After a lengthy international break dominated by the Manchester City verdict, the Premier League is back on Saturday. Football writer Ed Aarons is online now answering your questions
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papalazaru asks: As a Saints fan, at the lowest point of the spy stuff when the season had turned very dark and bitter, I looked on YouTube, and James Corden was there, adding to the pile on. His righteous indignation about how there was no punishment large enough for us somehow didn’t galvanise me to anger, but instead gave me great comfort. Could the Man City fans who are suffering now be similarly helped by an intervention by him or by Piers Morgan, David Walliams, Simon Cowell or maybe “Prince” Andrew?
Ed says: I think that Piers Morgan is too busy being the world’s biggest sycophant to Cristiano Ronaldo to have time to worry about City and Andrew has other things on his mind as well. James Corden might be the best bet – perhaps a bit of Carpool Karaoke with Liam Gallagher to distract him from his war of words with everyone on X? And as a Saints fan you must be pinching yourself that Tonda Eckert somehow didn’t get banned? Didn’t see that one coming…
Ed says: Yes Oliver Glasner’s homecoming should be interesting to say the least! I can still remember being in shock when I saw that he had defected to Nottingham Forest while covering England at the World Cup and woke up the next day thinking it must have been a bad dream… The Austrian couldn’t have done more for Palace in his spell in south London, ending the club’s long wait for a major trophy by winning the FA Cup and then following it up with the Community Shield and Conference League. He was always destined to depart at some stage though given his disagreements with the Palace board over the club’s lack of ambition, although like most people I didn’t think it would be to Forest.
I think the reception for him will be mixed with many fans wanting to pay their respects to perhaps Palace’s greatest-ever manager but others are sure to let him know their thoughts on joining the club that many blame for being behind their demotion from the Europa League last season.
