09-08-2019, 15:21
Sadly, that was the moment at which a cocky but hard-working kid with bags of talent became an egotist drunk on his own reputation. Within three months he was scowling his way through the harmless, light-hearted Albion Christmas video as if he was being exploited at gunpoint. Within six, he was trying to go Apollo Creed on James Morrison.
Remember all that autumn, we were doing our nut at Steve Clarke because he kept playing Anelka ahead of Berahino, and we were asking what Saido had to do to get into the starting XI? Not so hard to fathom Clarke's thinking in hindsight.
Remember all that autumn, we were doing our nut at Steve Clarke because he kept playing Anelka ahead of Berahino, and we were asking what Saido had to do to get into the starting XI? Not so hard to fathom Clarke's thinking in hindsight.
"I would rather spend a holiday in Tuscany than in the Black Country, but if I were compelled to choose between living in West Bromwich or Florence, I should make straight for West Bromwich." - J.B. Priestley