Sports�n�All � wondering if I�ve ever seen a more uncomfortable looking person than Avram Grant. His body-language even unsettles me.

Do you remember the PE teacher at school They always used to stand in their 30 yr old tracksuit looking unsure of what they were doing and filled you with precisely no confidence whatsoever. Well that�s how Avram Grant came across in the photographs of Chelsea�s first training session under his leadership. I�m sure he�s an astute tactician, but he is the complete opposite of Mourinho in his demeanour, which hasn�t gone unnoticed in the papers.

For me the biggest news of the week is Allan Donald stepping down as England bowling coach to spend more time with his family. England�s loss is Warwickshire�s gain as Donald has signed up to work with them. Who can blame him though for making this decision. Touring is a hugely demanding process, particularly for people with young families. Just look at the effect it had on Marcus Trescothick. The team will miss Donald and I wonder just how the management plan to fill his shoes. It�s been a couple of years now at least since the national team�s bowling attack has been anything like stable. Donald had been looking good to right that situation, particularly with the positive effect he�d had on Harmison�s bowling action before the injury. Broad, Sidebottom, Anderson and Plunkett are quality players, but it will take a very capable coach to unleash their very best form.

Potential is a word that gets used so often with English sport without much notice taken. It is a word that means nothing after a certain amount of time. Saj Mahmood keeps having the word attached to him and I feel sorry for him. He�s played for England a number of times and was touted as being full of �potential�. He�s now been dropped and I watched a county game with him in the other week and the commentator said it word for word �he has the potential to be very good player for England�. Why not just let these guys get on with their games and then judge them on their performance, rather than labelling them with meaningless words.

So which sport is better I did this a few Sports�n�Alls ago with rugby and American football. Now I turn my eye on hockey and ice hockey. For me this one is an easy decision. Whereas I felt that the Americans had taken rugby and translated it into a less convincing game, ice hockey is a different beast completely.

Full of, well, violence and with a constant flow that never lets up for the whole game, it is a formidable force indeed. Traditional hockey, on the other hand, is a more sedate affair. Not that it is dull, don�t get me wrong, but in my opinion it lacks a certain something. Once you have two ice hockey players take their helmets off and have a fist fight in the middle of the ice you realise this is a unique sport. Imagine if they brought in a similar rule in rugby. People would be up in arms about it in seconds.

There is little subtlety in ice hockey, which is where traditional hockey claws back a little ground. Ice hockey can become a blur of action, never slowing down and at times becoming almost impossible to follow. Hockey has none of this problem and has constant flow of its own that is entertaining to watch and is often easier on the eye. I just put it to myself, which one would I want to travel to watch on a Saturday On this basis I just can�t choose traditional hockey. Ice hockey just has that razzmatazz, which may let down American football but in this case, for me, enhances the viewing experience. But of course this is just my opinion. Feel free to make your feeling known on SAB. But for now I will sign off. �Til next week.