There has forever been a great clamour to hear from the referee. To let the referee explain his decisions. But are we ready for what he has to say? Or would it just confirm our worst fears? And maybe even all of Jose Mourinho’s suspicions.

The enjoyable Blues Sisters gave us plenty of what we are familiar with. The Sacrifices and The Demands. The Savage Hunger. The fierce hurt from last year, writes Larry Ryan.

It is a small mercy that Jana Novotna’s pomp predated clickbait. And that the industry around badness — which now rivals the business of controvassy — hadn’t been born.

Are our hearts truly in these inquests any more, asks Larry Ryan.

Larry Ryan writes a strongly worded letter to the week’s sport 

Acloud of confusion settled over Rugby Country this week, its people truly baffled by the notion of choosing somebody for a job purely on merit.

It seems to be official. ‘Banter is being phased out’, ran the headline on skysports.com this week.

Things took an unusual turn, for a Liam Brady column, on the morning of Cardiff.