I was also in the ''fucking hell, how has Neville got a pundit job?'' camp, but he impressed from the off and didn't look back. Humble pie was eaten.
Big call to walk away from the Sky Sports gravy train, where I imagine he was earning a very decent wedge to sit in a studio, and jump into the pressures of top level management. Maybe he'd just had enough of Carragher's whine voice.
Dear Lord, don't remind me.
Going back to Andy Gray, of course, he famously rejected the chance to manage Everton as I recall, preferring the safety of the TV Studio, &, some might say, the occasional grope.