Just 3 days before the biggest game of his life,Essex stalwart Lazeeboy missed training today as he "feels like a sack of shit,to be honest Brian".
Whether this condition is due to genuine illness or self induced due to his well publicised foray into the frozen north,it is hard to a close friend said this morning "Lazee has woken with a head full of gunge and a golf ball with spikes on it in his throat".
However the man himself has vowed to make the big one on Saturday saying"I've waited all my career for this,and I would walk there on broken legs,so a simple case of man flu is not gonna stop me.I owe it to myself,the club and most importantly the fans,so I'll be fit"
Heroic stuff,I think yo'ull agree.
The county holds it's collective breath.
Hunny, you want me to get her, for that?
Lazee bulletin:
A team of medics have been applying intensive treatment for the last 24 hours,mostly involving stretching out on the sofa drinking tea with occasional gentle computer work.
The prospects for the big one on Saturday seem brighter this morning.
The Essex icon said "Brian I'm on the mend,with 48 hours to go I'm confident everything will be in working order"
Many will hope he's right.
Thanks Mike,Ifeel like someone's "smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarettes"
Lb :love:
Friday 11 am Update.
Speaking through his translator the lazee one said"Almost there Brian,checked all the tackle this morning and I'm very pleased with the I'm sound as a pound"
Speculation that the Essex maestro broke curfew last night are unfounded,"Never went out the front door Brian"however a close friend of our hero said"A half drunk bottle of vodka was found in his room"No official comment was forthcoming.
Everything crossed for the big day.
Saturday 10 a.m.
Well the big day has arrived.
The latest news from Lazee towers is what we have all been hoping his Lazeeness has shrugged off his bout of man flu and will be at the big one!
"Never felt better in my life Brian"said the man himself.
His powers of recovery are nothing short of miraculous especially as I can exclusively reveal that he did not sleep at all last night due to his dedication testing out his tackle again.
"It was a long session but as dawn arrived I completed the job,so I know I'm firing on all cylinders Brian"
So a worrying week is finishing on a high note.
"See you at the big one"
Indeed.
Morning sweetie.
Glad you're fit and hot to trot. Just sad I'll not be there, too.