Emile Heskey - an apology

I appear to have suggested that Emile Heskey was a

lumbering, useless waste of football space

It is now clear that Mr Heskey is the lynchpin of the greatest team ever to have walked the earth.

(I haven't actually seen the Russia game, it being Rosh Hashanah. The press seem in agreement that it really was an impressive performance. Fingers crossed we keep it up.)

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