Chap in the Grauniad reckons we're keeping Alexis because of

[Burney]

A former AWIMBer who is quite anti-Alexis claimed to me that Mesut actually covers more ground in a match, which I found hard to believe even though Mesut does run further than most people think.

I'll be pleased if Alexis plays for us for another year. Might even win us the league, and if we are playing better as a team he won't feel he has to do everything himself, which imo is the exact thing that polarises opinion about him.

You've been talking to Nic, then? How is the old fella?

[Ash]

You've been talking to Nic, then? How is the old fella?

Not Nic in fact. Haven't seen him for years. Though maybe he's feeling quite vindicated amongst Alexis' more recent critics.

[Burney]

Not Nic in fact. Haven't seen him for years. Though maybe he's feeling quite vindicated amongst Alexis' more recent critics.

I still can't quite believe the meltdown he had when he was discovered to have said something disobliging about an Arsenal player. He went proper tonto.