Originally Posted by The Difference:
“Apologies for the lack of a link or a direct reference, but from leafing through the sports pages at work over the weekend I saw a story claiming that Francesca Cumani had been spotted meeting with a high-ranking ITV Sport figure (it may have been Richard Willoughby) at a race meeting recently.
The journalist was stressing that there is a good chance that Cumani is in line for a role on ITV's coverage next year. I am fairly sure, although not certain, that said story was written by The Sun's Claude Duval (who, for all the issues many have with that paper, is someone I've always felt is a credible racing journalist) but I get to see almost every national paper in my workplace and can't remember which one it was that carried this story! Anyway, that was the crux of the report, so take it as you will.”
“Apologies for the lack of a link or a direct reference, but from leafing through the sports pages at work over the weekend I saw a story claiming that Francesca Cumani had been spotted meeting with a high-ranking ITV Sport figure (it may have been Richard Willoughby) at a race meeting recently.
The journalist was stressing that there is a good chance that Cumani is in line for a role on ITV's coverage next year. I am fairly sure, although not certain, that said story was written by The Sun's Claude Duval (who, for all the issues many have with that paper, is someone I've always felt is a credible racing journalist) but I get to see almost every national paper in my workplace and can't remember which one it was that carried this story! Anyway, that was the crux of the report, so take it as you will.”
What a fantastic find The Difference! Excellently spotted. I think she should be good. ITV seem to be learning the lesson of Adrian Chiles by not bringing in widely known presenters. With Chamberlain only familiar to Sky football fans he will be largely unknown to a lot of viewers, as will Cumani. So far so good from ITV, they seem to be taking their time to bring in new members but it looks like they really want to get it right from the off and for me the signs are good so far.




