Fitness first for Reid

[Stuttgart88]

That's funny. The guy who works in the cafe here at work is a stewart at West Ham. Last year I told him to look out for Andy Reid when Forest were at Upton Park. Reid scored a belter from 20 yard having carried the ball for half the length of the pitch. The next morning I asked the guy what he thought of him. He responded "he's a little Maradona".

[Fatboy]

I know that i cant say much cos I'm really fat, but Andy Reid definetely needs to lose some weight, I saw a picture of him the other day with no shirt on and it wasnt nice to see, as he was carrying a little too much fat, just like Wayne Ronney.
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[Green Tribe]

well, rooney is still growing, in some direction anyway , so there is hope for some streamlining on him, but reid, well, he just needs plenty of tough exercise and cut out the pints.

[tricky_colour]

Reid is our Maradona

By ERIC BEAUCHAMP

TUBBY talent Andy Reid has a new nickname at Tottenham — Little Maradona.

But his team-mates insist it is because he plays like Argentinian legend Diego Maradona, not because of his size!

World Cup winner Maradona, 44, has ballooned since his days as the globe’s greatest player.

Midfielder Reid, 22, was accused by Nottingham Forest boss Gary Megson of being fat after leaving for Tottenham in a £4.5million January switch.

But Spurs striker Jermain Defoe said: “I call him a ‘Little Maradona’ because of his balance — and his left foot is brilliant. He is a great player.”

I believe he was also called 'little Figo' whilst at Nottingham Forest,
he was also compared to John Robertson who also considered
a little 'out of shape', the quote was " Stop Robbo and you stop Forest'
in their glory days.

It will be great if he comes anywhere near to those comparisons, I am certaintly hoping he can, but its early days yet and he certaintly has the
potential.

[Fatboy]

There seems to be a lot of chubby or fat players nowadays, theres, Rooney, Reid, Ronaldo, Beatie, Fowler, Pressman and there just some of the ones that seem to be bursting out of their shirts and they all seem to wear tight shirts which make them looked even more fat. I used to play football all the time and I had to wear skin tight shirts, thats where I got my nickname, Fatboy cos I was almost bursting the seams of my shirt. But professional footballers need to be put on diets and lose their fat.
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