Supposedly Dave Kitson was TSF.

Just been re-reading The Secret Footballer. Absolutely love it but it doesn't score highly on Goodreads - possibly because it's been rated low by people who don't like the man widely regarded as being the secret footballer...

Thing is, if they really sang that I'd be laughing too hard to boo.

Like the Saudi anthem... We have lots of oil We have lots of cash We are happy settling Jam Khashoggi's hash

Me too. No matter how often I see it I get this huge grin on my face.

Or at least the wettest. You'll note in the article I didn't name the prick.

He's still alive? Must have asylum in Iran...

Seriously, nothign else could ever come close. Here's an article that first appeared on FourFourTwo in about 2012. https://adriandeans.wordpress.com/?s=sleeping+giant

This is exactly what some of teh RC fans said - that they didn't have the players to make the most of Nizz's qualities.

Mind you, I didn't hear him until later. I was at the game, looking straight along the goal line at Schwarzer's end for the penalties.

No, not a poll, but if you trawl through their forum you constantly see the fans bemoaning the fact that only Nizz, Hale and someone else whose name I forget were worth their wages and showed any sort of technical ability or fight. I've lurked on their forum all season (plus various other...

His commentary the night of 16/11/05 was outstanding.

CF tends to be anti everything he didn't come up with himself.

Yes, read it. Loved Kimbo.

I reckon JW would have hated that.

He's also one of RC's best three players this year according to their fans.

Yes, yes, we all know how you feel about Nizz... You might at least have admired the majesty of my syllogism after erroneously calling out a non-sequitur.

Pretty obvious, and your last sentence suggests you do know where I'm going with this... You said: He's too small to be a serious footballer at any decent level. A: he's proven over several seasons he's a very good footballer at A League level. B: he was voted the very best in the A League...

So by your logic there are no serious footballers in the A League, where Nizz won the Johnny Warren medal for best player in the league just 12 months ago. For those who lurk on OS fan forums (like me) you'll find that Nizz is one of only three RC players to emerge with any credit from the fans...

For those who have actually watched him play this season... by far the best player in a dreadful team. Such a shame poor old Nizz has to accept whatever he can get in Europe. Put him with players on his wavelength and he's a superstar.