WE’VE been starved of entertainment at times during Euro 2016 but Saturday was something else altogether.

A battle of Britain – Wales against Northern Ireland – should have been a game to remember.

Instead it turned into a love-in between Robbie Savage and Gerry Armstrong, neither able to make a point without acknowledging how good the other’s team had been.

Savage had bordered on bias when he co-commentated with Martin Keown and Clive Tyldesley for the England game, and drew criticism.

Here, he went completely the opposite way and it was even worse. In fact, I yearned for Cristiano Ronaldo to turn up, grab the microphone and chuck it into the nearest lake.

There is nothing wrong with the former Wales international’s tactical analysis, which is usually pretty good. It just seems to desert him whenever he has any emotional involvement in a game.

Saturday’s Welsh-Irish experiment goes to show that having two colour commentators does not really work on TV.

It is the same in the studio when they have over-staffed England games with four studio guests. Too many opinions, none of which really differ from each other.

Of course the football didn’t help. Saturday’s game conjured up about two minutes of entertainment between them.

The Ireland-France game hit a home run right away.

Ex-Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel “Manu” Petit might look like he’s auditioning to be the next Jedi knight but his opinions have been strong and he has ended up a real plus for ITV, who are now missing Slaven Bilic.

He has been sufficiently miffed with some of the French performances so far, even forcing Mark Pougatch into an on-air apology for some of his more Les Bleus language.

But like Bilic, Petit has shown that character and intelligence can get you a long way – even if your accent might offend the Europhiles.