Football Daily | Offspring of Emile Heskey and Danny Mills remind us time waits for nobody

Football Daily | Offspring of Emile Heskey and Danny Mills remind us time waits for nobody

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As an entity, Football Daily peaked in the noughties when young and still hopeful of living a long and successful life. We were rarely happier than seeing Emile Heskey bang in England’s fifth against Germany or Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff inspiring that Ashes victory. Those memories occasionally slip from the mind but we are desperate to cling to the days when the beer gut was in the experimental stage, the hair thicker and state-owned clubs a long way off.

When I’m leaving, I will say I’m leaving, but I didn’t say that. We will see what happens. But I will not rule it out absolutely to extend my contract. I would love to stay because I would love to stay” – uh, oh, has Pep Guardiola gone all Jordan Belfort on us? Good news for Manchester City supporters and bad news for fans of competitive title challenges beckons.

No point. Why? Woke newspaper. Climate fuc [snip – Football Daily Letters Bad Word Ed] nonsense, etc. Fuc [snip – FDLBWE] off. Regards” – Jim Lucy.

Re: Friday’s Football Daily. Scotland, of course, voted against Brexit and so didn’t wait for Labour taking power to maintain good relations with our European brethren. While Lewis Ferguson has been a revelation at Bologna, he didn’t start the biggest Scozzese invasion since Italia ’90. Midfielder Liam Henderson moved from Celtic to Bari aged 21 in 2018 and in 2019 became the first Scot to play in Serie A since Graeme Souness. In 2021-22 Henderson played every game in Empoli’s Serie A campaign. Aaron Hickey moved to Bologna aged 18 in 2020 and made the right-back position his own despite being a left-back. Josh Doig, another left-back, moved from Hibs to Verona aged 20 in 2022 and also took to it like a duck to water. Not that Steve Clarke noticed any of this as the four young trailblazers have won just 12 caps between them while playing in Italy, despite playing a combined 200-plus times in Serie A. Someone – maybe Che Adams if he wants to continue his Scotland career – should tell Clarke that EasyJet do flights to Italy for about 20 quid” – R Mathison.

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