Little guys now the very height of fashion

Blessed are the playmakers. Or should that be bantam?

As we leap two-footed into our first snap judgements of the Premier League season, we appear to be embracing the salad days of the little guy in English football.

After all these years of grousing that he had become extinct, banished into exile by caveman coaching, Eamo and Gilesy will soon find a little guy from the street at every corner.