Rob Lee

I am thinking I am going to go in that midfield area again.

And I am going to go for one of the most consistent performers you will ever find on a football pitch in Rob Lee.

Oh,

yeah.

Tim Sherwood, you have got in goal, Tim Howard, Slavin Bilic, John Terry, distance, same as Siddy.

And Ian Marshall right back in your midfield.

You've got Gareth Barry, Matty Taylor, Rob Lee.

And then up top, you're three up top.

Good effort.

Rob Lee?

No, Lee's on the list somewhere, but this is a left-back with massive thighs.

Stuart Pace, get in.

We had no problem in, when Kevin was the manager, in attracting, you know, people like Ginola and, well, eventually they signed Alan Shearer, of course, but of course it was his hometown club and stuff like that.

But in those days, you know, Rob Lee, I mean, Rob Lee turned down Middlesbrough and Kevin persuaded him that, you know, it was easier to get from Newcastle, which was further north.

LAUGHTER We asked probably about that when he was on, you know.

And he convinced him that it was a lot easier.

But yeah, I mean, Kevin got on the bus one day and we'd just played Middlesbrough and we'd beaten Middlesbrough.

away one night.

And he said, what do you know about Rob Lee? I said, and I'd actually played against him a couple of years before because I'd only just finished, you know, my playing career.

And I said, oh, he looks as though he's going to be a good player.

And he'd give you a little snippet.

He would come in and say, you're playing against Rob Lee today.

And he would take it on the outside of his foot.

He would just come to you as if he didn't know.

I was at the game on Saturday and I was actually working.

I was doing the lounges with Rob Lee.

And Rob Lee said, can you ever imagine Shearer dummying a ball in the six-yard box?

I mean, he's a different profile of a number nine than Shearer anyway.

Even if he turns out to be a really good number nine, he would never be like a finisher like Shearer.

That was Bruno.

I remember back in the day, that was Rob Lee.

Years ago, Rob Lee got the ball, he started sorting the game out and you'd feel comfortable that that person's got the ball.

And at the minute, that person is Lewis Hall and he's a fullback.

And that doesn't say much about the creativity of your team.