Everything in this article is very well written and, for all anybody knows, true, but this little line has been bothering me since I read it. I can forgive one line in an article, since I’ve written some things that I look back on and wonder just what I was trying to get across, but I still want to explain why I think it’s wrong.

Top footballers have physical demands placed on them that a white-collar worker sitting behind his desk can only dream of. When they’re not training with a ball, they’re in the gym, or running, or trying to fine-tone the mental aspects of their game.

The recovery that is necessary will have some people saying that professional footballers work short hours, but couple those three to five hours a day (depending on which day) of physical work, then the travel before and after match days, and then the matches themselves — not to mention the dreaded pre-season training — and the work is not short.

So, Graham, forgive me for being picky. The article was great, but that one line had to be addressed

Last I heard, The Sun was paying 50 grand a pop..or blow by blow, as you said it.

Enough to shag a baller and tell all? You do this every year and it’s a decent living!