When it comes to swapping shirts at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening, Tom Pope is not exactly counting his chickens. FA Cup third round: match previews Read more“If I had a choice of [playing against] John Stones or Virgil van Dijk, I’d go and sit on John Stones. You just go out there and try to do the best you can and try not to be embarrassed. When his Stones comments were dug up at the start of December, Pope referred to himself as a “carthorse”. That’s what they try to do now, they try to silence people.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2020 17:26 UTC