eyes in other directions. Over time I have to admit I have got used to them and they no longer annoy me as much as they used to. They are irritating but my mind has trained itself to block them out (sorry...
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