"I think there's a big hangover from the fact he came from Birmingham."
I'm sure they would have gotten over it if he didn't have them playing utter shit. We had all this same stuff about not liking Kinnear/Ashley/Lambias because they were cockneys, nothing to do with the fact they were doing things horrifically wrong. Can't remember anyone taking a dislike to Rob Lee, Les Ferdinand or Warren Barton for being Londoners.