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Ha... I liked that he compared Nuno to his grandmother though... "I've been very strong in my beliefs about who I am as a player and as a person, regardless of whether my Nan was the manager or it's Nuno."

The major negative of JWP rejoining for me is that we won't be able to use the highly amusing "Free kick in JWP territory (even though he's no longer with us)" bants on match day threads anymore...

Great line-up for the new series. Prefer the general public version, as that's usually much more competitve and ruthless than the celeb version, but highly entertaining nonetheless. Televisual-tastic p.s. James Blunt is my dark horse punt (rhyming slang intended )

Was it that his corners "weren't great" or that, in his latter years here, we didn't have the calibre of players to convert his corners? Will be interesting to see if Larin's presence in the box 'coincidentally' renders JWP's corners better than they were previously perceived to be by some...

And the 'least surprising comment of the day' trophy goes to...

I guess it could be interpreted either way... *If* we were looking to sell him, you'd want to put out a message that he's on the cusp of returning to full fitness, rather than be downbeat about his recuperation. But fingers crossed that it's more likely to be your hunch than my hypothetical one

Indeed. 7 years younger than Messi, and a similar physical stature / engine. Loads of life left in him yet I would venture.

Surprised Blackmore didn't ask a single question about JWP...

There's "underwhelmed" and there's "overwhelmed", but is it possible to just be "whelmed"? If so, then count me in... 😁