Player using his initiative causes Birmingham problems

Nov 21 2008 by Colin Tattum, Birmingham Mail

BLUES players have been given the green light to use their nous and think on their feet – within reason.

Sebastian Larsson’s short free-kick routine backfired and set Charlton Athletic free to a breakaway equalising goal last week.

Tonight at Swansea City, should Blues get another one in such a position near to the angle of the opposition box, expect him to pump it into the danger area for Radhi Jaidi, Liam Ridgewell, Franck Queudrue and Marcus Bent.

“Seb’s free-kick was totally his idea, I can assure you it wasn’t worked on the training ground,” said a jocular McLeish.

“When I questioned Seb about it he said ‘you told us to use our initiative’. I said ‘wait a minute, are you blaming me now Seb?’.

“There’s initiative and there’s initiative. I think Seb saw the error of his ways, eventually.”