Tabloids this week show paparazzi pictures of Phelan sitting in a car and their headlines blaze that he's going to kill off Daniel Osbourne. There's no substance to any of this, not from the pictures we've seen - and they're here - other than Daniel is also pictured sitting in his car, and it's suggested that Phelan has followed him and might do him in.
But Daniel Osbourne? Please, not him, we've hardly seen the best of him yet.
If Phelan really wants to kill off some of my least favourite residents of Weatherfield, here's where I'd like him to strike.
1. Bloodbath in the Bistro as Phelan lurks behind a bottle of Merlot harbouring menacing thoughts about Zeedan Nazir for being too flaming dull. Not even the promise of a new job with the once-mentioned-and-now-forgotten Speed Dahl and a glamorous wife in Rana can save Zeedan now.
2. Carnage on the Cobbles as Robert's run out of town.
3. Slaughter in the Salon as Phelan disguises himself as one half of the Renshaw Twins to give Maria a very bad perm.
4. Fear in the Factory as Phelan stitches Sean right up like a kipper.
5. Riot in the Rovers as Phelan gets Toyah pregnant, she leaves Peter, Peter leaves the Rovers and lets Steve and Leanne take up their rightful place as the new Jack and Vera, please.
Or maybe Phelan really does go after Daniel, after all? Who knows?
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