I was just reading through some of the comments on our midfielders, I couldn't carry on without typing, thinking of a performance from one particular player
in one of the replays against Villa in the 70s. He was Mike Bernard someone I never ever rated in the air, on the ground, exciting or boring, hard or meek.
He must have taken a knock during the first half and the sub had been used, in the second half it became obvious that it was a bad injury we had half an hour extra time to come! He limped along that right wing tackled and was tackled non-stop throughout and even moved in to help fellow midfielders, his
performance memorable (Maybe not a WW1 Fusilier) but in between somewhere a bit of bottle for our club, I had gone to that game straight from work
skint and only a ticket in my pocket, in the hope of seeing my namesake and hero of that time show us all his Magic touches...........well no! he didn't,
because he didn't have the heart in him to do so. I only hope that some of the new players brought in to our shores have been vetted for bottle. I say let
us start by banning Fist-pumping, and banning players that want to wank your thumb instead of shaking hands properly.
