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So what’s wrong with the modern game? Where shall I start?

 It’s taken much too seriously in every way, as a business, sports science, you name it.

 The players don’t look as though they enjoy it, like we did.

 There is too much pressure. It’s so serious.

 I’d love to see more home-grown players being brought through the system without all these big buys from abroad. Certain clubs develop their own talent but not enough.

 And the money is now quite staggering; clubs need to ask if they are getting value for the vast salaries they are paying out.

Rant over. I was very grateful for that win bonus against Spurs. We were given the day off after the game and I spent most of it reading match reports. The Echo described me as a ‘mere slip of a lad’ for the first and only time in my career. We trained on the Thursday and the Friday and I kept my place for the Saturday home game against Nottingham Forest. I felt really confident as I lined up on the right wing and then I saw Forest’s left-back Stuart Pearce and just thought, ‘Oh…My…God!’ It was like one of those kids’ cartoons where a fearsome bull is snorting steam and pawing at the ground before charging.