A glance at Saturday’s half-time scores in the Championship gave me cause for concern. Sunderland were winning, which was annoying. More importantly, Plymouth were 2-0 down at home to Preston. It didn’t improve after the break and with eight minutes to play they trailed 3-1. The live league table had them in the relegation zone and I feared our reunion with Wayne Rooney would be called off. Thankfully, late goals from Andre Gray (mentally insert the Ian Wright “I thought you was dead” meme here) and Morgan Whittaker mean we will once again be treated to the potato headed granny shagger at Elland Road. Hopefully deploying the exact same tactics that saw him sacked as Birmingham manager after his last visit.

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