I'm torn. I’m 80 per cent delighted, 20 per cent dubious. Let me explain why. For the first time in English football history, there are adult heading restrictions and that is a relief.
When giving evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee for their concussion in sport inquiry, I told them I estimated heading the ball 100 times a week, 40 weeks a year, for 18 years. That equated to 72,000 times in total that my brain was left wobbling like jelly on a plate.
A colleague would cross the ball and I’d head it home, in the hope that all that practice would make perfect come Saturday afternoon.