As Arsenal prepare to come to Dublin this week, I'm minded to think of the Phoenix Park. A wonderful city-centre amenity, acres and acres of beautiful parkland, and one its features are the herds of deer. Every so often, to help manage the population, a cull takes place and some of the deer are shot. Something similar is going on at London Colney right now. If you go out on the pristine training pitches, manicured with scissors to ensure that the grass is the perfect length for us to play the kind of football we want to play, you can see footballers and coaches working throughout the day, but your eye will naturally be drawn to the vast flocks of goalkeepers. These gentle be-gloved giants...
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