play the game

After France international Olise had taught Eze how to play the game, the pair often got the pieces out for a contest at Palace's training ground, helping to forge a bond that led to what was described at times as a telepathic on-field understanding.

“Play the game existence to the end of the beginning. Tomorrow never knows.”

Eddie initially befriended Mike, Lucas and Dustin because of their shared love of Dungeons & Dragons, forming the Hellfire Club to play the game together.

"The challenging thing in those moments is, when the scoreboard says 12-0, we can stick to our guns and what we believe the best way to play the game is," Ford said.

“We’ll play the game, both go insane and then we’ll call it even … I’m the only god that you’ll ever believe in.”