I’m not sure if I’m allowed to talk about football so near to the Queen’s funeral. They cancelled a couple of matches today for that very reason and I have no wish to be cancelled by anyone. Even the total morons who normally do the cancelling. The hard left diversity mavens so intent on ‘inclusivity’ that they exclude everyone who questions their often laughable dogma.

Anyway, if I can’t talk about football then I’ll talk about Koreans in general and work my way round to Son Heung-Min the long way. Because he needs to be spoken about. Loudly and with pride. If there were 8 hour queues to pay respects to that man, I’d join the end in a minute. Probably regret it 4 hours later, but it would be worth it. To show my appreciation. Of possibly the most undervalued player in the world.

Ok, so Koreans… hmmmm… there’s Kim Jong-Un, obviously, but he’s the wrong Korea, the Northern one. The south is better. Much better. They make Samsung, LG, Kia, Hyundai and Son. He is the captain of South Korea. Not just the football team, but all of it. He’s that good.

And yet, even the good have their ups and downs. Thus did our beloved Sonny find himself sitting on the substitutes bench yesterday when the match started against Leicester, darn the Laine. What????, people questioned, how can you leave out a player of such class, the winner of last year’s ‘golden boot’, no less, just because he hasn’t scored in the first 6 matches of the season??? Are you maaaadddd??

But this is the genius of Antonio Conte, our manager. Son has started every match for 2 years. He’s a constant. His link-up with Harry Kane is beyond the telepathic and enters some Steven King kind of supernatural world. But Conte, now blessed with a third striker, has more options than he had last year. We have Richarlison. The Brazilian who no Spurs fan particularly wanted but are now incredibly pleased he’s here.

But what good could possibly be achieved by leaving Son on the bench??? That’s not going to help him score, is it???

That’s what we all thought. Which is why Antonio earns 5 million quid a year, and we don’t.

Son came on yesterday with the score a rather precarious 3-2 up, as either Leicester showed themselves better than expected or our defence was shit. And then, in the space of just 13 minutes, the score had moved to 6-2, with Sonny scoring the hat trick.

And these were not ‘tap-ins’, this was no ugly Haaland moment of brutality and luck, no. This was pure class. The first a wonderstrike. The second possibly even better. Both scored with different feet, making it even more spectacular. The third was part saved on the way in, but don’t let that detract from the run and movement arriving at that moment.

Conte is a footballing genius, there is no doubt. But Sonny…

I just love him.

Happy Sunday

A xxxx