What RCC wanted for Christmas:What do you want for Christmas?
I’m not asking for much here. Maybe the League One Player of the Year. Promotion. A year in the Championship and back-to-back promotions, then an FA Cup final 2016/17. I’ll take the final, we can’t push Santa’s power too far. The next season, we get to the Europa League quarters, lose to Spartak Moscow valiantly away from home – robbed. Then we finish 3rd in the Premier League, all the staff and players are still here as the best Cov side ever. I’m in the running for the Balon d’Or and turn down a £22m move to Barcelona.
In the 2019/20 season we’re in the Champions League semi-final, drawing 1-1 and going out, but Madders tapped in from Willis’ cross after Ruben’s dummy.
We’re in the last minute, I asked the Gaffer if I can go up for a corner, ‘Mr Mowbray can I go up!?’ He says ‘Reice, chill’ but I go up anyway. The delivery comes in and I bring it down on my chest and volley top bin. Then we’re in the final in my favourite stadium, the Olimpico in Rome. ‘You want a cathedral we’ve got on to spare’ is ringing round the place.
I save a pen, catch the rebound and side volley a ball into Ruben’s path, Madders heads it down and Reda smashes it when he’s not meant to be there. It would be so ledge, class to do it with this club. Come on Santa, surely you can produce!!!