If any player can soothe the Demon heartache that came when No2 pick Christian Petracca suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first months of his career, you'd think it's the young man who followed him by one place in the national draft.
Inspired by these old, dark tales I piled on the heartache, not an easy sell for a children's story (the heroine, a little girl, is eventually imprisoned and comes to a terrible end).
Even so, for an Idol junkie like me (I've watched the show since season one, when Kelly Clarkson was crowned America's newest pop princess), there was more than a little heartache in the announcement.
Having been dumped out of the Europa League by Fiorentina last week, Spurs suffered cup final heartache at the hands of Chelsea at the weekend but don't have time to feel sorry for themselves.
There is nothing that I can ever say or do to ease their heartache".
There is evidence, though, that rehashing your heartache is helpful.
It did record business for the museum – but also caused record heartache because the galleries were so thronged with people that it was almost impossible to see the pictures.
Of course, I'm glad for my own sake that she did have children, but sorry to have been the source of so much worry, pain and heartache.
Exercise – at least if you believe minor celebrities, yoga gurus (there are set workouts for heartache), and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, all of whom claim it reduces feelings of sadness and anger.
The former Lib Dem MP, a friend of Kennedy's, drew attention to the loneliness and heartache often experienced by MPs after they lose their seats, and called for more support for politicians with mental health issues.
After suffering heartache in each of their previous nine play-off campaigns, North End fans will head to Wembley in two weeks' time to face either Swindon or Sheffield United with trepidation.
