Issue 1666
commentatorballs "You can't compare apples to apples"
JUSTIN LANGER, TNT Sports

"He does get the last initial touch"
LEE HENDRIE, Sky Sports

"Gloucester with a record of played six, lost seven" JAMIE LYALL, TNT Sports


"Torvill and Dean receive a knighthood and a damehood respectively"
MARYAM MOSHIRI, BBC News

"Joe Batley, one of the most highly rated underrated players in the Prem"
DAVID FLATMAN, TNT Sports

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