HOT OR NOT: Christian Eriksen's success does not come from talent alone while League Two Grimsby are made to look small time
- Christian Eriksen scored a hat-trick to sink the Republic of Ireland this week
- The Tottenham star is the last player off the training ground every day
- Grimsby Town publicly shamed a BBC reporter on their website
It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week...
HOT
CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN
The Dane’s clinical finishing embarrassed the Republic of Ireland and he will be integral to Saturday's North London derby. And anyone who thinks the 25-year-old’s success comes from talent alone should consider this.
The last player off the training ground at Tottenham’s Enfield base every day? Christian Eriksen.
Christian Eriksen's clinical finishing embarrassed the Republic of Ireland this week
THE ASHES
Asked two years ago to name the 22 players who would line up in Brisbane on Thursday, how many would we have got right? Eight? Nine? Maybe even fewer.
Never before have two teams been in such a jumbled mess ahead before the first toss but now that it’s here, none of that should matter.
It’s the Ashes, it’s never dull and perhaps more than ever, there is a chance for a new star to shine.
Joe Root's England will take to the field in Brisbane for the first Test of the Ashes on Thursday
RORY MCILROY
In golf, more than in most sports, superstar lustre sticks to you even when your A-game seems to be on loan to someone else.
Which is why Masters champion Sergio Garcia has found himself bumped from the Taylor Made roster to make way for Rory McIlroy.
Garcia has taken the whole thing with good grace and as for McIlory, all he has to do now is learn how to hit the thing straight again.
Rory McIlroy found this week that superstar lustre sticks to you even when form is missing
NOT
EDDIE JONES
The odd expletive is part of sport so why the need for the England coach to apologise for dropping an F-Bomb as his team laboured at Twickenham?
Besides, if Jones wasn’t being asked to do his job with a TV camera lodged halfway up his nose then this would never have been an issue in the first place.
Eddie Jones dropped an F-Bomb on live TV as England laboured against Argentina
THE IRISH
Double failure in the play-offs means England will be our only interest – if that’s the right word – at next summer’s World Cup. For the two O’Neills – Martin and Michael – qualification proved a step too far but they shouldn’t worry.
As the tournament continues to expand, it won’t be long before absolutely everybody is invited to the finals anyway.
It was a week to forget for the two Irish countries in the World Cup play-offs
GRIMSBY TOWN
The club tried to publicly shame BBC reporter Matt Dean on their official website for writing a story they claimed was untrue.
Dean’s reputation suggests he’s the type to act in good faith. As such, Grimsby look a little small time and right now 15th place in League Two feels about right.
Grimsby were made to look small time as they publicly shamed a BBC reporter on their website
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