He wasn't even that good. I see people's rose-tinteds are unboxed and worn again about him. When he came to us he was a 'who the fuck?' signing, gimped about not exactly tearing any trees up, certainly wasn't Coutts, showed incredible shitness in the pre-season at Riems and put in middling performances in the Prem, with the occasional, rare hotspot. Then, as I recall, he just ran out of legs versus Man U at the lane in the 3-3 draw and it was then all over for him. As soon as Berge was (mistakenly IMHO) signed, he sat in his highchair, gave that concentrated stare straight ahead, went red in the face, shuddered a bit, gave a grunt, and filled his nappy with fluid, yellow shite which everyone ended up getting on their clothes, hands, hair, settee, ceiling as they tried to change him. And as they did, he pissed on them. A lot.
Last season was a great demonstration of a player working his ticket, with the team, the management and the fans.
GRTTL
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