‘I’M STILL STANDING …’
There are only two things certain in life – death and taxes Reece James knack and Watford managerial news – and Football Daily’s bingo card lit up with both on Friday. But while Chelsea’s statement on their crocked right-back having successful knee surgery was a cut-and-paste job from the last time James was injured, the quotes by Watford manager Alessio Dionisi were much more exciting, mainly because it contained an actual apology to Elton John and the remarkable news that the club’s trigger-happy owners have not already sent the Italian the same way as an apple in Michael Owen’s house.
