Cult hero.
First few seasons he was alright in poor Smith teams.
Choice of partner was an issue as John Collins and Dacourt had quickly left and then Nyarko turned up. Was Linderoth a CM? The Chinese lad was o.k for a year.
Then Carsley was signed as usual bargain basement genius Moyes deal and it worked brilliantly for six months. Even then Real Madrid coming in for him was completely wild. Would be like them signing Gana a few years ago.
Have little recollection of his second spell but the 2007 team was far better from a footballing point of view centrally so no surprise he didn't make much impact as he'd flopped at Celtic the year before.
I'm fairly sure I got a book on his random career and post retirement curriculum activities so will see if I can dig it out and share some gems in this thread over the weekend.
