swap shop

A few eyebrows were raised in Splott as carbonmonxoxide let top defender Gambit go to Padston and then paid an extra 750k to take wantaway midfielder Rodney Shuttlewood to Cardiff. In a frank interview for Splott weekly he said: "To be honest I wasn't even thinking of bidding for Shuttleworth, let alone lose a top defender in Gambit, but I was having a few pints of Brains SA with Paddy while the was in Swansea... personally I can't stand the stuff, they don't call it Skull Attack for nothing round here.... but anyway, I was a bit worse for wear and Paddy suggested the deal - in fact he asked for a bit more cash than I paid, the cheeky git, but luckily I hadn't finished my 10th pint and still had a little bit of awareness left in me... but seriously it's a great deal for both clubs, we still have 4 top defenders and I will endeavour to get some back-up in too, it also solves our midfield puzzle - there's a big age gap there and Badger & Punisher may well retire soon, we need to look for the future and Shuttlewood does that for us... also he can take a mean freekick and we didn't have any backup for Fantastic .. so all in all, once the hangover wore off, I was delighted