Road to redemption a road known only too well

Villarreal, Norwich City, Fyffes, Big Bird, Coldplay, jaundice sufferers, my true love’s hair.

Vindication at last. Finally, after all these years, the admission tumbled: “I disrespected the colour yellow.”

It was as much as anyone could take from this week’s cold, cynical performance in Austin. Those nonsensical words carried as much weight as most of the others.