One more year!

My man, Bill

Written by: Tom Cliffe
Artwork by: Arley Byrne
An illustration of Luke Ayling pulling off a textbook flop and landing on a new contract

Luke Aylingโ€™s contract extension has been the highlight of the season so far for me. Iโ€™m not being facetious; it genuinely made my week.

I know thereโ€™s an extremely low bar for highlights in this, our second season horribilis. And yes, Iโ€™ve heard or seen the counter-argument many times โ€” heโ€™s a Championship right-back who can be a liability in defence. But my inelegant gut response to that noise is โ€” I really donโ€™t care. โ€˜My manโ€™ Luke/Bill Ayling transcends all of it.

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