March 2008 Archives

There has been speculation that Eduardo might sue Martin Taylor if he fails to make a full recovery after that tackle.

I doubt it very much. Eduardo has told Taylor, face to face, that he doesn't blame him.

And the noises from various experts and observers is that Taylor did not intend to inflict such damage. So in a court of law, the case would be thrown out.

Interestingly, Eduardo himself knows exactly what it is like to be portrayed as the 'villain'.

This has slipped under the radar

It's been a question plenty of Blues fans have been pondering: who scored our last hat-trick at the highest level?

David Geddis some went for. No, that was the season when Blues were promoted.

Keith Bertschin? Close. He scored hat-tricks in 1979-80 but in the old Division Two.

Got to be TF then? Almost. Trevor Francis, in 1976-77, scored trebles when Blues were indeed in the top-flight.

That season there were four hat-tricks in fact. Kenny Burns got the other two, including four goals versus Derby County in the October.

But the person who netted three goals at the highest domestic level for Blues before Mikael Forssell was . . . Tony Evans.