Nigel Reo-Coker, please talk to us

IT'S been a year and a week since Nigel Reo-Coker was involved in a 'contretemps' (bit of a scrap, to you or I) with his former manager.

Yet still the battling midfielder hasn't broken his silence.

Not necessarily on that training ground bust-up with Martin O'Neill. That's yesterday's news and the club's spin doctor would probably faint if we tried to touch on that subject.

But what about Reo-Coker's thoughts on his new lease of life, his early impressions of Gerard Houllier, his love of fishing, Sierra Leone.....anything.

As the club's stand-in skipper whenever club captain Stiliyan Petrov is unavailable, surely there is a responsibility on him to address the fans occasionally.

And, what's more, he's a bloomin' good talker. Thoughtful, intelligent, articulate.

It's probably our (the press) fault because we haven't requested an interview with NRC for quite some time - mainly due to the likelihood of getting knocked back by the player or the press office.

But I would quite like to hear from Nigel so I'll ask if we can have a chat with him over the next week or so and let you know.

Come on Nigel, talk to us.