Our ‘one-man teams’ provide prickly Roy some timely relief

YOU want some, eh? You want some? Sorry, we’re still in Napoli mode. Forgive the feistiness; after waves of woe all year, you’d have a heart of stone to deny us a few days’ frivolity. It’ll end in tears tonight, of course.

No one was getting too worked up about beating Lancastrian lightweights, despite perspective from Rovers matching Chelsea and Bolton thrashing in-form Spurs.

Tottenham perhaps benefited from the latest example of Rafa’s focus deficiency. He had every right to pop back at Hodgson but beneath the Bunuelesque vision of priests in sugar lay more caterwauling about net spend and legacy.