It seemed more valuable for Ella to have a talisman.
After the dynasties of Lewis, Langer and Lockyer, it feels strange that they don't have a talisman conductor for these situations.
But this little boy has a magic talisman that grants wishes.
Perhaps their dominance only served to highlight how dreadful last week's display was in Denmark but they now have a teenage talisman who has graduated to the first-team squad.
There was some relief in having lost his sunglasses, because what had started as a talisman had become a kind of crutch, and if he could go without the alcohol he could go without the glasses.
From a personal point of view, it was great to see her prove that more experienced players can still get better with age! Striker Kelly Smith has been a talisman for us over the years, understandably so, because she is one of the best players in the world.
Ever since James Bond used one in Thunderball in 1965, they have been a talisman of the hi-tech future.
You have become a talisman for tens of millions of people, a symbol of the successful development of the country.
We do not know why this mattered so much, but it has become a talisman of liberal radicalism, to be implemented in that split second opportunity when the party might hold a balance of power in the Commons and "name its price".
