I forgot to mention that once again, I have managed to injure one of my ankles this year playing soccer (this makes the third time...). This time I did it in a particularly spectacularly stupid way by standing on the ball. I was chasing it down the side line, desperately trying to keep it in when I mistimed a left foot kick (I'm right footed). What makes it worse was that the ball had already gone out of play.

I'm glad there's only two or three games left this year. I'm not sure my body could take much more. I'm far too young to feel this old...