Dunny’s Hairdryer

CONOR GALLAGHER (above) is getting a fair bit of sympathy after being denied a role in today’s FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Crystal Palace.

But if you want to feel sorry for anyone, how about, let’s say, the players of Millwall?

In the third round, they were knocked out by a team that fielded a player, who, it turns out, is ineligible for a subsequent round of the competition.

How can that be fair? How can that be right?

It turns out the odious

Premier League loan system not only undermines the integrity of its own competition, but also the integrity of the self-acclaimed greatest domestic knockout competition in the world.