Gould standard in training bust-ups

And so, after the fire and the friendly, the waiting game. Waiting for Deco. Waiting for Roy and Harry. Waiting for Seamus and Robbie and Seani and Shane and James and James.

And, most of all, waiting for October and two games which will reveal if the leaking ship can be turned around or is to be consigned to the bottomless depths.

On which cheery note, it might be timely to bring a little retrospective levity to the concept of the training ground ‘bust-up’. So, cue a fresh retelling of the occasion when then Wales manager Bobby Gould and striker John Hartson went at it in front of the rest of the squad on the eve of a World Cup qualifier against Turkey in Cardiff in 1996.