There's a story about David Bentley. When he went to Norwich on loan from Arsenal they were in a training session and he, thinking he was some kind of comedic genius, belted the ball straight up into the air and said 'ave it!', like Peter Kay in that ad for John Smiths. Nobody thought it was funny, least of the all Norwich manager.

Why Arsenal should unveil a statue of Tony Adams and Bendtner sums up size of challenge for O'Neill

Arsenal are set to unveil three statues of club heroes outside the Emirates on Friday. I hope one of them is of Tony Adams. Not because he was once an alcoholic, a braggart and a drink driver but because he had the courage and the will to conquer his problems.

I was going to write a carefully crafted piece about whether it is possible for footballers to lose their mojo. I was going to make reference to people like Gaizka Mendieta and Michael Ricketts to determine whether mediocre players just have one great season (Ricketts) or whether once great players (Mendieta, Torres) simply lose their mojo and never get it back.