Quotes of the week

"I'm committing wicked fouls that would have horrified me six months ago, but that's how you have to play in England."

"I'm committing wicked fouls that would have horrified me six months ago, but that's how you have to play in England."

- Arsenal's Thierry Henry on the joys of Premiership football.

"Well, what else could we have called him?"

- Aston Villa supporter Adrian Childs after he and his partner Angela Pritchard named their son . . . Aston Villa. Adrian, how about...John?

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