Good grief. How to get 3 points the hard way. On Tuesday, bring in Middleton alongside Shiels if Penny doesn't make it. Now Woolford is out for 3 games, PLEASE give George Greene a start.
I'm not slagging Woolford for getting sent off. Almost the opposite. At times I think we've been pushed around on the pitch. That's why I like Middleton in the back 4. A bit of "Mr. Nasty" in midfield as well would certainly be welcome.
The best example I can give of this is the Birmingham City team of the mid-80s. They were fairly hopeless skillwise. But they had half a dozen players who were certifiable. The winger, Robert Hopkins, had a party piece where he dramatically avoided a full-back's tackle before landing with both feet in his groin. The goalkeeper, Tony Coton, made a regular habit at corners of trying to punch the ball but invariably punching the center forward. Pat Van Der Hauwe, center half, just enjoyed hurting people. He was booked virtually every week.The true psycho was Mick Harford at center forward. He genuinely scared people, including his own team mates. Sam Allardyce finally brought the "reign of terror" to an end when he took out his entire row of top teeth with his elbow. Harford just smiled at him with no teeth. The team fell apart shortly afterwards for two reasons. Firstly, Noel Blake[center-half], head-butted Steve McMahon unconscious at the end of a Blues-Villa derby, and Howard Gayle got more than friendly with the manager's[Ron Saunders] daughter.
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