Check bluenosesOnline.com and you will see that even the most ardent of Birmingham supporters are expecting their team to lose 3-1 to Spurs on Boxing Day. ?Ho ho? you might say, ?We?re on a roll? but I advise against complacency. This is just the moment when Brum have got their backs against the wall and strange things can happen. We (even with our new found ?promise?) could still cock this up (sorry) especially if we do the usual thing and fanny around in midfield without serving up tasty balls to the front men. Seriously these guys in blue are facing big salary cuts and maybe even the sack if this poor run isn?t stopped and beating the ?resurgent? Spurs would be the perfect turnaround. Message to the midfield: You are not heroes; give it, give it, give it (and not to each other). What we need to see is a clinical destruction of Birmingham. Don?t be afraid to kick the corpse of Bruce?s boys.
We move on to Mido, Reid and any other shirt holder who feels that the extra plate of spagbol is OK. Let?s get this straight. It?s great to have a big boy pushing his way through the opposition defence but a fatboy who gets robbed and is given the run around by a fit boy doesn?t deserve the shirt. Mido has had the warning from MJ not to come back from the African nations in bad shape. And here?s another one: don?t rely on getting your head to the ball. We need a centre man who can use his feet and turn. As we can?t stretch Jermaine to six foot six, Mido is going to have to start using his feet more and finding out what agility means. There?s no point in stretching the Reid business. We all know he has the talent but his Christmas dinners prevent him from being able to use the quick feet. He must be feeling the pressure by now ? advice look at videos of the way Reidy played two years ago. If he is eating too much he is unhappy. We must ask is he getting laid regularly? Is he getting parcels from his mum? Can he hack London living? A bit like Tony Blair we all wanted him to succeed but he is a constant disappointment.
Seems they should both pick up Max and Paddy?s Fitness video.
Finally we get to Christmas, belief and the confidence to do the business. I can only be talking about our real Angel; Aaron Lennon. He might be homesisck, he might have the pox, he might be turning into a jam tart but this boy has what we crave for: pure talent. We must not lose our angel. Even if we all need to strip off and march up and down Tottenham High Road we must not lose him. I pulled out a video of the 1961 FA Cup final the other day. I watched Cliff Jones waltz easily around some of the best defenders of the period (Len Chalmers for instance) and provide not only a goal but some of the finest balls into the box you could hope to imagine. Lennon is all this and more. How can we tell him there?s at least 60,000 people who would willingly pickup his pizza and deliver it to him. Please MJ keep our angel.
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