Time to get over ‘no Wayne, no gain’ mentality

THERE is a certain grim fascination to be had in the examination of a building collapsing around your very ears.

If tonight doesn’t go well, we will possibly come to look back on this past eight days as the swiftest and most compact demolition of an entire season’s work in recent memory.

Bayern-Chelsea-Bayern: three wrecking-ball swings and down we all fall (Please don’t mention the League Cup to me at this point, as a punch in the mouth may offend).