Phil Ball in Spain

That was the week that was. Unfortunately I was in England for the majority of it, and am still there on a personal matter, writing this from the rainy north - slightly disabled in my ability to gauge the impact of the week's various events, culminating, of course, in the 'adeu' of Pep Guardiola, annoyingly reported by the English press as his 'adios', a Spanish word that belongs to the coach's second language and which misses the point of the man almost entirely.