What's that? You want to hear how players we've eulogised in recent weeks have fared since?
Okay. Liam George (Luton) and Michael Reddy (Swindon) haven't scored a goal between them, Alan Lee (Rotherham) was sent off on Saturday, Robbie Ryan (Millwall) has been reported to the FA for allegedly disco-dancing on the face of a Brentford player and John McGrath (Aston Villa) and Damien Delaney (Leicester) haven't made a first-team appearance.
Ian Harte (Leeds) provoked Fabien Barthez into kicking him (calm down, just jesting) and missed the ensuing penalty, Alan Moore (Middlesbrough) hasn't even got on the first-team subs' bench, Niall Quinn (Sunderland) got injured, David Connolly (Feyenoord) has been dropped and Andy Reid (Nottingham Forest) has lost his first-team place. Apart from that they're doing grand.
If it wasn't for Ben Burgess our jinxing reputation would be 100 per cent in tact. Having congratulated the young fella, who's on loan from Blackburn at Australian club Northern Spirit, last week for scoring his 11th goal he only went and scored two more in his last two games. Cut it out Ben, we've our image to think of.
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