Barney Ronay

This is a repulsive prospect, and I hope it doesn't happen.

Yeah, I mean, I think you make a really good point about the protocols.

One thing that struck me is I'm sort of an older man who will occasionally go out for a drink and sort of find yourself in places where you kind of think, oh, I probably shouldn't stay here because I'm a bit older than everyone else.

I mean, obviously I'm much older than Stokes, but one thing I do know is

how hard it is to actually get punched on a night out.

We've all been around annoying drunk people.

It's really hard to actually get punched.

People don't want to punch you.

No one wants that to happen.

It's a problem.

You can avoid that.

People always pull back.

But this happens to England all the time.

It keeps happening.

They're really good at it.

You have to be genuinely obnoxious for this to happen.

I mean, that in itself is quite impressive and doesn't make you wonder what exactly is going on there.

It's hugely disappointing, really.

At first, I couldn't really believe that we were going to lose Stokes over this.

It seemed almost too much because...