Confidence and self-belief is fine - obvious contempt for your team-mates isn't.

That interview in The Guardian last season still makes me angry. He turned up having achieved absolutely nothing - one goal in the League Cup - and actually said "If Norwich stay up, then a lot of that will probably be down to me".

Despite having joined a club that had just won the First Division by a mile, with a club-record points total, with a player in the England squad (Green) and numerous full internationals (Jonson, Helveg, Svensson, Holt, Safri, Mulryne, McVeigh, Brennan, Gallacher, Ward), he was quite happy to suggest that he would - and would HAVE to - carry the team.

I'd be prepared to forgive it if he was head and shoulders above everyone else (as Bellamy was in the late 90s, which was why I grudgingly forgave his FourFourTwo article), but he had one exceptional game (Bolton) and provided one good cross (Man Utd) - the rest of the time he did nothing.

And his performance at Fulham was absolutely unbelievably - considerably worse than Francis, who took all the flack. I'd never have him back and all I can wish him is the most spectacular form of failure.

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on January 24th 2006 at 22:39:20

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Wigan score ! (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, Jan 24, 22:16:17
- fantastic result (Other Football) - CWC, Jan 24, 22:18:52
  - As long as Wigan win the final, great! (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 24, 22:21:29
    - what if francis scored the winner? (n/m) (Other Football) - lurd, Jan 24, 22:25:29
      - I could live with that - if Bentley scored the winner though ... (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 24, 22:25:55
        
        i wish them two still played in our midfield.. (n/m) (Other Football) - lurd, Jan 24, 22:30:13
        
        Who doesn't? (n/m) (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 24, 22:31:03
        
        probably a few idiots on here (Other Football) - lurd, Jan 24, 22:32:37
        
        People complained about Ashton in Div. 1 - imagine Bentley! (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 24, 22:32:11
        
        I think Bentley did an awful lot of growing up last season (Other Football) - Iwan Husarmi, Jan 24, 22:34:26
        
        Helping him get those no goals and no assists ... (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 24, 22:39:41
        
        Shame he only matured in the second half of the season (n/m) (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 24, 22:34:53
        
        Bentley (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, Jan 24, 22:34:08
        
        i liked bentleys arrogance (Other Football) - lurd, Jan 24, 22:34:03
        
        Confidence and self-belief is fine - obvious contempt for your team-mates isn't. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 24, 22:39:20
        
        I was with you until "numerous full internationals" (Other Football) - lurd, Jan 24, 22:44:04
        
        Yeah, but even so it's a greater achievement than his prior to 2004-5. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jan 24, 22:47:31
- Awesome (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellow Jersey, Jan 24, 22:18:27

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